《The Typhoon's Dangerous Wife》


 Chapter 1 - The Marriage Contract

    "A crown of thrones and stars to show the world that we are as much of dreamers as they are but we are merciless and restless in achieving our goals"


    There is a secret amongst nobles that they all know but never dare to say. It may have been the oldest, unspeakable yet obvious truth in all the Nobles. It was the lie of nobility. But who among high society would be daftto admit that nobility is nothing but a farce.


    Behind theirvish and generous facade lies vicious and hungry demons. They care for nothing, afraid of no one and stop at nowhere.


    In this modern era, money brings two things: power and respect. One needed wealth to ensure power and respect.


    And you know what ensures power, respect and wealth altogether?


    The answer is simple Arranged Marriages.


    A marriage of convenience.


    But little do they realize marriage is a marriage- love or arranged. Both require the same level ofmitment, love, trust and respect.


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    It was the D- day for Xin Zhenyi. Well, not in a good sense. She drank straight from the bottle not bothering with the ss. It was barely the second bottle.


    " Mind sharing?" Fan Bingbing her assistant aka her friend asked as she tried to discover what was wrong with her boss aka friend today. She had never seen her behaving that way.


    Handing her the bottle, she leaned back, closing her eyes.'' God, I was going to murder someone'' Xin Zhenyi said in her mind. Every single thing was a nuisance to her. To say she was frustrated would be an understatement.


    "This is such a sad day." Fan Bingbin frowned when Xin Zhenyi took the bottle back.


    ''If only she would leave and mind her own business for once in her life. But there was no point informing her to mind her own business because I am paying her to watch out for my business.'' Zhenyi said to herself.


    "What''s the man''s name ?" She asked, picking the file in front of Xin Zhenyi.


    Ignoring her question, Xin Zhenyi thought of all the things she could do to stop her father and grandfather to end this marriage bullshit. she would preferably kill Longs than tie the knot with one of them.


    Only if it was that simple!


    "Long Jie," Xin Zhenyi said, taking another gulp.


    She scowled as if the man didn''t even have the right to deserve her admiration. Well, this was Fan Bingbing to her the men are the most trivial or insignificant creature on the not realizing she was produced by one of them. Except one.


    "Arranged marriages are so obsolete and outworn. How can you get married to a man you''ve never met before? You don''t even know what he looks like" she asked.


    It would have been a good point if it Zhenyi had an answer to her question.


    Can she say her future-inws are loaded?


    s! But did it matter?


    Nevermind, she chose to answer Fan Bingbing''s question.


    "The Longs are one of the most powerful ns, if not the most powerful family in the whole of China but the most powerful in Beijing. My Grandfather wants an end to this long going rivalry between the Longs and the Xins. So, even if I had no idea how he looked, or if he was attractive or hideous, I have to marry him.Because it doesn''t matter. I am supposed to perform my duty and marry the bloody man ."


    Her grandfather had talked of this marriage for the past two decades.She was almost a child back then, butter as she grew up and realized that a girl was not supposed to inherit the family legacy.


    She vowed to prove herself and show all those dumbheads that her gender could not define her capability, so she was willing to do anything that needed to be done to make the family proud, like a bloody dumbhead. Like all children, she wanted to impress her father. she thought she had no other alternative, but as she said, she was a dumbhead.


    She thought she needed to prove herself, but what she didn''t realize back then, was that if there was one thing in the whole wide world, that her Father and grandfather cherished and cared for was her, the one and only Xin heiress Xin Zhenyi, the merciless queen.


    She made a mistake in her childhood by agreeing to the bloody marriage contract and she would be dammed if she had to marry that presumptuous and arrogant bastard Long Jie. So what if she made a mistake! She would do everything in her power to stop this charade.


    She had heard rumours of her fiance unlike him who had no idea about her.Poor man didn''t even know what she looked like.


    One thing that Xin Zhenyi could never ept, was defeat and it was just the beginning, and she was Xin Zhenyi, and submitting to defeat was not what they taught the Xin heiress.


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    Hello guys!


    If you like arranged marriage and mafia trope it''s for you. If you''re into steamy romance it''s for you.


    If you are ufortable with heavy smut, then tell me to lighten it. But it does not start before chapter 60.


    The reincarnation theme will be seen in the 2nd volume.


    If you like the story vote and if you don''t tell me it''s worse.


    But just a little plea, judge it after 10 chapters because the story starts slow.

 Chapter 2 - Wife : A Hassle!!

    Power was my weakness and my temptation.


    J.K. Rowling


    " I heard you are getting yourself a wife " Long Jie''s younger brother grinned as if it was the most fascinating idea in the world. He wanted to punch the ridiculous grin off his face.


    Dammit, he couldn''t not because he did not dare to but because he did not want to give his grandfather another opportunity to disy how much of a disappointment he was.


    "Get out Yuan if you don''t wish to die" He roared, striving to curb his irritation.


    His brother Long Yuan liked to test his patience and if he continued like this that day wouldn''t be far when no single person on this would bepetent to protect his brother from his wrath.


    Nevertheless, he was Long Jie and he was known for his tolerance, apathy, and indifference. Responding to mere pests meant diverting his attention from his objective.


    Control and restraint were what people knew him for.


    Hearing the bedroom door open and shut, he smirked to himself before jumping in the shower. It would be thest one until he met his future wife.


    Xin Zhenyi. A Ghost.


    He didn''t know anything substantial about her other than her birthday, 23 July 1995, and a few small facts. Everything else, her father kept concealed. There were no pictures of her anywhere¡ªno social media ounts or any document. Nothing¡ªnot even a single certificate with her name on it.


    She was an illusion. If he didn''t know better, he would''ve believed she didn''t exist.


    It made sense, though. he would do the same if he were to have a daughter. She was a Xin, yes a Xin.


    They fought against them for decades and suddenly Xins were going to be one of us.That''s why Long Jie was against the very idea of his marriage with Xin heiress. He wished to object to it but he couldn''t if he wanted to continue being the president of Long groups.The longs privately ruled the entire Beijing.


    The long Corporation owned businesses across the world, engaged in energy, petrochemicals, textiles, natural resources, retail, and telmunications. It was one of the most profitablepanies in China and thergestpany in Asia.


    He had worked hard to aplish this for almost ten years. Ten long years of struggle and he would be dammed if he had to give it up on a tter to one of his brothers just because he did not wish for a hassle they called as a wife.


    Striding out of his bathroom, there they stood, his father, brother, and cousin, all wrapped in the finest suits wealth could buy.


    "Did you read the files I mailed to you, or were you too busy with your work?" his father asked glowering at the files on his desk.


    "He perhaps stopped when he saw no pictures," Yuan smirked from the door as long Wei chuckled.


    "As a matter of fact, I did, but Father I don''t care what her father does or where she went to school or what her favorite color is or which brand she likes or what her shoe number is. The one thing I wished to know wasn''t in that file. For all I know, Xin Zhenyi could look like a coronavirus ."


    Long Shaoming, strode toward his son and stood in his way, standing just as high as his son was, preventing him from stepping to his closet


    "Father¡ª"


    "Have you forgotten what is at stake here?"


    "How¡ª"


    "Do not interrupt me." He sneered then said, "You seem to forget that the only way you are going to be head of this family is through marriage."


    "There is nothing there about her I care about."


    He red. "Pick up the folder, son"


    "I don''t need the folder. I have read it." Long Jie replied him calmly and recited him the content of the folder line by line and word by word as if he was not the reason his father was furious and mad.


    Indicating them that the marriage agreement affected him would be like showing his weakness and What he detested the most was vulnerable and soft people.Long Jie never showed his emotions and concerns to any one not even his immediate family.


    He walked into the closet and picked his suit and it took him 10 minutes to get ready and when he returned to his room he saw his father standing alone at the same ce where he left him minutes ago and he had an inkling what wasing.


    He might or might not be prepared.

 Chapter 3 - Information On Longs

    "Ms. Xin, we will be reaching in half an hour," the driver announced.


    Nodding, she simply read the file as he unexpectedly pressed the brakes. she narrowed her eyes at the driver and he shuddered under her stare. What a weakling!


    She ordered him to stop the car. He knew his end was near. Very good.


    "I''m so¡ª"


    "Don''t say sorry," She said in a low hiss. "You aren''t even on the threshold of sorry yet."


    His eyes widened before he could react her bodyguards yanked him from the driver seat, who already had a gun pointed at the back of his skull. Her bodyguards were very much used to attacks like this.


    "All we really need are few answers, ma''am," Cao Feng said simply. Seemed like, her right hand was getting better day by day. He had an inkling about this driver who had epted bribes from their enemies.


    Now the question was which one? Unfortunately, they did notck them.


    Removing off her coat, she stared at the idiot who had a death wish at the end of the gun pointed at his head. He was young, only a few years older than she was. What would make him take the job as a driver and work for them? A reasonable question would be, who cleared him to be the driver of her car?


    "Cao Feng, how did this clown get here?" She asked, only mildly interested as Alexender passed her another file.


    "He has a debt of millions and the Bai family offered him money to get information about you ma''am," he said, waiting for her to give the go-ahead.


    "Is that why you''re here? The fools like you were offered some marypensation and you willingly signed the death warrant " she said as if this angel was going to help him.


    Oops! but she was no angel. She was a devil incarnated in human form.


    He grimaced, swallowing the lump in his throat before speaking again. "I''m sorry "


    It''s toote in the evening for blood and she shook her head at Cao Feng.


    If Cao Feng knew what she was thinking he would bang his head on the wall because his boss loved chaos as much as kids love sweets.


    "If you want to pay off your debt, it would be wise for you to stay alive and not leak information about who shall not be known by the world," She told the driver before turning back to the file in front of me. The poor driver thought he would be spared.


    "Yes, M-M-Miss Xin. It will n-never happen a-again." His voice sounded like a dying dog''s. She almost sympathized with him.


    " Get all information on him and keep a close eye on the man. Report if he does something suspicious," Cao Feng said to his subordinate.


    Just because they didn''t kill him today didn''t mean they could not destroy his life tomorrow. To be honest, if she was not visiting her father today she would have shot the fool but too bad she didn''t want to smell like blood. The driver was lucky enough to not get killed yet.


    Cao Feng sighed. "You should have let me kill him, Ma''am."


    "My grandfather wasn''t pleased with the bloodshed Ist time had done on the highway " She smirked, entering the car as one of her bodyguards started driving.


    Cao Feng wanted tough but he couldn''t.


    Cao Feng gave her an envelope with information on her future husband and his family.


    Husband. She cringed at the word.


    She wouldn''t deny that her future husband was attractive¡ªhighly attractive. His grey eyes, dark sexy hair, and with a too practiced and fake smile, he was the envy of men. He wasn''t very athletic either, and he didn''t look lean but strong and powerful.


    "His full name is Long Jie, Long as in dragon and Jie as in pure, age Thirty -two. He graduated high school at fifteen, Havard at twenty," Her right-hand man said, sorting through the file.


    "Let me guess, top of his ss?" She added, without waiting for him to continue because She knew he would have.


    He nodding. "But of course, nothing less than perfection for the Future Long head. That doesn''t only apply to the schools, but also their fancy suits, expensive cars, and overall everything."


    Something got her attention.


    "Women?" She thought, she missed it.


    If he used them It shouldn''t surprise her much, all men had their gadgets. She would have to put an end to it when they were married, but she understood.'' What the heck She was thinking about!'' she chided herself. There was no way she would marry that Long ass. Never in million years.


    The marriage contract their fathers signed years ago stated neither side would tolerate infidelity. It had less to do with romance and more to do with strategic reasoning.


    "None that we could find", he said, checking the list once again checking if he had missed anything.


    "Anything else, "She asked impatiently not bothering to hide her frustration with these Longs.


    " From what I''ve gathered, he''s the brains and is also highly skilled in hand-to-handbat, shooting, and many more things. It looks like Longs have spent most of their resources forging him to take the next head ce."


    "Doesn''t he have another brother?"


    "Yes, he does. Long Yuan, age twenty-nine. Engaged to Nation''s sweetheart, aka Liu ShiShi, age twenty-four, three years ago." He lifted a photo of the couple.


    "Seems like the little brother is not pleased with the nation''s sweetheart"


    Throwing down the photo, she waited for him to go on.

 Chapter 4 - Information On Longs (2)

    Xin Zhenyi


    "As for her Fiance, Long Yuan is also a graduate of Havard, " Cao Feng added. "And is also a world-ss sniper. When he isn''t assassinating people, he is running the clubs and casinos . . . Well for the world he is a flower boy"


    "So, the brother is notpletely idiot. This nation''s sweet heart''s family name is Liu?" Xin Zhenyi repeated, "As in Liu Yao?"


    Cao Feng nodded, lifting a photo of the man in question. "Yes, Liu Yao, the dean of the Beijing University and Liu family has Nobel history. Her mother is a well-known music prodigy and the daughter followed her footstep."


    She grinned at that. "Is it really for blue blood?"


    "Sadly, yes. The longs really care about the family and reputation. They have a strange obsession with family and its rules" He shook his head.


    The grin of his boss was really scary. Sigh! he almost felt bad for her future husband.


    "What about this one?" She asked, pointing to the man beside Long Jie. He had simr eyes as her future husband, however, the man''s hair was a shade of brown. She figured the woman next to him had to be his wife.


    "Long Wei and Zhao Meilin."


    "Long Wei, age Thirty two, married to Zhao Meilin, age twenty-seven. He is the son of Mr long Jie''s uncle who is a scientist at longs groups. Zhao Meilin, the wife, is the daughter of a simple School teacher. Long Wei might seem the most harmless but he is the most shrewd person. He is responsible for technology and security of the family and Long groups. He is in next to line to Mr. Long for race of next head. People say he might outwit Mr Long."


    What a wonderful family!


    "Tell me more about Zhao Meilin," She stated, staring at the photo of the beautiful wife of Long Wei.


    " If Mother Teresa had a daughter it would be her."


    She tried not to smile. "Exin."


    He left a spread of photos across the table. In each one Zhao Meilin was doing all kind of phnthropic deeds, Zhenyi didn''t even know exist.


    Sigh! The woman flow money like water!


    "She spends more time giving away all her things than anyone in the family. Last year alone she spent a almost all her earnings on phnthropy and conducted over two thousand hours ofmunity service."


    "Good for longs ," She stated. Giving was normal. Giving to make yourself look like a better person was normal.Atleast someone was clearing their image.


    Lifting thest set of photos, She knew who they were, the whole Beijing knew.


    "Long Shaoming , age fifty-four, and his wife, Song Lili, age fifty-one, spends half of her husbands money on her socialite friends, never really cared for anything except status and money," he stated, cing the file.


    She could tell Long jie''s grey eyes came from his father, while his darker features came from his mother. They were all quite good looking, and from what she could tell, all was God-given with the exception of Nation''s Sweetheart. It was decent, but Xin Zhenyi could tell she''s had work done. She wondered why a man like Yuan would choose a stic beauty like this nation''s Sweetheart.However, they all looked Hallmark ready. It was almost awful.

 Chapter 5 - Xin Yichens Dilema

    "THE PARADOX OF VENGEFULNESS IS THAT IT MAKES MEN DEPENDENT UPON THOSE WHO HAVE HARMED THEM, BELIEVING THAT THEIR RELEASE FROM PAIN WILL COME ONLY WHEN THEIR TORMENTORS SUFFER."


    Xin Residence


    A certain middle-aged man was ying a mesmerizing melody on Guzheng when he was interrupted by his assistant. The melody sounded like immortals were singing and dancing in a symphony. Master Xin Yichen, the current head of the Xin family was a prodigy in many musical instruments, and Guzheng was one of them. Just because Xins were associated with ck Market did not mean they did not cultivate any positive talent.


    "Master," Cao Kung said and bowed. Xin Yichen detest when someone disturbed him while ying any musical instrument. But if there was an emergency like Matters involving his beloved daughter, he had to be the first to inform. Xin Yichen''s love for Xin zhenyi knew no limits. If he was the heart She would be his heartbeat.


    Xin Yichen straightened his back and gestured him to continue while holding the instrument.


    "Young Miss was nearly attacked by her new driver. ording to our investigation, he was bribed by the Bai family to obtain information about her. But the case is not so simple" Cao Kung narrated the contents of the investigation report.


    " Master it seems that their goal was not to hurt Young miss. If the driver was expected to hurt young miss he would have done it effortlessly. They just wanted the information on the young miss.", Cao Kung added after specting the entire situation.


    " Indeed the enemy is desperate. He has been ying hide and seek for years. Increase security around her" Xin Yichen ordered his subordinates. The antagonist of the drama had always been a peculiar figure his hate for Xins knew no end. His wife had been assassinated by the same enemy.


    Xin Yichen had waited for years for vengeance. He knew if he wished to avenge his dead wife he had to maintain hisposure and wait for the enemy toe out of the shadows.


    "Master Could Longs be after the incident? The information that we sent was limited. Long Jie definitely wished to know the type of person he was going to marry. He is the nner and we should not forget that he''s not like his father" Cao Kung said. His master was really petty when it came to his daughter. When he saw the information, his master wanted to reveal about young miss he was astonished.


    Xin Yichen knew what his assistant was thinking. He agreed that he was being petty by letting out only the insignificant information about his beloved daughter but she was a Xin and to let her live a safe and free life he blocked everything about her.


    "No. She is going to be one of them soon and they will never acquire these methods. Long Shaoming would never approve and Long Jie can''t refuse because he is not the head yet'''' Xin yichen answered certainly. He was certain neither longs nor Bai''s were directly associated with the incident.


    " Where is Zini ?"


    " Master she will be here in a few minutes"


    " What''s her attitude on the marriage contract with longs," he asked his assistant. He knew she would never agree but this wedding was going to happen by hook or by crook. But deep down he knew he would never be able to force her. And this was where his father woulde useful. His daughter would never be able to say no to her grandfather no matter how adamant or stubborn she was.


    " She sure loathes Longs and Long Jie is no exception "Cao Kung replied his master.


    This daughter of his was always an anomaly. If she loathes something she would loathe it as if her whole life relied on it without caring for details and if she put her mind on something, it was next to impossible to alter her mind.


    It seemed that he had to work hard to make his daughter concede to this Marriage Arrangement.

 Chapter 6 - Hidden Motives

    Long Shaoming shared a very unusual rtionship with his eldest son. To say it was somewhat strained would not be wrong. He always treated Long Jie as the future head of the family. He wanted to train him to serve as one of the best heads of the Long family. His Son was no ordinary. He was a genius and no one could run the Long group as he could. But the challenge before him was to persuade his son for the marriage with the Xin girl.


    He not only wanted to end the ancient ongoing rivalry between the two major powerhouses of Beijing but also attain a hidden and very crucial objective. He could not tell his son the real situation but his son was no imbecile.


    "Son"


    "Father, Please say what I can do for you", Long Jie replied to his father.


    " We are meeting Xin''s tomorrow. You have to be present there. Don''t forget it son" Long Shaoming informed his son. Xin Yichen reached his assistant to inform him of their arrival. Xin Yichen wasing to Beijing after decades and it was a sort of historic moment.


    "Sure" Long Jie assured his father. He knew his father was obvious and the bloody marriage was inevitable. what he failed to understand was his father''s reason for the marriage and he felt that ending the rivalry between the two families was just bullshit. But he knew better to ask.


    Long Shaoming nodded at his son and walked out of his room. He was certain that his son would not oppose his decision. But his son was not the only difficulty in the family.


    He went to his study and found his furious father standing there. He gestured for his assistant to leave the room and close the door. It was time for the father-son duo to interact with each other or more like quarreling. His father''s views often shed with his.


    "Shaoming, didn''t I tell you to end this bizarre marriage contract ?" The old man asked Long Yuhan with a cold hoarse voice. Long Shaoming did not argue back with his father. There was no point functioning on his directions because he was the current head, not his father.


    "Father, please forgive me but I could not act on your wishes. I had given my words and Longs never go back on their words. This is what you taught me all these years." Elder Patriarch Long Yuhan had been trying to get his Eldest grandson to marry one of the granddaughters of his long-time friend. If only he could have Long Jie marry one of the daughters of the Li family, their family status within the Military would be vastly improved. But his hope was shot down as his Eldest son after bing the head of the family signed the marriage contract with his bigger rival.


    The long family had a tradition that had been going on for centuries that every member of the family had to concede with the wishes of the head of the family. Elder or the Young generation would have to act by the head of the family. Maybe it was the reason that the family had been running for such a long time.


    "presumptuous!!!", the old man roared as if he had been insulted.


    " You dared to go against your father. you forget your Nobel upbringing"


    " Father you know this is not possible. I do not have any wish to offend you. But the marriage contract can''t be canceled" Long shaoming stated calmly.


    " Xin''s are vile and dreadful. We have a long history of rivalry between us. Do you guarantee that the unpleasant woman that you are bringing as your daughter-inw would not hurt your family?"Long Yuhan asked his son furiously.


    " You know exactly why there was a long ongoing battle between the two families. The battle would have ended decades ago if you haven''t -


    "STOP"


    Long Shaoming stopped he knew that he pressed the aching vein of his father. His father was guilty but he would never express it. His father was narrow-minded, intolerant, and bigoted. His decisions further deteriorated the family and business and this was also the reason why he disliked his grandson who was hisplete opposite. The model head of the family but he would never agree.


    " You would not continue this marriage agreement shaming and this is my order," the old man said again.


    "Rule number3: The family act per the decisions and orders of the family head" Long shaoming answered while walking out of the study room. There was no point in arguing with his father.

 Chapter 7 - Tormenting Love

    She had just came from an exhausting day at the office, to her home--the Xin Residence that never felt like a real home to her. If it was not her B¨¤''s wish (father) she would have never called this majestic ce her home and home was where the family was. This was indeed a beautiful mansion! In all County B, one would not find a mansion as morous and startling as this one, an estate so withdrew from the stir of society, a true misanthropist''s Nirvana. But there was no warmth of home.


    She strode towards her father''s favorite ce in the fascinating mansion and found him where she had expected, in his study with his another not so favorite person, Mr. Cao Kung who she believed had definitely brief her father on the little incident. She knew he was worried about her but again he was always anxious as she was going to disappear the moment , he closed his eyes.


    He saw hering towards him and one could imagine how his heart warmed when she beheld his ck eyes withdraw so suspiciously under their brows, as she hurried towards him and hugged him sweetly. Yes, the merciless and cold bloodedqueen had a heart too but only few people were capable of melting it.


    ''B¨¢?'' ,She said.


    A sigh was the answer.


    "Master, young Miss Zhenyi, just arrived. She must be hungry it''s almost time for dinner. I will instruct the staff to set the dining table," said Su Mei the housekeeper." She had an aggrieved expression on her face. Then Xin Zhenyi realized that the housekeeper followed her. Su Mei was an elderlydy who took care of her after the demise of my mother. She spoiled and pampered her like no one else. She couldn''t bear to see her sad.She had heard about her ident and since then her heart was in her mouth.


    Xin Yichen''s mouth twitched but didn''t say anything, only giving her a quick nod. It was clear that the olddy had no ns of letting him nag his precious for endangering her life once again.Those who knew XinYichen knew he was not capable of love and affection and it might be the reason he was the iron man of Underworld.


    "Okay, You start digging on the Bai family. I believe the person might have left have some pieces of evidence. As long as the Bai family agrees to cooperate with us, it''s more than enough." He ordered his assistant, stood up from the Chair, and gestured for his daughter to follow him for the dinner. "Your grandfather is waiting for us in China. We are leaving tomorrow morning."


    Her father and Su Mei left the room but her feet were stuck in the same ce. She now realized that She had miscalcted her father. He was very sure to get her hitched to Long Jie. But no matter what she would never agree even if it means she had to visit china with him. If he was her father, then she would show him she was his daughter. The one who surpassed him long time ago.


    * * * *


    She sat on the chair beside her B¨¤ while Su mei went to instruct servants to serve them dinner. The dinner was delicious but the topic of marriage and Longs made her wanted to throw up.


    "Are you ready toe with me to China?"Her father asked bluntly. She could tell that her father knew about her stance on marriage but for some reason he was ignoring it which was irritating her because he never said no to any of her demands.


    I am," She said simply. Of course, she had no other option she could never reject her father and moreover, shecould not let him go there alone. Sure, others were also there to look after him but after the death of her mother, he left the country and brought her there. if her mother had been alive, things would have beenpletely different. Her father would not be the same person he was now. He would not be so lonely and isted from the real world.


    Zini"


    "B¨¤"


    "I know what you''re thinking. Child, I don''t ask you for anything but give this marriage a chance. Long Jie is not a bad choice. I know you are just blinded by your hate for the Longs, but you can trust me. You know, your B¨¤ will never give your hand to just any man," her father finally said.


    " B¨¤-


    "Let meplete. Zini, you can''t stay hidden forever. You are my heiress and I would never want you hidden from the world. I am proud of what you have achieved so far, but love it''s time to move forward and see the world with clear eyes" Her father added. He was aware of her predicament but somethings were bound to happen.And her marriage to Long Jie was inevitable.It was her hate for Longs which was blinding her judgement.


    "Hate is... It''s too easy. Love. Love takes courage." He further added. He suddenly recalled the days he was in love with his wife.Now that she was not here, he still couldn''t move on.


    "Not all of us are allowed to be in love B¨¤" She answered honestly. Love¡­ these four alphabets were too heavy for her.


    What She said was right not all of us were allowed to be romantic and she was no romantic either. She had seen what love had done to her father and she would rather be bitten by a snake than fall in love with someone. His love for her mother always tormented him. But still, he never moved on and thought about starting a new life with someone else.


    "You don''t have to be in love to marry, Zini. I won''t ask for more but give it a thought," he said and walked towards his daughter to pat her head and wished her good night.


    But unbeknownst to him, sleep wasst thought on her mind. She had yet to find some answers.

 Chapter 8 - Visiting China?

    "y with murder enough and it gets you one of two ways. It makes you sick, or you get to like it."


    -Dussell Hammet


    "Ma''am." Cao Feng called out, holding her work phone.


    He put the phone on the speaker.


    " Show me your art, Gong," She said, thinking about his fascinating art he performed in the previous traitor. His art always impressed her. The man loved to peel human skin for his strange projects and the gadgets he had always intrigued her.


    "With pleasure, Miss Xin," Gong replied hurriedly. She was aware of his excitement, it was not every day he got his favorite toys.


    "Gong . . ." She said, her toneced with warning.


    "Miss Xin I won''t kill him until youe. He''s waiting in the ckroom under, so drugged up that he can''t see straight . . . but he''s still not talking." He pouted. Even though he loved tormenting men he was still very afraid of his boss. He wouldn''t dare to piss her off.


    "Goodbye, Gong," She said as Cao Feng ended the call.


    "ckHouse ma''am?"


    She just nodded, he kept driving until they reached the ck house.


    " Ma''am." The men bowed before opening the door, only to reveal an elevator with Alexander waiting for them. He was the head of her security but she ordered him to handle this matter privately.


    "Miss Xin, Gong has been torturing him for long but the man is not opening his mouth. We seed to take out the hidden poison from him. He is no ordinary mercenary but his identity is hidden. We have hacked all the major government''s data but didn''t even found anything on him no name nothing just a code S-072001 tattooed on his body," Alexander briefed her on the situation.


    She nodded and stepped out of the lift along with two other men.


    She could hear a man gasping for air as water sshed around him. They were a level up from where they were waterboarding the man. The ckroom was a huge room with a giant gym, a boxing ring in the corner, and various tools scattered on the floor. But today they had cleared everything on the floor to make room for their captive. As she entered the room, the men gave her a short bow and she just nodded in return. Each one of them looked just as deadly as a hungry lion waiting for his prey, and they all stood silently, allowing the man''s underwater screams to echo around the space.


    "Enough, " She called out, and Gong stood straighter as She stepped forward.


    Impressive¡­ he had done an incredible job on the man''s skin. It seemed as if his skin was the canvass and Gong''s knives were thecquer and both things created a beautiful red oil painting on his skin.


    " Boss," Gong said happily and came towards his boss like a dog expecting to be patted by his master.


    "Cao Feng," She said, without emotion.


    Nodding, he cleared the room and did with she expected him to do.


    "Xin Zhenyi knows well how to make a mute talk," She said to no one in particr.


    "To hell with you bitch. You are not good than my ¡ª" Before he could finish, She smashed the wooden chair kept in front of me on his face.


    Blood oozed from his face as he red at her. He gazed at her with such hate that couldn''t beprehended in words. As if she cared about this bastard.


    The men shook their heads inwardly at the idiocy of the fool.


    Spitting the blood from his mouth, he snickered, " I''d rather die than talk to you, bitch."


    She smiled and saw him trying to keep his eyes open. Just a few more minutes before he would be done for. The door to the room opened and entered a very sophisticated and handsome young man carrying a brown envelope.


    " Boss. " The handsome young man bowed and handed her the envelope. He trembled inwardly at the sight of the injured man but he recalled his senior''s advice not to open his mouth carelessly if he didn''t wish to die sooner.


    "Doctor song asked me to greet you in her ce, " he further added.


    " Exact words, Young man. Both of us know doctor song is allergic to simple words" She tried not to roll her eyes. That Doctor Song was a weird creature.


    " Bos-s I-I -"


    "Get out. You''re not required anymore and tell your money-grubbing boss she will be paid ordingly" She barked at him.


    She opened the envelopes and a look of surprise shed through my eyes and she was somewhat impressed with the thorough job done by this money-grubbing doctor. She might be expensive but she was impressive.


    She tossed the contents of the envelope in front of the captive and his eyes widened after seeing the report.


    ''How was it possible?'' the captive murmured to himself. But he knew the woman was a devil-skinned as a human.


    "So, what do you think about it?" She asked himzily. She was too tired to y this little game with him.


    He still did not speak.


    "Cao Feng-


    " STOP"


    She turned her gaze towards him and gestured him to keep on talking.


    " I don''t know about my master we are given order by our superiors. I just overheard that Master will be arriving in China within few days," he honestly answered even though he knew he would be killed. He would prefer an easy death over the torture of Xins. There was a reason why they were called ''blood-thirsty demons.''


    Sighing, She asked Gong to shoot him. He fired until his lifeless body fell from the chair. He got an easy death but what was the fun in persecuting him if he was of no use to her.


    China...It seemed She had a real reason to visit China now.


    ''I''ming china,'' she said in her mind.

 Chapter 9 - Long Clan

    "We''re pregnant."


    Long Wei made the announcement at the dinner table. Long Jie wanted to wipe his annoying grin with the bowl kept in front of him but he restrained him .


    Long Wei''s wife, Long Jie''s sister-inw Meilin, caressed her t stomach. Generally speaking, she was about as maternal as Mother Theresa, but Long Jue wasn''t quite sure if this cousin of his was capable of taking care of a kid. But he was sure that his future nephew or niece would at least get a better mother than him. Lucky bastard.


    " Ten weeks still early but we wanted to share the news with all of you,"His sister inw said shyly and his cousin brother kissed her forehead. She had his brother wrapped around her fingers and this was not what Long Jie was expecting from his marriage.


    His mother and Aunt darted from their seats, hugged, and kissed the happy couple with praises and blessings. Long Jie wished if she had shown her children this attention and love.


    He rose from my chair and hugged my brother and nodded at his sister-inw.


    " Congrattions," Long Jie said and Long Wei grinned in reply.


    He was happy. Good for him.


    His grandfather along with his uncle and father also followed the custom of congratting and blessings the to be parents . They were pleased. They should be. Wasn''t it what they expected from them.


    Long Shaoming made it wlessly clear he wanted heirs from his sons. Breeds to continue the Long legacy. Long Jie was the first in line, the eldest Long son, and therefore was burdened with the task not only to produce heirs but to also ensure one of them was a male who would continue to take the control of Long groups.


    If he hadn''t had kids, the title, power, and fortune would all be given to the child next in line to the throne. Long Wei''s kid, to be precise.


    " Aren''t there good news every day?" Mother muttered under her breath. But it was audible enough to reach his and his father''s ears.


    " Lili" Long Shaming warned her.


    Song Lili did not approve of the bride selected by her husband for their eldest son. She wanted a perfect socialite like herself but too bad she was never given the opportunity.


    "Lili, Jie is going to marry Xin zhenyi. Even if you don''t like her, you will give her the respect she deserves as your daughter-inw" His father told her.


    "Long Jie is my son. I carried him in my womb for 9 months and now you are telling me that I can''t even choose my daughter inw. " she refuted.


    Long Jie tried not to roll my eyes at the audacity of the women. He wanted to yell at her that she was never a mother to him. Yes, she was the perfect daughter-inw his grandfather wanted her to be. But she was not even on the threshold of being called a mother.


    "You are my wife also. And you must respect your husband''s decision" His father stated.


    The family soap opera was getting interested day by day. Maybe, he should attend more dinners in the future.


    " I will never ept that woman''s daughter as my daughter inw" She yelled, unlike the noblewoman she was.


    Her answer caught Long Jie''s attention. The problem was not his future wife but her mother. Not many people know about Xin Yichen''s wife. Heck, Most of them did not even knew her name.


    " Lili " Long Shaoming warned her once again.


    This time she shut her mouth.

 Chapter 10 - Long Clan(2)

    " well, I''m happy for you mother. Your second son seeded in fulfilling your expectation " He said tonelessly to his mother. She would get the perfect stic doll she always wanted as her daughter-inw. The nation''s sweetheart was Yuan''s fiancee.


    " You know First brother, Sarcasm is not your cup of tea", Yuan gave his a dirty look. The topic of his fiancee was always his sore point. He wanted to ask his brother why he was getting included out of nowhere.


    " Says the man who''s marrying an annoying stic doll" Long Jie fired back.


    Most days, he thought about what triggered his brother to engage with that woman. The lousy excuse of a socialite woman. Women like her did not fit us men. We killed for our benefits and did morally questionable things.


    " Congrattions brother you finally shared your views" Yuan snickered.


    " What the heck is wrong with both of you," Their mother asked shooting daggers at both of them.


    They answered with silence.


    " You, long Jie What''s wrong with Liu Shishi. She is such a beautiful and warm youngdy of noble origin. She is the best man like you can get" She said proudly pointing her fingers at him. what she did not realize that she unconsciously insulted her sons.


    It was on the tip of his tongue to ask her what did she meant by men like them. She was also married to one like him. He, however, avoided joining the rest of the conversation. He sometimes pitied his father.


    "Now, now." Zhao Nuan, aka his auntie, tried to ease the discussion. "We''re all very excited about the new addition to the family. My very first grandchild." She sped her hands, looking dreamily into the distance. "Hopefully one of many."


    ''At least, the child would get one sane grandmother'' he thought.


    " Well, Ma you have to make sure the mom-to-be won''t participate in themunity activities for the time being," Long Wei said to his mother. He was worried his wife might exhaust herself.


    His wife was a crazy phnthropist but he could not call her wrong. This was her way of dealing with guilt. Moreover, she was cleaning Long''s reputation and it was more than enough for him.


    " What about you Jie?"Elder Long turned towards Long Jie. The person who did not like him even a bit was asking him something and he damm well knew what he meant. But he decided to y ignorant.


    " What about me?" he answered his question with another question.


    " When are you getting married?" Elder Long asked as if he really cared. Hypocrite bastard.


    " I suggest you to ask my wife" He answered him. We were supposed to have dinner with Xins tonight but they canceled at the end moment. This infuriated his grandfather. However, his father had expected it.


    " You don''t have a wife. First Brother " Yuan chimed. It was his turn to infuriate his brother .


    " Well, I was supposed to meet her tonight but my Inws postponed the dinner" Long Jie replied to no one in particr.


    " Xins are testing our patience. If they don''t desire to continue the marriage agreement then there is no need to insist. There are many girls out there. Even I can choose one for you" Elder Long''s voice rang out. He never wanted that Xin girl to enter Long family at the first ce .


    Elder Long was a selfish and arrogant man. His arrogance was more important than his family. Since Long Jie''s childhood, he was praised as the golden boy but his grandfather always highlighted his mistakes and encouraged his other grandsons and


    Long Shaoming was his perfect son. But this decision of his belittled him in his grandfather''s eyes.


    " Are you done, grandfather? " Long Jie asked his grandfather and his mother gasped as ifmitted a sin. What a perfect daughter-inw and a shitty mother!


    "Did not you always asked me to be a perfect son? I''m acting ording to my father''s order. If he wants me to marry Xin Zhenyi I will marry her and no one can change it " He said firmly.


    Elder Long pushed off the table, rising to his feet with a finger pointed at Long Jie.


    " I''m the father of your father. A leopard never changes its stripes. I will never ept any Xin in this house. If you want to find out about the road ahead, then ask about it from thoseing back. I have been there before. Your uncle trusted them but what happened to him. You all know he is dead. Xins are snakes and snakes always bite" he said and walked out of the dining room.


    Good riddance.


    Long Jiesmiled serenely, addressing everyone at the table as if this had nothing to do with her and Yuan had an urge to apuse his brother for such a wonderful performance.

 Chapter 11 - Xin Cooperation

    A few dayster.


    Xin Zhenyi entered into the lobby of the office building two minutes before nine, wlessly dressed in a dark-colored business suit. The lobby was surrounded by several kinds of people, some came for interviews, some for trying their luck and somezing around with coffee in their hands.


    She had been in China for over a week and decided to expand the influence of Xin cooperation there too. Of course, if she was allowed, she would never stay there. Country B was better than China in so many different ways. Not that Country B was more developed and advanced but because China was scratching her old wounds that were yet to be healed.


    But now that she had made her mind to settle down here, she decided to expand the business here too. The market situation of China was totally different from Country B. During her stay in country B, she was isted from China. Now that she had been here and for long, she decided to conquer China''s Fashion and Entertainment industry along with tel sector. The tel sector over here was weaker than Country B. Moreover longs were in neither of these industries and it was rtively easy for her to dominate these areas being Long Jie''s wife.


    If she was marrying that arrogant brute, she was surely going to use his influence for her benefit. That was the least he could do for his soon-to-be wife. she was not one of those sweet shy wives who would think twice about using their husband''s assets. He was going to be hers and obviously what''s his was hers too. But her possession belonged to her only!


    She reached the office floor as she stepped out of the elevator, a young woman greeted her who she supposed was her new Secretary. Sigh! she couldn''t use Cao Feng anymore and Bingbing was still in Country B wrapping the work over there.


    " Good morning president" the girl greeted with a respectful bow.


    She nodded at her and entered her office and sat on the chair. She had been at this office for few days yet she was not used to it.


    "President Xin, you have a meeting at ten with Mr. Li rting to the new artists that we are signing. It appears that our nning team is facing some problem" the secretary said.She had heard of Xin Zhenyi but seeing her in person was too much overwhelming because she had never seen a woman with an attitude like her boss.


    ''Of course, there would be problems for novices'' thought to herself. She might be new to these industries but she was no new to the business. she damm well knew what to do.


    Lu Xinyi went on informing her of the schedule for the day and it seemed she was packed for the whole day.


    "We are hiring new talent?" Xin Zhenyi asked her once she finished.


    "Yes president, the nning department is hiring new people. Most of them are fresh graduates"


    "Inform them that I will be joining the interview panel," Xin Zhenyi said and signaled her to leave the office.


    The fashion industry in Beijing wasgging. If the fashion industry in Shanghai and Beijing werepared, Shanghai''s fashion industry would be more developed. Shanghai was located in Central China, and Beijing in the North. Beijing was the cultural center of China, while Shanghai was a business hub. They were different not just in their lifestyle, but also in the way they influence the fashion industry of the country. Shanghai was modern, economic, and a fashion powerhouse, whereas, Beijing fashion was conservative.


    Sigh!! Beijing''s people lived in the history of their ancient city, while Shanghai''s people were more modern. Shanghai was a hotbed for revolutionary ideas and fashion. What was the benefit of letting Beijing''s fashion industrygging?


    There were many mega powerhouses but no one dared to change the situation of its fashion industry. It seemed she made the right choice by marking it.


    She rang her secretary who came after few minutes.


    "President"


    " Miss Lu I want all the relevant data on the fashion industry of this city and the reasons why it is failing and all the other details rted to it. You have two days and make sure you select your team ordingly. I do not care who you add to your team as long as I get what I ask for, " Xin Zhenyi told her. Lu Xinyi should be happy that she was letting her chose her team. One could work best only when their team was working together.


    "Follow me, Miss Lu. We are joining the interview panel" She said and left the office.


    The interview was held on the 20th floor. As she entered the room, she saw four interview panels, questioning the candidates. Many candidates were cleared for thest round of the interview process and only a hundred were to be selected among all the candidates assembled there.


    A certain girl caught she attention. she presumed that the girl was there for the post of assistant to the director of nning. She was tall, extremely tall for an oriental woman. But what caught Her attention was not her little beautiful and exquisite face but her eyes. One of her eyes was heterochromatic, half ck half sky blue. Her eye condition was simr to Xin Zhenyi''s but both of hers were heterochromatic.


    "Sorry, Miss Xu, but you do not fit our requirement. Please try again next time. Thank you for your time" the interviewer told her politely.


    She wondered if they all were this polite to every interviewer or it was just the effect of her presence.


    The girl nodded. Her emotions could be seen in her eyes one moment but another moment she seemed like an entirely normal person. She impressed Zhenyi with her professionalism.


    Xin Zhenyi gestured her secretary who understood what her boss meant. Shepleted her task with just a text. Many candidates were selected and many more were rejected. But nothing, in particr, caught Xin Zhenyi''s eyes until a loud voice rang.


    "Young man, just because you learned some foreign words does not mean you can argue with me. I have been in this industry for years. You do not even have a real degree and the nerve of you to question me. Who the hell cleared you in previous rounds? You can leave now"


    "With due respect Sir, I do have a real and legit degree. It''s just that I got it through distance learning. It is my second degree and it is very much real,"replied the young man. Zhenyi did not see his face clearly but she could tell he was a beauty just by his silhouette. A pretty prince.


    "Music degree from Julliard is not enough for the position you have applied here and if you were good in music you would not have changed your career. You can get out now." Mr. Wu, the director of the nning department pointed to the young man.


    The young man did not lose hisposure even after the insult. He even politely bowed before leaving.A man who could not tolerate small insults could never aplish great things.And he proved, he was meant was something big.


    She stayed there for thirty more minutes and went through the portfolios of many candidates. She marked a few of them too.

 Chapter 12 - Zhenyi Is An Angel

    Xin Zhenyi


    Since she had a meeting with Li huang, the president of Moonlight entertainmentpany, she left the interview room with her secretary. She directed her towards the board room where Li huang was waiting along with few higher-ups of the Xin cooperation. Expanding Xin corporations in maind China was a huge challenge for my team but they were managing fine.


    She saw Li huang, president of moonlight Entertainmentpany, upying the chair next to his secretary.


    "President Li " She nodded.


    "President Xin. It is nice to meet you." He greeted. ''


    So, she is the infamous President Xin,'' he mused


    "Please have a seat, President Li"


    "I won''t take your time Miss Xin. I am sorry, but I don''t think Moonlight Entertainment can help you in signing new talents. I''m sorry to say but I don''t think we can corporate on this matter. He said straightforwardly.


    Miss Xin. No President Xin. Nice.


    "Who told you we are here to discuss New Artists. President Li, I don''t even have an entertainmentpany yet" Xin Zhenyi Chuckled.


    Another idiot.


    "President Xi--"


    She cut him and said " I want to buy Moonlight Entertainment President Li"


    Few higher-ups of Xin Cooperation fidgetted where they were sitting. They were very much used to the overbearing attitude of their president.


    "Let''s negotiate the terms"


    He rose from his seat and hit the table loudly and said " You''re kidding me? President Xin"


    How dare she threaten him?


    "Miss Lu. Show President Li, the business proposal that your team prepared" She said while staring at the man in front of me. A Weak Man and unfit businessman.


    He saw the business proposal. Well, threat material to be exact. Just because She came to China didn''t mean she would change her morals. Oops! but she was taught no morals. He should thank her that she was at least offering him something in return. She never snatched things that belong to others. It was just that everything had a price and it depended upon how much one was willing to spend.


    "Why?" he asked. She came prepared. Did she know he was scheming to deceive her?


    ''Why the hell everyone loved to ask her the same question?'' she wondered. Never mind.


    "Why not?" She challenged him with a smirk dancing on her cherry lips.


    "President Xin, it is not Justified. You just can''t ask me to handover my family business to you. I signed a contract with you, but now you are snatching mypany" he said bitterly and he had an impulse to teach her a lesson.


    Did she? She liked hispany. Couldn''t she just buy it? It was not like he was doing a fine job in managing it properly.


    " You should have thought about it before joining hands with my rivals Li Huang," She told him, ignoring the look his secretary was giving me. She would deal with that idiotter.


    No one went against her and returned unscathed.


    His jaw clenched as the realization hit him. His face now resembling a sheet of paper. He thought he could double y her and leave her in the shadows. What an imbecile!


    "What do you mean? How could you do this to me president Xin?"


    She scoffed at his words. The audacity of the man.


    "Don''t tter yourself, Li Huang. You signed your death warrant when you joined hands with Du Corporation. I might be new to China but it doesn''t mean I''m new to the business. You dare to believe you can fool Xin Yichen''s daughter"


    His eyes widened with realization.


    " Yo- you are--"


    "Tsk¡­Tsk¡­ Poor you." She mocked the idiot in front of her.


    " Xins are back, Li huang, and tell your backer even his little finger is not worthy of fighting against me. "


    He fell to the ground and begged "Please forgive me Young Miss Xin I was ignorant. I was greedy. Please forgive this humble servant. My family will disown me if they found that I challenged a Xin. I do not know it was you, the Du cooperation was nning against. It was not me."


    Li Huang was aware of Xins. Heck, the whole of Beijing was aware of them. They were monsters in human flesh.


    "And this is my problem?"


    He shook his head. It was his own problem. He was willing to do anything to save his life even if it meant to rat Du cooperation out.


    She threw acquisition papers at him. A deer never rebel against the king of the jungle. She might not be the damm king of the jungle and Li Huang was not the rebelling deer either but She damm well knew that She was the queen of the chess and he was a mere soldier of an opponent army that was bound to be crushed.


    "You have 12 hours Li huang and this is the most I can give you, after all, I''m an ANGEL. And remember, I''m not snatching yourpany from you. You are SELLING it to me" She smiled at him and walked out of the board room leaving the great Ceo Li Huang slumped on the floor with a murky look in his eyes. But she failed to notice was the scared and astonished looks on the faces of the board members.

 Chapter 13 - Hiring New Talent(1)

    " president "


    " hmmm"


    " Do you know that Li huang will deceive you?" Her Secretary asked carefully. she had to give credit to this tiny Secretary of hers. Lu Xinyi was a few of those people who were not scared of her. Neither did she disapproved of Xin Zhenyi''s method of acquiring moonlight entertainment. Not that her opinion mattered to Xin Zhenyi.


    " You know miss Lu the business world is not very kind to the neers "


    " Indeed President. But you are no neer "


    " But Du corporation failed to understand it"


    " Of course president, Du cooperation is the biggestpetitor of Xin corporation presently. He underestimated your power in China. He thought you were new to China"


    Indeed, Du Zheng underestimated her this time. But he was not wrong either he just failed to connect Xin cooperation with Xin Yanmo and Xin Yichen. Her father, the founder of Xin cooperation was a force nobody dared to cross. Even if he had not heard about her father, he would definitely know Xin Yanmo, her grandfather and the former president of the country.


    Nevermind. She was here to remind him for the rest of his life.


    She turned towards her secretary.


    " Hmm¡­.Miss Lu, I want a detailed report on MLE within two days. I want all the data regarding the falling profits of MLE. Currently, MLE has the most Artists signed but thepany is facing losses"


    " Sure President. The file will be on your time within 48 hours"


    " President the candidates we sorted out are waiting in the conference room"


    " They are waiting for thest 3 hours?"


    "Those who could not tolerate small misfortunes never aplish big things in life" replied her secretary wittily. She reminded her of that entric money-loving doctor.


    "This way president" She showed Zhenyi the way towards the conference room.


    There were four people in the room. All of them were perplexed and baffled, they had no idea why they were here. But what they did not know was that their fates were going to be changed.


    " President. This was sent by Mr. Cao" Lu Xinyi handed her a file. The file contained all the details about the five-person standing in front of them. She went through the pages and read the information about these five.


    " Miss Xu" She called out the girl whose eyes caught her attention earlier.


    " Ma''am," she said and came forward. To be honest, she was perplexed when few men stopped her out of nowhere and asked her to wait but didn''t tell her why.


    She was nervous but she did not show.


    " Miss Xu, Tell me what are your views about Beijing''s entertainment industry," Xin Zhenyi asked her. She frowned as if she had no idea what the boss was talking about. But she schooled her expression and replied neutrally.


    " The entertainment industry in China isgging if wepare it to other countries. of course rules are more strict. Moreover, talent is nailed down. Foreign investments in this sector are not encouraged " she answered as a perfect business advisor. Too bad she was not being hired for her talent in the business. That Bussiness degree of hers was of no use to Xin Zhenyi.


    " Miss Xu are you interested in the entertainment industry," She asked her directly.


    " President Xin, are you asking me as an artist?" The girl asked her as she understood her intentions. The girl was not bad. She was straightforward and explicit.


    " yes, Miss Xu do you know why you were not selected in the interview? I think you know but let me cut it short for you anyway, youck in many aspects in the business field. The nning development needs creative and intelligent talented people and no doubt you are not one of them" She told her. Even if the girl did not ept her offer She would make sure to tell the young girl where she stood.


    " But you do have one unusually beautiful face and I''m offering if would you like to join Moonlight entertainment as a model. Indeed, you have to sign as a trainee for a year but you would be justly paid for the time being?"


    " President Xin I do- don''t know. I need time to think over it " she said with a stammer. The woman in front of her had a very strong aura it was not easy to ask her something but she was very much straightforward.


    " of course you can think about it. You have plenty of time. You can answer me in 15 minutes. Go sit there Miss Xu " Xin Zhenyi pointed towards the chair.


    Lu Xinyi suppressed a chuckle but she was back to Secretary mode. ''Remind me to increase her sryter'' Zhenyi told her mind.


    Xu MingYue had to ept my offer. Like she said everything had a price it was just that one had to identify it.


    Her attention turned to another figure Rong Xiaosheng, who graduated inputer science but it was not the reason She was hiring him for. He along with hispanions formed a mini paparazzipany but it failed after few months. But within, five months they carried out many sessful sting operations. The reason why their 8 memberpany called '' dirty headlines '' failed was internal conflict but it was her concern .

 Chapter 14 - Hiring Talent(2)

    " President, Your father is on the phone" Lu Xinyi told her.


    Her B¨¤ rarely called during office hours. But if he did it meant emergency and suddenly she did not wish to guess anymore. She took the phone and answered.


    "B¨¤"


    " Come home now Zini. Your grandfather''s condition is serious" he said trying to sound calm but She could hear panic and helplessness in his voice.


    "I''ll be there soon B¨¤. Take care of him" She told him and hung up.


    She was so angry, not with others but with herself mainly because she could not do anything to hold back her y¨¨y¨¨. Never, in her life, She''d felt awfully helpless.


    She inhaled sharply and steadied her emotions. She couldn''t deal with three people standing in front of her.


    " Miss Lu, deal with them," She told her .


    Lu Xinyi nodded.


    " President Xin" A voice called her out and she turned to find the owner of the voice.


    "P-President Xin, I can''t act or sing" Xiaosheng stammered. Who the heck was asking him to sing with such a terrible voice.


    "You think you belong to the entertainment industry" She snapped. She was not a tyrant boss it was just that he met her on the wrong day.


    "Xiaosheng don''t forget the job of paparazzo suits you better. My Secretary will notify you about your job requirements"


    She walked out of the room and took out her phone and messaged Lu Xinyi


    - Sign Zhang Han at any cost.


    Zhang Han was a frencer Musician. He was awarded with good looks and a voice that could even melt rocks. The man was a rare talent, ording to Cao Feng''s report, personal crises werepelling him to change his career. She did not care about his personal issues as long as he could help her earn money, lots and lots of money.


    A few minutester, She walked through the foyer of her office building and out to her car. "Good evening, Ma''am." Alex greeted her as he opened the door of her Audi.


    " Alex, Xin Mansion in fifteen minutes. No less no more" She said and got in.


    She sighed. Her life right now was like a soap opera. A fucking soap opera. She was not kidding seriously. An intriguing storyline with a Sick grandfather, a Single dad, a dead mother and the cherry on the top was her arrange marriage. The only thing itcked right now was a scary Mother inw and drama queen best friends.


    Her phone beeped.


    Cao Feng


    - Li Huang''s nephew and du cooperation''s Ceo have joined hands against you.


    She sighed again. The Li family was desperate to meet its end. Now, what could she do? Then, they said She was ruthless.


    Fifteen minutester, She stepped into her home and her entered y¨¨y¨¨''s room. Across the room, She saw B¨¤ along with three doctors attending y¨¨y¨¨ and a very unwanted figure. Sam Qin. A fucking nuisance.


    She ignored him and hugged her father ,she could saw turmoil on his beautiful face. A sad frown on his forehead. She wanted to wipe out all his sadness and distress. He looked wonderful with his signature smile. The death of her mother had already created a void in his heart and nothing could ever fill that empty slot in his heart and She did not even dare to imagine how deeply y¨¨y¨¨''s departure would affect him. Y¨¨y¨¨ was his very first friend, guide, and supporter. He was his everything.


    "He will be alright" he whispered. She didn''t know who he was trying to assure, her or himself. She knew her y¨¨y¨¨''s condition better. Medicine was not helping him anymore. They knew he could leave them anytime. He had everything one could imagine but what he did not has was time.


    " Y¨¨y¨¨ get better soon, please. I don''t want to lose you too. I want you to walk me down the aisle with b¨¤. Please y¨¨y¨¨" She begged him blinking away the tears. No, She was not crying. She couldn''t, only weak cry, and She, Xin Zhenyi was no weak.


    He exhaled heavily and She could see how much he was suffering. She could not even ask him to hold on anymore. How could she? Even Breathing was causing him pain.


    "Z-Zin''er"


    "Y¨¨y¨¨"


    " Don''t cry, my child. Your Y¨¨y¨¨ is not worth these precious pearls" he said weakly.


    " Who said I''m crying y¨¨y¨¨? See clearly hmmp! You are getting old " She refuted. She wanted to tell him that he was worth everything.


    " You dared to call me old youngdy? I have yet to see you getting married" he fired back. He was trying to infuse normalcy through his poor sense of humor.


    "Then stay alive," She told him simply. The realization hit her, he wanted to see her married to Long Jie. If he wanted to see her married to long Jie, then he would absolutely see it. A fat big ass wedding. Nothing more nothing less.


    "Zin''er" he called her again.


    " Tell your brother to visit me. I don''t want to die without seeing him" he said. Her brother, he was not here. How could shebnot notice it? she turned towards her father as if looking for the answer.


    " He does not know about father''s condition" he informed her simply.


    Her eyes widened with the realization that theymitted a mistake, no a huge fucking blunder to be exact. If there was one thing her brother hated the most it was being lied to. No one could save them from the catastrophe named Xin Ryuu.

 Chapter 15 - The Feeling Of Left Out

    The most pathetic feeling was -- when your family left you out either intentionally or unintentionally. You felt like an Outsider in your own family. Xin Zhenyi could not even fathom how she would feel they kept her in dark for such a huge matter. She knew it was somewhat selfish, but soon realized where her y¨¨y¨¨ wasing from.


    He didn''t like to show anyone his vulnerable self. He was the epitome of vigor, strength, and resilience. He always disyed what it meant to embrace ws and mold them into your strength.


    But then she also understood that her big Brother would do anything to be with him during his final time. Otherwise, the regret of not being with his grandfather during his final moments was going to gue him for the rest of his life.


    She turned towards y¨¨y¨¨ and asked, "You are really concealing something like this from brother? Don''t you think grandfather brother would like to be here with you?"


    "Hmph! I''m not dying anytime soon. That stubborn brute will taunt me for being weak lying on the bed and machines attached to me, even after my death. I did not even tell you until a few days ago. Moreover, he is not even in the country. " he said, too stubbornly for a man lying on his death bed.


    "This is very selfish of you y¨¨y¨¨. You don''t know how much I want to not leave your side even for a second and here you are telling me that I''m worrying for you in vain"


    "Xiao Chen, see your daughter is calling this sick old man selfish." He whined, unlike his normal self.


    Xin Yichen just rolled his eyes at their childish behavior. It was not every day they got to see this side of Xin Yanmo. Unfortunately, they would not get much. He really wanted to keep him for ever.


    "Sam, see this girl is now calling me selfish. See this granddaughter of mine is no more sweet and lovely." He tried his luck again.


    "You know grandpa this best friend of mine was never sweet and lovely. It''s nice, you finally realized." Sam Qin answered back.The woman was hell bent on ignoring his existence. She didn''t even looked in his direction .


    Xin Zhenyi thought that the man was very infuriating. She could give anything to have his mouth locked.


    "Who the heck is your best friend, Mr. Qin?" She narrowed her eyes at him.


    "Oh, I forget we are best enemies. No doubt, an enemy had more special space in your heart than a friend" Sam, the idiot said to her.


    It was on the tip of her tongue to say a special ce?! Her foot!


    She turned back to her fatherpletely ignoring the idiot scowling behind her. Sam Qin had an urge to beat her up. A woman or not.


    "B¨¤, you inform big bro. I don''t dare to tell him about grandfather''s illness"


    " Oh, the great Xin Zhenyi is afraid," the imbecile chimed again. He was hell bent on reminding her that he was also present in the room.


    She red at him but remained silent. He just liked to enrage her. But she would not give him the pleasure.


    "Now you are ying silent, Zhenzhen," he said again. Could not he see that she did not wish to talk to him. Why the heck he was so damm difficult?!


    "Don''t you Zhenzhen me, Sam? You knew about y¨¨y¨¨''s condition but you still choose to hide it from me. You call yourself my best friend. Is it what best friends do?" She screeched.


    The damm brute! she would never forgive him for hiding such a matter from her.


    "Zin''e-"


    "No y¨¨y¨¨, I am talking to my best friend. You can''t just intervene between us. Even if you forbid him to inform me it was his duty as my best friend to tell me that my grandfather was fighting with a life-threatening disease" She eximed. She never felt so left out in her entire life. If there was somebody who knew how it would affect her, it was him, her best friend. But still, he chose to stay silent.


    Suddenly she could not suppress her emotions anymore. She was tired, too tired to y tough. She wanted to shout and tell them to leave her, the heck alone but seeing y¨¨y¨¨''s condition her heart was breaking all over again. She never felt too alone in a room full of people before.


    She walked out of the room to suppress her erratic emotions.

 Chapter 16 - Love: The Advent And Climax Of Every Journey

    Instead, of leaving the house, Xin Zhenyi went to her room. She was too tired to walk. She took a deep breath and ced the palm of her hand around the heart-shaped silver ne.


    Her mom''s ne. Her father said her mom gave her the ne because she was the heart of the family. Sadly, she did not even remember her. If her father had not told her of her mother''s stories, she would have known nothing about her.


    She heard someone knocking on her door and she reckoned it was her father. "Come in," she said. The door opened and in walked her father with a te full of food. He smiled as he kept the te on the table nearby and sat on the bed beside her.


    "Princess," he said. He usually didn''t call her princess. But when he did, she couldn''t reveal her anger.


    "You didn''t have lunch yet. Eat something, it''s not good for you to be empty stomach for long" he chided her.


    He was right she couldn''t afford to be hungry longer. She took the te and started devouring the food that he brought her . She offered him some but he declined.


    "Zini forgive Sam. He respects father so much that he could not go against his words" he said. Sam respected her grandfather more than he respected his own grandfather. He kept such important information hidden from her for her grandfather''s sake.


    She nodded at her father.


    "There is something I need to tell you"


    "Hmmm"


    "Let''s prepone your wedding. Your y¨¨y¨¨ wants you to see your wedding kiddo. Two dayster, you are meeting long Jie," he said.


    "B¨¤-"


    " I know you don''t love him yet. But give your marriage an honest chance. Who knows you might love each other." he exined.


    She shut my eyes. "B¨¤, I don''t want to fall in love. Ever."


    Love.


    The advent and climax of every journey.


    The emotion that made people both soar and crash. The feeling lit people up and burned their hearts.


    "You might think Zini that love burned me. I love your mother with all I have, even though she is not with me today. But she gave me you and Ryuu, the most beautiful gift I can ever ask for. If one day, you realize you are in love with your husband, don''t deny it, child. ept it and treasure it. True love is hard to find but harder to keep" he told her.


    She wanted to refute his words and tell him that she would never fall for someone like Long Jie. He was a wicked devil and she could never give up the control she built for marriage. The marriage was thoroughly unwanted and undesirable.


    She finished the food and her father left the room. She lied on the bed thinking about her soon-to-be husband. It was true that he was an attractive man with high intellect but his philosophy of life waspletely different from hers. He treated women as an inferior gender. She couldn''t stay married to a man she detested the most.


    Her train of thoughts broke when someone knocked on her door again. Assuming it was her father, she yelled toe in. The door open and in came her soon-to-be ex-best friend.


    He sat on the other side of the bed without speaking. A few moments passed, she could not resist anymore.


    "What are you doing?" She asked.


    Silence.


    "What the fuck are you doing, Sam?" She asked again.


    Again silence.


    She yanked him off the bed and threw him on the floor.


    "Shit" He banged his head on the floor. "Jesus Zhenyi. Are you fucking serious?" He stood up and rubbed the back of his head.


    Serves you right, bastard!


    "Oops! Sorry, but What are you doing here? Don''t you have anymore promises to keep, that is more important than your best friend" She said referring to the promise he made with her grandfather.


    "Are you done zhenyi?" He asked in annoyance.


    She red at him and kicked his leg. But he did not even bulge this time.


    "Jesus, Zhenzhen. You can''t even control your organs. Remind me again, why am I friends with a violent woman like you. "


    "You deserve it. " She fired back.


    He rolled his eyes at her.


    "Zhenyi try to understand I promised grandpa Xin that I will tell no soul about his illness. I gave my words to him and a real man never breaks his promises" he told her but she was too angry toprehend his words.


    "But promises are meant to be broken, Sam. It is an unspoken rule"


    "Zhenzhen, hear me out first, then you can scream at me or beat me as much as you want. Grandpa Xin''s cancer is incurable. He knew about it for 3 years. Even your father knew about it. I just overheard my grandfather''s conversation with grandpa Xin and when I confronted him, he forbade me to inform you" he tried to exin his reason but he was doing a very worst job at it.


    "But if you had told me I would havee to him sooner. He doesn''t have to stay here alone. "


    "That''s why he did not tell you, Zhenzhen. Please now forgive me"


    "Hmph! Never."

 Chapter 17 - Sam Qin Is Gay?

    Friends were a bizarre, vtile, contradictory, yet sticky phenomenon. They were made, crafted, shaped, molded, created by focused effort and intent. And yet, true friendship, once recognized, in its essence was effortless. She and Sam had been friends for as long as she could remember. He was sticky and whereas she preferred solitude. She was stingy with her words and on the other hand, he talked too much. But if she needed a shoulder to lean on, he would be the first one to offer apart from her family. That was their friendship: equal parts irritation and cooperation.


    "Why are you here, Sam? I mean in Beijing." She asked him.


    "Why I can''t be here my dear best friend?"He retorted.


    "Last I heard someone was whining not to return here again, " She replied.


    "Says the woman who swore to never marry."He fired back.


    Ouch! The idiot still knew how to press her sore point.


    " You know y¨¨y¨¨, wishes to see me married and whatever he wishes he gets." She could say no to her father but could never refuse her grandfather for anything.


    He stared at her face for a long period before saying " you don''t have to marry Long Jie against your wish. If he wants to see married, you can simply marry me and his wish will be fulfilled".


    "If you marry me then what about Cao Feng?" I questioned him.


    "What about him?" He answered his question with another question. A few momentster, he realized what she meant and his eyes widened.


    "You think I''m interested in Cao Feng? Your Assistant and most importantly, A man?"


    "Aren''t you Sammy boy? " She asked him. Fan Bingbing had liked Sam for years but he never responded to her feelings. She proposed to him many times, but was badly rejected. Heck, he even said that he would rather prefer Cao Feng than her. Since then Bingbing told everyone that he was gay but she still drooled after him.


    "I really want to punch your pretty face now" he warned me." You are not focussing on the subject of the conversation. Zhenyi, are you listening to me? Cancel the marriage the damm contract or you can elope with me"


    " Damm you, Sam. Can''t you see I don''t love you romantically and don''t wish to marry you either"


    " But I love you zhenyi if not romantically but at least as a best friend. I promised godmother that I will always look after you"


    His godmother, Her mother. Unfortunately, she was dead and those who were dead, their words held no weight.


    "I am not a child Sam. I know what''s right and what''s wrong for me. She is dead, Sam. She died years ago and stop quoting her everywhere"


    "Zhen-"


    " Now Sam you hear me loud and clear. I''m going to marry Long Jie and no one can stop me not even you."


    He left the room after a while. She knew he was concerned about her but he couldn''t stop her. She checked the time, it was ten-fifteen, and sleep was thest thought on her mind. However, She lied on the bed and slowly drifted to deep slumber.

 Chapter 18 - Title Is Spoiler

    "What about this one?" Long Wei asked. "DU cooperation is conspiring something against Xin cooperation."


    Long Jie gave him a questioning look.


    " If Xins sessfully take over Chinese market Du cooperation will be at loss"


    " Then What is Xin Yichen doing?" Yuan asked as he nibbled the fifth sandwich. The man ate like a bottomless pig.


    "Nothing" Long Wei replied. It''s not his concern what happens in Xin cooperation anymore"


    Long Jie looked at his face as if toprehend what he implied. If it was not Xin Yinchen''s concern then whose responsibility it was. Elder Xin? No. He was too weak to handle a conglomerate as huge as Xin cooperation.


    "Xin Zhenyi." Yuan gasped in disbelief .


    ''No, it could not be her'' Long Jie thought to himself. A corporation as enormous as Xin corporation could not be managed by a woman, so young. Women like her were pampered and spoiled with wealth and luxury in their world. They were kept away from the hard reality of their world and his soon-to-be wife would not be an exception.


    "Don''t talk nonsense Yuan." Long Jie rolled his eyes. He was sure Xin Yichen would never allow his daughter to step into his position. He was like a king with no sons and Xin Zhenyi was his only Princess. He wouldn''t dare to endanger the precious life of his princess.


    "Don''t assess too soon first brother," Long Yuan muttered. "You might get surprised -no shocked in the future".


    " It is a shame ."Long Jie smirked and watched as he munched another dish." There are not many great women out there. I''m not looking down on women, it''s just that I''ve never encountered outstanding women, you talk about. All I''ve confronted were either like our mother or that fiance of yours. Of course Sister- in w is an exception."


    Long Wei was ready to pounce on him if hemented anything wrong about his wife.


    "You know everything first brother but still you like pressing my sore point," Long Yuan said faking as if he was offended by Long Jie''s statement.


    " What does he mean?"Long Wei asked.


    " Just counting the lucky stars that he met his beautiful fiance," Long Jie replied with a straight face.


    Long Wei''s widened his eyes in disdain. He never bothered to hide his contempt for people he disliked and Liu''s family happened to be one of them. No one knew his reason for such resentment. Liu Shishiined to Song Lily many times that Long Wei did not give her face.


    "Don''t you have to go back to your Club?" Long Wei asked as Yuan leaned to covet his te. He really ate like a bottomless pig. He wondered where all his food went.


    "Why are you asking? I''m here to apany the first brother for a meeting with foreign investors." Yuan refuted.


    "A gentle reminder Yuan the meeting ended ten minutes before you came" He informed his unpunctual brother.


    His eyes widened with realization.


    "First brother-"


    " Yuan you are going on a mission with Wu Zheng tonight," Long Jie said before Long Yuan could continue his sentence.


    "I-I''m not going with that insane man. Mercy first brother, it''s winters and it will be absurd cold in City Z." Long Yuan begged.


    "Who said you are going to city Z little brother?"


    His eyes twinkled with happiness but it was not going tost long.


    " Be ready you are leaving for Africa tonight and now get lost." Long Yuan made a puppy face but it was not working. Yuan operated as a chief sniper for White Dragon Organization. It was one of the lethal organizations in the dark market and Long Jie happened to be the head of it.


    He left after whining. He would never agree but he enjoyed his job and he was too good at what he did. When he was not assassinating, he was living his fucked up life, courtesy to their parents, at his clubs.


    " You are sending him to Africa?"Wei asked.


    Long Jie nodded and he knew what Wei implied by his question.


    " Cyrus is in Beijing, " Long Jie replied with a single sentence and Wei knew better than to ask.


    Yuan had an unusual hate rtion with this guy named Cyrus. He was a prominent figure in the dark market no one knew what he looked like. He was a frencer hacker and sniper. He took jobs ording to his mood no Matter how much money one would offer.


    His rtionship with Yuan could not beprehended in just hate notes.


    "I''m leaving for office. The I-t team is facing someplications." Long Wei informed him and hastily left for office.


    Many people viewed Long Wei as his opponent in the race of inheritance but they failed to see how he always stood by his side, no matter how difficult Long Jie was. But people only saw what their eyes wanted to see.


    Long Jie also decided to retire home early as he had nothing important at the office. He came out of the private room and collided with a figure dressed in all ck.


    Little did he knew, the collision was going to turn his world upside- down.


    **


    Title name: The first meeting(1)

 Chapter 19 - Yes! The Title Is Spoiler Again.

    " What the --" the person he crashed into yelled.


    The phone in his hand fell on the ground and he bent down to pick it up. He wanted to shout and tell the person that it was him who bumped into him blindly but when he looked up, he was too stunned to speak. A woman. No, a fucking weapon.


    Her eyes reminded him of volcanoes, Fire, Sky, Earth, and water. All together. Different colors scattered across her beautiful iris. One iris was a peculiar shade of dark green and another deep blue just like ocean water. Specks of light brown could also be seen in those deadly eyes. Those cat-shaped eyes. No one could have such beautiful heterochromatic eyes.


    Who knew an eye disorder could look this beautiful!


    The woman''s long, dark brown hair was put in a bun, but small tendrils fell from the sides, brushing her long and slender neck, where he imagined the pulse of her artery would pound against his mouth when he put it there. ''Fuck! Long Jie. You are fucking engaged.''he reminded himself.


    Never in his wildest dreams, he had imagined a woman could affect him in the most peculiar way.


    The wind blew against her, sending a sweet scent in the air around him.The way her body sway in a conventional suit, the way she narrowed her eyes on the waiter who shed with her, knocking her into him, was etched in his mind.


    It wasn''t even her face or body that was the weapon. It was those cat-shaped eyes, colorful and full of secrets, that were dangerous. As unpredictable and hazardous as any man he''d ever stood against.


    He was right when he told his brother that he had never encountered a woman he could admire. Never in his life, he had ever encountered a woman like the divinity in front of him.


    He came out ofnd when he heard something break. It was his cat-eyes creating havoc.'' Not your long Jie '' he reminded himself. She threw all the dishes on the floor that he supposed the waiter was taking to another room.


    "Cat-eyes," he murmured in a low voice. The name fit her perfectly.


    "You can''t do this. " The waiter yelled at the woman.


    " oh, I can''t?" She smiled mockingly, those cherry lips curled up.


    The way she curled them and uttered the honeyed-poisonous words, he wondered what they tasted like.


    If they would taste as sweet as her honey voice.


    He was standing beside her but unfortunately, she did not notice him. The woman who apanied by her was watching the scene calmly as if it was a regr affair.


    "I will call the manager, madam. You can''t behave like a mad woman." The waiter reacted.


    Long Jie had a sudden urge to twist his neck with his hand but he knew cat-eyes did not need him to intervene. He was too mesmerized by the way her eyes changed their color when she was furious or how they sparkle under the luminous lights and he would be a lucky bastard, if he got to infuriate her every day.


    " Who?" She asked him calmly.


    He thought he missed something. Ugh, he was too mesmerized to concentrate on what she was saying.


    " What- Who?" The waiter fired back.


    She took a step forward andid her hand on his throat. Long Jie wanted to remove her hands from his neck and tell her she did not need to touch his dirty neck.


    She twisted it lightly but not too lightly.


    "Bastard, as much as I would like to draw this out, I amte for a meeting and I hate beingte," Cat eyes stated, as the woman beside her stepped forward and dialed a number.


    " Fuck you bitch." The man gasped for air. He was pped by the tiny woman who stepped forward earlier.


    " Mind your tongue, young man. Answer what my boss is asking or we have plenty of other methods to make you talk, " she said and showed him something on her phone which he guessed was a short video.


    His eyes widened in realization. There were some people one should never mess with. And she urred to be one of them. He wanted to step in but he was too interested to see her in action.


    " President Long." A familiar voice called him out and he turned to find his assistant standing there.


    " I''m sorry president. I was stuck in traffic. Please this way, the driver is waiting for you, " his assistant said.


    He turned his head back to find the woman but she was gone.


    He wondered if the woman was an illusion?


    But she was too beautiful to be an illusion.


    He wanted to kill his secretary foring at the wrong time. But he couldn''t me him.


    But if Gu Tian knew what his boss was thinking, he would get the shock of his life. The cold block of ice was interested in a woman!!


    Long Jie walked out of the restaurant and entered the back seat of the car.


    " President Long," His assistant, Gu tian said.


    " Hmm"


    " Master long called to inform about the meeting with your inws." He notified his boss.


    Inws. Xins. Xin Zhenyi. No cat eyes.


    Sigh!


    Men like him could not afford a woman like cat-eyes. They were lethal and the reason why empires fell. And he could not give up on his empire, it was the product of the long thirty years of his life. Woman as simple-minded as a cow, one he could control and bend to his every need, was what he wanted.


    And Xin Zhenyi, a perfect pampered and spoiled Princess who would be his perfect trophy wife.

 Chapter 20 - D-day

    Life is really simple, but we insist on making itplicated.


    - Confucius


    It was the D-day for Long Jie , he was ready to meet Xins or one could say he was more than ready to meet Xin zhenyi, his soon-to-be wife. Stepping out of the room, he saw his father waiting-correction counting seconds. He could see the twinkles of happiness in the eyes of his otherwise neutral and expressionless father. He looked him up and down before nodding in approval.


    ''What was he a kid?''Long said to himself.


    "Don''t mess it up son" Long Shaoming said before handing his son a folder of documents which he presumed was the marriage agreement.


    Damm him and his agreement!


    "Alright," he said once they reached the awaiting cars.


    His mother openly denied apanying them to Xin Mansion. She was crestfallen that she didn''t get to select another daughter-inw. His grandfather had decided to join his old friends that were more crucial than his grandson''s marital alliance.


    Long Wei''s wife smiled and wished him Goodluck. Not that he needed it but anyway, he replied her with a small smile.


    "Let me know when you''ve met her," she said once Long Shaoming entered his own car.


    Long Jie''s father and Wei rode separately while Yuan joined him. He returned from the mission Long Jie assigned him two days ago.


    " First brother, you are really doing this?" Yuan asked seriously.


    Long Jie gave him a questioning look.


    "First brother, what if she is not up to your mighty standards?" Yuan''s tone was serious again, and Long Jie wanted to seal his mouth. The man talked too much.


    "Shut up." He wasn''t going to mess this up. They should know this by now. Xin Zhenyi was the key to every door.


    "If she isn''t up to par, I did have to see her every day. Or until I can persuade her to see Liu Shishi''s stic surgeon." He was only half-joking. Ugly people didn''t have to stay ugly always.


    Long Yuan pressed his lips together and refrained from speaking further.


    Thankfully, he didn''t speak for the rest of the ride.


    Long Jie needed a moment, but all he could think about was, Xin Zhenyi that was about to be part of his life. Taking the ring out of my coat pocket, he stared at the huge diamond that would seal their destinies. She was a Xin and he was a long which meant no bloody divorce.


    "Let the games begin," he murmured to himself. He was going to make this work or die trying. But, if she was anything like the females he had encountered in the past, she would be dancing in the palm of his hand, and he couldn''t wait.


    He closed his eyes and saw a face that he desperately wanted to forget. The woman he just saw once was etched in his mind. He could not get her out of my mind and it was annoying him further.


    The car pulled up in front of a ginormous Mansion, he saw several men standing to wee them. Just looking at the size of the mansion and the number of men standing, one could imagine the wealth of Xins.


    " She is loaded brother," Wei said out of nowhere.


    "She is just like the rest of them." Long Jie smirked. Just like his mother.


    "Son," His father said, stepping in line beside him . "You take the lead on this. I''ll not intervene with whatever transpires from this moment on. If you do this, I will allow you to take my ce as the head of the Long family. Don''t mess it up Jie."


    His father knew why he was doing it. He had an inkling how badly, he wanted his ce and he had really earned it.


    " You were born to lead the family, Jie" Long Shaoming added.


    " It was never about their family''s influence father. Isn''t it?" Long Jie asked him and he knew what he meant.


    He smiled and patted his son''s back. " That''s why you will be the perfect head of the family, Son," he said and stepped forward leaving his son with thousands of thoughts running in his mind.

 Chapter 21 - Negotiating Marriage Contract (1)

    "Wee, Sir. The Master is already waiting and told me to skip the formalities for the time being and I shall directly escort you to his study." The Middle-aged man bowed as he led them to the study room.


    "You haven''t changed, Cao Kung," Long Shaoming said to the man. He had seen Cao Kung working for Xin Yichen for decades. The loyalty for Xins ran through his veins.


    "Master Long, it''s good to see you too" the man replied sarcastically.


    Long Shaoming chuckled and shook his head. Indeed, many things were same like the way it was years ago.


    And the others were wondering what the joke was.


    Usually, Long Shaoming walked ahead of them, but since Long Jie was point man today, he followed the old man inside first. The Mansion was morous, tremendous, and vintage. . It felt more like an ancient Chinese Pce than a home.


    Finally, the middle-aged man whose name he guessed was Cao Kung stopped and knocked on the door before opening the door for them. Stepping in, for the first time in his life he saw the man named Xin Yichen. Long Jie imagined an Expressionless, stringent, and violent man but he found a smiling middle-aged man. Calling him middle-aged was somewhat wrong because he looked more like a man in his thirties. It didn''t show on his face, but internally, he was surprised.


    "If it isn''t my favorite old friend," Xin Yichen said, sarcastically. The man known as "Coldblooded and vicious" was nowhere in sight.


    His father''s face broke out into a smirk. "You are insulting our pretty interesting rtionship, old man."


    "Meet my son Long Jie," his father said with a hint of pride.


    "You raised him well Shaoming" Xin Yichen replied."Please, have a seat," he added. ''Indeed, the man was worthy of his title. ''But was he worthy of his daughter? ''Xin Yichen thought to himself.


    Long Shaoming put the contract on the table and said" Call Zhenyi and ask her to sign it".


    "She wants to discuss the terms of the contract with her soon-to-be husband herself," Xin Yichen said. That daughter of his was an anomaly. Earlier she was not agreeing to marry the Long boy butter she surprised him by her new condition.


    Before Long Jie could speak, his father answered,


    "Sure"


    Xin Yichen stared at him before saying, "Call Zhenyi"


    Just two words.But enough to confirm his authority.


    A few minutester, Long Jie heard the door to the study open, followed by a gasp by none other than his idiot of a brother.


    "Holy shit," Yuan said his mouth dropping open.


    "Yuan," Long Jie said with an emotionless voice.


    He turned his head to take in his future wife. He understood now why yuan gasped, it was none other than cat-eyes, the woman was constantly on his mind since the time he saw her. She looked even more beautiful than before. But what the hell was she doing here?


    "B¨¤ " she uttered and then the realization hit him, Xin Zhenyi was Cat eyes and cat eyes was Xin Zhenyi, his soon-to-be wife. He didn''t know whether to be happy or angry.


    She was dressed in a pastel-colored autumn slim dress and nude high heels. If she resembled a volcano that day, she was no less than a burningva today.


    She greeted Long Shaoming and turned to her future husband before saying, "I would like to discuss the contract with my soon-to-be husband. My attorney is waiting outside."


    Both the elders nodded and turned to Long Jie. He was stunned he did not know what game fate was ying with him.


    He stood up to follow her with his brothers and then she added "Alone".


    He raised his brow at the woman standing in front of me. She was testing his patience.


    " You can negotiate in front of them," He told her.


    " I''m not going to marry three of you Mr long. I only wish to negotiate the terms of the contract with my future husband. And if I''m marrying any of them instead of you then I don''t mind them following us" she replied with a straight face. Like hell, she was going to marry anyone but him.


    "Yuan, Wei sit down " His father ordered.


    He followed her to the room next to her father''s study where a man in a ck suit was waiting for them.


    "Young Miss "


    "Mr. Long."


    He bowed.


    "I''m sure Miss Xin has already set her terms, " He said to both of them.


    She motioned for him to take a seat. Once he had, she took a seat at the head of the table, right next to him. A minute or twoter, her secretary came in and delivered a file full of papers.


    "Let''s get this started," she said.


    "First term. she added. She passed him a paper and it took him a moment to read over the two lines she had stated.


    "You are kidding" He sneered. The woman had got to be kidding me."You are basically asking me not to interfere in your business. What you do, I have no say in it?"


    "I run the Xin conglomerate, Mr. long. You have no say in what I do and how I do things. Neither I will interfere how with you run your business" she replied with a mocking smile. The woman was getting on his nerves. Their women didn''t run the business but home. Yuan was right. He did get the shock of his life.


    " By the end of the day, you will have my ring on your finger. You will want for nothing. You will be able to buy the whole of china twice over if you want. You will be taken care of and treated like every other Long woman, which is like a bloody queen. In my care, you will be treated with the same care and reverence." He tried to reason with her.


    "And you expect me to worship you, Long Jie like every other Long woman. I don''t give a shit about your money, why don''t you leave your position as the President of long groups and stay as house-husband. I will also treat you like a bloody damm royalty. You will want for nothing" she yelled. Her face red with anger and if looks could kill those cat eyes would have shot him more than twice.


    "Goddammit, Xin Zhenyi you are not understanding what I''m talking about." He wanted a wife to marry but he was getting a bomb ready to explode any darn time.


    " You chauvinist, you want a wife to fuck and breed for you but you met the wrong person." She sneered.


    " Zhenyi, listen to me, do you even know what our fathers do for business? Do you know Xin cooperation or Long groups is just a cover to hide their real business? I want my wife safe at home. I do not have time to save her from every danger she brought on herself, just because she is being stubborn now" He told her.Woman meant weakness. And in their line of work, a single weakness could get them killed. He didn''t want to take chances with her and increase the feud between the two families more than it already was.

 Chapter 22 - Negotiating Marriage Contract(2)

    She scowled before saying "I was Nine when I figured out what my family was. At Eleven years old, I was learning to shoot my first gun. By Fourteen, I was being homeschooled in college algebra, drug cartels, and at my father''s insistence, hand-to-handbat. By seventeen, I knew the business like the back of my hand. And you know what I would put a bullet in your head in a blink of an eye if you gave me the same bullshit that your wife needs protection. I have killed more than I can count on my hands, you bastard."


    Long Jie couldn''t decide whether to be impressed or be angry. How could Xin Yichen push her only daughter in their dark and filthy world? She deserved to be worship at home instead of tainted with the darkness of that world.


    Thewyer cleared his throat as if to tell that he was in the room too. Thewyer didn''t know whether to discuss the contract or run for his life.


    "Zheny-"


    "Take it or leave I''m not desperate to marry you anyway."Zhenyi folded her her hands on her chest and said.


    "You might not be desperate Xin zhenyi but you arepelled to marry me just like I''m." Long Jie refuted.


    " I will ept your condition my dear fiance" Long Jie smirked. ''You might have won this round zhenyi but at the end of the game, I would be the winner'' he thought to himself.


    Since she proposed the first term it was his turn to put forward next . He had to give her the credit, it was an intelligent idea to negotiate the terms and conditions because they had to spend the rest of their lives together. Spend the rest of life with her, it was not a niggling thought anymore for Long Jie. Instead, he was looking forward to it, seemed like his monotonous life was going to be more colorful and intriguing.


    "My first condition is that you have to standby me in my every decision. You just can''t go against me in front of my family. "


    " I''m not a sycophant, Long Jie. I just can''t agree with whatever you say. We are on an equal foot in this bloody marriage" she red at him. What a dumb condition! If he thought she would agree to his silly condition he had another thing waiting for him.


    " I''m not asking you to approve what I say Zhenyi. I''m just saying, in front of my family you are supposed to stand on my side, not against me. We are one. We are surely on the same footing, You don''t go against me and I don''t go against you. But when we are alone, you can fight or shout as much as you like. I won''t refrain you leashing out"


    "You are saying I do nothing but shout and fight?"


    "Did I?" He asked her. The woman was infuriating. Always looking for a fight.


    " You are asking too much. I can''t follow you blindly long Jie.", Xin Zhenyi told him simply ignoring his earlierment.


    "Really I''m asking too much? Didn''t I concede to your first condition? Be reasonable Woman. "


    " You bastard, you chauvinist, you are literally saying I''m an unreasonable woman?"


    "Of course you are. That''s why you are fighting over this, without even giving it a proper thought. "


    "You are an unreasonable bastard. Your whole family is unreasonable. Your entire n is unreasonable."


    They red at each other until a voice broke out.


    " Young miss, Mr. long are we continuing it?"


    " Think carefully, Xin Zhenyi I will be the head of the family. If my wife won''t respect and support my decisions do you think others will respect my decisions? If they won''t respect my position then will they respect you? Remember we are on equal foot?" He threw the bait. Such a power loving woman his to be wife was.But he didn''t mind.


    "Whatever!"


    "I''m not an irrational person I won''t ask you to support my absurd decisions. It''s your duty as my wife to correct me if I''m wrong." Long Jie said after some time. He was getting a smart wife instead of dumb one. Although he had preferred thetter one, but now that he was getting the former one, he decided to utilise her properly.


    Silence.


    Now she was silent. Good lord, the woman was getting on his nerves. He turned his eyes in her direction to find her deep in thinking.


    Sigh! Either he would lose his brain cell before marriage or she would make sure to burn them with her nasty attitude.


    "So, is it final?" Thewyer asked carefully. He was afraid that if he asked more it would result in another argument again


    "Yes, it''s yes from her" Long Jie replied and she red at her. He answered back with a sweet smile. Take it baby!


    "Young Miss, your turn."

 Chapter 23 - Negotiating Marriage Contract(3)

    She continued with her conditions and he continued with his for the next half an hour.


    To be honest, he really liked her way ofying everything on the table beforehand. They were hashing our shit out before theymitted to each other. Marriage was just a business dealing to them. She simplified it by clearing: ''I expect this of you. You expect this of me. You do for me. I do for you. And neither of us will cross certain lines.


    "You can''t expect me to love you like a conventional loving wife. I can give you anything but love." She continued.


    "I don''t mind actually. This arrangement is not about love, in the first ce. Not all marriages are built on love. I agree because love is a fragile house that crumbles. What we are building at this table will be untouchable." He replied to her seriously. When he said love was a fragile house that crumbled, he was damm serious because he had seen marriages breaking and shattering just because of love. He never wanted their marriage to suffer the very same fate because of love. A word that was nearly insignificant in my life. Men like him never love. It was a costly affair because they couldn''t afford weaknesses. And love always meant weakness. They said if love was your weakness then you were the strongest person in the world. But he said to cut this bullshit and be realistic. Love was nothing but a big fat deadliest blunder.


    She nodded. For the first time since he met her, she finally agreed to something he said. The woman was intelligent and pragmatic. He gave her the credit that she would survive as long Jie''s wife, no one but she.


    Thewyer wrote something else down.


    This was how the conversation further continued. She or he would bring up a term, they would discuss it, and then they would either agree or not. If they didn''t, they went back and forth or yell or argue until they were both contented.


    " Moving Forward," He said.


    " What about heirs?" He asked her.


    "What about them" She replied. Was she serious? Was not the whole essence of the contract to get heirs who would continue his legacy - correction their legacies?


    He gave her a look as if she was serious.


    " What about our future kids, my dear to-be wife? Why do people marry? Oh, let me answer it myself, we are getting married so that we can breed more and more children to continue our respective legacies. "


    She smiled at him. She really smiled at him. Those cherry lips-. No, stop it long Jie. The woman was a tempting devil.


    "Come on. I didn''t say you won''t get children. I''m just saying that I don''t want kids for the next three years. I''m barely in my mid-twenties Long Jie. I can''t just bring a kid to this world if I don''t even know how to look after him/her. I don''t want our children to suffer because of this arrange marriage charade." She said.


    " Okay" He replied with a single word.


    "Okay?" She asked.


    He nodded my head. "I said I''m okay with your condition"


    "You are not going to argue or persuade me to change my mind," she asked. Was she serious? Why would he? It was her habit to oppose everything suggested.


    " Zhenyi, I might be an arrogant and shitty man but I never force a woman. This is your body I just can''t ask you to produce spawns. It is your prerogative as a woman to decide when you want kids"


    She blinked at him. She had the most beautiful and longest eyshes he had ever seen on a woman.


    "Okay"


    He nodded.


    Moreover, Long Jie knew how important it was fir a kid to get a mother''s love and affection. He didn''t want to force her for kids because he didn''t want a loveless childhood for his kids.


    Thewyer wrote something on the paper again.


    "Your turn, Mr. long, " thewyer said.


    "I want exclusive rights to you," he said.


    She raised her brow and said " What am I? An item You can patent?"


    He shook his head before saying" I never said you are an item, sweetheart. You are very much a woman. I''m just saying exclusive as in terms of rtion"


    She nodded and gestures to herwyer to take note of the point.


    "Since you have asserted your feelings on the matter of the two of you being exclusive, you know where you both stand, but I feel it best to discuss the matter in detail. If you would rather not be intimate with each other, you cannot expect each other to be celibate. You would take lovers, but would be discreet, of course." Thewyer rified and Long Jie had an impulse to bang his ugly face on the table.


    Did he need lovers when he had her? And would he allow her to have lovers? The answer was simple -- never. The woman belonged to him. And only him.


    "Discreet," she whispered and stared at him for a second before turning her eyes on the paper in front of her. He couldn''t resist anymore and howled, "No one touches my wife but me."


    Someone rightly said that "Knowing was a temptation. What you don''t know won''t tempt you."


    Simr was Long Jie''s case. Xin zhenyi was his temptation that he didn''t knew exist before and once he''d known her there was no going back. The idea of sharing her was like someone was burning him with acid.


    He turned to look at his beautiful-tempting soon to be wife. She was staring right at him with those cat eyes that were full of different shades, and honestly, he could find more magnificence in them than the magnificence on the whole earthbined. She was like a dormant volcano that erupts rarely but when it did, it resulted in utter devastation.


    She blinked and then realized that she was staring. She cleared her throat and concluded "No one touches me. No touches you"


    He nodded. He was pleased. In fact, He was more than pleased. The negotiation was finally over. Truthfully, speaking he liked the way she was staring at him unblinking. He also liked it when he finally got to see those eyes from this close. Those cat eyes were etched in his mind forever and he finally had a reason to let her stay there forever.

 Chapter 24 - The Engagement Ring

    "Love, noun. A temporary insanity curable by marriage."


    -Ambrose Bierce


    The negotiation was finally over with her soon-to-be husband.


    Husband. Long Jie. A long who she was supposed to loathe but she couldn''t. she shuddered at the thought of marrying him. Of all the people out there, her father selected him for her. The man she dered arrogant and presumptuous was going to be her husband.


    The way he gazed at her when he thought no one was looking shook her heart with the strange emotions she couldn''tprehend. One thing was clear, the emotions were anything but the giddy feeling one get when they meet their lover or the butterflies one get, described in those ssical love novels.


    Suddenly, she was aware of his effect on her.


    She never knew his grey eyes were capable of hypnotizing. They looked thoroughly distinct from the pictures she saw earlier.


    His messy yet perfect dark hair looked lovely yet elegant.


    His body? Made for pleasure. He was tall, his shoulders wide, his legs long and lean.


    Everything about him was perfect. On the surface.


    But if he thought that he could fool her into thinking he was a good man for her, he was wrong.


    The moment she saw him, she knew the truth.


    Those grey eyes hid his poisonous heart.


    Those lips were vessels of deception.


    That body? Made for inflicting pain.


    Men like him couldn''t give women like her anything but shackles. She knew that she couldn''t submit before him because if she did he wouldn''t even think once before swallowing me. He couldn''t be trusted because those who were hungry for power couldn''t be trusted. And he was no exception. He was hungry for power and he could do anything for it.


    If he could marry the daughter of his enemy for power he could do anything. She was marrying him for her family but he was not.


    "Zhenyi" She turned her head to find the owner of the voice. There he stood tall, dark and proud. The man was a walking epitome of confidence. He was a sight to behold but too bad she was not interested in him. Or to be more correct men like him.


    She knew them too well.


    "Mr. Long" She replied inly.


    " Call me Jie," he asked -no -demanded. Like hell, she was going to fulfill this demand of his.


    "I think Mr. long is perfectly fine. It''s not like I know you too well to call you by your first name, Mr. long" She replied with a sweet smile. She could deal him in her way but then she realized that he loved to get a rise out of her. That''s why she was going to treat him politely and professionally from now onwards.


    "We are getting married within few days Zhenyi and I don''t think there is any close rtionship between two people than husband and wife," he said. The women was not ready to call him by his first name.


    She smiled and replied ,"You are right but we are not husband and wife yet"


    He scowled but didn''t replied.


    "You were saying something," She asked him.


    "Yeah" He nodded and took out something from his coat pocket. A ring. A massive diamond engagement ring to be exact.


    " Allow me ?"He asked. Yes he asked not demanded.


    She shook my hand.


    "You don''t want to marry me?" He asked. Something snapped in his heart at the thought of her repulsive to the marriage deal.


    "No, it''s not like that" She answered him.


    "Then?"


    " It''s gold ring and I''m allergic to gold," She replied honestly. Yes She was allergic to gold and she never figured out the reason.


    "You are allergic to nickel too?"


    She frowned as if to understand what his point was.


    "Actually, people who are allergic to gold are allergic to nickel also. That''s why I asked."


    She shook her head because she was not allergic to nickel but she was definitely allergic to gold. She never wore any jewellery except the silver leaf ne put on by her mother.


    " It''s okay. It''s notpulsory to wear a ring anyways."


    "Let''s get going. Our fathers must be waiting for us" She told him and was about to leave the room when his voice broke out.


    "Wait"


    She turned back and saw him taking something out of his wallet. He took out a small but exquisite silver ring. The ring was in so in that she couldn''t imagine a man like him could have something valueless like that ring but the ring was actually very gorgeous.


    "Allow me." This time he didn''t ask neither did he demand but took her hand to slip the ring on her finger as if it belonged nowhere else but here on her finger.


    The ring had a very exquisite and minute carving. She could see a heart craved on it with four veins attached to it. It was an appalling design that She had never seen anywhere. She was wrong when she said the ring was valueless, in fact, its value couldn''t be defined in mary terms.

 Chapter 25 - See-through His Mind

    Back at the study room, Xin Yichen and Long Shaoming were enjoying tea, oblivious of the chaotic situation in the room next to theirs. Though, they had an inkling that the two headstrong and adamant personalities would not sumb to each other''s wishes easily and the negotiation might end with bloodshed.


    "She is just like her. Isn''t she? The rage, the air of arrogance, and even the ruthlessness. For a minute, I thought I was standing in front of her if not for her memorable and unusual eyes," Long Shaoming told his old Nemesis while sipping the tea.


    Xin Yichenpletely disregarded the questions as if he didn''t hear him and continued with what he was doing. Indeed her daughter, was just like her mother thorough and thorough . She inherited her mother''s signature rage and the air of pride but she got his looks except for those rare eyes.


    " You lied to your son about Zhenyi. May I ask why?" Xin Yichen asked him a few momentster.


    Shaoming was aware that he was trying to divert the course of conversation but he didn''t mind because he never talked about his deceased wife.


    "Yes, I did " Long Shaoming replied while taking another sip of tea."One day, he may thank me for keeping the real identity secret. I wanted him to find about her himself by getting to knew her personally rather than through his investigation reports."


    Xin Yichen knew Long Shaoming better to believe his gibberish stories. He had always been a cunning and resourceful man and if he decided on something it certainly meant something substantial. Since he didn''t disclosed to his son about Zhenyi''s real identity, he was certainly nning something big or he already had begun implementing his ns.


    "Yichen."


    Long Shaoming''s voice broke series of thoughts. Xin Yichen turned his eyes towards the man sitting in front of him.


    "When I first found out about her, I was shocked and mad that you would permit your only daughter to get associated with the filthy and dark life, we are the part of. I had to see it with my own eyes, and then to decide upon it ,but watching few of her tricks sure changed my mind."


    Yichen smiled and recalled how she was taught and trained to run his empire. He never doubted her capabilities as his heiress on the grounds of her gender. She was the adept heiress a emperor could ask for. She was born as a princess but she moulded herself as a proud queen. His empire was always meant for his daughter and as for his son, he couldn''t bepared to him or her.


    "I didn''t allow my daughter to do anything.Its just that she doesn''t ask for permission . She takes what she wants. By the time I''d figured out what happened, it''s toote to prevent her. I didn''t even realize it when she started taking over. One moment she was helping me in board room and handling our men, the next she was telling me not to worry because she already knew what to do. I just didn''t try to fight her, because it was always meant to be for her. I won''t deny that it was not my wish to pamper and spoil her with every luxury avable in the world but I soon realized that she might look like me but she was her mother''s daughter through and through. "


    Long shaoming nodded his head he understood what the other man was implying.His daughter inw was no ordinary woman and he knew why she was perfect for his isted son. Long jie might think that he could outwit his father by marrying Xin Zhenyi but Long shaoming was no idiot. He intentionly threw the bait in front of his son to marry Xin Zhenyi if he wanted his position. Long Shaoming was already prepared to retire and handover his position to his eldest son but he waited for the perfect opportunity because he knew how crucial it was for him to get him married to Xin Zhenyi.


    Since the marriage was settled, he had nothing to worry about anymore. He tried to see through the man in front of him but he could not matter how much he tried. Long shaoming definitely had his own reason for this whole marriage charrade but he didn''t knew what convinced xin yichen to agree to his proposal. But anyways he tried to test the water again.


    " Aren''t you worried my son might take advantage of your daughter ?" Long Shaoming asked curiously.He understood that his son was a narrow-minded misogynist pig when it came to woman and he would definitely use his wife to satisfy his thirst for power.


    Xin yichen grunted and gave him a dirty look as if he heard the joke of the century.

 Chapter 26 - Havoc

    Xin yichen grunted and gave him a dirty look as if he heard the joke of the century.


    " You are insulting my daughter as well as my upbringing" Xin yichen replied exasperatedly. No one could belittle his beloved daughter, not even her husband or any damm human on this realm.


    " She is a woman Xin yichen and my misogynist son will certainly give her the hard time, " Long shaoming honestly replied. "He would never let her rule"


    "Don''t forget Long Jie is not unconquerable. You are really underestimating my daughter, Long Shaomimg" Xin yichen said.


    "Or maybe you are overestimating your daughter, Xin Yichen" Long shaoming refuted his words. He was not doubting his daughter inws potential it was just that he wanted to let Xin yichen knew that their marriage would not be an easy one.


    "If my zini was a man, no one would dare refute she has the capability to be the best there ever was. But there will always be a fool who thinks she can be run over, and she would never stop fighting. If someone backed her into a corner, she would either fight or tear down the wall and kill the one who cornered her in the first ce." He chuckled. It was one of the things he loved about his daughter. That fire in her eyes always reminded him so much of her mother.


    Long shaoming sighed loudly before saying"My son is not going to just let her rule Xin Yichen. We both know it better than anyone. She is a woman and she has to prove her potential at every step. She will be criticized, looked down and disparaged in my house but I''m looking forward to it. Not because she is my nemesis''s daughter but because the woman who is going to standby my son''s side has to deal with all minor or major challenges herself."


    "If my daughter had to prove herself again and again Long Shaoming then there is no need to continue this charade and do not forget Long shaoming, it was you who wanted them to be married in the first ce." Xin yichen snapped.


    "Don''t you except same from Jie. Moreover, don''t forget you owe me one Yichen."


    "I do but if even a strand of her hair is hurt Long Shaoming you know better what would happen."


    " I have given my words that as long as she is my son''s wife no danger will touch her."


    " it''s just you who''s the grumpy old man, if your wife had been here with us, She would have been over the moon knowing my son is marrying Zhenyi"


    " I don''t know if she would be over the moon or not but I''m sure your misogynist son would definitely be six feet deep."


    Long shaoming pressed his lips and didn''t refute because he knew yichen was not joking when he said his son would be six feet deep. Heck, if the woman was alive and well, she would have assassinated his whole family forpelling Xins to marry their only daughter to his family. If Xin yichen was a cold-blooded killer she was a killing machine. He had seen her clearly and closely and very well, knew how much his wife hated her but she was not gutsy enough to show her hate frankly. That was Xin yichen''s wife and Zhenyi''s mother. It was very unfortunate for Xin Yichen that the woman died soon leaving her husband behind. No matter how cruel she was, she loved her husband like no one else. Xin yichen was her biggest obsession and need and she was his everything.


    "Shaomimg, you can lie to your son as much as you want but he is no fool to believe your words. Tell me my dear enemy, did you tell him why you wanted them together?" Xin Yichen asked Long Shaoming.


    " Just to increase our influence in the capital. If xins and longs are one there will be no one more powerful than us, "Long shaoming replied and Xin yichen had an urge to roll his eyes at his nonsense justification. To be honest, he didn''t believe any of his words.


    " I do not care shaoming what your real intention is. But remember one thing my daughter should be sound and safe otherwise nobody can stop me from killing each of you."


    " I gave you my words, old man your daughter is my daughter now. She can create havoc as much as she likes."


    Xin yichen shook his head before saying, "Looks like you don''t cherish your peaceful life anymore."


    " I''m retiring my dear old enemy and getting another version of my best friend is the best retirement gift" he grinned, unlike the Long shaoming, everyone knew. He was looking forward to it.


    " Let''s check on our kids, I''m afraid if we dy any second there won''t be a wedding to n but a funeral."

 Chapter 27 - Dont Judge Someone By Their Easy Smiles

    Meanwhile, A person was lost deep in his thoughts starting at the otherworldly marvelous fountain that stood in the middle of the grand grassy garden. The sound of flowing water could be heard in the quiet surrounding. The beautiful neossical fountain had brought great architectural intrigue and tranquility to the already morous vintage mansion.


    Looking at the streaming water, Long Yuan wondered if his life would ever be as peaceful and steady as the burbling water. The usual enthusiastic and humorous Long Yuan was nowhere to be seen, but in ce was this solemn and intense man.


    Someone rightly said not to judge one with his easy smile and harmless humor, his smiling demeanor might be a facade to hide his agonizing real self.


    He heard the approaching footsteps and without turning back he asked the other person. "Done with the phone call?" His brother Long Wei who apanied him to this side of the estate had been over the phone for thest fifteen minutes.


    " Yeah! I told her about sister-inw and it looks like she is really excited to meet her." Long Wei replied.


    "Well, she will be utterly disappointed then." Long Yuan chuckled as he thought how shocking it was going to be for everyone once they meet her. His new sister-inw was apletely different person and it was almost impossible that she would be a friendly and cheerful woman.


    "That''s possible." long Wei Sighed. He was aware of the fact that how garrulous his wife was and maybe that was the reason why Song Lily (Long Yuan''s mother) liked his wife irrespective of her non-noble origin.


    "First brothers monotonous life is going to take a U-turn, " long yuan said after some time.


    " Yeah, it will be interesting."Long Wei chuckled."And so is yours."


    Long Yuan arched his brow at him as if to exin what he was implying.


    "Auntie is of the view that since you and Liu Shishi engaged before brother Jie, you guys should register your marriage before him too. Or you can say that she wanted at least one tolerable daughter- inw who will favor and obey her."


    "Good for her,"Yuan said indifferently as if they were not talking about him at all.


    Long Wei didn''t understand what was going on in his mind or if he had lost his brain cells. He could not resist but ask.


    " Why are you doing this yuan?"


    Yuan smiled sadly but didn''t reply. There was no meaning in replying to him.


    "You know, we are always here for you little brother. Yuan, you might think you can fool me with your smile but don''t forget I am your elder brother."


    Long Yuan nodded but again kept silent.


    "Don''t destroy your life, Yuan."


    This time yuan answered his brother.


    "I am marrying her brother and it''s final."


    "Don''t do this if you are doing it for your mother''s sake."


    "Mother? Whose mother brother? Do I have one? Sorry I don''t remember one?"He sarcastically replied.


    "Little brother think carefully before taking any decision. This is your life and I have no right to tell you what to do with it. I just want you to be happy in your life."


    Happy.


    ''What was happiness?''Yuan wondered. His life had been anything but happy, courtesy to his shitty parents. His mother was too absorbed in herself and her social circle that she never tended to her children. She was unhappy with her marriage and therefore med her children and when the word happiness truly came to his life it was mercilessly taken away.


    "Second brother, don''t worry about me. You should worry about sister- inw she needs you more and as for what you said, I am not destroying my life. She is the only one I will marry, " Yuan said firmly. He wanted to tell his brother that there was no life left to be destroyed and he was merely surviving not living. He died a long time ago .

 Chapter 28 - Love Or Obsession

    Do you know that there is a fine line between love and obsession? Ever wondered if you love your partner or are just obsessed with them? Many people say that both love and obsession are the same but they are not.


    Love.


    It flows. It lets go. It makes feel good.


    Obsession.


    Obsession controls, hold on no matter what. It drives you crazy and look like an idiot. It takes over all yourmon senses.


    Unfortunately, obsessive love had been glorified in literature for centuries, as well as by the media, once the media came into being. From the mutual suicides of Romeo and Juliet to even many of the most recent romantic movies, being obsessed with the object of one''s love was often held up as something to aspire to.


    Liu Shishi was over the moon once she heard that she was finally going to marry the man she always loved correction obsessed. To her, Long Yuan was the object which was always meant to be for her and to attain the goal of achieving him she did everything that was in her power.


    Good bad, right wrong, moral immoral everything.


    She was so engrossed in her utopian happiness that she failed to notice a certain furious figure approaching her.


    The door to her makeup room opened with a thud and in entered a furious Chen Yuling. She was her cousin from the maternal side and also the boss of the Sunshine Entertainment.


    When Liu Shishi saw her cousin she smiled sweetly at her and said "[1]Jie, why are you here? You don''t have to bother yourself bying all way here. You should have just called me I would havee to you."


    "Really shishi? You would have? I thought since you are so happy you have forgotten that your sister even exists? , "Chen Yuling asked sarcastically. She was enraged since the time she heard that Liu Shishi was getting married. It was not her marriage to Long Yuan that bothered her but the reason why they were getting married before the date was fixed by both the families.


    " Jie, why are you talking like this to shishi? Did shishi do something wrong? Tell me Jie what wrong I did to you?" Liu Shishi asked her while tears streaming down her cheeks. With tears streaming down her cheeks she looked like a young girl who had been seriously wronged.


    Chen Yuling''s heart softened seeing her aggrieved look and she couldn''t help but lowered her voice and asked in a neutral voice.


    " You are getting married shishi-


    "Oh! Jie that''s why you are upset with me? I was about to tell you. Look at me being so forgetful. I am so happy that I''m finally going to marry him. You know how much I love him. Right?" Liu Shishi eximed.


    "Trust me little sister your marriage with long yuan doesn''t bother me but what does is the reason why your marriage is preponed, " Chen Yuling said loudly.


    The realization hit her and her eyes widened in shock, fear, and disbelief.


    Long Jie. Her brother inw. Marriage. Reason of Chen Yuling''s anger.


    "Jie, I am sorry. I didn''t even realized the mistake I made. Forgive me ." Liu Shishi pleaded. If there was someone who knew her temper better it was Liu Shishi.She knew the extent of feelings Chen Yuling had for Long Jie. She was aware of the fact what Chen Yuling was willing to do just to possess him.


    " Jie, why don''t you express your feelings to him? There is no one better than you to be Brother-inw''s wife " Liu Shishi suggested. Indeed Chen Yuling was a rare beauty. Moreover she was of noble origin. Blue blood flowed in her veins. She was the top socialite in Beijing''s social circle.


    Chen Yuling closed her eyes and took deep breath as if to control herself. she was beyond furious but it didn''t mean she would show her anger to anyone. she had a reputation and status to maintain.


    She questioned Liu shishi " Tell me Shishi why don''t he notice me? Why he can''t marry me? He outrightly refused Auntie Lily when she expressed her desire to have me married to him. What do Ick Shishi?"


    "Jie, you are perfect and nobody can take your ce as his wife. You just have to fight for your love." Liu shishi answered.


    What an irony two people who didn''t even know the meaning of true love was iming why they couldn''t get their love in return! Love that was never their in the first ce.


    "What should I do Shishi? You have to help me no matter what. Don''t forget, it''s just because of me you are getting Yuan."


    "Jie, I gave you the ideast time. It was you who refused to adopt such a measure. Remember everything is fair in love and war. Either you adopt right measures or you lose your love"


    Chen Yuling contemted for a few moments and then nodded. She could either maintain her status as a top socialite or get the love of her life. And in no condition she was going to lose thetter.


    *Here Jie means elder sister not Long Jie

 Chapter 29 - Honesty

    She''d been constantly staring at the engagement ring on her finger. She smiled bitterly at the sight of her engagement ring and the one who slipped it on her finger. Someone truly said that Fate was like a strange, unpopr restaurant filled with odd little waiters who brought you things you never asked for and don''t always like. She wondered if she could ever get what she always yearned for.


    Sigh! the great Xin Zhenyi was nothing but a tool in the hands of fate. Just the way she was in this unwanted marriage.


    Her father always said that marriage was salsa dance the more you dance in sync, the more it would flourish but she would refute here because her marriage was more like a kickboxing match and the game, who was going to knock another first.


    She looked up from her ring when she heard someone clearing his throat. She guessed right that someone was her to-be husband. Husband. The word was still giving her shudders but she had epted her fate because there was no benefit in denying anymore.


    "Yeah?" She asked him as he stared at her with those enthralling eyes. The man had a strange habit of staring at her. It''s not that she minded but he gave her mixed feelings.


    "I think we should leave the room. They must be waiting for us" he proposed and She nodded. Her father must be worried knowing her temperament better than anyone present there. He was worried that the negotiation might end with bloodshed. She didn''t me him because If she was given the choice she would surely prefer to kill this bastard rather marry him. Sigh! Fate was such a mean bitch.


    He opened the door for her and She looked at his face again. Actually, he was not bad-looking. Quite the contrary, a young man blessed with good looks and a genius brain but only if he was not a Long or the man she waspelled to marry.


    She stepped out of the room and thanked him with a smile.


    He nodded and left after her. They just stepped out of the room when her father and father-inw arrived.


    " I saw thewyer just left and wondered if you both were done too? " Her father said. More like curious if his son-inw was still in one piece. She mentally rolled her eyes.


    She was about to reply when her handsome. no correction devil fiance said in his euphonious voice "We were justing to you, father-inw. Zhenyi made herself perfectly clear, you won''t have to worry more about your daughter suffering any losses in our marriage."


    What a pair of father and son-inw!


    The man had the audacity of saying that! Huh! If it was not for her fighting for my rights she would certainly suffer in this marriage.


    Her father turned his eyes on her and then it fell on her finger before nodding. He was aware of her allergy to gold but she wondered why didn''t he tell Longs about it. The father of hers loved ying petty games with his nemesis.


    "And here I thought my son would at least give his wife a massive diamond as the size of sun." Long shaoming shook his head as if he was disappointed.


    "Didn''t know my brother was stingy?" A voice said half-jokingly. The voice belonged to Long Yuan who came with long wei.


    "Come on brother, sister-inw would have looked more beautiful with a diamond on her finger," Long Wei said.


    " Sorry to disappoint all of you, but my wife doesn''t need a big diamond to look beautiful more than she already is. And the main point why not the diamond ring I chose for her? That''s because she is allergic to gold metal and unfortunately the diamond was embedded in gold," Long Jie said while staring at the woman in front of him with those pernicious grey eyes again.


    The way the word wife rolled of his tongue was so sensual that she could help but want to hear it one more time. The man was really bad for her emotional system.


    The audience with the exception of her father finally understood why Long Jie gave her a in ring. The ring might be in for them but it was not for her. She took an instant liking to this piece of ornament. It was not a piece of ornament for me but a symbol of promise. She might have told Sam that promises were meant to be broken but she believe the opposite.


    But for the first time in her life, She was going to break one that she gave years ago. She wondered if it made her a sinner or maybe it was really meant to be broken. Not going down thatne of memories again.


    She touched her ring again and said, " He brought me a big diamond, gentlemen but I like this one more." She raise her hand to show them the ring.


    They couldn''t refute anymore.


    "Zhenyi and Jie," Her father said."Go meet your grandfather and take his blessings. He is waiting for you "


    She nodded and asked her fiance to follow her to Y¨¨y¨¨''s room.


    Clearing his throat, he asked, " You seriously like the ring?"


    "Why won''t I like it?" Her voice smooth and unshaken. Even if he affects her, she was not going to give this man the pleasure of knowing that he affects her in the way he shouldn''t.


    " I''m told women expect an expensive diamond ring from their husbands." She stopped walking when she heard him and turned towards him folding her arms across her chest.


    "Mr. long not all women expect a big ass diamond just to carry on their fingers. Many might love to wear it but I, xin zhenyi neither likes nor cares about it" She replied in a firm tone. It was true even if she was not allergic she wouldn''t have preferred a diamond as big as a rock.


    He hadn''t taken a single step closer, keeping a careful distance of ten, maybe twelve inches between them . She was d at least the man knows his boundaries.


    " I''m sorry I took the liberty to select it without asking your preference," he said. The man could be a gentleman if he wished to.


    "It''s not your fault. You didn''t know about my allergy." She said.


    Without pause, he said " Zhenyi, you have to tell me things. I don''t know you too well to know what''s in your head. If you won''t tell me anything, it''s almost impossible for me to abide by the contract we recently signed. Let''s be honest with each other because it''s us who have to spend the rest of our lives together."


    He had a point though. Without honesty, it was almost next to impossible to stay in a marriage that was already unwanted in the first ce.


    She nodded and said, " You are right. Just because we are stuck in this marriage pact doesn''t mean we have to suffer unnecessarily."


    His brows meet hers. He agreed. Understandably so.

 Chapter 30 - Stingy Long Jie

    Xin Yanmo, the former president of the Republic of China, was lying on the bed,machines attached to him. As he saw his beloved grandaughter entering the room with Long Jie, he ordered his nurse to help him to sit on the bed. His room smelled of medicines and chemicals.


    His weak hairless face broke into a smile when he saw them approaching him "Come here, my child."


    "Y¨¨y¨¨."


    Yes, he called out his granddaughter, not Long Jie.


    "Y¨¨y¨¨, meet Jie, my fiance" Xin Zhenyi introduced Long Jie and the way she gently introduced him, sent heart-shaped arrows to Long Jie''s heart. Only if she knew the effect she had on the man gazing at her.


    "Elder Xin" Long Jie greeted him with a respectful bow. The manmanded respect even when he was lying on his death bed.


    "Please have a seat. I would like to talk to both of you." Xin Yanmo said and they took their seats respectively.


    "Yeye."


    He smiled and gestured her toe closer and sit near to him but narrowed his eyes at Long Jie and said in a voice full of authority and warning.


    " Take care of my granddaughter,young man. She is very precious to me."


    " Elder Xin, you don''t have to worry about it. I will treat my wife with the great care and respect that she deserves. She will want for nothing."


    He nodded at him before saying.


    "Then don''t forget your words, young man. I will not tolerate infidelity and if you dared tomit such a crime, I can assure you, young man, you won''t see the next dawn."


    " I gave her my words,sir that there will be no one but her. Even if the marriage is a business arrangement , I take my words very seriously sir." Long Jie answered him. He would never betray her because she agreed when he asked forplete honesty and transparency in their rtionship. They were finally on the same page and he did not wish to disturb the equilibrium they had attained.


    Xin Yanmo nodded and said "You can call me grandfather Xiao Jie. I hope you will remember your words. "


    "I will always grandfather."


    "Y¨¨y¨¨, you can trust him he won''tmit infidelity against me and if he ever did,I will make sure to chop both of them into pieces, " His Cat-eyes warned him and her warning hit his heart in a very filmy way. The heart that was made of steel. He smiled inwardly. If his brothers saw him behaving this way, they would get the shock of their lives.


    "My dear wife, you won''t get the chance. I have no intention of going against you," he replied to her. He wanted to add that he had no intention of going against her not now, not ever but then he remembered that''s his cat- eyes, yes very much his, soon would be legally his too, had a habit of going against him and there was no way in hell he was going to submit before her. They both were their own bosses.


    "You better remember what you said today," she finally said. He want to shout to the world that it was inscribed in his mind since the time he had slipped his ring into her finger. Yes, his ring, just his, no one else''s.


    Xin yanmo coughed loudly and gasped for air. Long Jie swore he saw her, the tigress, as pale as the sheet of paper. Her hands trembling and her eyes almost brimming with tears. She was trying very hard not to let them fall. The doctors injected Elder Xin with medicine and a few minutester he stopped coughing. She took his hand in hers and murmured words of assurance to both her and him. Long Jie wondered who she was trying to assure.


    And he realized one thing, why she agreed to this marriage agreement. It was not her father''s order not it was because of Xin cooperation but the man lying on the bed. Her grandfather.


    Maybe his cat eyes was not what she showed everyone around her. There was something more to her.


    Almost half an hourter,the old man spoke in a very weak voice.


    "Zin''er -Xiao Jie. I won''t ask you both for anything except onest wish of mine. Do you know zin''er the temple where I met your grandmother?"


    She nodded.


    "I want both of you to visit it before your marriage. I met my wife there for the first time and I wish you would visit it and budda will bless you with a happy and prosperous marriage" the old man added.


    "We will," they spoke at the same time and looked at each other.


    The old man smiled peacefully.


    "Now I just wish to see both of you married and nothing else," he said a few momentster.


    "Grandfather if you wish, we can register our marriage tomorrow."


    "You stingy man! I want a big ass wedding and if you want to marry me at civil marriage bureau, I''m not getting married to you at all." She snapped and Long Jie wondered what wrong he did to trigger her anger.

 Chapter 31 - Never Be Ashamed Of You

    "Mr. Long and Miss Xin, it''s time for Elder Xin''s rest. His body is weak and needs rest," the doctor told them as he was concerned his patient''s health.


    She nodded and left the room.


    Death.


    Her Y¨¨y¨¨ was dying and she could not do anything to stop it. He would leave her just like her mother did. When her mother left her, she always wondered what wrong she did that God took her mother away from her.


    Her Brother Ryuu used to say '' We all had to die one day. Some died early and someter. There was nothing you could do about it.No matter how much you med everyone around you, no one could change this reality.''


    "Zhenyi"


    She turned around to find the owner of the voice standing behind her. She was so engrossed in her thoughts that she didn''t even notice him following me out of the room.


    "Yeah?"


    "you angry at me?"


    Zhenyi frowned. "Why would I?"


    Long Jie sighed." I thought you will be angry because I told your grandfather that we will be registering our marriage without asking you."


    Of course, She was.


    "Do you even care Long Jie?Becausest I heard you wanted a wife that will dance on your fingers. And stop being hypocritical because neither you care about me nor my grandfather," She said. She could tell him many things but she would not because he was no one to her. He never wanted to marry her in the first ce. He was stuck in this stupid deal as much as she was.


    He didn''t flinch. Didn''t deny. Didn''t give a damn.


    "Inform my assistant when you want to visit the temple."


    She couldn''t help butugh. "Did you notice I am not your damm client but your fiance?"


    "Goddammit! then behave like one." Long Jie snapped.


    He was getting tired of her North-South attitude.


    "I would have,if you were not ashamed of me. I was aware of the fact that you despise me Long Jie. But you are ashamed of marrying me in front of everyone is news to me," Zhenyi said.


    "What did you say?" Long Jie asked as if he didn''t hear her.


    "You heard me loud and clear bastard!" She yelled.


    Calm down Zhenyi. Calm down. This was so unlike her.


    "Don''t. " His tone was cautioning and sharp. He nced at her with eyes full of anger and emotion she couldn''tprehend, but shuddered inwardly.The Long Jie world knew was as calm as water but the one she knew was as devastating as the Tsunami.


    "Don''t what?" She asked as if challenging him.


    "Don''t you dare use such words with me again Zhenyi! Respect is a two-way street and if you can''t give me then don''t expect me to respect you in return," He said, his voice starting to rise.


    Anger. Madness. Insanity.


    Zhenyiclosed her eyes and took a deep breath.


    "You expect me to respect you and your decisions, Long Jie, but what about you? Have you ever tried to see the big picture? Since the time I met you long Jie, you have done nothing but used me. Inside, you told grandfather that we will be registering our marriage but did you ask me what I wanted?" She said through clenched teeth. She hated this man.


    "I said it for your grandfather''s sake and never thought you will make a mountain of a molehill," he said


    Silence.


    This was how she was going to answer him. He did not deserve her words.


    "Xin Zhenyi," He said loudly.


    Silence.


    "Woman are you hearing me?" he groaned in exasperation.


    Silence.


    "Zhenyi," he said. This time softer than his usual voice.


    "You are going back on your words" he added.


    This caught her attention and she nced at him. He held her hand in his hands and touched the very same ring he had slipped on her finger earlier.


    "We agreed on sharing what''s going in this pretty head of yours" he whispered. She swear she could feel the trembles on her skin even though there was a good few inches distance between them.


    Honestly, they agreed on it. But did he even deserve that?


    His shoulders strained against his suit coat, causing her to unintentionally wonder what he looked like beneath his expensive fa?ade. If his chest was as beautiful as his face or if it was hard and manly like his scent.


    She shook her head to push the intrusive thoughts off her mind.


    "Zhenyi, I could never be ashamed of you. Yes, I despise the idea of marriage because I can never imagine myself being married to anyone but I do not loathe you.We might fight like two mad cats or even end up killing each other but I will never be ashamed of you. Ever." he said in that euphonious voice of his again.


    "One minute you ask for honesty Long Jie, but the next moment youpletely forget I even exist. You may like taking control of every situation but it doesn''t mean you can control me too. It''s not just about what you said earlier but I am talking in general. You are a narrow-minded chauvinist misogynist asshole who believes the world dances on your fingers."


    Her words appeared to startle him for a moment, though he recovered quickly. He didn''t want her to see that some part of her truth had touched him, but too bad. He wanted nothing buthonesty from her, so the asshole was going to get it. Even if it meant a cut to his iron-d heart. It might not cut him, but it would make a dent that would forever mark him. Xin Zhenyi was here.

 Chapter 32 - A Catastrophe

    He''d totally screwed up.


    And he needed to fix it.Fast.


    He never thought a reckless statement could result in such a big dispute.


    It had been just a few hours since he saw his fiance for the first time. And since then they had done nothing but argued and quarreled.


    Xin Zhenyi was right. He was an entitled arrogant asshole. Since he met her, he had done nothing but used her. She was not weak and she didn''t even need me. But he needed her by his side not against.


    So, he left. He left her standing in the corridor. He left the Xin Mansion before even his father and brothers.


    He left not because he did not need this marriage but he need both marriage and her. And if he didn''t leave perhaps he would lose his cat-eyes and the marriage too.


    She might hate him, but he had to make sure she stayed by his side. Forever. The image of those smoking eyes was etched in his mind. He crossed a boundary today that he was never supposed to cross but he realized it toote.


    He fucked up.


    He fucked up the only rtionship he was going to have with the woman that was stuck in his mind since the time he saw her. He fucked up with the woman whose eyes promised him thousands of stories. Those lethal and deadly eyes.


    They were like a volcano and a typhoon. It was rare , the two meet. But when they did it was catastrophic.


    They were the walking, talking juxtaposition of catastrophe and disaster. But they belong together even if they were the catastrophe in making.


    There was no one who deserved to be his woman. But her. Only her.

 Chapter 33 - Rumours

    "Do you hear they are changing the president? This one knows nothing. The shareholders areining because the price of shares is dropping tremendously. " a woman''s nasally voice trails from the eighth-floor break room.


    ''Nah! doesn''t hear that one yet¡­'' Zhenyi said in her mind.


    She stopped outside the door and listened as she was on her way to a conference call, but she could spare a few minutes for some cheap entertainment, especially on a monotonous Tuesday. Most people hated Mondays. But she hated Tuesdays. Mondays were full of energy and ambition for the week. Wednesday was halfway to Friday, Thursday closer still. But Tuesdays? They were boring, tedious. Naturally nd.


    "Oh yeah? I have a friend at the Secretarial office, she said the president does not even have any fashion sense. Have you seen her wearing a 90s business suit? What a waste of money!" a second woman says. Her voice hold the desperate, youthful quality of a follower. A sheep who went with the herd. She could sniff.


    " The woman knows shit yet she is ordering us around. She even offended young master Li and Du cooperation," the first woman said again.


    Technically She was their boss''s boss''s boss''s boss. So She don''t order them around.


    "Really? Is she crazy? Yorou, isn''t young master Li your acquaintance? If the Xin cooperation goes bankrupt, will you ask young master Li to give me a job? I can do anything for him." the second one --the ardent follower said.


    " I saw Medussa with a fine young man yesterday. He was even smiling at her. What a handsome man he was! I wonder what''s wrong with that young man''s choice!" the first one said and Zhenyi could imagine her pouting.


    The second oneughed." Maybe he liked Medussa types. Or maybe she had some hidden charms Yorou."


    Her jaw tightened. The man to whom they were referring was her best friend, Sam. He visited her office yesterday and apanied her to Lunch. The man loved food more than he loved people. Heck, he could even ignore her for food.


    She had an urge to pull their hair and throw them out of my office.


    "P-president Xin," A stammering voice said.


    Zhenyi turned around to find a man who she supposed was these freebies supervisor.'' Nice of you toe'' she sighed silently.


    Thedies noticed the supervisor and then her. Yes, the Medusa they were talking about.


    "P-president-"


    "My mistakedies," Zhenyi said. " I must have forgotten to ask your opinion about my dressing sense and the type of man I can date."


    "Your name," She asked the supervisor. The man was anxious. He should be. His team was gossiping during work hours.


    " Dong Feng, President Xin" he answered.


    "So, Mr. Dong,are you firing them or I need to take matters into my hands?" She asked him with a smile.


    "No, Presiden,t you don''t need to concern yourself. I will take care of it. Please forgive me. I will make sure to discipline my team exactly." He bowed.


    Xin Zhenyi had zero tolerance for bullshit--gossips. Not because she cared what they talk about me but because she was freaking paying them to work. They had the liberty to gossip as much as they wish after work hours.


    "Deal with them Dong Feng," She said. Apparently, she had a business to run.


    "You-you can''t do it" A voice shouted.


    "Oh, I can''t?" She asked the woman with a mocking smile. The one who said women are women''s worst enemies deserved a Nobel prize.


    The second woman shrank in fear and hide behind her master. What a spineless disciple!


    "Do you even know who I am? You can''t just fire us. You will pay for this" the woman warned her. yes, she fucking warned her . The audacity of the woman.


    "Call Lu Xinyi," She said to no one in particr.


    A few momentster, her Secretary appeared.


    "Miss Lu, ask Cao Feng to give them a little privilege. This young woman is young master Li''s acquaintance otherwise I might end up offending him"


    After hearing Zhenyi''s reply, the first woman had a smug smile on her face.


    She shook my head at the fool and left the break room.

 Chapter 34 - Businesses Deal With Long Groups(1)

    She didn''t stick around¡ªshe didn''t have the time. She was officially runningte for a meeting with the board of Air-China, one in which she was striving to make a record-shattering, unheard-of proposal. She needed it very much to set her foot in china. Previously she thought three industries were enough as Xins didn''t like to associate themselves much with legal business. Since it was going to be hers she thought of trying her luck in aviation Lines too.


    As the richest woman in China(if you include the ie from other sources too), she didn''t need much of anything, personally, professionally, or otherwise.


    Air China was about to be the Mount Everest of her career.


    She headed to the elevator, press the button for her private floor, and swipe her key before heading to the private boardroom.


    The second she walked through the door, The board members greeted her , even if they were annoyed or irritated at herte entry they wouldn''t open their damm mouths. They knew better than to talk to the devil. The devil was her. The same Medussa the women were talking about.


    The projector screen behind them was filled with arge number of middle-aged faces with impatient frowns, all of them video-conferencing from a stuffy-looking room in Shanghai.


    "Ladies, gentlemen, esteemed members of the board, I hope you weren''t waiting long." She smiled. She was told she look halfway pleasant when she smile.But Sam told her the opposite.He said her smile was awful and unpleasant. Mostly, the symbol of bad luck.


    She took a seat at the head of the table. Lu Xinyi slided me a legal pad adorned with the Xin Corporation logo, along with a expensive fountain pen¡ªonly the best for her note taking. It was her mother''s fountain pen and the day she assumed the full control of the Xin cooperation, he gave her the very same fountain pen saying it belonged to her mother and now her.


    "President Xin , we assume you received the agenda for today''s meeting?" Someone from their team breaks the silence.


    Lu Xinyi passed her a printed email.


    "Have it right here." She gave it a quick perusal, speed-reading the bullet points and identifying the words that matter. "And I can already tell you that half of these items are needless. I know your time is precious. As is mine. So I propose we both stop wasting it, and you tell me the number you want on the check. I can have my CFO approve it before close of business today."


    She was met with a few snorts, and a handful of them exchange unreadable gazes.


    Unprofessional, but she was generous to turn the other cheek because once she buy them out, she would never have to see their sour faces again. Or she would make sure they were not on the board anymore or could rot seven feet below the ground. Nevermind, she was in a good mood today.


    "President Xin, as all know, you are well aware of the current reputation of Xin cooperation. There are rumours that Xin cooperation will be filling bankruptcy soon and Du cooperation is waiting to buy it out" He Xiang , the man at the head of the table with a 71% share of Air China said.


    " I''m very well aware president Xiang. And you along with your board knows better if any hostile takeover can happen" she replied indifferently. The absurd rumours had been in market for over weeks now and Xin cooperation had not released any official statement yet which in return was fanning the fire.


    He leaned forward in his leather chair, head wobbled, polite smile decorating his aging face, and he cleared his throat. "My grandfather founded thispany."


    She nodded, as if she''d never heard the same bullshit ever. She heard same stories everytime she acquired the business all around the world.


    "At the end of the day, it''s a family business," He Xiang says. "It can''t switch hands unless I know for certain it''ll continue tostay with a inept head ."


    The damm old man didn''t love his life anymore. He was hell bent on ruining my mood.


    She shot the CFO a what -the -hell look. He pinched the bridge of his nose. They both knew this was bullshit. Likely a stall tactic. If he really wanted to sell, he''d sell.They had had enough off-the-record conversations with board members to know they''re ready to unload. Air China was holding steady but aspared to itspetitors it was not even on the thresold of being called a worthy opponent.


    She wanted thispany not because it was a very profitable business but it would help our other business handily. She''d several private jets but they were notparable to privatemercial airlines. Private airline meant we could smuggle more effortlessly.


    "I am willing to double my previous offer which I believe is extremely generous," She said. Morelike is stupidly generous.


    The board members discussed with each other and gave her strange looks. Some might even call her stupid.She was a woman and supposed to be always looked down in a male dominant world.


    "Have we reached a decision?" She asked.


    "Not quite. But I have a proposition for you," He Xiang said. "If you''re open to hearing it."

 Chapter 35 - Business Deal With Long Groups (2)

    Xin Zhenyi


    "Have we reached a decision?" I asked.


    "Not quite. But I have a proposition for you," He Xiang said. "If you''re open to hearing it."


    "Of course." She sat up.


    " President Xin, Six months ago Long groups approached us with a proposal to buy the stakes of Air China. But due to some reasons, we couldn''t finalize a deal. And a few days ago, after you approached us with such a tempting offer, they asked us to continue our deal but now if you are willing to work with the Long groups, we are more than willing to sell you the stakes. Of course, you will get 49% and long Groups will get the rest. President Long has no issue working with you. In fact, he was looking forward to it. " He Xiang said with a smile painting his aging face and she wondered why the hell old man was not dead yet. If he was dead, she wouldn''t have to deal with such a difficult man.


    Long Jie.


    She had not heard from him since the time he left her in the corridor. Neither she had contacted him or his Assistant. She was his goddam Fiance, not a client.


    He Xiang agreed to put everything in writing¡ªthat he wouldn''t offer his shares to anyone else and the board agreed to do the same. She imagined there was a substantial amount of persuading going on behind the scenes,but didn''t have time to imagine what he could possibly hold over their heads because she was too busy wrapping her mind around this ridiculous, unprecedented stiption.


    To work with Long Jie.


    This was insane.


    They couldn''t even tolerate each other for a minute and working with him was almost next to impossible.


    "He is insane." She spit her words at the CFO and her Secretary when they disconnected a few minutester.


    " Are you going to speak or continue sitting like a statue? " she exhaled her patience thinning. Though her words were sharp, They were used to it. Jin Cheng was a bloody piece of ice. The man had the same expression on his face for as long as she could remember. she had never seen him showing any emotion.


    It''s why she''d yet to rece him in the five years he had worked for her.


    "It''s a power move," he says, eyes pointed and focused as usual. The man knew his shit well. He could make millions out of few thousand.


    "Very well ." She clenched her jaw. "So what do you propose?"


    He turned towards her and asked in a very business-like tone. "President Xin, It depends on how badly you want this deal?"


    "Do I even have to answer that?"


    He pressed his lips in a starting line and nodded.


    " Long Groups are not bad to work with. In fact, the deal with long groups may help us to get rid of rumors in the market. Moreover, It will be good for our share prices"


    she contemted for a moment before signaling Lu Xinyi to get the room empty except for her and Jin Cheng.


    Long Jie might be a difficult man but she had to agree he was an intelligent businessman and working with long groups would be beneficial for her.


    She smiled at the two persons standing in front of her. She was going to work with her very fiance and She had a n set in mind.


    "All right, the deal is happening. Lu Xinyi, fix a meeting with Long Jie. Get the Xiang''s sign the acquisition papers and inform them we will be having a face to face meeting soon after I meet with Long Jie personally"


    "President Xin, President Long had a reputation of not meeting personally. His assistant handles almost every acquisition and takeover meeting" Lu Xinyi said. She smiled inwardly, well he would definitelye himself. She had a feeling ,she will be meeting him very soon.


    "Don''t worry, he will", Zhenyi replied with a mysterious smile.


    "And if he doesn''t?" Lu Xinyi asked carefully. She knew Li xinyi was in dilemma, if he did note her job would be in jeopardy.


    " Then we make sure hees or I will go to him," Zhenyi said because she wanted Air China meeting him was inevitable and for the first time she was very much looking forward to their meeting.

 Chapter 36 - Giving His Best

    "President Long, the meeting with Xin cooperation is scheduled for lunch as you said."


    Xin Zhenyi had her Secretary approached Long Jie''s assistant and she made sure he came personally. Little did she knew, it was all arranged by the devil himself. Six months ago, Air-China came to Long Groups with a very appealing offer but something came one after another and the deal did not proceed. A few days back, the board members of LG suggested that they should continue the deal but just then the Xin cooperation emerged. Xin Zhenyi was interested in the deal but Long Jie was interested in her.


    It had been five days since hest saw her. Not that he was counting. Absolutely, he was not counting at all. Neither did she contacted his secretary. ''Stubborn woman '' Long Jie called her in his mind.


    Tossing the pen onto his desk, he picked up the phone and dialed a number. "Gu Tian, make a reservation at the Lotus for lunch."


    "Sure, President Long"


    The meeting was just an excuse by Long Jie for spending time with her. He screwed upst time but this time he would make sure the meeting would not end up with them at each other''s throats. ''I would be dammed if I gave her another reason to avoid me'' Long Jie said to himself.


    It was not that Long Jie liked her or anything like that. It was just that they were getting married and it was necessary to know each other. Right? This was the exnation Long Jie was giving himself without realizing how deep he already was.


    She was not a very likable character even though she had a face that could outshine even fairies. But the woman was far from being a fairy. She was a devil incarnated in human flesh.


    The telephone rang and interrupted his train of thoughts.


    "President Long, you have a phone call."


    He sighed and pressed the inte. "Who is it?"


    "It''s me ," said a velvet masculine voice from the other side.


    Tossing the pen onto his desk, he picked up the phone and straightened his back as a habit while talking to this very person. "Brother, It''s been a long time ."


    "Of course. How are you, Ah Jie ?"


    Long Jie smiled inwardly as he could still imagine the other person talking to him with a warm smile gracing his face, even though he had not seen him for years. The man was the epitome of elegance and refinement with his regal temperament, just like a king that he actually was.


    "I''m well. And you brother?"


    "Pretty good. Although my little brother had not even bothered to share the good news."


    Good news? He frowned as if to understand what he was implying. Then it hit him. His marriage.


    It was impossible to hide something from the other person. If Long Jie described Xin Zhenyi as a devil in human flesh then the other person was like an immortal ascended from Heaven. He was not deliberately hiding his marriage from him. It was just that the idea never crossed his mind. He owed him his life and if one day he would ask Long Jie for something there was no way he was going to refuse him. He took him out of the darkness and showed him the way out when he had no one. He helped him when his mother left him to fate. ''Kismet '' she had said and everyone just epted but not him.


    "The reason I didn''t tell you is that it does cross my mind. But there is no way I won''t ask you to attend my wedding even if you won''t attend." Long Jie said. He had not met him for a long time. He invited him many times but he denied and it wouldn''t be surprising for Long Jie if he refused to attend his wedding too. He was an enigma one could never understand.


    "Ah? So you finally forgot this brother?"


    "I can never and you know it ."


    " Can or Will?" he asked.


    "I can never forget you brother"


    "Haha, you haven''t changed a bit ,Ah Jie. I wonder what your fiance will think of it."


    "My wife is not into me, brother. I will be surprised If she will really care for the people I care about. Moreover, it''s not that you will meet her."


    "She is not your wife yet, little brother."


    "She will be, just a matter of time."


    "Possessive already?"


    "Nah! just iming what''s mine."


    He gave out a small chuckle and Long Jie could imagine him shaking his head at him like he used to do when he was just fifteen. Somethings never changed.


    "I am very much looking forward to your marriage little brother. It is going to be one hell of a ride but an interesting one. That wife of yours is an odd one. I had heard many things about her and hopefully will be seeing too ."


    "You had met her?"


    Long Jie wouldn''t be surprised if he said yes because if his wife was an odd creature then the other one was the oddest. After all, behind his calm and refined facade lied a man who enjoyed chaos very much like him and her.


    "Not yet."


    "Thene to my wedding Brother. You can meet her there"


    Heughed." You didn''t even send me an invitation how can Ie without one?"


    Invitation. How could he send him? The man had no permanent ce to reside. Once Long Jie asked him if he had home. Heughed and questioned what exactly it was.


    "I am inviting you now brother and I am very much looking forward to meet you."


    "Take care of your self Ah Jie and the woman you are marrying too. They are odd creatures. They say something but expect something else. Be patient and I know you will give your best to this marriage and you should. I have taught you many things little brother it may not be one of them but don''t repeat the mistake your parentsmitted because if you do, there may be one more Ah- Jie and that one may not get a big brother to guide. So, choose your path carefully."


    "Goodbye, Ah-Jie and listen to your heart once in a while." He didn''t even give Long Jie the chance to answer him back.


    Tut. Tut. Tut.


    He sighed.


    ."How am I supposed to give this marriage a chance when she hated my very existence?" he said to himself.

 Chapter 37 - Lunch Meeting Or Date?

    Since the time Zhenyi had heard that Long Jie agreed to attend the meeting personally, she was somewhat anxious for no reason. One would call her anxiousness, the feeling one gets before they meet their lover. But she had an intuition that something bad was going to happen. She schooled her expressions and decided to deal with what mighte next. She firmly believed in ''If you want to conquer the anxiety of life, live in the moment, live in the breath''.


    She was Xin Zhenyi. She didn''t have the luxury to be worried or anxious. Why? Because worrying caused a distraction and in their lives distraction meant death. She had calcted each and every step of her life whether it was Xin Cooperation,ing to China, or marrying Long Jie. A single mistake of hers could get her whole family killed especially when the predator was hiding in the shadows and unfortunately they had plenty of them.


    After an hour-long car ride, she finally reached the restaurant. The vintage sumptuous building was a wonder in its own way. But it was not something that could wear down Zhenyi- the girl who had seen more fine architectures than this.


    She spected to herself why Long Jie would choose such a fancy restaurant for a business meeting. Moreover, the ce was quite far from her office. Her earlier worry and anxiousness were long gone as she entered the restaurant.


    She entered the lobby of the restaurant and was greeted by a young man which she assumed was the staff member.


    "Hello Ma''am, how may I help you?"


    She was about to reply to him when she heard an unfamiliar male voice calling her.


    "President Xin."


    The man greeted her professionally as she was his boss''s client. Gu Tian was curious to know the identity of the ''President Xin''. He had heard stories of her but never met her in real life. But when his boss ordered him to make a reservation at this restaurant for him and the president Xin, he was shocked. But he got the shock of his life when he found that the president Xin was a woman. A very beautiful woman to be exact.


    If Zhenyi knew what he was thinking he might get another shock of his life but he might not be alive to experience that. But it was not his fault, it was just that the patriarchy had seeped deep into our minds and society.


    "This way President Xin," Gu Tian showed her the way towards the private room he had booked on the orders of his boss. The private room he had reserved was the mostvish and expensive in the restaurant.


    He was worried about his boss as he had been behaving strangely for thest few days. He surprised the board members when he announced that LG would be coborating with the XC on the Air-China deal. Then the private deal with Xin Zhenyi especially when he was getting married soon to a wealthy heiress.


    Zhenyi followed Long Jie''s assistant to avish and magnificent private dining room where the point man was engaged on a phone call. She was standing near the door ogling the magnificent creation created by God. Only if she realized what she was thinking.


    The man was dressed in a ck three-piece suit, a hand in his pocket and another phone attached to his ear and the blue veins could be seen on the same hand. Feeling her gaze on him, he squinted towards her and she came back to her senses.


    "Okay! I will call youter," Long jie said and hung the phone. He saw the goddess standing at the door and went towards her.


    "Hello," he said softly unlike his normal self. He was hellbent on acting on the advice given by the other man earlier. Or maybe the woman in front of him was capable of triggering the sides he had yet to known.


    "Hello," she replied as if she had not noticed anything unusual.


    "How are you?" he asked again in the very same tone.


    She narrowed her eyes at the man as if to understand what he was aiming at but he smiled in return earning a scowl from her.


    "How are you?" he asked again.


    "Good" she replied with a single word.


    "You are not going to ask me?" He tried to strike a conversation with her.


    "Why would I? Aren''t you fine? Let''s not waste our time on pleasantries "


    "What if I am not fine?" He rebuked.


    She eyed him from up to down before saying," you''re right something is not right with you?"


    Zhenyi''s answer made him somewhat curious and self-conscious as he cautiously asked" umm what?"


    "Oh! you haven''t noticed that you forget your brain cells home," she snorted at him in hopes that he would drop his polite facade before her.


    "You-you are crazy!" Long Jie couldn''t help but groan.

 Chapter 38 - Little Fox

    "You-you are crazy!" Long Jie couldn''t help but groan.


    He observed that she was still standing at the door and shook his head. He invited her in and pulled a chair for her like a gentleman that he usually was¡­. not.


    "What would you like to order?" Long Jie asked her as she sat on the chair, before walking to his.


    "Mr. Long,let''s finish the task we are here for," she declined politely. She couldn''t help but suspect his gentlemanly attitude. Only if he knew his charm was not working on his wife-dearest.


    "Sure, but let''s eat first. It''s almost time for lunch."


    "I''m sorry but I am not hungry."


    "Too bad but I am starving and I don''t think we can continue the meeting with an empty stomach," A mere man needed the energy to fight with a tigress he wished to add but stopped himself in fear to ignite an argument.


    "Didn''t you eat at your office?" Zhenyi asked in exasperation.


    " How could I? It''s a lunch meeting if you hadn''t noticed,"Long Jie quickly retorted.


    "But I am not hungry, " Zhenyi said. What a shameless man!


    "So what! You can join me. I won''t start meeting before eating. So it depends on you," Long Jie said when he saw that she had no intention of giving in.


    "Jesus! why are you so damm difficult". Zhenyi sighed out in exasperation.


    "I''m being difficult?" Long Jie gaped at her in disbelief while Zhenyi shrugged her shoulders and picked up the menu. For Zhenyi, there was no need to use words with this man anymore,as they always end up in a verbal tussle against one another. And it would be better if she didn''t give him the chance and concentrate on the objective she had in her mind. Air-China was more important than the man in front of her. So what if she had to have lunch with this particr annoying man.


    Feeling a gaze at the side of her face, Zhenyi tilted her head to look at Long Jie staring at her. There was inquisitiveness in those gray eyes that could mesmerize anyone. But she chose to ignore his existence and focus on the menu.


    Zhenyi ordered several traditional Chinese dishes along with her favorite wine.


    " I am done with my order," she said and squinted her eyes towards Long jie before saying" Now, you can order for yourself."


    "Are you sure the order is for the person who was not hungry few minutes back?" remarked Long Jie and gestured to the waiter to take his order?


    "Why my dear fiance can''t you afford a simple lunch ordered by your wife?" Zhenyi said while shing a perfect fake smile.


    Long Jie shook his head in amusement. Indeed, the little fox was very crafty.


    "How''s grandfather?," Long Jie tried to strike a conversation.


    "His disease is chronic but he''s holding for now," she replied normally but deep down he knew how much her grandfather meant to her but he chose to change the topic.


    "When are visiting the temple?," he asked as the thought came to his mind that they had promised Xin Yanmo that they would visit the temple before their wedding. The wedding would be held a few days from now as requested correction- ordered by his wife.


    " Well, it depends upon you. How about tomorrow or the day after tomorrow?" she suggested. She was d he had not forgotten about the promise he gave to her grandfather.


    "Sure. I''ll let you know," he answered her. It meant he got to spend more time with her. The thought alone was enough to soar his mood for the rest of the day.


    The waiter came and served them their dishes starting with appetizers and wine. Zhenyi examined the number of dishes she had ordered in mischief but to her surprise, she was actually hungry. Little did she know, her expressions couldn''t be hidden from the hungry wolf sitting in front of him.


    While she was engaged in devouring the dishes in front of her, someone was busy savoring the rare view in front of him. To tell the truth, he liked infuriating her for every little thing. He adored when her eyes flickered with multiple shades of fire when she was angry. But he cherished the moments when she was civil to him.


    Ever wondered how a person you only met once or twice could soar your emotions and mood just with their presence. Long Jie was overlooking the fact that Zhenyi was nothing more than his responsibility and Zhenyi was steadying herself convincing the man in front of her was very much the same to the men she met before, except the four important men of her life.

 Chapter 39 - Relationship Goals

    The atmosphere of the dining room was quiet, so quiet that even the sound of dropping needles could be heard, but it wasforting for the people sitting in the room. It was not every day they get to enjoy a meal peacefully being the head of their respective family businesses.


    Even though Long Shaoming was the head of the Long n but all the major responsibilities were burdened by Long Jie along with LG whereas Zhenyi was rted to Xin business both legal and illegal. And today after experiencing another side of Long Jie, she was somewhat perplexed. Too bad, she was not here for getting to know each other but for business. Strictly business.


    Looking at the rigid beauty before him, Long Jie was getting a headache. Though they had a very peaceful lunch but his fiance waspletely business. They discussed Air-China and what she expected from LG. Even when she was entirely business-like, his focus waspletely scattered. He was not here for the business meeting in the first ce, but for the lunch date in his own twisted way. Or saying he was not even a little bit interested in Air-China would be correct.


    [Rich people and their interests! Sigh!]


    "So you agree with my conditions?" Zhenyi asked Long Jie as they went through the documents.


    "Absolutely," answered Long Jie calmly because he didn''t find anything wrong with her demands.


    " What will it take to sell the rest of 22¨G shares to Xin Cooperation," Zhenyi asked as she squinted his eyes towards him as if she was trying to read him.


    He arched a brow in response as if to ask if she was joking. Getting no response in return, he understood his cat-eyes was so damm serious.


    "Are you serious?" Long Jie asked him verbally and she nodded.


    "Mr. Long-"


    "Call me by my name "


    "Mr. Long -"


    "Call me by my name Zhenyi, then we can discuss the rest of the shares"


    Zhenyi contemted for a moment before concluding because calling him Jie was easier than getting shares from him. So what if she had to give in before his stupid demand as long as she was getting something more valuable in return. As for calling him Jie, she had to call him after their marriage. Sooner the better.


    "Okay! Jie can we discuss the shares now?" She asked him earning a smile from him.


    "One more time"


    "What?"


    "I said call me by my name one more time"


    "Jie, can we discuss the shares now"


    "Just Jie"


    "Are you serious?" Zhenyi asked and saw Long Jie nodding.


    Zhenyi made a sour face but said "Jie"


    If not for that 22% of the share, the man would have been dead by now and even his dead body was of no use to her.


    "Jie sounds a little weird to me. Don''t call me tha-" Long Jie was about toplete his sentence when Zhenyi''s voice broke out.


    "You are right! Calling you Jie is indeed weird. So Long Jie or Mr. Long will do" Zhenyi desperately said. If her subordinate saw her now, they might puke blood.


    " No, I was saying hearing you calling me Jie sounds somewhat distant to me. Call me more intimately like Ah-Jie. Yes! Ah-Jie is perfect"


    "Like hell, I will call you Ah-Jie, you bastard"


    "See how great it sounds"


    " Not only you left your brain cells at home but you turned deaf too," retorted Zhenyi.


    "What''s wrong with my ears? They are working perfectly fine," Long Jie immediately said dramatically.


    "Oh really? If they had been working fine as you say, you would have heard my whole sentence not just a part of it," said Zhenyi while shooting daggers at the man in front of her.


    "Trust me, sweetheart, I''d heard what you said I am


    Just concentrating on what''s important!"


    " I am never calling you by that weird name. Ever!"


    "Here I''m willing to sell those shares to you if agree to call me Ah-Jie forever," said Long Jie. Actually, he was very serious when he said he was ready to DISCUSS those shares if she would call him but his name but they ''give an inch and they''ll take a mile '', that was what Long Jie was doing. Never had he ever behaved in such a hooligan style but he was rejoicing her reactions.


    "You are a very bad businessman Long Jie. Did somebody ever told you?," Zhenyi said after a minute.


    Long Jie shook his head and said in a very unusual tone, "There is no business within a family sweetheart,"


    "But I''m not your family"


    "Yet"


    "What?"


    He chuckled lightly before saying," I said you are not my family yet but you will be very soon just like I''m going to be yours"


    "We will see"


    Who would have thought the two people who despised each other''s existence even before the meeting, would be enjoying a peaceful lunch followed by a healthy banter. Wasn''t it what they call rtionship goals? Absolutely not!


    After a pause, Zhenyi asked again.


    " You are seriously not selling those shares?"


    Long Jie pressed his lips to hide his smile before saying, "I gave you a choice, sweetheart."


    "Cut the bullshit. Long Jie, we both know, I would never agree to that stupid condition. Moreover, you won''t sell them. May I know why?"


    Long Jie was about to reply when her emergency phone rang and the other person said something that shook her very world from its axis.

 Chapter 40 - Ire Of Queen

    Sometimes, you know when catastrophe is about to strike you. Heart beating fast against your chest, numbness spreading across your face, beads of sweat forming your forehead before a stroke.


    There were warnings for Zhenyi. Not one or two but several. However, chose to ignore the signs. She knew her instinct was not wrong. Her restlessness and anxiousness were not in vain. But like she said'' live in the moment. Live in the breath'' and calmed her heart.


    Her heart was calm when she disconnected the call even when the phone call shook her whole world.


    Her heart was also calm when the driver turned the corner of the busy wide road, seconds after disying her what might be the nightmare for her if he was not saved. A nightmare that was going to haunt her existence if he couldn''t be saved.


    Her heart was calm even when she stepped out of her car and eased her way into the massive lobby of the ginormous hospital. A subordinate showed her the way towards the private room where the patients were admitted. Loud shrieks, moans gasps and cries could be heard. Blood sttered on the bodies like a canvas sshed with scarlet. E.R doctors were running followed by interns and nurses. Some dead, some half-dead, and some gasping for a puff of life.


    For some like Zhenyi, blood was not something umon. They bleed and kill for power. But today, it was different, because the one undergoing surgery and battling for life was someone very intimate to her.


    "We have reached," came the voice from behind startling her. The voice belonged to Long Jie. When she disconnected the call, she informed her driver to take her to the hospital. As he heard the word ''hospital '' something clicked in his mind and he proposed to follow her. To his surprise, she didn''t decline.


    When the statement registered in her mind, Zhenyi stopped, "Oh!"


    "You sure, that''s the correct room?" Long Jie asked her subordinate who showed them the way to the room. This was not the ce he was expecting because her grandfather was nowhere in sight.


    " yes sir, Mir Qin is in room no. 301," replied the man cautiously and continued, "Mr. Cao is in room no. 303."


    "Alexander, brief me on what happened and why Sam was there," said Zhenyi while Long Jie was left in unrest. "And who ordered Cao Feng to follow Sam.?"


    Suddenly, Long Jie''s phone rang, and noticed he had almost ten missed calls. And as expected, the Long family was in utter chaos.


    "Hello, brother where are you?" came a worried voice from the other side.


    "Hospital," was Long Jie''s reply which left the other party anxious. The other party was no one but Long Wei.


    "Someone hacked into the main server. We lost a significant amount of data. Ten of our men were killed at Hong Kong''s base. Two trucks were stolen on China-Laos border" Long Wei reported.


    "You are telling me we lost hundreds of millions within few minutes," was Long Jie''s response with an irritated face.


    "Broth-"


    "No Wei. I need answers"


    " Just give me time till morning"


    On the other side¡­..


    "Brief me in detail, Alexander," said Zhenyi while looking at the red light of the operation theater.


    "Mr. Qin received information that someone was nning to blow our base. He tried contacting you but failed. Then he reached Mr. Cao and his team. They were sessful in saving the base but the enemy was smart and tried to assassinate both of them. They would have been dead if not for Mr. R, " reported Alexander.


    She sat on the couch and said, "Take assistance from doctor Song''s team and inform Ms. Fan to reach China as soon as possible to take charge of Cao Feng''s position."


    "Ma''am should I inform Master Xin?" asked Alexander.


    Zhenyi pondered for a minute before saying" wait till tomorrow"


    "Also make sure the news doesn''t leak," Zhenyi added.


    Currently, the Xins were at war with an unknown enemy, Longs were suffering from their own problems two and Sam Qin and Cao Feng were fighting with their lives.


    And suddenly, her heart was not calm anymore, her palms were sweaty, arms heavy and knees so weak they could give in any moment. But on the surface, she appeared all ready to conquer the world. The one who attempted to assassinate her best friend would die thousands of deaths everyday. No one hurt her loved ones and returned unscathed. They had yet to encounter the ire of the merciless queen.

 Chapter 41 - Let The Hurricane Pass

    The depressing and funreal atmosphere of the hospital was adding more to Zhenyi''s agony but she couldn''t disy it .She was sitting on the same couch for thest two hours but her mind was everywhere. Earlier she was angry at Sam but at this moment, all she felt was rage at herself because she was utterly helpless.She and Sam fought like cats and dogs but like birds of feather, they flock together.


    The red light of the operation theater was on which connoted that the surgery was still ongoing.


    The nurses were running with their instruments in hands, some to room no.301 and other to room no. 303. She couldn''t make out of their expressions that what was transpiring in operation theater.


    Nurse 1: " Nurse Lao, quickly go to room no. 301 and bring all these medicines, the patient''s condition is serious."


    Nurse 2: "Head nurse Qiao, Doctor Su is calling you."


    Nurse 3: "Head nurse, Dr. Su instructed you to call doctor Xu immediately the patient in room no. 301 is suffering from perioperative ischemic stroke."


    And it went like this for hours....


    Meanwhile, Zhenyi''s heart was in her mouth and Long Jie who was holding her ice-cold hands had mixed feelings. He didn''t know who the men in O.T was to her but dared not to ask afraid of the answer.Zhenyi was constantly staring at the sealed door with exasperation but what she didn''t noticed was how firmly she''d held long Jie''s hand who was constantly whispering assurances to her. Perhaps, both of them didn''t notice how close they were to each other.


    On the side, Fan Bingbing was slumbering when she got a phone call. She scowled when she saw it was Alexander, her boss''s security head nothing good came out of talking to this guy.Neverthless, she picked the call


    "Hello, Ms. Fa-"


    "Cut the greeting Alexander ande to point"


    "Mr. Fan, you''ve to leave for China now as ordered by boss"


    "You have got to be kidding me! It''s 2:00 am in Country B"


    "It''s 8:00 in Japan."


    "You''re in Japan?"


    "No Ms.Fan I''m in China."


    "YOU-"


    "Please Ms. Fan leave for China now. It''s emergency"


    Fan Bingbing huffed but agreed. In their line of work, there were no fixed hours. She was directly under themand of Xin Zhenyi and no one said no to her.


    "Can you tell me what is emergency this time?"


    "I''m sorry but the information is confidential. Please, get ready mam the private jet is ready and driver is waiting at your door step", Alexander said and disconnected the call.He siged! He dared not tell her of Sam Qins condition. The woman loved him very much that he felt pity for her.


    -------------------


    Long Jir saw that she had no intention of turning her eyes from the closed door so he tried to initiate a conversation or argument, whichever to distract her for a moment. Though, one couldn''t find a single expression of hers out of ce, he could tell the tsunami surging inside her.


    Long Jie shifted closer to her and said, "The hospital has nice ambience."


    Seriously Long Jie? Hospital has nice ambiance?


    Zhenyi looked up at the man who tried to initiate the talk, "Offcourse, but the hospital is not a ce worth visiting. I still prefer irritating supermarket than a depressing hospital "


    "Never knew supermarkets are irritating," uttered Long Jie. "But if you say so"


    "I prefer anything but hospitals and doctors," mumbled Zhenyi but it was audible enough him.She had lost many things here be it her mother or.....


    "Jie, what you do when things don''t go as you n? Or when your loved ones are fighting for their life."


    Something snapped inside him as she asked him the question. He didn''t know how the man lying inside was rted to her but a very ugly feeling which was utterly foreign to him was cropping up.He nced at the woman beside him who was staring nkly, her shoulders slumped, eyes empty and face emotionally nk.That was not his Cat-eyes. His woman was an angry lioness who would be dammed than to surrender her weapons before enemy or life. Nheless, he responded to her question.


    " Honestly, I do nothing. I just wait because I know I''ll survive just like I survived earlier. Zhenyi, if you think things are getting bad every minute and there is no escape to it, just wait and let the hurricane pass because there will be the next day and you can rebuild the things Hurricane destroyed. Perhaps,this time more consolidated than before"


    Long Jie didn''t know what came over him when he said all these things. It was senseless even to him. Or probably, he went down that Lane of memories that was stifled deep into his steel heart.


    "As for when your loved ones are lying there" he pointed towards the O.T. " I don''t want to think about it"

 Chapter 42 - His Cat Eyes!

    Long Jie didn''t know what came over him when he said all these things. It was senseless even to him. Or perhaps, he went down that Lane of memories that were buried deep into his steel heart.


    "As for when your loved ones are lying there" he pointed towards the O.T. " I don''t want to think about it"


    It was obvious he didn''t want to answer her question. He couldn''t imagine Yuan or Wei lying on the deathbed or even the woman beside him.


    She sighed loudly.


    "Are you okay? What happened?" He asked her.


    "It doesn''t look good on you," spoke Zhenyi. "So drop it"


    "What?"


    "This" she pointed her finger at his face. "Your concern for me"


    Long Jie was about to reply when the light of O.T turned off. The doctor came out of Sam''s room, their attention shifted to him. The doctor instructed the junior doctors on theplications of this particr case. He saw two persons sitting outside the room and asked, "Which one of you is family?"


    "I''m his family, "Zhenyi replied.


    The doctor noticed the ring on her finger and said, "Mrs. Qin, the surgery was sessful but your husband''s life is still not out of danger."


    The poor doctor failed to notice a certain dark expression. If looks could kill the doctor would be ashes until now.


    Fortunately, Zhenyi eased the deadly environment by speaking.


    "You are mistaken, doctor. He''s not my husband. Can you please brief me on the patients condition?"


    The doctor summarized Sam''s condition and her brows furrowed, "Did not you say the surgery was sessful?"


    "The patient was shot multiple times. Fortunately, none of the shots was at his vital organs and he suffered a stroke during surgery. If he woke up within the next 48 hours, he''ll be good"


    "What do you mean by if he woke up? Aren''t you called the best doctor? Then why the heck are not sure?" Zhenyi fumed up.


    " Miss, I''m a doctor, not God. I can operate on him but can''t do anything more than it," the doctor mustered up the courage and spoke. The woman in front of him was terrifying and he wished never to encounter her again.


    Zhenyi was quiet for a while before she said, "How''s Mr. Cao?."


    "The other patient was shot at multiple ces but his surgery was not asplicated as Mr. Qin"


    "But, he''s in a vegetative state now. We are not sure how long he might be in aa"


    "Save them at any cost doc," Zhenyi let out with the strength left in her. No matter what, she, Xin Zhenyi would rise again tomorrow and avenge them.


    The doctor nodded and left.


    Vengeance, retaliation, retribution, and revenge!


    '' whoever you are, just wait and watch, you will meet your end soon very soon'' she said in her mind.


    Long Jie saw her eyes glistening with fire, those eyes were the most attractive phenomenon he had ever caught a glimpse of. But little did he know, they were burning with the fire of vengeance.


    After few minutes¡­.


    Xin Zhenyi saw Long Jie was still sitting beside her, she couldn''t help but ask"Are not leaving? It''s gettingte and you don''t need to sit here idly. If you don''t remember, you have got an empire to run?"


    There she was! The sharp cat-eyes! Funny how he missed this side of hers.


    He smiled and slowly went close to zhenyi and spoke in a deep-soft voice," Are you worried about me wife?"


    The way he spoke was so sensual that it sent shivers through her spine. This man was dangerous for her peaceful voice. But she red at him as if nothing was out of ce and said" Worried? Huh and about you? Don''t you think they don''t fit in one sentence?"


    He ignored her sarcastic remark and asked" what about you? Aren''t you leaving or are you nning on staying here at the hospital?"


    Just the thought of her spending a night at hospital for other men was enough to sour his mood.


    "Well, it''s not like I can do anything by sitting here. I''m leaving too that''s why I asking."


    " Then, let me send you home," Long Jie said.


    "As you say"


    He was surprised that she agreed just like this but he was getting used to it since the time she entered his life. Nevermind, he relished the time spent with his cat-eyes. His wife was the most beautiful woman in the whole darn world.

 Chapter 43 - Take Me With You

    In the car, Zhenyi settled in the corner by the window, staring at the pitch-ck outside. Though she was born in China, she had yet to explore the capital city.


    As Zhenyi was deep in her thought, someone was constantly staring at her, the way her face glint when the light fell on her, the way tendrils of hair grace her exquisite face.


    Feeling his gaze on her, she turned towards his side and asked" where are you going?"


    "Umm..dropping you at Xin Residence"


    "I mean where are you going after that?"


    "Me?"


    "No the ghost behind you"


    "Cough! Cough!"


    Gu Tian coughed loudly when he heard what she said. Sigh! He felt pity for his boss. The woman was no ordinary.


    Long Jie red at Gu tian, who was specifically called by his boss to drive them home.


    "Well, I''m going to spend the night at my penthouse"


    "Take me with you then"


    "Cough!cough!"


    Now it was long Jie''s turn to cough.


    "What happened? Why are you coughing?"


    "Nothing happens. Just startle me next time unannounced "


    "Huh! What did I do? "


    "You did nothing wife"


    As he uttered the words, suddenly the car halted.


    "Gu Tian, you don''t cherish your job anymore?"


    "I''m sorry sir. A cat appeared out of nowhere and startled me."


    Gu Tian who was in dilemma for the entire day finally gets to know the president Xin was no one else but thedy boss. He sighed in relief.


    "Indeed, cats these days love startling the shit out of me," Long Jie mumbled to himself.


    "What did you say," Zhenyi asked as she heard him muttering to himself.


    "Nothing Wife. And Gu Tian drive us to the penthouse"


    -----------------------


    Inside the penthouse.


    Zhenyi was looking around the penthouse while Long Jie went to the kitchen to bring her water. There were no servants as he asionally stayed here. The interiors werefortable, detailed, and versatile but somehow it was giving her the vibes of a typical bachelor pad.


    She sat on the big sofa with her feet curled up and deep in thoughts. Long Jie who came with a ss of water saw her tired and curled up on the sofa, as the queen was at her castle.


    ''Good she was making herself at home without being asked'' he thought.


    She took water from him and went back to what she was doing. That was nothing, just getting on his nerves.


    Long Jie saw she had no intention of talking so he tried to instigate the conversation himself like always.


    "Are you hungry?"


    "To be honest, I''m hangry"


    "Aren''t you always? Long Jie smirked.


    " Shut up! Get me some food"


    "There" Long Jie pointed towards the kitchen." Go cook yourself"


    "I''m a guest at your house. You should cook and serve me with best food"


    "Pardon Empress! This humble subject don''t have skills of cooking"


    "LONG JIE! Give me food. I already had a shitty day, don''t make it shitier, "Zhenyi sulked in front of him.


    His eyes softened at her sulking but there was nothing he could do. He had no idea about cooking. Heck, to him coriander and mint are the same.


    "Zhenyi, I really don''t know how to cook"


    Sigh!


    "Now?" Zhenyi asked him.


    "Wait, we can order takeout"


    "Oh yeah?"


    After few minutes. ¡­..


    "Where are chopsticks?"


    " How would I know?"


    "Last I remember, it was your house"


    "Don''t open it like this"


    "Who add sausage to this dish?"


    "Gross Long Jie"


    "You are crazy Zhenyi!"


    "Damm you! You''re crazy! Your whole family is crazy!"


    "Don''t sulk like a baby"


    "Zhenyi, this is mine! You said you don''t like lotus roots!"


    "Then why the heck you ate my tofu," zhenyi grumbled loudly.


    "Wife, don''t talk nonsense"


    "You liar didn''t you eat my mapo tofu I specially asked you to order"


    "You---"


    "I can''t believe I''m marrying a man who doesn''t even know how to cook! hmmph!!"


    "Says the woman who never stepped a foot in the kitchen"


    " Why would I? Kitchen is such a dangerous ce"


    "And guns are not?"


    "LONG JIE! You ass"

 Chapter 44 - Warning To Weak Hearts

    LONG JIE! You ass"


    She gripped his cor to pull him closer to threaten him but it was nothing threatening for the third person. They were close, too close for their own good. He was staring into her deep eyes as if to skim deep into her soul. She tried to move but....


    One, two, three, four breaths, and he took her wrists, raising them above her head, his faceing close to her. His mouth was a kiss away, his breath warm hers it flowed over her, and she breathed him in.


    Long Jie stared into her eyes for too long, his cat eyes, she fucking possessed him. His mouth mmed against hers, and her hands fisted into her hair, her leging up to wrap around him.


    All of a sudden, this woman was both the epicenter of his world and the bane of his existence. A vice and a visceral need. She was stubborn and willful. Fucking wild, like she was made from the moon, and that madness moved through his blood like nothing ever had before.


    It was one of those warring things that were total opposites but couldn''t live without each other. He never wanted to have her, but he was desperate to keep her.


    She moaned into his mouth, her hands fisting in his shirt, and then she pushed him away as hard as she could. She couldn''t move him with physical strength alone, but when she said the word, "No!" He took a step back.


    Her hand trembled as she set it over her mouth. She shook her head. "I hate you. I hate you so fucking much and I will hate you whole my life for the hell of everything that matters."


    She stared at him intently, searching for something, and pulled the cor of the shirt before saying" This


    doesn''t change anything. You, me, or us" and pressed her mouth to his.


    Her touch was fire against his heated skin. His blood began to boil, but a shiver felt bone-deep made him tremble all over.


    Her mouth parted at the same time his hand came around her neck and pulled her together, his body moving with her like fire in the wind, their lips smashing, their tongues tangling.


    A moan, soft and trembling, left her mouth, and he drank the sound down.


    Walls mmed against her back as they moved from spot to spot, something uncontrolled and wild forcing them together, refusing to let them part.


    A frustrated noise left her mouth when he pulled away from her.


    They kissed hungrily for what seemed like an eternity like she was the oxygen he was dying to breathe.


    And sometimes you don''t need to be in love to kiss like your life depend on it.....

 Chapter 45 - Hunting The Attackers(1)

    "The enemy is anybody who''s going to get you killed, no matter which side he is on."


    - Joseph Heller


    The city of Beijing washed out, the sky a nket of darkness but sparkling and stunning lights seemed to embrace the darkness. However, there was something very conspicuous about the night like the crispness in the air that remains only after a storm.


    The D¨¦j¨¤ Vu.


    A nightclub. A gentleman club. Or the epicenter of the drug Mafia.


    The entire front bar was decked out in opulent oaks and mahoganies. The walls were a rich crimson red, and the floors polished hardwood. The scent of beer and liquor permeates the air, teasing the patrons with the promise of everything one could want during a rainy Beijing. It was mild and homey, inviting even. But then again, one might suspect that was probably how the owner wanted.


    The music booming in the background.


    "Just a young gun with a quick fuse


    I was uptight, wanna let loose


    I was dreaming of bigger things


    And wanna leave my old life behind


    Not a yes-sir, not a follower


    Fit the box, fit the mold


    Have a seat in the foyer, take a number


    I was lightning before the thunder"


    If one thought the D¨¦j¨¤ Vu was a standard- typic club, they would be wrong. It was anything but a traditional club. ck Rose, a syndicate corrted with all those upations that were crimes in China, ran the club which was the epicenter of their business.


    Somewhere inside the D¨¦j¨¤ Vu.


    Men sitting on their stools,ughing and chucking in a very rxed manner as if they had won a battle. Well, they had kind of by stealing from the invincibles of Beijing, the Longs and killed numerous of the Xin soldiers incorporating two of their higher-ups, two days ago.


    "HAHAHAAA"


    Men1: "They will never finger out who attacked them"


    Men2: " The war begins with us attacking the Longs and Xins but will end with the demise of all the aristocratic families"


    Their Boss: "Indeed, the Beijing will be ruled by us, the ck rose."


    Men 3: " Boss Ji, big boss will award us for our exceptional service?"


    Boss Ji: "Offcourse! He was very pleased with us"


    All Men: "Hail the great boss Ji"


    "HAIL- HAIL"


    All of the sudden, the bullets came like rain that earlier washed the city throughout the day. Right before their eyes, the wall shattered and few shoes came into their view.


    By the time, they realized, what had urred the men d in ck suits holding machine guns in their hands which were pointed at the members of ck Rose, had circled the secret warehouse situated in the club.


    The loud click of heels on the floor was heard as the men or soldiers to be exact, parted and emerged a woman dressed in red with a scarlet suit, heels, and even the lipstick of the same color. The women screamed danger and disaster.


    "Tell me Alexander these dumbheads attacked our base? Because if you don''t clear it out, I may take them as clowns, "The woman in red that was no one else but Zhenyi spoke. When she received the blueprint of the club, she noticed there was space left out. It didn''t take a genius to realize they were hiding something behind a fake wall, and that the was the reason no one was aware of their secret base inside the infamous club.


    .Secret Base? Hmmph!!! More like a museum decorated with arms and white powder.


    "Haha-umm"


    Alexander cleared his throat after letting out a snicker but he controlled himself on time. But his boss was right too, they looked more like hooligans dressed in the weirdest clothes and thick gold chains around their necks, ying mafia-mafia.


    "Boss, the information we received from our sources indicated that the ck Rose organization stole from our men and heavily injured many of them including Mr. Cao and Mr. Qin"


    The word '' injured '' caught the attention of the ck Rose and realization dawned upon them that their end was near but their arrogance wouldn''t let them ept it.


    The man called boss Ji clenched his jaw and asked in a low yet unwavering tone, "Who are you? And why are you pointing guns at us? Don''t mess with us. Our men outside won''t leave you alive if you dared to fire a bullet at our territory"


    Zhenyi''s voice was chilly yet sardonic. "Oh! You''re talking about the dumb heads like you that were standing outside? Ahh too bad, they are lying peacefully on the floor"


    "But dont worry! They won''t be waking up anytime soon." She took a pause and added while looking deep into his eyes while a mocking smile ying on her lips. "Or ever. "


    Boss Ji was scared out of his wits but didn''t ept defeat. His pride would never let him ept defeat in front of a woman.


    A mere woman was not even equal to his shoes.


    "You- you¡­who are you?," He asked furiously.


    " Your end, " She replied nonchntly still a mocking smile ying on her scarlet lips.


    "You bitch-"

 Chapter 46 - Hunting The Attackers(2)

    You- you¡­who are you?"


    " your end "


    "You bitch-"


    Just as he uttered the second word, a bullet came flying, piercing his thigh, he fell on the ground with a thud groaning in pain.


    "Mind your tongue loser while talking to our boss," Her subordinate red at the man.


    "You dared to shoot our boss Ji! You woman, do you think you can scare us with your lousy men?," the ardent followers of boss Ji warned Zhenyi even though they were scared out of their wits.


    "Who-who are you?" the man who was shot earlier groaned in pain but his eyes full of disdain.


    He was replied with a single word


    " Boss Xin"


    The single sentence uttered rendered the men speechless. They knew their end was near but would never drop on their knees for forgiveness. Especially to a woman. They continued looking at her with disdain and disgust.


    "Kill us if you can," The man sneered.


    "Of course I''ll. But first, answer my questions."


    "Hmmp! I would die than to speak to a xin bitch. And if you think you can scare us the ck Rose with these toys. You had another thinging Xin bitch."


    He was shot again on other the thigh but this time he didn''t even budge.


    "Xin Yichen is a fucking coward for using a business for bitch like you, "He went on and let out a chilling chuckle.


    All of a sudden, a dagger came into his view, and, in a very slow motion, it shed his throat as blood trickled down his neck coloring his shirt.


    Zhenyi leaned forward and whispered in a very low voice but it was audible enough for the onlooker, "Shhh! It''s just blood isn''t it? This bitch just shed your throat and you can''t even fight with me. A woman ."


    "You bitch thank your stars you are a woman otherwise I would have chopped you into pieces," He said in a mocking tone. Since he was shot at multiple ces, he knew she would kill him sooner orter but he kept on ring her up which meant easier and quick death.


    " Ah! What a coincidence," Zhenyi eximed." I don''t like hitting weak woman too. But today I will make an exception for you."


    He answered her with silence. After a moment of pause, she spoke .


    "You have blood on your hands too just like me or anyone present in the room. But do you know what''s different about today? Jin Fu, it''s your blood. I am going to torture you every second for the rest of your life but before that, I need few answers and be a good bitch."She snickered before adding. "As for you calling my father a coward and me a bitch."


    She shed his tongue right in front of the spectators.


    The other men looked at the monster who cut the tongue of their boss, were frightened but their cruel training would never let them ask for mercy because they knew death was better than the torture of the Xin n.


    "Gong"


    "Boss, "The delighted man came ahead with a bottle of mineral water, scented hand wash, and a white towel.


    " Thank you, Gong"


    He grinned like a fool and gave hisrades a smug smile as if to say ''see I''m boss''s favorite '' and they internally shook their heads at his childish behavior.


    "Make them speak like good dogs. And you have thirty minutes."Zhenyi didn''t n on dragging the matter. They already wasted two days and tonight she had to finish the matter for once and all.


    " Boss! It''s too short for Gong. It is my first time enjoying my special hobby in China, "Gong pouted as if he had been wronged. No matter how dramatic, his boss had never punished him. And it encouraged him to behave like a drama-king.


    "Thirty minutes. Period."


    "Yes Boss," he saluted her dramatically and in return, she patted his shoulder." Boss, you''re the best boss in the world. I thought you forget me but no you still remember me."


    "I want the result, Gong. And enjoy your artwork," Zhenyi said as she stared at the man bathing in his own blood with his thighs shot, chopped throat and his tongue fell on the ground.


    Even though, the man was on the verge of copsing he signed her with his hands " you can kill us. But that man will kill each of you. The attack was just a trailer to warm the game. Your end is waiting for you"


    ''Let the game begin'' She smirked at him and left the room.

 Chapter 47 - Miss Flats

    Zhenyi came out of the smelly room and sat on the stool examining the people dancing and drowning their sorrows and frustrations in alcohol, particrly unaware of the mayhem urring on the other side of the very same club.


    "Bartender! A ss of whisky," she said to the man standing beside her while the man she called the bartender, was in utter disbelief.


    He was a young master of a noble family! The darn woman called him bartender!


    The real bartender had an urge to cry. But he could do nothing but pray for his life. One looked like a rich Young master and the other appeared as the Young miss of a prominent family.


    "Ma''am-"


    "Shhh! You talk too much. Just concentrate on pouring me a drink," she said without bothering to check the source of the voice.


    However, the drink was served but not by the real bartender. Another person had an amusing smirk on his face when zhenyi was taking a sip of her drink.


    "Eww"


    "What the heck it is?" she shouted annoyingly.


    "Drink sweetheart. Your drink as you ordered," he grinned at her while she was scowling in anger.


    "Madam I''m sorry. Sir is not a bartender. Please let me pour you another ss of whiskey," the real bartender bowed and apologized. The club rules were stringent not to offend customers.


    She took the other man up and down without ncing at the bartender without uttering a word.


    "Come on, sweetheart if you don''t stop ogling me. Perhaps, I''ll start blushing," the young man said dramatically. He thought she was cute with her queen-like attitude and don''t-mess-with-me aura.


    "I don''t have a habit of ogling a man who is dressed as a waiter" Her jibe rendered him speechless.


    "You-you are saying I''m dressed as a waiter"


    The handsome and sophisticated young master felt humiliated.


    "Bartender to be precise"


    ''Darn this woman! She had no control over her Sharp tongue!''


    "Do you even know who I''m?," The young master smiled contemptuously at her.


    "Sorry! James bond didn''t recognize you in your bartender attire, "Zhenyi replied nonchntly.


    He huffed and puffed but sat on the stool beside her.


    "A ss of whiskey for thedy"


    She didn''t even bother to nce at him.


    "Come on, sweetheart don''t ignore this handsome man now," He grinned showing his perfect thirty-two teeth.


    "Stop it"


    "What?"


    "Stop calling me sweetheart."


    "Then tell me your name. By the way, this handsome young master''s name is Ming Yu."


    The Ming family was one of the aristocratic families of the capital city. They were as rich as sin. And Ming Yu was the son of the current head of the Ming family. Never in his life, someone dared to call him a bartender. A mere bartender.


    Hmmph!


    But there was something mysterious about this woman not in a romantic way but more like a curiosity.


    "Let me enjoy my drink in peace, "Zhenyi warned him.


    If the young man was aware of what she did minutes ago, he might want to run for his life.


    "Sweetheart, I am not holding you back," he pouted.


    "Stop it"


    "Then tell me your name"


    "Do you flirt with every girl you see?"


    "You think I''m flirting with you?" The man gasped dramatically, ignoring the looks her hidden guards were giving him.


    ''Kids these days don''t cherish their life!''


    "Aren''t you?," Zhenyi asked Ming Yu casually. His drama was going overboard.


    "Hmmp! You think so highly of yourself girl"


    "You--"


    "Have you seen yourself in the mirror?"


    "Shut the hell up, Ming Yu"


    "I know it hurts. But you see there sweetheart" he pointed towards a girl dancing in the middle of the crowded dancefloor."That''s my type. Not a woman with terrible body proportions. "


    "Damn youuu! You''re insulting my body."


    "And didn''t you insulted me?"


    Hmmph!!


    "I''m sorry Mr. Bartender. Oops! But you bloody deserved it "


    "It''s okay! Ms. ts. I understand."


    "You don''t cherish your life, Ming Yu"


    "Come on, Ms. RedChilli. Tell me your name."


    "Zhenyi"


    "Beautiful name very unlike you."


    "I think you should start preparing for it"


    "For what?"


    "Your funeral!"


    "HAHAAHAAAHAAAA"


    "You''re really short-tempered. I''m sorry I was really teasing you for a distraction. Sister Zhenyi you''re quite a character. And a very beautiful character to be precise."


    She red at him.


    But he smiled sheepishly. "You are the most beautiful Goddess in the world."


    "Ummm. Thank you I guess?. Zhenyi felt that the kid was quite cute apart from his constant teasings.


    The kid has grown! Sigh!


    "I see you''re still not good withpliments"


    "It''s not every day someone calls me beautiful," she retorted.


    There was a pause for a moment.


    "Why are you here Ming Yu?," Zhenyi asked him.


    "For drinks. Obviously," he rolled his eyes.


    "Cut the crap Ming Yu. Come straight to the point."


    She was getting impatient now. If Ming Yu was here then¡­..


    "You''re getting married."


    "And mom is worried."


    Sigh! She should have known better!


    "Sis-"


    Ming Yu was about to say something when her eyes fell on a particr figure much to her shock.


    What the heck was that person doing here? Moreover, why she was involved with all these people?


    "Ming Yu. You said you wanted a distraction?"


    "Well, yes?"


    "Look there" she pointed towards a group of people involved in a drama. "Do you see something?"


    The scene urring there shocked Ming Yu to the core. What the heck was she doing there? Well, the valid question would be when she arrived in Beijing?


    "Sister. She-"

 Chapter 48 - Drama At Club (1)

    "Days like this, I want to drive away


    Pack my bags and watch your shadow fade


    You chewed me up and spit me out


    Like I was poison in your mouth


    You took my light, you drained me down


    But that was then and this is now


    Now look at me"


    The loud music was ying through the speakers, as Aria was watching the man she loved the most, looking at her with eyes full of disdain and disgust.


    What an irony! Even the music ying was ording to her predicament.


    [ who was ying such sad songs at the club?]


    Aria Qin, a young woman in her early twenties returned to her homnd after spending years in Country B with her family only to find out the man she thought loved her was cheating on her.


    She just returned a few hours earlier and when she called to ask about his whereabouts, a feminine voice picked the phone and informed her that he was partying in a club. Little did Aria Qin knew, it was a n set up to defame her.


    All of a sudden, a palm was swung at her face without warning, immediately leaving a handprint on her fair face. She came to her senses.


    "Still pretending to be innocent, eh? B*tch, how dare you cheat against my brother Han? I must beat you up and teach you a lesson today!"


    The hot and stinging pain in the face confirmed it was no dream but reality. A Bitter reality!


    The man not only cheated on her but also framed her of infidelity.


    Aria tried to hold back her tears but could feel them slowly trickling down her face. Who would have thought, the man for whom she left everything at country B would be using her of cheating.


    The Woman who pped her was Liu Xuexue. She always hated her and tried to break Chen Zihan and her apart but their love was too strong. Or at least she thought.


    "This hussy cheated on my brother? How dare she?!," Chen Jiaye raised her hand to p Aria but as her palm was about to hit Aria''s face, a slender hand caught it.


    " You have the guts to touch a fragile woman eh? All of you are bullying a single girl. Aren''t you ashamed of yourself?" a domineering voice of a woman startled them.


    Ming Yu who was behind Zhenyi was fuming in anger watching Aria''s shaky condition.


    The surrounding people began talking and condemning the woman who dared to interrupt Young master Han''s group.


    "Fragile? Hmmp! She is a slut. Not only she cheated on my brother Han, she even dared to engage with brother Han''s friend," snickered Liu Xuexue.


    The heartbroken and miserable Aria was astonished by the sudden entry of Zhenyi. She was his brother''s best friend, even though she was cold and aloof but was possessive of her people.


    And Aria was doted upon by her.


    Aria tightened her hands into a fist as she held back her emotions - careful not to let out a sound.


    Even though he hated her she still cared for the man she loved the most. And being aware of Zhenyi''s short-tempered nature, she knew there were chances that the night might end in bloodshed.


    "Who pped you before her?" Zhenyi came forward and asked Aria before pointing a finger at Chen Jiaye.


    Ming Yu who was furious earlier was excited to watch her goddess in action.


    He never met her face to face before but their families were very close to each other, so he talked to her many times over the phone.


    Also, they were involved in the same business.


    "Si-" Aria was about to say something before Liu Xuexue cut her off and mocked" Oh! So you are here to support this cheating bitch? Jiayi, do you know only a bitch support another cheating?"


    "Yeah, you are right Xue. Why don''t we teach this bitch a lesson too?"


    Alexander who came to inform Zhenyi about an important issue, had troubled expressions when he heard the bitch again.


    He saw the number of people watching the drama unfolding before them and shook his head in despair.


    ''Sigh! If boss cut her tongue, I will have to handle many people.''


    Zheyi broke the beer bottle which was lying on the table next to her and pointed at Liu Xuexue''s neck.


    "Aria p her," Zhenyi ordered Aria. "Now!".


    Aria, who was still standing beside Chen Zihang, was immediately stunned and a look of puzzlement appeared in her soft eyes after hearing those words.


    " Sister Zhenyi, you know-"


    "Tell me Aria did the Qin family failed to give basic education to their daughter? And if you don''t act as you are said, then I''ll have to take the matter in my hand. And both of us know, it won''t end well."


    "Are you crazy? Don''t you know who I am?," screamed Liu Xuexue. She was petrified and on the verge of crying.


    "I''m not crazy." She paused and continued with a solemn expression, "You are."


    Chen Zihan who was frozen came back to his senses after hearing Zhenyi''s voice.


    "Please Miss leave Xiao Xue. It''s my fault please brother Han tell this Miss to punish me not Xiao Xue, the root of the crisis, Xu Miaomiao said sniffling.


    ''What a hypocrite woman! Aria thought to herself.''


    " No Miaomiao, don''t cry. Dear, it''s not your fault. Don''t cry, she can''t hurt my cousin, Chen family won''t let her off easily," Chen Zihang said consoling Xu Miaomiao.


    Aria who was on the verge of exploding couldn''t control anymore and pped Liu Xuexue with all her might.


    SMACK!!!!


    Chen Zihang who wasforting Xu Miaomiao was astonished by the sound of the p.

 Chapter 49 - Drama At Club(2)

    Chen Zihang who wasforting Xu Miaomiao was astonished by the sound of the p.


    "Aria how dare-"


    Chen Zihang''s sentence was cut off by another p thatnded on his right cheek.


    Zhenyi who released Liu Xuexue and threw her on the floor said arrogantly.


    " How dare she? Are you blind pretty boy? Can''t you see she just collected what your cousin owes her? Ah.. even without interest. Such a softie my Aria is tsk¡­tsk¡­ if it was me, I would have cut the same hand your cousin dared to hit her, and as for you?"


    "You dared to frame her?"


    Chen Zihang looked extremely conflicted and he seemed to have been put in a spot. Aria was his long-distance girlfriend for thest five years. He cherished and loved her but she cheated on him with his best friend. If it was not for Miaomiao, he would be kept in darkness and God knew for how long!


    Upon assessing the situation that it was out of their control, Chen Jiaye messaged her sister Chen Yuling and cousin Liu Shishi. And if they didn''te on time, the n to frame Aria would be failed and she couldn''t afford it.


    Her brother would never trust her again.


    There was no way that Aria was going to be her sister-inw instead of Xu Miaomaio. She was such a kind and beautiful girl and that Aria was crude and arrogant.


    "Miss, whoever you are, I am not afraid of you. I apologize my cousin pped Aria but what she did to me is justified?"


    "What I did to you, Zihan? Answer me. You are using me of cheating when you have affair with this white lotus behind my back! Aren''t you afraid of karma?!"


    "Don''t involve Miaomiao Aria. You don''t even have any proof. She is innocent."


    "My eyes are the biggest proof . You liar. You bastard!"


    "God! I was such a fool to leave everything behind for a scumbag like you."


    "Miss Aria please I beg you not to call brother Han names."


    Zhenyi was unfazed, her expression was one of unexpected calmness as if she was quite enjoying the show.


    On the other hand MingYu was admiring, the free drama unraveling before him. Only if he had some popcorn.


    All of a sudden , Chen Jiaye zoomed past them like a gust of wind and sobbed , "Big sister, Sister Shishi thank God you came. This woman."she referred to Zhenyi. "Bullied us because brother''s girlfriend cheated on him and we were settling score with her."


    As soon as the spectators saw Chen Yuling, they took a step back one after another and secretly felt scared for Zhenyi, especially after hearing Cheng Jiaye''s words.


    Chen Yuling was the number one socialite in the capital city. She was blessed with ethereal beauty and intelligence.Also, she was known for her cold and aloof attitude.


    .


    Even though, Aria was not wrong they couldn''t go against Chen family for a nobody like Zhenyi.


    Zhenyi squinted at the two new spectators and cursed her rotten luck. Not that she was scared of them but because all her adversaries wereing out of their burrows one by one.


    Of course, Zhenyi know that the other woman had her eyes on her man. And Zhenyi was possessive of what belonged to hers .


    Chen Yuling happened to be near the club along with Liu Shishi, when she received a message from her sister , so dropped everything and came there.


    She knew what these girls were upto. Even though, she had no problem with Aria, she didn''t stop her sister.


    Chen Yuling was no naive, she knew Xu Miaomiao was not as simple as she seemed.


    Chen Jiaye was rather troublesome kid but no matter what, she was her sister. Those who bullied her would be offending her.


    Upon hearing her words Chen Yuling face turned hostile and she asked Liu Xuexue, who was still sobbing on the floor, "Who bullied you?"


    Liu shishi went to console her crying sister and gritted her teeth in anger


    Liu Xuexue looked even more aggrieved as she pointed at Zhenyi and said sobbingly, " We were teaching this cheating Aria a lesson but this woman came out of nowhere and pointed that broken bottle against my neck. She even threatened brother Han, big sister. Teach her a lesson. "

 Chapter 50 - Drama At Club (3)

    Liu Xuexue looked even more aggrieved as she pointed at Zhenyi and said sobbingly, " We were teaching this cheating Aria a lesson but this woman came out of nowhere and pointed that broken bottle against my neck. She even threatened brother."


    When Liu Xuexue was weeping in despair, there was one person, who was extremely pleased. Just the thought of being able to humiliate Aria in a moment made her eyes twinkle.


    Never in Xu Miaomiao''s wildest dreams had she thought Aria would be so stupid as to fell for her trick. Not only did she increased her worth in Zihang''s heart, she also offended Chen Yuling.


    She had vowed to take Chen Zihang from Aria.


    Chen Zihang belonged to her. Only her!


    Zhenyi was getting bored with the unwanted drama, and said in frustration" Are you done tattletaling? If you are, then can I speak to your elder?"


    Chen Yuling who was called elder gritted her teeth in anger but managed to appear calm. The arrogant woman was getting on her nerves.


    Liu Shishi was soothing her sister who was a crying mess. " You can''t talk to a little girl like this!"


    "If you had taught your family''s kids manners, I wouldn''t have behaved like this too?," said Zhenyi rendering Liu Shishi speechless.


    "You tell me Miss Liu which high school kids use words like hussy, slut, or bitch for a girl who is elder than them?," Zhenyi added."Not only this, she even dared to p her! Does your Liu or Chen family give no moral education?"


    "But she cheated on my brother?," screamed Chen Jiayi.


    "Do you have any proof except the one you crafted yourself? If not then shut your foul mouth!"


    " How can you say the evidence is fake? You have not even seen them,"Chen Yuling said after contemting for a minute.


    "I''m not a fool like your brother Han,"said Zhenyi nonchntly.


    Chen Yuling stared at Zhenyi''s domineering figure with a frown. No one dared to disrespect her like this woman.


    The woman was really gutsy!


    "Miss chen, this is myst warning to your family. If any of you even imagine framing my person, the consequences will be bored by all of you. And trust me, you don''t want to guess what it will be, "Zhenyi said in a provoking manner.


    Aria had a clue that Zhenyi was picking a fight with Chen Yuling but she didn''t know why?


    Chen Yuling stared at Zhenyi angrily, but, because her siblings were involved, she couldn''t argue back. There was no point in arguing with the woman but it didn''t mean she would forgive her for insulting her.


    Moreover, if she dared to threaten Chen family she couldn''t be from the lower strata.


    Zhenyi turned towards her future sister-inw and warned her."And you nation''s sweetheart, teach your sister some manners first otherwise she will drown you too with her empty brain. "


    Aria let out a chuckle but controlled herself after witnessing Ming Yu''s ring gaze. Chen Zihang noticed the scene was rather feelingplicated.


    "Chen Zihang, let me give you a warning: there is no wall thick enough to block out everything. The way you have treated my Aria, you will soon have to pay it back a thousand times. Chen Zihan, because of these clowns you lost the woman who probably loved you the most but you know what? A weak man like you deserve it". Zhenyi was filled with anger as she looked at Chen Zihang."But If I saw you trying to contact her ever again, I will break your legs. Take care of your Miaomiao. Both of you deserved each other."


    After hearing this, Chen Zihang went silent, looking at Zhenyi coldly, "Miss this is our private matter. What right do you have to interfere between two adults?"


    "The second your cousin touched Aria it was not a private matter anymore."


    "Sister Zhenyi-"


    Before Aria could speak, Zhenyi cut her off.


    "Aria, you eloped from your home, didn''t you? Because there is no way your parents are unexpectedly willing to send you to China. It implies you have already given up on your parents. So, you are not rted to me anymore. Right? The decision is yours. "


    For quite some time Aria remained silent like she was contemting...


    After a pause, Aria made the final decision.


    "Chen Zihang, you still believe I cheated on you? Oh yeah! you absolutely believe it. Lets''s break up Zihang this time for real and forever, " Aria smiled at Zihang for the onest time, her eyes brimming with tears.


    Zhenyi Sighed! This girl was not aplete idiot. Just a fool in love.


    Beep... Beep.....Beep.


    ALEXANDER: we have been outnumbered.

 Chapter 51 - Breaking Her Trust

    When Zhenyi arrived at the basement, Alexander another Xin soldiers were waiting for her at the door.


    "Are they dead yet?,"she asked as if the fierce Zhenyi , minutes ago was an illusion.


    "We are outnumbered, ma''am, "Alexander said instead, and she simply shifted her gaze to Gong.


    " Boss, they are dead. And the club now belongs to Xins now. We got the information that was needed,"Gong answered.


    "Is that all?" was all she responded causing Gong to gasp in fear.


    The calmer the boss, the dangerous she was.


    Everything that happened two nights ago, started reying in her mind and she couldn''t believe she trusted him.They shared something so intimate, so pious and rare, but he chose to broke her trust in return. She actually did something so bizarre like that? It was simply unbelievable. Now that she pondered about it, she couldn''t fathom where she went wrong, much more trusted a devil like Long Jie.


    She really thought he was helping her?


    Even though nothing would change between them, it actually did. The intense look in his eyes, the way he made her feel like a fish deprived of water was ying in her mind like a film.


    But she trusted him for the first time! And did he kept his promise in return?


    Haah! What a joke! He used information gathered by her men and attacked the culprit behind the attack.


    Actually, the one behind attack on Sam and Cao feng, and those who stole from Longs were same.


    Zhenyi was aware that what she did was pure insanity but deep down ,she thought that she should give a chance to Long Jie to prove that they were working as team but he betrayed her.


    What a scumbag!


    What''s the difference between him and that Chen Zihang?


    Alexander handed her an envelope which contained an itinerary.The man always knew who to make wrongs right.


    No wonder, he was with her for years now.


    "Alexander, make sure few soldiers stay here, I had an inkling that the ck Rose might not remain calm, after all we conquered their base. They will definitely try something funny," Zhenyi cautioned.


    "Rest assured ma''am, every thing is taken care of. And your chopper is ready ma''am. It seems Zack is not found yet by the Longs."


    "Let the war begin."


    _____________________________


    "Are you sure you want to do this son?" Long Shaoming asked his son who was busy plotting their every move against ck Rose Syndicate.


    "It''s brilliant," Long Yuan said excitedly. "The ck Rose will never see iting. Just a few more moments and Zack will be captured ."


    "I wish I could see the dickhead''s face ." Wei grinned as he typed something on theputer. "The cocky bastard will never see what hit him fair and square."


    Long Jie nodded. "Track all their movements and don''t miss anything suspicion. ck Rose is just the cover, the real enemy is still lurking somewhere. And don''t drop your guard just yet."


    They were all right, and yet Long Shaoming still did not seem to approve. Well, that was Long Jie''s problem.


    Long Jie did what he said. He asked her to marry Xin Zhenyi, she had his engagement ring on her finger and now his father had no business in interfering in his.


    Long Jie had no idea, what a blunder hemitted. Only if he knew the catastrophe was going to knock him off.


    "Did you know the consequences son," Long Shaoming asked his son.


    Long Jie knew what consequences he was talking about.


    He betrayed Xin Zhenyi. But did he actually?


    Zhenyi didn''t understand.They ran the bloody Mafia, they spared no one, they took what they wanted, when they wanted it, and they spilled blood to get the job done.


    But she was just blinded by the vengeance.


    She didn''t understand her short-temper was her greatest shoring.


    The moment he conspired to use her connections to get the job done, he knew the price of his actions was no simple but he still went ahead with it.


    One had to teach her, she was no invincible. If he had to lose, then she was wouldn''t be left unscathed especially when there were no leads about the true culprits.


    Did he feel bad for breaking her trust?


    Perhaps.


    Did he really wanted to do it?


    Absolutely no. Especially after the intimate moment spent with her.


    Perhaps, things had changed or he thought .


    All of a sudden, all the screens went ck and the loud sound was heard.


    " BOOOOOMMMM"

 Chapter 52 - Zhenyi Vs Longs

    All of a sudden, all the screens went ck and a loud sound was heard.


    " BOOOOOMMMM"


    Then, bullets exploded through one of the walls before they could react. The other party pelted them like rain, destroying anything and everything in their way.


    "Fuck!" Long Yuan screamed in pain as blood poured from his arm.


    "Open the darn door and blow the bloody man away!"


    Long Shaoming froze just as a bullet went right past his head and embedded itself into the wall behind him. The rest of the men in the room scrambled to follow orders but froze when the door opened.


    "Tell me it wasn''t you my dear husband, and you did not betray my trust, "Xin Zhenyi roared, looking him dead in the eyes.


    '' Kill him. Put a bullet through his empty bloody head, pluck those grey eyes that were staring deep into her soul, or cut off the lying tongue that spoke about honesty and end the story once for all'' the thought was running in her mind as she saw him.


    The lying bastard!


    "What the hell is it? ," Long Shaoming asked the madwoman who happened to be his daughter-inw and sted half of their base.


    If Xin Yichen was a grim reaper, he had no words for his daughter.


    The darn girl took after his mother.


    ''Don''t think about the devil'' Long Shaoming reminded himself as nothing goodes out of speaking of that woman.


    "Ask your bloody son, father-inw! Because I am only a second away from unloading all the bullets in his damm head. And he fucking deserved it, "Zhenyi red at Long Shaoming as she pointed the gun at Long Jie''s head.


    Zhenyi didn''t realize that she cursed and used the word, father inw in the same sentence.


    Long Jie whose head was pointed before her pistol, was staring into her eyes. Instead of anger, he saw hate for him. The usual beautiful Zhenyi was not looking beautiful to him, today she was the avatar of *Pesta.


    To him at that time, she was the dark, chthonic goddess, her abhorring eyes beheld the mes of vengeance, at the same time terrifying and benign, and the description of both creation and destruction.


    " Shoot me," Long Jie spoke staring into her eyes. "You better pull the trigger now. You will regret it if you don''t."


    "First brother, have you lost your mind? "Long Yuan said, his voiceced with visible worry. He was sure if Long Jie provoked her, she wouldn''t even think before pressing the trigger.


    Zhenyi''s eyes darted towards Long Yuan, but in a split second, Long Jie swung around and pinned her against the wall, the revolver in her hand fell on the ground.


    "I said you would regret it, wife, "Long Jie smirked as she was pinned against the wall . They were close, too close as his nose was just an inch away from hers. His scent was just like him dangerous and betraying.


    The scent of him had been branded into her memory, she couldn''t forget the night from two days ago, the bitter and unforgettable night.


    The smell brought her back to senses. Seeing that he was dazed, she blinked at Long Jie and bit her lips with her teeth as if she was appalled. Long Jie lost control for a split second, but the split-second was enough for Zhenyi to kick his balls and picked the revolver.


    Long Wei who was silent since the start was more than just shocked. This happened just in a split second that no one noticed what happened, but he did.


    The woman affected Long Jie more than he had thought.


    Long Shaoming grimaced at his son''s stupidity, stepping forward as he reached toe between them. " Zhenyi, you can fight with each other as much as you want but after clearing the mess my son had created. You should always remember that Xins and Longs are one, but you two are always at each other''s throats like two rebellious kids."


    "Touch¨¨, "Zhenyi snickered.


    "You still remember that father-inw? But your son seemed to have different opinions than you. He preferred firing the bullet through other''s shoulders. Especially a woman''s, the one he loathes so much."


    "Ask your men to drop the weapons Zhenyi. I''m the head of the family, not my son. You can trust my words."


    Seeing that she had no intention of backing off, he added " Did your father ever told you are just like your mother? Look where the stubbornness left her. One example is not enough for you, daughter-inw?"


    "If you knew her so well, then you should always remember not to mess with me, dear father-inw. I thought you had done your homework, but you disappointed me just like your son did or should I say the way you disappointed your son," she said with no emotion in her voice. "But you see I had no interest in your family drama or whatever, neither I had any feelings for you guys as family, Just step out of the way or I will kill you before I kill your son."


    " Zhenyi, don''t cross the line. He is my father" Long Jie hollered, his face already turning red from anger.


    "Then ask him to respect the dead by not mentioning them, "Zhenyi called back." You bunch of traitors have no right to mention my dead mother"


    Coincidentally or intentionally, Long Shaoming''s personal phone rang, he let out a harsh chuckle after seeing the caller.


    *Pestaa: Female grim reaper

 Chapter 53 - Rogue And Tigress

    Coincidentally or intentionally, Long Shaoming''s personal phone rang, he let out a harsh chuckle after seeing the caller.


    "My dear enemy, how are you?" said a hearty voice from the other side.


    "I''m fine until now but if you don''t stop my daughter-inw, your boring life will be even more dull and uninteresting!"


    "Ah? How so? If I knew my daughter, your son must have done to piss her off. Otherwise, my Zhenyi is such a simple-minded girl."


    Originally, Xin Yichen was not nning to call Long Shaoming but when his assistant informed how Zhenyi sted their base, he could only assume that his son-inw must have done something to piss her off. Either way, he didn''t feel good about it.


    However, now seeing his daughter managed to re up his icy nemesis, he was a little surprised. It was a strange pleasant feeling, he couldn''t describe.


    One thing was sure, as long as his beloved daughter was with Longs, there would not be a shortage of humor and spice in his life.


    "Xin Yichen, your daughter sted half of our base, shot my second son, had her gun pointed at her fiance and just a bit ago, she threatened to shoot me too."


    "Hahahahaaa"


    "I''m so proud of her"


    "Goddamit Xin Yichen. " Long Shaoming gritted his teeth in anger.


    "It''s not my fault your sons never did something extraordinary. Tch...Tch... Don''t be jealous of me."


    " You are insane Xin Yichen." Long Shaoming gave up. He couldn''t deal with Xin Yichen''s cockiness, be it thirty years ago or now.


    There was a reason why Xins were the example of Insanity and madness.


    "You have yet to see the instance of my insanity," Xin Yichen retorted.


    After a pause, he continued.


    "She won''t kill any of you if you don''t give her any reason. Moreover, Longs are more beneficial to us alive than dead."


    "Talk to your daughter -"


    "One should know how to clean their own mess," Xin Yichen said and disconnected the call.


    Tut...tut¡­tut


    Bastard¡­...


    Long Shaoming sighed sharply as he saw the mess his son had created.


    Now, he had to step in, otherwise, the crazy couple might end up killing each other.


    His eyes darted towards Zhenyi who had a ferocious look in her eyes, like a hungry tigress waiting for its prey.


    Even though he was angry, he couldn''t refute the amusement in the situation.


    It happened a lot with him, especially when the Xins are involved.


    ''Sigh! Clean your mess Shaoming as your enemy said'' Long Shaoming sighed.


    He walked towards them and stood in between her and long Jie, his son did things that were even out of his mind. He was quite unpredictable and mysterious.


    Sometimes, he wondered if he was even his son.


    Long Jie was a rogue, dressed in an Italian suit. One should be afraid of rogues, but do you what was more scarier or dangerous than rogues?


    Disciplined Rogues or sophisticated rogue. And he was one.


    If Long Jie was not his son, he would be afraid of him. He was not a force to be reckoned with. But more than his son, he was afraid of Zhenyi, she cared for none, afraid of no consequences, gave no damm for anything or anyone.


    She was an uncontrolled, unchecked, and ferocious tigress.


    This was what made her scarier.


    "Zhenyi, listen to me," Long Shaoming said while she snarled like a damm ferocious tigress. "As the head of the Long family, I apologize for my son''s idiotic move today and the words I said, that shouldn''t be said. But, I need you to breathe and walk away from this now. Not as a woman, but as a Boss, to regroup and think. If you found this base, you must know where Zack is, or why my son did what he did. I have no prejudice, how you both handle your problems, but know we are talking boss to boss."


    "Father-". Long Jie tried to speak while Long Shaoming cut him off.


    " Don''t forget, I''m still the boss for a week until your wedding."


    Long Jie pressed his lips in a thin line while Zhenyi just smirked at him.


    When she nodded, Long Shaoming step back to his own ce, and Long Wei came with a report, while Long Shaoming was resolving the tensions with Xins Long Wei was getting information on ck Rose and their head Zack.


    "Excuse me?" Zhenyi frowned as she skimmed through the report. "What did you say?"


    Long Wei smiled mysteriously at her while Long Jie had a sudden urge to punch his ugly face. "I was merely stating that Zack is not where your team reported. Don''t be rmed."


    "Thene to the damm point Wei," Long Jie snapped while Long Shaoming red at him.


    Meanwhile, the injured Long Yuan was cursing Zhenyi in his heart.


    " There is a secluded factory on the outskirts of the city, it is not far from the ce your team had reported but the location is quite dangerous. If they dared to touch us, it shows they are ready for the counter-attack especially after the club is seized by you."


    "Did you hacked into their camera feed?" Long Jie asked as he saw the dots on Long Wei''sputer.


    "No, I didn''t. It might alert the enemy even before we reached the location." Long Wei was a genius when ites to technology.


    "Can you hack into their camera feed?"This time Zhenyi asked Long Wei.


    " I can but I need a technical team to assist you guys while I hack into their server. But I must say it''s quite risky."


    "That can be arranged," Zhenyi told Long Wei who raised his brow in surprise.


    Taking a seat at one of theputers not blown by the bullets, she arranged everything they needed for the mission.


    Meanwhile, Long Jie was firing orders at the men, every arrangement was made strategically. They were going to close this chapter for once and all.


    But he was aware, the ck Rose was just the prelude to the book, that was still in writing and the antagonist of the story was hiding in the shadows of unwritten pages. He just realized Zhenyi and him are the two main protagonists of the story, and like every cliche story, it would be the antagonist who would lose at their hands. Not otherwise.


    "Let the war begin"

 Chapter 54 - Weird Couple

    "This is literally the worst to hide, if they are trying to hide from us, "Zhenyi said, as she watched the old abandoned factory which was located at nowhere.


    After a drive of an hour , both Zhenyi and Long Jie arrived at the location.It was literally like an abandoned witch pce.


    There was no sign of human existence as far as one could see.


    Not like one could see in the middle of night.


    It was like humans never lived there, with several feet tall grass, broken walls and not even a single stray dog was in sight.


    "I think it''s genius." Long Jie said, watching her with pursed lips and her arms folded over her chest in disapproval as she was assessing the bloody haunted house, that one saw in third grade horror movies.


    "Yes, you should ask the owner to sell you the piece of plot. Mighte handy in near future." Zhenyi snorted .


    "Will you be quiet? We are almost in, "Long Jie said dryly.


    It was hard to make out the way in darkness without alerting the enemy.


    "In haunted house, you mean. Boooo,"Zhenyi startled Long Jie who red at her in return. " Are you sure there are human? Because as I can see there are none."


    Zhenyi walked ahead of him, her curious eyes examining every suspicious nook and corner.


    She turned back and saw Long Jie, barking orders at the men, fortunately no other Long male came with them, as Long Yuan was injured, Long shaoming was overseeing the base that she bombed, and Long Wei was functioning as their eyes and ears, notifying them of every small details.


    "Zhenyi? Zhenyi? Are you listening to me?" Long Wei''s voice rang in her ear.


    "Speak Long Wei."


    "Go Twenty meters ahead from the next left turn. "


    Long Jie who was connected to the call too, looked at her and gestured to go ahead as he was following with other men.


    One needed a trusted aplice when they were nning mass murder.


    For moral support, if nothing else.


    Not that he giving it to her.


    Ah! Joke! Sinners like them needed no support. Especially moral. When they sold their morals for money.


    Because morals never feed you. Money did. And did it matter, where it came from?


    Sighing, he said", The door is locked from behind. There is no way other than it."


    "Who said there is no way?," Zhenyi grinned as one of the soldier handed her a grenade.


    The woman had an obsession with bombs. It was going to be the third st of the night.


    "What the fuck are you doing Zhenyi? Zhenyi are you hearing me," Long Jie impatiently said when he saw grenade in her hand and it didn''t take genius to guess what she was thinking.


    "If you''d shut up a minute, then you can hear me !"


    "Run back and squat soldiers," Zhenyi yelled as took Long Jie''s hand and ran. Long Jie who ran with her backwards was astonished as the woman threw the grenade and grinned at him excitedly"We can''t break the darn metal door but we can break the walls. That''s why I said it was literally the worst ce to hide."


    She half impatiently and half excitedly started counting seconds. "Ten. Nine. Eight. Seven."


    "You are crazy Zhenyi. You could have gotten yourself hurt ."


    Long Jie couldn''t even dared to think, what if she got herself hurt while ying her childish games.


    "Are you worried about me?," Zhenyi whispered, her eyes fell on his lips and she inhaled his scent. It was different to what she breathed earlier, it was minty, sandalwood and him. His natural scent .


    "Off course! I don''t want a handicapped wife," Long said solemnly while Zhenyi red at him.


    "I should have shoot you, when I had the chance. Now I really regret it. Six. Five. Four. Three."


    Heughed at her, literallyughed , a heartyugh rang in the surrounding . "Fine. You win. My tyrant cat-eyes."


    "Cat-eyes? What''s that? Two and one. "


    BOOOMMMMMMM


    She stood up in all her glory and grinned at Long Jie who shook his head at her in resignation. He seriously never knew, she had a childish side to her. The grin she gave him was not sarcastic or mocking but a real one which showed two of her dimples that he didn''t realize existed.


    What a weird couple they are? Just an hour ago, they were ready to end each other, but now they were seeking satisfaction in chaos, created by themselves.


    Meanwhile, Long Wei was watching the security video on hisputer''s screen over and over, reying it so many times that Long Yuan started to get impatient.


    Long Wei watched how Zhenyi sted the wall, almost alerting the enemy on the other side. What surprised him the most was not the grenade part, but how the two kids were bickering in the middle of mayhem caused by themselves.


    They really had no shame!


    Long Wei sighed! Only God could help them.


    " ." Up in the sky, God shrugged, like he couldn''t understand them, either.


    Back to Zhenyi and Jie''s side.


    "Do you think you can walk alone yourself,


    princess, or will you need help with that?"


    "Remind me again, why I am marrying you?."


    "Because your father hates me and he decided to torture me by arranging our marriage."


    "Haah! You still have chance. Back off from the marriage and save your life."


    "Really sweetheart? Then what about the promise you gave to your grandfather?"


    "He simply wants to see me married. I can marry Sam too."


    "Sam? The man who is injured? The same man in hospital?" Long Jie''s browsfurrowed in hostility.


    "Yeah! He even offered to marry me." Zhenyi said and pressed her lips together, holding back herughter and he scowled at her in return.


    ''He was jealous?'' Zhenyi thought in her mind. But why?


    Nevermind. That was his problem!


    Long Jie turned his head and looked at her."Didn''t know my wife has a affair behind my back!"


    She smiled, not even refusing his words."You know what fiance? Fuck you!"


    The ring contest went for few minutes, then they huffed and puffed, before going back to normal.


    They reached the end of the building where the culprit was hiding.


    "Wei hack into the surrounding frequencies and keep track. The area may look abandoned but don''t let your guard down. Call the cops five minutes after Zhenyi is done with thest st.," Long Jie said to Long Wei , and in his eyes he was daring her to agree


    Seeing as he was being a good little boy, Zhenyi decided to let him have his moment of dominance.


    Alexander looked at her, and she nodded. She had nned to have Gong follow the other team of Long Jie that woulde after the first one, sessfully enter the main part of the factory.


    " Holy Shit!," the astonished voice of Long Wei rang in her ear.


    "What now?," Long Jie hollered in impatience.


    "There are not in that part."


    "What?" Both said simultaneously.


    " It was a trap."

 Chapter 55 - Plan B?

    After half an hour.


    "Ma''am, the helicopter is ready. Gong apanied team number two, and they are ready to aid," Alexander said, pausing for a moment to hear his boss''s order.


    "I already contacted team number two, and Gong will tell you what to do." His eyes widened, knowing what she meant. He was about to lose his title as head of security. If not for Cao Feng''s absence, there was no need to give him thisst chance.


    "Next time, Alexander, remember how long you worked for me before repeating the same mistake. If you don''t trust your report why do I need you to waste my time. If not for yourck ofpetency, I wouldn''t have wasted my time, aiding the group of dumbheads."


    Alexander nodded and left quickly, leaving the boss of dumbheads and her alone.


    Long Jie stared at Alexander''s retiring figure with narrowed eyes then turning his piercing gaze on Zhenyi.


    She cut in before he could speak again. "The chopper is lifting us to the location. The flight is almost fifteen minutes. From there, we have to march, apparently the moron is hiding on the top of the mountain. Though, the ck Rose''s men are already aware of your little expedition at the witch house, thanks to your genius brother and they will most likely have men assigned to kill us before even before we reach the mountain foothills ."


    Strolling forward, she made sure he understood she was not ying. "First, you see what I''m doing, telling you every detail of this? Yeah, that is what you should have done hours ago. Second, this is my mission now. I''m the operator here . So if you have any difficulty, you can leave now ¡ª"


    His eyes burned like fire before he grabbed her and threw her against the car. "Every moment you waste proving that you''re the boss is the moment you waste our precious time. Now stop bitching and let''s finish it before sunrise. Your n may be smart, but don''t forget who''s against you. Even if you had followed your reports, the result would have been the same. Both of us know, so stop trying to me me for it."


    She just smirked. Even with her pinned against the car, he was at a loss if he thought, she would give in.


    No chance in hell.


    "You are so right, fiance. This is why I already have team number two waiting at the helipad. You know why? Because I had an intuition, your n may backfire. And you see, it did."


    He said nothing, just red.


    Long Jie didn''t say anything because he was familiar with her attitude. He could rebuke her mocking, but he chose not to.


    Because sometimes one needs to take one step back in order to go two steps ahead.


    "You should release me, my dear fiance. Didn''t you heard ''every moment you waste proving who''s the boss, is a moment we waste our precious time'' So leave me right now ."


    He didn''t move. And she didn''t wait, she broke free. She was smallpared to him, so all she needed to do was drop down and roll out of his grip.


    Two cars arrived and she was taken back by the sudden entry of Long Wei and Long Yuan. Long Wei dramatically saluted at her and Long Jie while Long Yuan was following silently, his injured arm was dressed up.


    Zhenyi turned her eyes towards Long Jie who just winked at her and starting walking towards the helipad.


    Who said he had no n B?


    "Are you sure your injured brother can handle it," Zhenyi asked long Wei almost concerned while Long Yuan just snorted without bothering to reply.


    The darn woman shot him.


    "Don''t worry. He''s as strong as an ox."


    By the time they got to the helicopter parked privately at the airstrip, Gong and Alexander were waiting for them. Long Jie was talking to them about the snipers, that had already reached and were now encircling the region with other choppers in the air.


    Saying nothing to him, she walked right onboard to find Long Jie''s right-hand-man modifying the G.P.S and loading the arms.


    Secondster, everyone came and took their seats as the doors of the aircraft closed.


    "Damon," Zhenyi said as loudly as possible.


    Long Jie and his minions all looked around to find the person behind the name, but no one came. A secondter, the helicopter''s engine kicked on and a soft voice broke out over our headphones. "Nyx star 2006, we are taking. I will have us to the location in fifteen."


    . "Damon is our main pilot. you can trust him ."


    "That''s his name?" Long Yuan asked, "Damon? I feel uncertain already."


    Gong sneered. "If he''s good enough for the Boss, he''s good enough for you dumbhead ."


    Alexander gave a light chuckle.


    "Dumbhead? What the fuck did you just call me?"


    "I''m sorry boss, I used your favorite word without your permission, "Gong looked at her as if asking for an apology.


    "You and your boss, both are crazy." Long Yuan red at Gong, who just shrugged in reply much to Yuan''s annoyance.


    " Remember your father''s word dear brother-inw, we are nning their mass murder, not ours."


    For the next few minutes, no one spoke.


    Long Jie stared out of the window and the pitch darkness stared back at him.


    He checked the time it was one past five am.


    They had the next five hours to aplish the operation.


    Darkness was not the issue rain was.


    It wasn''t the first time he had done it in such weather conditions. However, It was his first time working with Xins, they operated in a very distinct manner.


    And his woman was busy throwing daggers at him.


    The mad boss obviously had mad rules.

 Chapter 56 - Long Jie Is In Danger

    Exactly fifteen minutester, the helicopter reached its ultimate destination.


    "We have reached. Damon''s voice rang out alerting everyone.


    "Five minutes everyone. We jump in five minutes, "Long Jie informed them as the host of the ne brought them parachutes.


    Though they were ustomed to such an operation, the adrenaline rush would always be on a different level each time.


    The high, the satisfaction, or the rush, it was always on the top tier.


    Long Wei was about to grab one of the parachutes when Zhenyi said." Where do you think you are going?"


    " Sky diving. I quite prefer jumping from the altitude of 3000km, sister-inw."


    She had to admit, she enjoyed Long Wei''s dry sense of humor.


    The rest of his personality, however, she could do without.


    "Sky diving should be yourst priority, but I''m more concerned if you are following us then who''s going to keep an eye on them ."


    Long Wei who was excited about his new high was stopped by Zhenyi as he reckoned she had another n in her mind for her. He nced at his cousin who was eyeing his wife with curiosity, as to what she was in devil''s mind now?


    There was no doubt in his mind that she must have a brilliant idea.


    "You really think they installed cameras there? It''s a bloody mountain as tall as the Himyas," Long Yuan said sarcastically as Long Jie just looked at her to carry on.


    "Your point?," he asked Zhenyi.


    Sighing, she looked at him back and said, " Point is-- ask Wei to hack into the satellite. You don''t need to install cameras everywhere Yuan."


    He sounded impressed, which irked her. "So, Wei hack a satellite to find out where they are ."


    Long Wei just nodded and took out hisputer.


    Long Jie charged the rest with different duties for the next few minutes and Zhenyi notified them of their n.


    Now they were ready to jump off the ne.


    "Everyone. Three. two. one. Jump."


    The moment they jumped cold breeze hit their skin. Just as theynded, the bullets came flying from everywhere.


    The first firing session went for a few minutes as they stepped forward and scattered in different directions.


    The path was muddy and the pits were injected with rainwater. Not even the moon was in sight. Such a dark night it was.


    The darkness was helping them in no way, the torches they carried were not enough. The topography of mountains was different from that of ins, and it was proving to be their biggest hurdle.


    "Let''s finish it and get a good night''s sleep ?" Long Jie said, snickering as adrenaline clearly pumped through his veins.


    She concluded he was no longer seeing her like a porcin doll in that moment, but as another ally on his side.


    Ultimately! She made him believe he was wrong about her.


    "Finally and I can drink myself to sleep." She smirked and moved forwards with the rifle in her hands. Her boots were sticking in the mud and it was quite difficult for her to walk.


    "I''m never carrying out a mission in the dead of night again."


    Moving forward, a small structure came into their view, and the flickering light was sufficient to tell them that somebody was in.


    Zhenyi looked at Long Jie and nodded as she threw another grenade at the stony building.


    The structure was arm proof to some extent but she made the way to get enter.


    Long Jie entered first, Zheyi was on the threshold of entering when a few of their enemy''s hidden soldiers came out of nowhere and pointed their rifles at Long Jie.


    She signaled the soldier to get back as it was no more than suicide to enter, especially when their boss was held captive.


    All of a sudden aughing voice boomed and the man she was waiting for came before her eyes.


    His face reminisced her of her best friend who was still in deep sleep. A big and strong man was dependent on machines for breathing.


    "My dear Xin Zhenyi aren''t youing in to die with your fiance. You can''t leave him alone during hisst time."


    Long Jie looked at her and signaled not toe in. But she came anyway and pointed her rifle at Zack''s head.


    Now the situation was in such a way, several bullets were pointed at Long Jie and Zhenyi''s was pointed at Zack.


    "Put the gun down, Xin Zhenyi," Zack ordered, as one of his men pressed the gun to Long Jie''s temple even harder. "Now. Or your good Fiance is as good as dead."


    Raising her hands in surrender, she let the gun fall to the floor. Long Jie signaled her again to run and leave him here, but it was no use. She had already surrendered.


    She surrendered the weapon only. Not her will.


    Long Jie had no words for Zhenyi, he didn''t know whether to call her fool or courageous but he knew one thing that was to keep her was safe.


    Zack would kill him, but he could never touch her. Yuan would see to it.


    He had no name for his sudden feeling to protect her and keep her safe. Always with him. It was far from obligation.


    "On your knees, Long Jie," Zack ordered. "On your knees!" he roared when he refused to move.

 Chapter 57 - End

    "On your knees, Long Jie," Zack ordered."On your knees!" he roared when he refused to move.


    Long Jie kept his hands up and his gun fell on the ground. He put his hands behind his head, but refused to kneel.


    Zack had only goal in his life: To rule Xins and Longs. When he saw, Long Jie was not bulging he was infuriated. Little did he knew, Long Jie had started one of his mind games.


    Zack came forward and gripped his chin with his fingers and attempted to scare him. He pulled out his gun with other hand pressed it against his throat.


    "Tell me if you have anyst wish. Because if you have, I''ll fulfill it, in return for your beautiful fiance.Such a beauty to die in vain for you when I can make her my queen."


    Long Jie had an meagerness to cleave him into bs for eyeing his woman.


    He didn''t know why there was a sudden uneasy feeling in the pit of his stomach. Or was it because she was his fiancee?


    ____


    On the other hand, Yuan made his way inside.


    Slowly very slowly Zhenyi took out her dagger, as she saw Long Yuan approaching them for rescue. In a split second the snipers simultaneously shot the soldiers that were enveloping Long Jie , and Zack was to be taken care solely by Zhenyi.


    Long Jie who was glowing at Zack, missed what happened in a split second, as the soldiers fell dead on the floor.


    A Single shot rang through the air. He felt as if somebody pushed him off his axis.


    His eyes shifted to the left, then to the right.


    It wasn''t Zack.


    It was Zhenyi. She would have been shot instead of him, if she had dyed even for a second.


    It took him a moment toprehend what had happened.


    Zacky on the floor behind him, blood pooling around him. He was dead.


    He missed to see who stabbed him with dagger as he was dazed.


    Death was all around him And even though their deaths satisfied him because they wouldn''t be bothering him anymore, that was all it was, relief that she was safe.


    _________


    Hey my readers! I hope you all are doing fine.


    Happy Mahashivratri! I hope lord Shiv may fulfill all your wishes and grant you happiness and prosperity.


    __________


    I''m writing this to let you know we are entering a new arc. you will be seeing the side of Zhenyi and Jie, that you never thought exist.


    You saw Zhenyi as a ruthless and brutal human being but what we didn''t see was what made her the way she was.


    No child is born vicious. A murder or a criminal.


    you saw Jie as a maniptive man who can do anything for power.


    but we are going to see more of them.


    ____


    The next chapters will focus on romance. And if you have seen the R-18 tag, you know what it means. if you are notfortable with adult scenes skip it.


    Last but not the least thank you every one!


    Keep supporting and yes you have the privilege to suggest me the plot.

 Chapter 58 - Believe Her

    Over the mountains


    And over the waves,


    Under the fountains


    And under the graves;


    Under floods that are deepest,


    Which Neptune obey,


    Over rocks that are steepest,


    Love will find out the way.


    -William Shakespeare


    Long Jie''s gaze swept across the scene as he was looking for someone.


    When he didn''t find her near the helicopter, he ran back, it was a reflex. No second thoughts, no panicking, no premonition just an action born of muscle memory in response to something like he practiced repeatedly as a child.


    Because he knew damm well to guess. He had lost someone once because of supposing and presuming.


    If she was not here it meant.....


    No. He didn''t even want to think about it.


    There was no such thing as coincidence in their world but tragedies.


    Tragedies always ended in mourning. Be it decades ago or centuries.


    Meanwhile, Long Yuan kept shouting after him to stop.


    The weather was getting worse, if they stopped even for a moment, there was no guarantee they could return intact.


    Long Wei shouted something to Long Jie¡ªto stop it was dangerous or leave her there. But he didn''t stop. He could not. His feet were running on their own, his heart palpating.


    There were no exact words to describe his feelings. Even fear was not enough.


    But fear of what?


    ''Fear of losing her'' answered a voice in his heart.


    It was bizarre. It was crazy. He had known her for few days but the ce she had in his life was unshaken.


    She would be his downfall. The bane of his existence yet his only need.


    "If you are toying with me Zhenyi, I won''t let you off."


    Though in his heart he knew, it was not the matter. For the first time in his life, he prayed that he was wrong.


    That the uneasiness in his heart was in vain.


    Zhenyi who was nowhere in sight had no idea how desperate Long Jie was. He was looking for her like a mad man for an hour.


    He was muttering to himself in order to get rid of cynical thoughts.


    She had no problem with saving his life even when she endangered hers for him, but she had one in informing him when she suddenly decided to lurk in unfamiliar mountains.


    Which was why he was so mad at her.


    But he was anxious. His heart was palpable for no reason.


    An intense premonition or something very close to a sixth sense was telling him something was not right.


    He wandered and wandered, God knew for how long or at which direction, following her faded footprints he had a hunch it belonged to her.


    There she was, the demoness he knew was nowhere in sight but in her ce was a young helpless woman, who was looking for something in the wildernesses.


    "Zhenyi," Long Jie called out in a low voice as he tried to calm his anger


    She managed to said. "Long Jie?"


    "It''s you," she said weakly, close to whispering.


    He was about to reprimand her for wandering alone and almost sucking the soul out of his body, without notifying anyone, but stopped when he took notice of the panorama.


    He cursed silently.


    She was behaving very strangely as if she was not Zhenyi.


    He went forwards and asked, " What are you doing here?"


    Long Jie was not sure if she would answer him. She was lost somewhere.


    A lost little girl.


    Her eyes were powerless, and her hands were searching for something in the scrubs in front of her.


    " I''m looking for something."


    He frowned.


    " But what are you looking for? Let me help you."


    "I don''t know."


    "You don''t know? Then what are you looking for?"


    "Long Jie. You think I''m lying to you?"


    "No Zhenyi-


    She went forward and pushed him. "Listen to me, Long Jie." She shook him a bit. "If you think I''m lying to you then leave. I cane back on my own! You don''t have to stay here if you''re doing it out of gratitude ."


    Her voice was shaky. For the first time since they met, she looked vulnerable.


    That caused such a strong surge of protectiveness to flood through him, he had to take a moment to steady himself before he spoke. " I never said you are lying Zhenyi but at least tell me what are you looking for. I can''t help you if I don''t even know what to look for."


    "You can''t help me Long Jie. No one can. That''s my mystery to solve. Every time I think I reached the end, it alles back to square one. "


    "They say I''m crazy or it''s an illusion. But I know it''s anything but illusions. I am not hallucinating. It''s real just like my dreams."


    Keeping his voice soft and low, he said again, "If you tell me what it is, I can help you."


    "You can''t. Didn''t you hear no one can''t."


    "Tell me."


    The tone of his voice made her pause. As subtle as she could, she shook her head. It took her a moment to answer. "Never mind," she said, resigned. The fire in her voice seemed to cool with the dropping temperature. "It doesn''t m-matter."


    "Tell me what''s going on, Zhenyi ." His voice came out raspy from the impossibly tough situation he found himself in, or from exposure to the cold air. he wasn''t sure which.


    "God!" She cried and then started tough.


    If she was normal, Long Jie was confident she would shot him with those burning eyes.


    "You must think I''m insane!"


    "Perhaps I am. When¡­" She took a breath or two to calm the tremor in her voice. "When we were walking down the elevation, I saw something. Then¡­i thought it was because I was tired. But no I saw it again. I''ve experienced that before. I mean, I''ve seen it for the first time I was Eight. As funny it may sound, I ran after it. I still do. But I could never get near it. I told Sam he said it was my brainying games on me because I was missing my mom but how can you miss someone you don''t remember? I told B¨¤ he didn''t even say anything. I told my br- No. I - It''s insane."


    He studied her for a moment. Sometime during her rambling, he learned something about her. She didn''t remember her mother. And whatever she was running after was real. Very much real just like her because if he understood Zhenyi, there was one thing -- her stubborn streak for things.


    She looked at him her eyes glistening." Do you hear me?"


    "I did."


    "You believe me?" she asked him in disbelief.


    "I do," he replied sincerely.


    She moved backward as she saw an intense look in his eyes. Little did she realized how thend below her feet slided and she gave a loud shriek.


    "JIE."

 Chapter 59 - The First Step.

    He shifted to look for her again. He found her on the side of the mountain, just he was about to call her, the loud shriek was heard.


    "JIE."


    The soil beneath her feet was sliding and she would have fallen, if not for Long Jie''s quick reflexes who caught her hand at thest moment.


    Her eyes fell on the big rocks that were about to slide behind Long Jie. Zhenyi was stuck in debris and she couldn''t move her body.But if he didn''t move, thendslide would sweep him with it.


    She looked at Long Jie who was trying to pull her up.


    "Hold my hand tight."


    "Don''t leave it Zhenyi."


    " Move. Long Jie. Thendslide will sweep you off."


    "Noooo. If I moved, you will fall down Zhenyi."


    "Go. Long Jie."


    "No. You will die Zhenyi."


    "Then Let me die. You just go."


    "Shut up Zhenyi"


    " You don''t have time Long Jie. Leave me here and go."


    When he looked at her, his eyes were shining with raw emotions and one could slightly see the fear and helplessness in them. "You will die. I can''t."


    "If you don''t move, I will be a widow even before marriage."


    "You-- what kind of logic it is. if I left you here, I''ll be a widower too."


    Who in their right mind would fight to leave them to die?


    Apparently Xin Zhenyi¡­


    She had a thing for surprising him even at the most unwanted moments.


    "We are not married yet."


    "We won''t be if I left you here."


    " Please." She said underneath her breath.


    "Never." He firmly said leaving no room for arguments.


    "I''m giving you a chance to walk out Long Jie."


    "Maybe I want to hold your hand forever. Maybe I don''t want a way out." His heart jackhammered its way through his rib cage, about to abandon the ship and fall off the cliff with her.


    But there was no way he would let her fall.


    "You don''t realize what you''re saying."


    "Perhaps it''s you."


    "Don''t be stubborn Long Jie."


    Long Jie didn''t want this calm andposite Zhenyi. He needed the fierce tigress ready to tear if touched.


    "That''s your department sweetheart." He tried to joke but ironically the joke was on him.


    In a few minutes, she''s back. Seething. "Leave my hand and run."


    "No."


    "Save your life. Long Jie."


    The burning eyes glowed. Even in the darkness, the fire in her eyes was visible to him.


    "No."


    Her voice rises. "I want you to let me go. Now."


    He studied her. There was an edge to her voice and a glint of panic in her eyes. It was almost as if she thought he...


    When it dawns on him, he felt like aplete idiot for not realizing it sooner.


    She''s afraid of something happening to him.


    She would rather die than let someone happen to him.


    She was maddening and infuriating even when she was two-step away from death.


    Her actions came back to him again.


    Her pushing him to save her from Zack''s bullet.


    "For a woman who ims to hate me, your actions are quite reverse."


    It was an attempt at dry humor, but he surprised himself by meaning it


    "if you are trying to infuriate me it''s not working. Trust me, you can do better."


    "Then Xin Zhenyi if you are half the woman you im, push yourself up. Please. Just once."


    She tried but it changed nothing. She was stuck in a muddy swamp. She closed her eyes to avoid seeing the depth that could be assessed even in the darkness of the night.


    But the moment she closed her eyes, a film started reying before her eyes.


    The scene that was tattooed into her mind permanently.


    A little girl hanged from a bridge screaming for help.


    Below the bridge was a flowing river.


    The girl had felt the death before, but she didn''t die.


    She defeated the death and emerged victoriously.


    But she was not alone that day, her knight was there to protect her.


    He had promised to protect her forever.


    But tonight he was not with her.


    He was not with her for years now.


    The memories of that terrifying day were still branded in her mind, but his presence in those memories was something she never wanted to forget.


    If not for the terrifying ident, she had not met him.


    But where he was now? she needed him to protect her now too.


    She opened her eyes and saw Long Jie talking to her, telling her not to surrender, to push herself towards him, toe to him, to marry him, to trust her, to believe she would be alright, they would be alright.


    His eyes were telling her to trust him at least for once. And her heart was in agreement. The stupid heart knew nothing but to flutter in his presence.


    ''Shut up, you stupid pitter-pattering heart. ''


    But tonight, She was not alone too.


    Her knight might not be there to protect her, but he was.


    He was her savior, her future, and the lifelong ally whether she needs him or not.


    But he would be always there for her. He was there when the catastrophe was brewing in her heart. He was there with her when Sam was on the brink of death. He was also there when she didn''t want to be alone.


    Something snapped inside her, it was the sudden urge to make their arrangement - no their marriage work.


    She might not love him. But she could give him onest chance. And most importantly, her trust.


    Instinctively, she moved forward, and slowly and slowly, he pulled her up.


    When shended on her feet, long Jie sped her hand in his and ran before thendslide could reach them. Or any danger could touch them.

 Chapter 60 - First Rain Of Love.

    Instinctively, she moved forward, and slowly and slowly, he pulled her up.


    When shended on her feet, long Jie sped her hand in his and ran before thendslide could reach them. Or any danger could touch them.


    They ran and ran and ran till the dark clouds started showering and drenching them as if blessing them toplete the love tale that was once left unfinished .


    The clouds were beaming, the tresses were dancing,


    the moon, the stars hidden behind the dark clouds were blessing the new yet very old lovers, who had their hands entwined, trotting in the unfamiliar mountains with the familiar feelings in their hearts.


    Who would have thought a natural disaster would bring them closer even when their engagement couldn''t.


    And it was their first step of embracing what nature had conspired for them.


    After what seemed like an eternity, they saw an old bunker made by trekkers to rest. He took her inside to escape the rain.


    To keep the chill at bay, Long Jie lit a fire with the stuff he found in that old bunker. They decided to spend the night there until someone came to rescue them.


    The sun was about to rise in few hours only if the rain stopped and the stony bunker was cloaked in darkness, except the little glow of fire .


    While the Zhenyi was drying her clothes , Long Jie was staring at her.


    Finally, when her eyes fell back on Long Jie, she found him watching her. He didn''t look away like most people would when caught staring. Instead, he just stared harder, as if she was a book he was trying to read, but it was in anguage he didn''t understand.


    "You should rest." He said after sometime.


    "I should." She replied still looking into his eyes.


    Being this close, nothing separating them but the fire, it felt dangerous. An electrical current seemed to flow from him to her , an invisible line that crackled with electricity. If she reached out and touched him, she wondered if a spark would go off in the dark.


    Something inside of her wanted to whisper, ''kiss her, touch her, make her forget her body belongs to her''


    The need felt innate and instinctive, like an immense thirst or insatiable hunger for food. But as usual, he overwhelmed her when he turned those grey eyes on her.


    The depth of his eyes speak the unspoken promises he appeared to have made when she was kissing the death, few moments ago.


    She could hardly take a breath.


    Long Jie cleared his throat, loud. "Zhenyi."


    "Yes," she whispered instinctively .


    "You should rest now. We had a long night." He pointed to the area, she prepared for resting, which was beside her.


    "And you too. There is plenty of space for two of us."


    He tried to hide his smile but failed. "No. I''m good."


    She stood up and went near him. " There is still few hours left before sunrise. Lie down for a moment." And took his hand in hers and fetched him to the self-made bed on the floor.


    "We will be in danger Zhenyi, if one of us don''t back down now."


    " I just kissed the death Long Jie and returned untouched. Tell me if it''s still more dangerous."


    He looked every where but at her.He knew where they were heading. It was not that he didn''t want to. He just didn''t want her to regret.


    As Zhenyi could miraculously read his mind, moved towards him and shook him to look at her. "You think I will regret it?"


    Off course he thought in her mind. Any sane man would think so.


    His eyes came up slowly, and in the fire glow, the flecks of golden or brown or perhaps it was green could be seen in his gray eyes.


    "You don''t want me to touch you?," She asked lowly . They had kissed before in his penthouse, when she abruptly asked him to take her with him.


    She didn''t epted that time but it was true she didn''t want to be alone. She had almost lost her best friend that night.


    And it was him who offered her hispany and she took it dly. Now she was asking again but he chose to refute, afraid she would regret it.


    Little did he knew, when she made her mind it was next to impossible to alter it.


    Now she wanted him and she would have him.


    "Do you know you''re testing my patience ?" he whispered. "You will regret it ."


    "I won''t."


    The conviction in her words awakened something inside him, he had been yearning to touch her, feel her or embrace her to see if she was okay.


    But he knew it was adrenaline that was speaking.


    " You''re not ying fair."


    "Ah! All is fair in love and war."


    "We have neither. War maybe. Love? Never."


    "Maybe I do love you."


    "Then I''m Adolf Hitler."


    "Adolf Hitler and you? Nah! Have you seen the guy? What a beauty he was! And his mustache was too die for!"


    "Wow! I know you are crazy. But never know to this extent. I''m having second thoughts about marrying you now."


    "Goddammit! I should be the one having second thoughts. Neither you can cook nor you can satisfy your wife''s needs."


    "Shut up Zhenyi."


    "Then shut me up."


    She said and brought her mouth closer to him to shut her up.


    "You-you. Must you be so cruel."


    "Apparently you are doing nothing. So, I''ve to take the lead role."


    "Keep quiet and sleep."


    "How can I sleep when you are seducing me?"


    "What? When do I seduced you? And how do I don''t know?"


    "You sitting there like Adonis. Is it less than seducing me?"


    "You are shameless."


    "Thank you teacher!"


    "I''m asking youst time Long Jie if you don''t do anything, I''m going to search tarzan in this forest. Or any first human I saw--


    She didn''t get toplete before he sealed her mouth with his.


    Yeah! This was how she was asking him to shut her up.

 Chapter 61 - Her Everything.

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    She didn''t get toplete it before he sealed her mouth with his.


    Yeah! This was how she was asking him to shut her up.


    He broke the kiss and softly caressed her face.


    He couldn''t even fathom what he would have done if he had lost her in the mudslide.


    He used his fingertip to push the loose pieces of her hair back, and then he caressed her face along her forehead, the shape of her eyebrows, over her eyes, down her nose, all the way to her lips. He traced the outline of them, even softer than he had traced the lines of her face.


    His eyes became even more intense, lowering, almost studying the shape of her lips as though he was memorizing each minute detail that came together to form the whole.


    Closing her eyes, she leaned ahead. One of his hands snaked around her waist, another arm pulling her even closer.


    Her body went pliant and a small breath escaped her parted lips. He seized this moment, putting his mouth to hers, taking her wasted breath for his own. As though she was the oxygen to his lungs, he breathed her in.


    The kiss started slow but was no less powerful for it. The rush of it soared through her blood, through her stomach, all the way to the tips of her toes, and back up again. It surged like a high.


    It was like he was her high but it was him who was high of her.


    Their mouths moved together in slow motion, tender, almost fleetingly so. That was until a throaty moan came from somewhere deep inside of her and she sunk her nails into his shoulders.


    As usual, he responded to him, starved for her touch. His hands reached out to touch her, to bring her closer, and she skimmed her nails along his side, over his ribs.


    At the light touch, his eyes opened, staring into her. When her nails moved toward his back, her touch harder, he made a feral noise in his throat and his eyes closed. His tongue moved faster, harder, twirling with hers, and everything around them seemed to fade.


    Lifting his arms, she removed his shirt as he did to hers. The kiss broke, but only for a second, not long enough to bring them back to reality. His hands palmed her breasts.


    When he palmed her breasts she broke out of the daze. When did her hands move? Where did she find the strength? The need to touch him was instinctual.


    Where was she again? Oh, at a loss for words.


    Her mind refused to believe a world existed outside of theirs; existed outside of this. This, whatever this was, held the power to make life cease to exist outside of the two of them.


    His hands palmed her breasts and freed them from her clothes, moaning sound escaped from her lips. Her nails sunk into his skin, wanting more.


    He broke the kiss again, almost violently, his head moving down, the water from his hair cool against her burning skin. She hissed out a breath when his mouth reced one of his thumbs. He sucked her hard, making her lower stomach clench. The pulse between her legs burned, begging for relief.


    "Please," She said, not even aware she had even said the word until after she did. She didn''t care. "More."


    "Say my name, Zhenyi. The name I asked you to."


    "Ah-Jie."


    He smiled between the kiss because the sober would never give in without a fight.


    But now she didn''t care, she was drunk of him.


    His hands made quick work of the button on her jean. They slipped down her legs and she stepped out of them. She kicked them across the area. She did the same with her undies.


    He made hery on her back and when his mouth met hers again, and it was a beautiful war between tongues. A throaty moan came from her throat, and he seemed to swallow it down. Then his mouth moved down, making her lick her lips to taste him again with her eyes closed.


    He licked her from her neck to her belly button, then back up, and down again.


    Her entire body felt like it was about to explode. Shatter into a million pieces. The twinge between her legs had no name. Not even starved seemed to be enough. Her thighs trembled from expectation. The stubble on his face scratched her skin, his tongue the exact opposite, and the wetness from his hair still made a cool trail. He pushed her thighs further apart, and when his mouth closed over her down there, she had to pull his hairs to keep steady.


    All of a sudden, he was her religion. Her faith. Her biggest sin.


    And for a moment he was her everything.


    But who cared even if he was a sin, she was more than ready to be a sinner for him.


    Nothing had ever felt so good.


    Nothing ever felt like heaven, the way he felt.


    Nothing felt like home but he did. Even if it was for a moment.

 Chapter 62 - Heaven

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    Nothing ever felt like heaven, the way he felt.


    Nothing felt like home but he did. At least for a moment.


    Was it even legal?


    Even if it was not? Did she care?


    No she didn''t.


    She hissed in breath when he did magic with his tongue. He came up with a trail of soft kisses and meet her lips.


    "You''re a fucking weapon, Cat-eyes," he said between the kisses. "Either you will kill me ". He bit the space behind her ears as she moaned in reply." Or this is going to kill me".


    "You are so beautiful."


    "You have onest chance Zhenyi."


    "Long Jie-"


    "Open your eyes Zhenyi and see who am I?"


    "Jie ."


    "You will hate me tomorrow just like you did today."


    "I can never."


    "And if you do?"


    " What the hell you want Jie?"


    "A truce," he said. " I don''t want you to hate me again. Give us a chance for something real this time. Real rtionship, real marriage and maybe friendship."


    "What if you fuck up again?"


    "Then kill me. I won''t even flinch."


    "Last chance Jie."


    "Just one chance baby."


    "I will really kill you if you messed it up."


    "If you would have an intent to kill me.Do it slowly.


    You will not hear even an ''ouch'' from me."


    "Cheesy! Now finish what you left unfinished. "


    "Patience baby."


    His mouth came against hers, and her hands fisted in his hair, needing him even closer. Her leg ran up his, and he locked it in ce. His mouth moved lower, devouring his neck, his lips.


    .


    "I am marking you mine Cat-eyes. No one touches you but me. Not even you."


    She unbuckled his pants, using her leg and foot to push them down. He stepped out, undressing the rest of the way.


    "Spread your legs for me, Zhenyi," he said.


    "Do you like my touch, Cat-eyes?"


    "Yes," she whispered, hardly able to talk.


    She could feel his warm breath between her legs as he inserted himself inside of her.


    "Ah!" She screamed out as a she felt a deliciously weird squeezing sensation deep inside her as he teared through her membrane .He stilled gazing down at her, his eyes intense with emotions that couldn''t be Comprehend .


    "You okay?"


    A nod was all she could manage.


    "I''m going to move, baby," he breathes after a moment, his voice tense.


    She started to pant, hardly able to catch her breath.


    It did not take long before she started screaming in pleasure.


    "Fucking perfect," he murmured before ravishing her mouth and started thrusting again.


    Her cheeks burned, but not from embarrassment. She wanted more


    It did not take long before she screamed out his name. She came around him in an explosion.


    "You are a goddess. My goodness," he said, his voice gruff.


    She exploded with pain followed by pure pleasure.


    Even though their screams were muffled, they seemed to shatter the quiet in the forest, echoing in the mountain.


    They slid against each other like two oiled machines.


    Aphrodisiac. The word that fit the current description.


    "Fuck, Zhenyi," he said. "Come. Come with me. Now."


    His order was her undoing. She wrecked around him as he spilled into her. That highest point was almost violent, a crash, an explosion, followed by a maddening surge of pleasure that was the equivalent of touching heaven¡ªa moment when her heart stopped beating and then started pounding when she began to fall.

 Chapter 63 - Cant Get You Out Of My Mind.

    The next day, Long Jie and Zhenyi were rescued by the team Longs and Xins had sent. They were worried if something were to happen to either one of them. They were their bosses respectively and in the heavy rain, another operation to locate them wasunched. None of them closed their eyes for a second just like their bosses but they had different reasons.


    It was around 8 o''clock in the morning when they found Zhenyi and Long Jie taking shelter at an old bunker.


    Luckily, they didn''t notice something out of ce but the unexpected intimacy couldn''t escape Long Yuan''s sharp eyes.


    ''At least someone had a good night'' he chuckled to himself and shook his head inwardly.


    .


    Later, they left the notorious mountain and departed for home. The tired and exhausted Zhenyi reached her home and slept for God knows how long. She had nned for sleeping further, if not for the rumbling sound of her empty stomach that was begging to be feed.


    She checked the time, it was seven past ten in the evening. No wonder she was hungry.


    As she was about to step her feet on the floor, the deep twinge between her thighs made it difficult for her to walk.


    "God! The beast had done a number on me!" she muttered to herself. She had an urge to strangle


    Long Jie but then she recalled how she begged him.


    "Shit! I literally begged him!" she realized. "What have you done?"


    She just wanted to dig a hole and hide and nevere out.


    But did she regret it?


    Absolutely No.


    She checked her phone to see if he had sent a message. There was none.


    ''Aren''t men supposed to send choctes or any other romantic-shit they send to their girlfriends? Or call them, ask how they are? ''


    Then again, why was she so annoyed? So what if she hadn''t heard from him after they had done the deed! Or was she expecting something from him?


    She sighed!


    So what! she didn''t care!


    It was what it was!


    But...


    Was she disappointed? She didn''t know.


    Ughh...


    Since when she started behaving like a teenager?


    Nevermind, focus on something else. But all she could see was his face before her eyes and the intimate gestures, the intense gaze, his smile, the smirk wait. Stop it.


    Ugh!! The man was dangerous for her mental health.


    Later half an hour, after taking a hot bath, Zhenyi decided to join her father for dinner.


    Xin Yichen saw her daughtering towards him. He was worried sick when he heard she had gone missing. He was anxious but when he heard Long Jie was with her, he felt relief. Even a little but he did.


    This was not the life he chose for her but this life chose her.


    And how could win against the conspiracies of life?


    "Ah! You''re finally here. Come, join us..."


    As Zhenyi was going to take a seat beside Xin yichen, she saw someone sitting on the other side of him.


    "I heard you scold my beloved Zini. You break my heart dear. Have you seen my beloved upset face?"


    Zhenyi looked at her father before saying, "I''m still here B¨¤ and you''ve already changed sides?"


    "Sides whose side? I don''t know what you''re talking about?"Xin Yichen feigned ignorance as he had no idea what she was talking about.


    "Now I''d a doubt you''re marrying me off to get rid of you, "Zhenyi said picking the chopsticks as she waited for her father to begin eating.


    "What nonsense are you speaking Zini? You are my beloved daughter and I love you so much to get rid of you. " He gushed.


    "But uncle Chen I thought I was your only beloved."


    Before Xin Yichen could say anything in his defense, Zhenyi spoke up, "Aria. Do you informed Aunty Jia and Uncle Alex of your little trip ?"


    That was enough for daring Aria to shut her mouth and eat in silence. She was not afraid of her scary mother. Since the beginning, she was rebellious, wild unruly, and crude, but there was one person she was too afraid to offend.


    She had seen live examples. And that day at club was just a trailer of what her sister zhenyi was capable ofmitting.


    She looked at Xin Yichen with puppy eyes as asking to be spared from getting ughtered.


    Xin Yichen signaled her not to worry as he had got it.


    Zhenyi was quite enjoying the eye-match in front of her. Although Zhenyi might appear cold and aloof but she could not maintain the same look in front of her family. That was the only real thing she had. And not to mention the thoughtful and loving father she had, was impossible to rece. She wondered how she was gonna adjust with Long Jie''s family.


    ''Why can''t I get him out of my mind?''


    Unconsciously, she twirled her engagement ring, a habit she recently formed whenever she was in deep thought.


    Breaking her trail of thought, she looked at Aria again who seemed to have an answer for her.


    "Sister Zhenyi, the soup is quite tasty. Try it. Mmmmm. Ah I miss you guys so much," said Aria with a smile on her face. When she saw Zhenyi gave her no response and she went on. "Ah! Sister Zhenyi what''s this?" She pointed towards Zhenyi''s neck. "Is it a mosquito bite?"


    Xin Yichen who was savoring the soup spurted it out when Aria spoke.

 Chapter 64 - Roses?

    "Sister Zhenyi, the soup is quite tasty. Try it. Mmmmm. Ah I miss you guys so much," said Aria with a smile on her face. When she saw Zhenyi gave her no response and she went on. "Ah! Sister Zhenyi what''s this?" She pointed towards Zhenyi''s neck. "Is it a mosquito bite?"


    Xin Yichen who was savoring the soup spurted it out when Aria spoke.


    He coughed loud. Tears were streaming down his cheeks. He didn''t knew if he was amused or astonished.


    The poor Aria didn''t even presume what it was! Even after staying in a rtion for so many years, she couldn''t fathom -- the infamous mosquito bites.


    Perhaps she would have not called it mosquito bite if the person ,she was referring to was not Zhenyi.


    Zhenyi''s movements paused for a second before getting back to normal. She payed no attention to them and focused on her food. This was Zhenyi''s first time experiencing the side effects of love making.


    Who in their sane mind bite neck?


    Apparently Long Jie¡­


    What was he? A dog or a rat.


    If Long Jie knew somebody called him dog and rat for marking his territory, he would bang his head against the invisible wall.


    Aria who thought she was spared took the lead to speak again, "Sister Zhenyi. Do you want cream for that? I brought many with me. You can take as many as you want."


    "Thank you very much for your concern Aria. But it''s not the right answer for my question."


    "Answer?" she said as she looked at her savior angel .


    Xin Yichen who finally gave in before her puppy eyes spoke, "Zini, Why don''t we have dinner first. Then we can talk?"


    Zhenyi nodded and started eating.


    "How''s Y¨¨y¨¨ doing B¨¤?" asked Zhenyi. "I went to his room but he was resting so I dare not to wake him up."


    "If he get to know you went to meet him and returned from door, he will be angry ," Xin Yichen said."But you did the right thing. He had trouble sleeping these days."


    Zhenyi smiled bitterly but she couldn''t do anything. Her hands were tied. Actually, no one could do anything without God''s grace.


    Zhenyi looked at him carefully before saying, "B¨¤, how long?"


    Xin Yichen knew what his daughter was asking. But he himself had no idea how long his father was with them. But could he answer his daughter?


    Nevertheless, he gave a vague answer. Could be three day, three months or three years."


    Aria who saw their depressing and gloomy mood, tried to lighten up the air with her chatter.


    "Sister Zhenyi , will I get the chance to be your bridesmaid?" asked Aria.


    "Well, it depends on you , if you don''t decide to run out of the country."


    "Why will I run from your wedding? It''s my second biggest dream to be your bridesmaid."


    "Because my dear I''m not powerful enough to marry without my godmother."


    Realization dawned upon her.


    "Oh crap! "


    "Yes! The peace of crap that you loved destroyed your brain cells too."


    "Sister Zhenyi-"


    "No Aria clean your own mess. I''m not going to help you this time and deal with godmother and Uncle Alex yourself."


    "Uncle Chen."


    " No Aria. Zini is right." agreed Xin Yichen without hesitation.


    "Young Miss."


    Zhenyi nced up first only to see red roses. Who would be sending red roses and at this hour?


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 Chapter 65 - A Love Letter

    "Young Miss."


    Zhenyi nced up first only to see red roses. Who would be sending red roses and at this hour?


    "Yes?" She asked, eyeing the man with the massive bouquet. There were so many flowers that she could barely see the servant who brought them.


    "These are for you Young Miss."


    "Me?"


    "Yes.That''s what the delivery man said." He said almost confused


    " Young Miss ?"


    "On the table please."


    "Sure, "He said and left before handing her a letter.


    She nced down at the envelope in her hand. On the front, her name was written in the most beautiful calligraphy. Flipping it over, she pulled out the letter.


    ¨C¨C¨C¨C¨C¨C¨C¨C


    Dear Zhenyi,


    I apologize for using the means of letter to convey my message when I could have used my phone. But something tells me, you would have hanged up on my face.


    You may disagree but it is the truth and you will realize at the end of the letter. But if you manage to avoid uttering '' I''m going to kill you Long Jie '' then congrattions you are finally in love with me.


    I don''t know Zhenyi how to behave afterst time. I was suppose to behave like I did or differently-- I don''t know know.


    I don''t know if you are angry that I didn''t try to call you. But forgive me if you''re angry.


    And to sound sincere enough I''m sending you a bouquet of red roses that reminds me of you.


    Do you know what red rose symbolize?


    It is a symbol of renowned beauty and grace¡ªa perfect fit for you. They say beauty fades, however, and as so, in this bouquet, there is one made that shall never die or fade. I promise on that rose that I will always admire the beauty and grace in you.


    Our meeting was not by our choice.


    But our future is in our hands Zhenyi.


    So, Zhenyi will you do the honour of marrying me in next two days.


    Don''t tear the letter. Please before hearing me out.


    Trust me this time Zhenyi. Don''t ask any questions for now. I will answer all your questions but not now .


    Onest time Zhenyi.


    PS: I know we are equal in this marriage. I''m not looking down on you. Heck, I don''t dare to. Agree please.


    P.P.S : You look beautiful when you''re angry Cat-eyes.


    Awaiting for your yes.


    LJ


    _________


    Bloody hell.


    " I''m going to fucking kill you Long Jie."


    She mumbled annoyed but when she realised what she uttered. Throwing her head backwards, sheughed for the next few minutes until her stomach started aching and tears streamed through her cheeks.


    Who still wrote a letter like that nowadays?


    Apparently, Long Jie.


    And she liked it even though she would not agree .


    "Found you," She whispered, lifting out the red, silk rose.


    She softly carresed the silk rose with her fingers.


    "He said his admiration for me won''t fade with time."


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 Chapter 66 - Master Piece

    Holy hell."


    Xin Yichen looked at Aria before looking at his daughter." Is it my daughter?"


    He turned his head and saw Aria was looking at Zhenyi with her mouth open.


    "No. I think we both are hallucinating," said Aria still gaping at Zhenyi.


    "No. We can''t hallucinate together," answered Xin Yichen. "You are a medical student, howe you not know ?"


    "The basicws of human psychology can''t be applied to my Sister Zhenyi," replied Aria. "You know my sister is unique unlike us. She is the masterpiece of God then howe the theories of us mere humans could be applied to my Sister Zhenyi."


    Xin Yichen nodded in understanding, "You are right my beloved. My daughter is God''s masterpiece."


    He was very pleased to see his daughter happy.


    His daughter deserved all the happiness in the world.


    Aria nodded and patted his shoulder. "Hmm¡­ uncle Chen. I must thank you because if not for you howe this God''s Masterpiecee to Earth? "She patted his shoulders again in appreciation. "You did well. Your beloved is proud of you."


    Cao Kung who came to report an urgent matter to his boss was stunned when he heard what they were talking about. Although, he knew his boss was petty and narcissist when it came to his children, but he never knew to what extent... Now, that he witnessed their conversation, he realized he was not petty and narcissistic. Even the word shameless was not enough to cover it.


    "Do you see Uncle Chen? Sister Zhenyi looks like a mood goddess when she smiles," said Aria. "Although she looks a Greek heroine when she''s inaction, the appearance of moon goddess suits her better."


    Xin Yichen shook his head in disagreement, "Nah! She looks dashing in the appearance of a Greek heroine."


    Hearing them talk like that, Cao Kung was getting second-hand embarrassment. He knew how capable their young miss was. He had seen the examplest night when she avenged his son who happened to be her Right-hand. His sincerity could be seen in his eyes but it was getting too much for him to hear.


    "I wonder who made my extra special daughter this happy?"


    "Could it be brother-inw?"


    Master," Cao King called him in a low voice.


    He didn''t pay attention as he continued to look at Zhenyi, "I doubt that."


    "Master Xin," Cao Kung said out loud." Some matters require your urgent attention."


    Xin Yichen nodded and went to his study.


    Huh... Duty calls.


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 Chapter 67 - Lord Tang

    "Umm¡­ Lord Tang ?"


    "I''m trying to concentrate on what you are trying to enunciate from thest ten minutes, Su Yi," The man replied as he ate, specting what could cause the ever babbling Su Yi to falter while notifying him of the incredibly urgent matter as he had said.


    The man they called Lord Tang, was savoring the delicaciesy on therge dining table. The chandelier fastened to the ceiling was bringing out the deeper shades of his brown choctey eyes. The noble air around him was inescapable. His dignified regal posture was the evidence of his royal upbringing.


    "Lord Tang. This Su Yi is afraid you''ll stop eating after hearing the good news. Rig¡ª"


    "Hehe, Lord Tang. He is just sputtering nonsense," Su Yi cut in before Wang Jun could go any further. " Lord Tang, please enjoy your dinner. I dare not to disturb you and I had made all the arrangements."


    ncing up from his te, he met their desperate yet anxious eyes. Su Yi stood like a shivering penguin in his dark suit, and beside him, bewildered yet frightened man resembling a lost puppy, was Wang Jun. Su Yi''s white face seemed to pale with each passing second; the stress was getting to him. Both of them only held back their nervous utterances for the sake of getting their lives spared.


    The only one indifferent ¡ªand allowed to be so¡ªwas his assistant. Feng Siyan stood uptight as a piece of wood, his expressions frost with the look I-only-serve-my-master.


    "Feng Siyan."


    Feng Siyan turned his back to them to speak to his master. " Master. The wedding is in two days."


    "Come again."


    As soon as he heard that the wedding was postponed, he thought he heard wrongly but now it seemed it was not the case. He had already figured out something had definitely urred as so SuYi''s unusual behavior was proof enough.


    "The wedding is in two days," Feng Siyan replied in his usual polite yet business-like tone.


    "Ah-Siyan, if it is your debut in joking, then let me tell you it is not even a bit funny. Try again."


    "You are my master. I wouldn''t dare to joke with you."


    "But you are not my ve," He refuted. He had epted Feng Siyan as his subordinate given his lifelong devotion and hard work but it didn''t mean Feng Siyan was his ve. Indeed, he saved him from child traffickers because he had his reasons.


    "Indeed, Master I''m your humble servant."


    "Ah-Siyan are we back to the old days?"


    "No, master. Should I prepare for your visit?" Feng Siyan asked his Master.


    "What do you think?"


    "I will prepare for it now."


    "Don''t. Let these two loafers arrange it." Lord Tang said ncing at the two ckers who were standing before him with their heads down as if someone killed their dog.


    Feng Siyan gave the other two men his signature stare '' fuck -it-up-and you -would -be -ashes. He lived to serve his Master. Feng Siyan still remember the day like yesterday, when he was rescued by his Master, almost two decades ago.


    He vowed to serve his master till his veryst breath. Although his master gave him the opportunity to leave him and start a new life, he insisted on following him. There was nothing he wouldn''t do for him.


    His master treated him like family and never discriminated between him and the people of his n. He had been by his side for more than two decades and knew him better than anyone.


    His calm meant the calm before the storm and even now behind his calm demeanor, a torrent was waging.


    "Ah-Siying, What changed between a single day?"


    "A lot of things, Master," Feng Siyan replied quietly observing his expressions.


    "Was she in danger?" His Master asked a fleck of worry visible in those warm chocte phoenix eyes.


    "If going missing for hours is counted as."


    " Where is she now?"


    "She is at the mansion, Master."


    "Once again, when is the wedding?" What was she nning now? If he knew her, she would certainly have some big ns. And he was doubtful that her ''big ns'' might result in bloodshed. There was nothing she enjoyed more than her games. And he was certain she had alreadyid the traps and the biggest question was -- who gonna fall first? Long Jie? Or Long Family?


    "Two days from today."


    "I have a feeling, the wedding won''t be as peaceful as it seems. nt more of our guards at the Wedding location. And of course, make sure they appear as Xin soldiers. The world is clueless about me."


    The world was oblivious of real him. Hell, even his subordinates couldn''t figure him out. Behind his calm and dignified demeanor, resided a man who was fond of mayhem. Or perhaps, it was in his blood.


    "What about Longs, Master?"


    "Keep a close eye on Elder Long and Song Lily. And what was Long Yuan''s fiance''s name?"


    "Liu Shishi, Master."


    "hmmm...Keep an eye on the Chen family. Especially, Chen Yuling. Her desperation might force her to take steps, she never took before." Lord Tang said after a long pause.


    "I will work on it now. Anything else Master?"


    "Yes, let''s find a bride for you in Beijing," he replied causing the indifferent Feng Siyan shudder.


    Sigh! He would never marry before his master.


    _ __ _ _


    After a pause.


    "Any leads on the culprit behind the attack?"


    "There is none. There are no traces. Nothing as if the attack never happened."


    "Stop digging into it. " Because they wouldn''t find any clue. The one behind the attack was four steps ahead of them. Indeed, the trap had beenid.


    He chuckled when Feng Siyan left with the other two.


    ''It''s going to be fun. The real has battle begun."


    ___ ___

 Chapter 68 - Qin Family

    Jim Butcher once said '' when everything goes to hell, the people who stand by you without flinching -- they are your family .'' there are many instances where you can see that family is not always blood. Your sorrow, happiness, misery, agony --they share with you. They ept you for who you are; moral, immoral, good, bad, right, wrong etcetera etcetera do not matter to them.


    Qin family and Xin family were knitted together despite the fact that there was no blood rtion between them, but they stick together in joy and sorrows. When Zhenyi''s mother died, Ming Jia stepped forward and did everything in her power to provide motherly love to Zhenyi. And that was the reason she was the most respected woman in Zhenyi''s life.


    "Oh My God! Even this dress is not good enough for the reception." Ming Jiaid out dresses after dresses out of her wardrobe. "There is no way I am going to wear these out-of-trend dresses." She spoke with a solemn tone. She raided her wardrobe again to take out more clothes. Her sandals, bags, and whatnot were scattered on the floor. She made an aggrieved face as she sat on the floor almost on the verge of crying.


    "Alex, how about this red one?" She picked up a red gown that she shopped a week ago.


    "This is beautiful my love. The red looks beautiful on you," Alex Qin answered hiding his annoyance. His wife was sitting on the floor of the dressing room for thest two hours, revealing clothes after clothes, and he understood where his hard-earned money went. Never mind, his wife was a crazy shopaholic.


    "Oh Alex, you know nothing. How can I wear red to my dear''s wedding? She is the bride. I don''t wish to steal the limelight from her." She pouted and chided her husband.


    "Yes, my dear Juju, you are right. But even if you wear a dull color, your eternal beauty is enough to lighten up the entire room. I agree you shouldn''t wear red, what if someone mistakes you for the bride? Ah, my poor heart! think about it."


    "Aiya! Alex, you''re so sweet. Don''t worry this young beauty won''t leave her old man." Ming Jia assured her husband.


    "haha...I know my Juju loves me the most." Alex Qinughed.


    "Who said I love you? I love your limitless credit card." Her nonchnt reply rendered him speechless.


    Alex: "__"


    His wife loved his money? Not him?


    She waved her hand at him with a smug smirk on her face but stopped when she realized something.


    "Aiya! I don''t have anything to wear. Why is my Zhenyi marrying so soon? Does she not want her godmother to look beautiful on her wedding day?"


    "And this Sam, do you even know where our son is?" Alex asked his drama queen wife. Just like every typical household, the duo of father and son were always at war against each other.


    "You scolded him too much this time. he has not called me in days," Wang Jia pouted and grumbled. Her son was the best son in the whole wide world but still, this bad husband of hers scolded the poor boy.


    Sigh! She was such a beautiful mother. Now, she must look more beautiful to hunt for a daughter-inw.


    Wow, she was so excited!


    Unbeknownst to her, the daughter-inw was already prepared but it was her son who was against the idea of marriage.


    "Don''t worry. You can meet him at the Wedding. You know, he won''t miss it for anything." If he had not caused any trouble this time. Of course, he didn''t say anything aloud. His son''s attorney was right in front of him. And the attorney just happened to be his precious wife.


    "Indeed. She is his best friend. There is no way, he won''t be at the wedding," Ming Jia said unaware of the thought in her husband''s mind.


    Little did they know their son was still battling against death.


    "And you can meet your daughter there too," Alex added cautiously observing her expressions.


    "Don''t you dare mention her! I don''t have a daughter. Especially, the one who left me for a boy." The volcano erupted with the mention of her fugitive daughter.


    No, Aria was not her daughter anymore.


    "Come on, Juju don''t be angry at her. She did what she thought was right at that time." Alex tried to take Aria''s side. Though he knew what she did this time was quite selfish and reckless. But as a father, he couldn''t bear to see her in distress. And if that boy was what she wanted, so be it.


    "No. My answer is still the same." But Ming Jia was stubborn.


    "Did you forget we eloped from our home?" Alex tried to make her recall how they were married.


    "Shut up."

 Chapter 69 - Painful Remainder Of Past

    Ring...Ring...Ring...


    The ringing phone interrupted their conversation. Speak of the devil, and there he was.


    "Who is calling?" Ming Jia looked at her husband. Still, sitting on the floor, designer bags in herp.


    "Wen Juan ." Alex sighed.


    His wife''s rtives were very crazy just like her.


    "Really? give me the phone." Ming Jia eximed and grabbed the phone and went back to her room much to Alex''s delight.


    "Hello. Sister Juan. How are you?" Ming Juan said excitedly.


    "I''m good, Sister Jia. When are you arriving for the wedding?" The woman on the other side of the phone asked. She was Ming Yu''s mother and Ming Jia''s eldest sister-inw.


    "Oh! We are leaving soon. I don''t even have time for Spa. I don''t have anything to wear too. Why she is marrying too soon? Last, I heard she was against the idea of marriage. But now?"


    "Don''t worry, I have bought lots of cheongsams for you. And as for Zhenyi, you know her temper is quite unpredictable," Wen Juan said.


    "Oh! Xiao Yu told me Aria is here. I am very heartbroken, she went to Xin mansion instead ofing to her maternal grandparents'' home," Wen Juanined.


    "Don''t mention that darn girl. I had disowned her. Hmmp!" Ming Jia was still angry with her daughter and her anger was justified.


    "Really? Ah, then I can have her ?" Wen Juan said half-jokingly.


    "Sister Juan are you taking her side already."


    "I love that girl to the bones. What can I do? God gave me two sons but no daughter. And now you don''t want your daughter. Isn''t it an opportunity for me?"


    "Do whatever deem fit. I don''t care. She is not my daughter anymore." Ming Jia grumbled.


    "So, you are staying at Ming Mansion during your stay in Beijing." Sensing that Ming Jia was mad at Aria, she decided to change the course of the conversation.


    "No." Both husband and wife said simultaneously.


    "Father hates my husband. I won''t live where people don''t respect my husband. And if you have forgotten, let me remind you my parents have disowned me a long time ago."


    Alex Qin and Ming Jia were childhood sweethearts but the Ming family had already arranged a suitable groom for Ming Jia. And in the end, Alex and Ming Jia eloped from their homes and never returned except for some asional visits.


    " Sister Jia, you won''te to Ming mansion ever?" Wen Juan asked. Even though Elder patriarch renounced his ties with his daughter, she was still the apple of her brother''s eyes.


    "No., Sister Juan, that ce reminds me of painful memories. They remind me of how much of a failure I''m. I could have saved her but I failed. I will ever enter the vicinity of Ming Mansion ever. Please don''t ask me toe there." The earlier Ming Jia was nowhere in sight. Tears were brimming in her eyes but she managed to stop them. Alex sighed when he saw his wife. He was aware that she med herself for the inevitable incident.


    "Sister--"


    "No. Sister Juan, if not for my Zhenyi I wouldn''te back to China but my Zhenyi needs her godmother on her wedding day. And I don''t think my sister would forgive me if I miss her daughter''s special day. Heck, she wille to haunt my dreams. Not that, I don''t want her to."


    "That''s so like her." Wen Juan chuckled. That particr person was one of the pettiest person she had ever known.


    "Sister Jia, father misses you." Wen Juan added.


    "Then ask him to visit me. If he doesn''t have money, I can send a ne. "


    Wen Juan: "___"


    Alex Qin: ''That''s like my Juju.''


    "Your beloved daughter is staying with her favorite person in the world. Ming Yu coaxed her toe and stay with him and she was ready too. But I don''t know how Brother Yichen came to know his beloved is in town, he personally came to take her with him. I still can''tpare with brother Yichen''s charm." Wen Juan literally loved Aria but when Xin Yichen was in Aria''s sight, everyone around her became secondary.


    "And why do you think my sister marked him before anyone?" Ming Jia responded. Literally, her sister was the most possessive woman she had ever seen. Her Ah-Chen was her life, proud and the biggest fortune.


    "Of course, the proud peacock she was, after marrying him. Did she ever miss the chance to show off his amazing husband? "


    "Haha, she didn''t." Ming Jia smiled painfully recalling the particr incident.


    "Sigh! I miss her too much. I don''t know how I will enter the threshold of Beijing?" Without her, the country was just the remnant of what she had lost.


    "You areing for Zhenyi." Wen Juan assured her.


    "Hmm... take care sister. I''ll be there soon." Ming Jia disconnected the call and the tears finally streamed down her cheeks.

 Chapter 70 - Secrets

    "You are missing her?" Alex felt his wife''s unrest. He could clearly see it in her eyes and it really made him feel bad for her. He was helpless, there was nothing he could do about it. A piece of her died the day her sister or her best friend died.


    "I do. I do miss her so much. Alex, why God is so cruel? If I am lost without her, then I couldn''t imagine how brother yichen spent years without her? And my Zhenyi doesn''t even remember her mother. Did she deserve it? A little girl is shouldered with the responsibilities of a kingdom." She hitched in a breath as she sobbed." And my Ryuu, he is alone. He had no one to take care of him. Do you know other than Xin Yichen, he suffered the most from the loss of his mother? He was always glued to her, his food, his clothes everything had to be prepared by her. Imagine a little boy taking care of his broken father and lost sister?"


    "Shhhh. I am with you juju." Alex brought her close to his chest as he caressed her back. He let her cry for what she had lost. Sometimes, one needs a good cry to move on. And his wife had bottled her plight for years.


    "Will Zhenyi hate me when shees to know the truth?" Ming Jia asked as she looked into his eyes. The thought of Zhenyi hating her was like a knife piercing her heart.


    "It was not your fault. I was the only way out."Alex tried to make her understand. He had been trying for years now but she couldn''t help ming herself. He still remembered the dreadful full like yesterday.


    "She lost something very precious because of my selfishness. And I''m being selfish again by hiding the facts."


    "Do you know what your sister used to say '' my dear friends facts are more threatening than lies? It holds the power to shatter down the life one has built. Some facts are meant to be buried as a secret." I never understood her words until her death. Juju, you love Zhenyi like a mother. And remember, that was the only way out. If not, then why do you think Xin Yichen has supported you?"


    "And if she lost the most precious thing of her life. She is gaining something too." Alex sighed out loud. "This wedding is a blessing in disguise for her."


    "Alex, I have no idea what''s her motive behind the marriage." Ming Jia was aware of Zhenyi''s war vignce against the wedding. The main question was-- what changed her mind? And why she went to China?


    "Why are you thinking so much? She agreed to the marriage because of Elder Xin. You know how much she loves her grandfather." Alex was oblivious of the dilemma his wife was in.


    "Alex, she''s Zhenyi and I have seen her growing right in front of my eyes. I can see through her. What if she''s nning something? I can''t lose her please, Alex. Why don''t you talk to Ryuu?" No matter how many times Wang Jia attempted to calm the storm rearing in her heart she couldn''t. To say Zhenyi was unpredictable would be an understatement.


    "Don''t overthink, Juju. Ryuu has his Empire to run. Do you think Elder Xin will let Ryuu off the hook?" Wang Jia frowned as if to decode what her husband was saying.


    "Patience my dear wife. We have many more weddings to attend. " Alex patted his confused wife''s head.


    " I don''t know what you''re talking about?" Wang Jia simply mumbled.


    "You don''t need to worry about it. Just worry about our daughter. "


    "Last time -- I don''t have any daughter. Especially the one who left me for a boy."


    Sigh! why his wife was so darn difficult?

 Chapter 71 - The Predicament Of The Love Rival

    Someone rightly said ''loving someone who doesn''t love you back is like hugging a cactus. The tighter you hold on, the more it hurts.''


    Chen Yuling had loved Long Jie for as long as she could remember. She never asked for anything in life except for him. But what she didn''t realize was her love for him would always be unrequited because he would never return her feelings.


    Another victim of unrequited love said'' Loving someone who doesn''t love you back is like waiting for a bus at the airport. As funny as it sounds, it was true to some extent.


    Chen Yuling''s daydream of marrying Long Jie was finally broken but the stupid heart would never acknowledge the fact, no matter what. She was breaking things the way Liu Shishi''s news broke her heart. Earlier, when the engagement was announced, they thought it was just an engagement but now the sudden news of Long Jie''s marriage severed the remaining thread of her sanity.


    "Ahhh." Chen Yuling grabbed the vase and threw it on the floor. Her room was in the wreckage, just like her spirit, she broke each and every object lying in front of her.


    "Why?Why?" She waved her hand through her hair and clenched it tightly. The broken shred of ss pricked her foot.


    "Sister-"


    "Don''tplete the sentence. You are a liar shishi," Chen Yuling yelled. Her sister was a liar, maniptor, and cheat. She trusted her but what she got in return.


    Liu Shishi saw blood trickling down Chen Yuling''s foot as she trudged bare feet on the floor.


    " I told you Liu Shishi, if I don''t get Long Jie, I will take Long Yuan away from you. Didn''t I?" Chen Yuling let out a sinisterugh as she spoke. "But you betrayed my trust. Didn''t you?


    "I''m sorry sister. But my mother-inw had no idea the wedding was two days away. I was informed today. I told you as soon as I found out." Liu Shishi said as tears streamed down her eyes wetting her cheeks.


    "No, Liu Shishi. You can''t fool me with your tears. I''m not your idiot mother-inw. "Chen Yuling marched towards her, there were no emotions in her eyes, neither anger nor disappointment. She caught Liu Shishi''s neck in her hand and sped lightly ." I''m Chen Yuling, do you think that woman deserves my man? Long Jie is mine. He has been mine since the time I saw him. He''s mine. Just mine."


    "Do you get it?" Chen Yuling pressed on her neck tightly.


    "I do." Liu Sishi was in pain but she held back her emotions. She was aware of what kind of monster Chen Yuling was.


    " I need information on the woman now." Chen Yuling said as she released Liu Shishi on the floor.


    "I know nothing about her. Not even her name. She is a mystery even to my mother-inw. My mother-inw hates her, so she never tried to know her name." Liu Shishi answered quickly afraid of offending her further.


    " Sister Yuling, my mother-inw quite likes you. Why don''t you entice her to marry brother Jie to you? she is brother Jie''s mother after all." Liu Shishi said softly.


    " What a stupid girl you are! but you don''t disappoint me because I already know you''re an idiot. Tell me Liu Shishi, if your mother-inw''s acknowledgment matters, will that woman dares to enter the threshold of Long family? She''s a fool like you. " Chen Yuling had seen what kind of woman Song Lily was.


    "What can we do now Sister Yuling? The wedding is in two days. How can we stop it?"


    "Think of a way Liu Shishi if you want long Yuan. If I can''t get long Jie what rights you have to get your love?"Chen Yuling gritted through her teeth.


    "Sister Yuling, please you know how much I love him." Liu Shishi begged.


    "What about me Shishi? Do you know how long


    I have loved him? I achieved everything to be equivalent to him. I never dated because they were not him. I even did things that were against my morals just to get him? Tell me shishi what about me? " Chen Yuling said.


    " I gave you an idea sisterst time. But you didn''t act upon that." Liu Shishi tried to defend her. But as Chen Yuling said she was an idiot, her idea did nothing but infuriated the already enraged Chen Yuling.


    " I am a woman of character not a whore who will steep so low to sleep with him to get him. I want him to want me, hold me, and love me the way I do. In short, I''m not you Shishi." Chen Yuling said.


    "Get out of my sight Liu Shishi, if you cherish your life."


    After few minutes...


    "Hello?"


    "I''m ready for what you offered but this wedding can''t happen." Chen Yuling said to the person on the other side.


    "Do as I said. And then there won''t be any wedding." The other person said and disconnected the call.


    "You are just mine Long Jie." Chen Yuling whispered looking at her wallpaper and kissed it softly.

 Chapter 72 - The Wedding Begins

    A wedding was supposed to be a joyous asion, a day to be celebrated, where two souls came together. Joined in holy matrimony. Bonded by vows ¨C to love and to cherish till death do them part.


    Never in a million years did Zhenyi she would be walking down the aisle, much less to an enemy-- Long Jie, what an enigma her very soon-to-be husband was. There was nothing romantic about the wedding. Though there was a grand wedding; the gorgeous, most expensive gowns; stunning heels that many brides would lust for; a lovely veil to put any other veils to shame, and the most handsome groom. But the only problem was, the whole charade was unwanted including the sexiest groom on the--they had called the perfect prince charming.


    Then again, she was no Cindere and he was no prince charming either. They were going to be wedded to each other for anything but love. To Zhenyi the vows were just the tradition, she deemed their contract conditions as their vows.


    But there she was sitting in a chair in the middle of the bride''s room as the hairstylist wascurling her hair into soft curls as she had requested. Aria and Fan Bingbing were sitting on the bed watching her every move. Aria was her bridesmaids as she had asked and Fan Bingbing her maid of honor


    "How are you wearing it today?"Fang Bingbing asked as the hairstylist started curling her waist-long hairs instead of an updo.


    "The sides will be up and the back will be down." Zhenyi loved her waist-long hair when it drooped in gentle curls. She didn''t want to wear it in an updo especially on her wedding day.


    "That''ll look great with the long veil," Aria spoke. She was wearing a blush-colored bridesmaid dress the same color as Fan Bingbing.


    The hairstylist gave her a mirror when she finished curling her hair. "Please tell me, what you think and if you want to change anything."


    "No changes. It''s exactly the way I wanted it." Zhenyi gave herself another look in therge mirror. Indeed it looked pretty as she thought. And the hairstylist sighed in relief, finally, her client agreed on something. It was a difficult job attending her but she was hired by Ming Jia especially for Zhenyi''s wedding and who could decline big money just for a bitchy client.


    Zhenyi rarely wore her hair down. But today she wanted to. And it seemed she made the right decision. She was pleased with her hairstyle.


    Ming Jia entered the bridal room and tried to blink her tears away when she looked at her god-daughter. "So beautiful. Just like a princess."


    "Thank you," Zhenyi said as she took Ming Jia''s hand in hers. She was aware of the turmoil inside her Godmother''s heart. She was a strong woman who rarely showed her emotions but today she couldn''t help it.


    "I can''t believe my little girl is so big now. All I want to do is take you away from here and keep to myself alone." Ming Jia smiled as she caressed Zhenyi''s face with her another hand.


    "Come on Sister Jia, you can''t take the bride away. The poor groom will be left behind. And you don''t want to offend a Long." Wen Juan said as she entered the bridal room.


    "Long my ass. hmmp!!" Ming Jia huffed.


    No one was more precious than her Goddaughter, not even that Longd.


    Zhenyiughed with all of them. Her Godmother and her antics, both were out of the world.


    "Come on, Mother -in-w, have you seen Long Jie''s ass? It''s to die for." Of course, Bingbing the nut case spoke. Since the time, she hade to know Ming Jia was Sam''s mother, she started calling her mother inw and thetter had no objection to it.


    "Mother-inw? Oh my God! When did it happen?" Juan gaped at her sister-inw.


    "If I don''t wish for a son inw, in ce of a daughter-inw , I better ept her as my daughter-inw."


    "Hahaha" Aria''sughter boomed in the room. Her mother called his yboy brother a gay?


    Shit.


    This was crazy.


    "I''m sorry," she said between tears."But I can''t control myself."


    "Hmmph!"


    Ming Jia was upset with her daughter. And they were still not on the speaking term.


    "Of course, where can you look for a daughter-inw like me? " Seeing Fan Bingbing''s smug expression, Zhenyi had an urge to beat her up." Such a beautiful and awesome daughter-inw.


    "Dear friend, what do you say whose ass is to die for?" You dare to gawk at my husband? Last warning otherwise, I will pluck your pretty eyes." Zhenyi red at Fang Bingbing.


    "Come on, Zhenyi you''re not a very reliable friend. I am just crazy for one. You can have your man. I''m not interested in him anyways ." Fan Bingbing pouted as she hid behind Ming Jia.


    "You better remember," Zhenyi warned her.


    "I see someone is possessive already." Ming Jia teased the bride.


    "I''m a spoilt kid Godmaa. I don''t like someone eyeing what''s mine." Zhenyi groaned. Indeed, in just a few hours he would be legally hers. Or she could demand from him to get her name tattooed -- the property belongs to Xin Zhenyi.


    ''Hmmm....nice n.''Zhenyi thought to herself.

 Chapter 73 - Brother-Sister

    "Sister Zhenyi. Here is your dress."


    "It''ll take that long to get you into that dress. We better get to work on especially those buttons. Poor, Long Jie," Fan Bingbing said.


    "Call him brother-inw." Zhenyi narrowed her eyes at her.


    "You are impossible." Fan Bingbing muttered.


    Zhenyi stood in her robe as Aria and Bingbing removed her dress from the garment bag.


    It was a vintagece wedding dress with long sleeves. It was so gorgeous that Zhenyi didn''t even dare to touch it.


    "It''s so gorgeous," Wen Juan said.


    "Indeed, it is," Ming Jia agreed.


    It was the most beautiful wedding dress she had ever seen. The perfect shade of ivory vintagece over creamy vani charmeuse¡ªsomething she had never imagined she would ever wear.


    She wondered if Jie was going to like it.


    Jie¡­.She liked the way his name rolled out of her tongue.


    She stepped into her gown and Ming Jia helped her pull it up. "Ah, these buttons are the only w this dress. Though it looks pretty, it''s one hell of a job unfastening it."


    "I know." Zhenyi chuckled lightly.


    "I''m going to do them up for you, baby girl, but it''ll be Long Jie''s job to unfasten them tonight."


    "Ah, I''m looking forward to it, "Zhenyi replied nonchntly rendering speechless everyone present in the room.


    "Sometimes, I forget you are my best friend''s daughter


    . But then, you render everyone speechless with your words just like her. You didn''t get her face but definitely got her tongue." Ming Jia said as she fastened thest button of the wedding dress.


    "And I can still see her smug smirk--that''s my daughter. Such a show-off she was." Went Juan muttered to herself.


    "Shut up," Both Jia and Zhenyi said simultaneously.


    _____


    The bridal room was unupied with the exception of the bride, as someone unlocked the door and entered without knocking startling the bride.


    "you startled me." Zhenyi stood up suddenly, a reflex action ingrained in her since her childhood. She sighed in relief when she heard the voice of the intruder.


    "Did I?" The intruder smiled and came towards her.


    "No. you didn''t." A genuine smiled blossomed on her face as she walked towards his warm embrace. The safest ce on the. Technically, she was not surprised because she was anticipating him any moment, given his fondness for abrupt entries.


    "Are you surprised to see me here?"Xin Ryuu asked as he pinched her nose. His little sister was getting married today, no force could stop him froming to her.


    " Do you want truth or lie?" Zhenyi answered her question with another question meeting her sparkling eyes his warm brown.


    " Lie." Xin Ryuu yfully answered. This was their personal game truth or lies, they were ying it since their childhood days.


    " I''m very appalled by your abrupt entry. And I should be?" Zhenyi said dramatically widening her eyes.


    "Really, Angel?" Xin Ryuu narrowed her eyes at her.


    She huffed and sat on the couch. Which brother arriveste at his only sister''s wedding?


    Apparently her only brother.


    Xin Ryuu...


    Xin Ryuu was a mystery even bigger than Xin Zhenyi. No one without the exception of few people was aware of the fact that Xin Yichen had another child aside from Xin Zhenyi. The birth of Xin Ryuu was the second biggest mystery of the Xin n.


    Ryuu trudged ahead beside her as he removed her long veil that she had fixed on her head, matching her wedding dress. Zhenyi found his actions quite surprising but didn''t speak. Everything with Ryuu was unpredictable and she trusted him enough to ask questions.


    If there was anyone Zhenyi trusted more than anyone, it was her brother-- Xin Ryuu. She could sacrifice her life without asking anything if he had asked. One of the reasons she agreed to the marriage was her brother neither stopped her nor encouraged her and it was enough for Zhenyi to decode the meaning behind it.


    He opened a wooden box and took out another vintage veil. With a single nce, anyone can tell the sentimental value of the veil. It was not just a veil, it was the heirloom from her maternal side. And the veil had a long story behind it.


    "Do you what you are doing?" Zhenyi couldn''t help but ask.


    "Of course, I understand my actions, unlike the certain one I know," Ryuu said as he fixed the veil.


    Wow, it looked perfect just as he had anticipated.


    "Ryuu, Do you even know what this veil means?" Zhenyi asked again ignoring the sarcasm. She knew what he meant by his earlier statement.


    Was there something this omnipresent Ryuu was not aware of?

 Chapter 74 - The Trio

    Was there something this omnipresent Ryuu was not aware of?


    " If I had not, I wouldn''t have given it to you, Angel," Ryuu said to the half furious bride who happened to be his little angel.


    "And call me big brother. I''m seven years older than you Angel." Ryuu went on as he teased her. She hated calling him big brother. To her, he was just -- Ryuu. No Young master or no prince. Just her Ryuu.


    "Stop calling me an angel. Then I can think about calling you big brother." Zhenyi grumbled. Just like Long Jie, his brother loved to push her buttons.


    "What do you call an angel? "Ryuu asked her.


    "I''m no angel. You can call me Zhenyi."


    "Are we having this fight again?"


    "No. But a little birdie told me a certain someone went missing for severalhours." Ryuu asked his sister. He was terrified when he heard that she went missing for hours on the bloody mountain in the dead of night. Out of all the ces on earth, she chose the peak of the mountain to get lost.


    "Wow, I never know your piece of wood is a birdie. Besides, is there anything you don''t know?" Zhenyi asked with her hands on her hips.


    "Indeed. there are many things." Ryuu said suggestively.


    "Did you meet B¨¤? or Y¨¨y¨¨?"


    "No. Is there something I should know?" Again Ryuu said suggestively.


    Before she could answer, the door to the room opened again, and in walked a proud Xin Yichen, a smile dancing on his lips but it widened when her eyesnded on the person beside his daughter.


    "Father." Ryuu bowed as his father approached them.


    Xin Yichen rolled his eyes at his son and went forward to pull him for a tight hug and patted his head as he was still seven years old Ryuu.


    " I still prefer hugs to your polite greeting son. And stop calling me father, I''m not that old to be called father. "Xin Yichen said as Zhenyi shook his head inwardly.


    "But you''re my father," Ryuu said respectfully.


    "Aiya! Remind me why I''m arguing with you. You are not cute anymore." Xin Yichen couldn''t help but throw his arms in the air as it was out of his head and nced at his doll.


    "You look beautiful, Zini ." He murmured as he took a step forward.


    "Thank you, B¨¤." Zhenyi smiled. Why smiling was difficult in front of her father?


    A bit of sadness entered his eyes as he took her in. She appeared like a goddess descended from heaven and the familiar veil was adding more to her beauty. And all of the sudden, he didn''t want to give his princess to anyone. There was a tightness in his chest.


    Ryuu understood his turmoil and put a hand on his father''s shoulder and smiled as if to assure him, she was there.


    Xin Yichen sighed deeply and squeezed his hand and stepped forward and embraced his daughter. "You''ve always been my pride Zhenyi. You and Ryuu are my two hands, I need both of you equally. Even if you''re far from me, you won''t stop being my daughter."


    Zhenyi didn''t knew where the tears came from, but it did wet her cheek.


    "Zini, you don''t have to be strong always. If one day, you can''t shoulder the burden anymore; let it fall. Although my shoulders are weak and aged now, I won''t let anything or anyone fail my daughter."


    "I know." Zhenyi hugged him tightly.


    "You were always going to marry someone, Zini. Give that boy a chance daughter. A real one. He won''t fail you." The conviction in his voice shook Zhenyi but she ignored it.


    Ryuu came forward and the trio hugged each other again. This was family. For this moment, they did everything that had to be done. A real family.


    And now it was the time to walk her down the aisle.

 Chapter 75 - Till Death Do Us Part

    Zhenyi looped her left arm with her father''s and another one with her grandfather, just as she promised him once, the spark of pride on his face was worth every-freaking-sacrifice for Zhenyi.Including this wedding.


    The doors to the venue opened, and everyone stood. When they took a step forward, a gasp filled the air. The attention veered towards the gorgeous-est bride they had ever seen, d in an ivory-colored vintagece wedding dress, a traditional long veil to hid her face but not enough to conceal her beauty.


    Zhenyi''s gaze fell on the chapel, decorated in wildflowers which clearly resemble her bouquet that Long Jie had sent. The wedding was held at a Castle as so Long Jie had requested the other day. The scene before her eyes was breathtaking just like the groom waiting at the altar.


    Waiting for her.


    Everyone looked in awe at the bride but one among them was fuming. Only the intimate family was called for the wedding ceremony as the wedding reception was scheduled forter. Or whenever Zhenyi wanted.


    Beknown to Zhenyi each step that she took closer and closer to him with the shaky breaths, quivering clutch on her bouquet, trembling legs ready to give in any second if not for her father''s support, was going to be branded and this time on her soul.


    One step.


    Then another.


    And so on until she reached him.


    She lifted her eyes to meet his and he winked in return with a huge smile as the size of Asia on his face. She hitched in her breath as she saw him in a ck and white tuxedo, a perfect contrast to the decorations. If he was Adonis incarnated earlier, today she had no words to describe him. Even gorgeous was not enough to capture his beauty.


    With the priest on one side, Long Yuan and Long Wei on the other, he waited for his bride at the front of the chapel. When his bride entered the chapel, for a second he forgot to breathe.


    Heavenly.


    That was the word to describe her beauty in a single word. If she knocked him out with her conventional suit on the first day he saw her, but today what she did to him was difficult to describe in the modest words.


    She left him speechless like she always did but today in a very different manner.


    When her sparkling eyes met his grays, he winked again at her as she blinked in riposte. Long Yuan cleared his throat to remind his brother to step out of his hex.


    With each step she took towards him, the shbacks began reying like a romantic film before his eyes, the first time he saw her when she collided with him and shook his world off its axis, the first argument at her home, the first kiss at his penthouse and the precious moment on the mountain when she finally became his.


    His heart was throbbing against his chest begging to be released and make the womaning towards him-- his as soon as possible.


    Another step.


    And then thest step.


    She reached him.


    And he stepped forward and her father gave her hand in his. He said something like taking care of her but she was so busy staring at him that she didn''t pay attention to anyone. Everyone else was just the background and he was the only focus point.


    Just like always , they were in their own world and every other thing just faded as it never mattered in the first ce.


    To the audience, this marriage was a contract ¨C the perfect alliance between a Xin and a Long The only way for the two families to end the infamous rivalry.


    And to them? Well, the lines were blurring.


    Now it was anything but A MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE.


    She broke out of da aze as the priest started the ceremony and Long Jie was facing her. She turned her head towards the audience, her eyes fell on Ryuu who mouthed- I-have -got - it much to her relief and turned her attention back to Long Jie.


    He took both of her hands in his as he spoke his vows, staring deep into her eyes, sucking her soul into the deep abyss and there was no going back.


    "I, Long Jie, take thee, Xin Zhenyi, to be my wedded wife, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, ording to God''s holy ordinance; and thereto I pledge thee my faith."


    "Till death do us part."


    She did the same.


    I, Xin Zhenyi, take thee, Long Jie, to be my wedded husband, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, ording to God''s holy ordinance; and thereto I pledge thee my faith."


    "Till death do us part."


    Before the priest could pronounce them husband and wife, Long Jie brought his mouth closer to her ear and whispered " I vow to abide by the agreement we signed. I''ll treat you as my equal nothing less nothing more."


    "I vow to protect our marriage at any cost." She pledged back. Little did they realize, her vow was the base of their evesting marriage. Their holy union.


    He slipped the wedding ring on her finger, a tinum ring this time, and then she slipped his wedding ring on his finger.


    The priest announced them as husband and wife, Long Jie leaned in and kissed her lips before the priest could say.


    Perfect.


    Everything was perfect.


    His mouth against her.


    Ripples in their hearts.


    Untill Zhenyi''s eyes darted towards the front where the gun shot rang, aimed at her head. Ryuu''s eyes followed Zhenyi''s and he ran without wasting any nanosecond whereas she was frozen on the spot.


    Bang.


    "Till death do us part. " were herst words.

 Chapter 76 - The Wedding Dance

    The wedding ended not like it began-- with vigor and spree. After Zhenyi was almost shot at the altar, Xin Yichen and Long Shaoming did everything to keep the matter under their control. They knew there would be gossips, but they''d also do their best to bury them ¨C as they always did.


    Soon after, Long Jie left with Zhenyi. But Zhenyi felt something was wrong. They were supposed to reside in the Long Mansion after marriage but he insisted on taking her to his home -- Rose Vi. Obviously, Long Shaoming was displeased with his son''s decision but he chose not to say anything.


    Someone tried to kill his newly bride, his hostility was justified.


    A thought shed into her mind. His mother and grandfather.


    They wore long faces throughout the wedding. Zhenyi was aware of the fact that her mother-inw didn''t like her, given her history with Zhenyi''s mother. Not that her estranged rtionship with her mother-inw mattered to her.


    But what surprised her, was Long Yuhan''s attitude towards Long Jie. They didn''t see each other eye to eye. No wonder, her grandfather never liked the old man.


    They could grumble and judge all they wanted to. But if they dared to belittle her position in his life, they would suffer her wrath.


    She was Long Jie''s wife. Her position as the madam of the house was not to be trifled with.


    But one thing was sure-- her marital life wouldn''t be as nd as she thought.


    Long Jie saw his wife lying on the couch; deep in her thoughts. She was mentally and physically exhausted, her feet were aching more than ever, her head was killing and the wedding gown was almost suffocating her.


    The wedding had tired her out. It was exhausting to n the wedding in such a short time. Moreover, he had requested not to question him about it. So, she didn''t ask him anything regarding the wedding date.


    Long Jie saw her feet and sighed. He kneeled on the floor to take off her sandals. Stupid girl. Her feet were swollen.


    "Mmmmmm..."She groaned as he gently massaged her feet. " It feels so good now."


    "Then why are you torturing yourself with these heels?" He asked as she squinted her eyes. "Besides, you don''t need heels."


    She was a tall woman and didn''t need such high heels. As he said, she was stupid and crazy. She kept surprising him with her stupidity.


    "Beautyes at a price, husband." She replied back. "Apparently my throbbing feet are the price. "


    Ouch. They hurt like hell.


    "Don''t wear them more often." He rubbed her feet.


    "Already ordering?" She narrowed her eyes at him.


    Huh...


    No doubt, she was crazy.


    He massaged her feet for few minutes.


    After few minutes, music began ying. She looked towards the source of the music and then he appeared before her; put his hand before her.


    "I owe you a dance, wife." He whispered, a smile blooming on his lips.


    She narrowed her eyes at him. What was he nning now?


    "I do?" She decided to y along and leaned ahead. Two could y a game.


    "Dance with me," he said in a low voice in her ear. She swallowed, his lips almost brushing her ear.


    ''Fine you win. Bloody seducer.''


    "May I have this dance, wife?" He asked again.


    "Sure, husband." She answered him by giving her hand to him.


    John Legend''s beautiful voice was ringing in the room. He curled his hand around her waist and her left hand came to his shoulder. He guided her through the rhythm.


    ''''Cause all of me


    Loves all of you


    Love your curves and all your edges


    All your perfect imperfections."


    His hand wandered around her back; almost caressing it. She could feel his touch through thece.


    She hitched in a breath when she heard his raspy voice. "You looked so beautiful today."


    "Just beautiful?" She managed to appear calm even when ripples were surging in the pit of her stomach.


    "Hmmm?" He smiled into her hair. Someone was fishing forpliments.


    "Miser. Hmmmph." She huffed as swayed in his arms. "I was poked, pricked, and waxed for hours and all I get to hear is '' beautiful ''. I almost regret marrying you."


    Twirl.


    "How many times do I have to tell you


    Even when you''re crying you''re beautiful too


    The world is beating you down, I''m around through every mood.


    You''re my downfall, you''re my muse


    My worst distraction, my rhythm, and blues


    I can''t stop singing, it''s ringing, in my head for you."


    "Nice song." She grumbled and heughed.


    Seemed like heaven was on his side.


    "Look at you, so cute when you are sulking." He teased her.


    "Ouch." She stomped on his foot. "Thank God, you are not wearing those heels."


    "You dared to call me cute?" She red at him."I should have stomped on your feet with my heels."


    Dip.


    He leaned over and kissed her nose.


    And then the song changed.


    Perfect.

 Chapter 77 - Warning

    And suddenly the song changed.


    Perfect.


    Who could win against Ed Sheeran?


    "You are not ying fair." She breathed. The man could defeat Romeo when it came to romance.


    "I never agreed to y fair, wife." He countered. She has to admit for a brief moment that the way, the word ''wife '' intimately rolled off his tongue brought shudders down her spine.


    Well, he was not finished yet.


    "When I saw you in that dress...Looking so beautiful...I don''t deserve this...Darling, you look perfect tonight..." He sang along with the singer while peeking into her soul through her eyes.


    He lowered his pace and she attempted to match, afraid not to step on his feet.


    "God, you took my breath away when I saw you walking down the aisle with your father and grandfather, with that million dors smile on your face," he said, the rough timbre of the voice soothing her stiff back." I was restraining my inner devil not to run and take you right there."


    He pulled her closer, their bodies were almost touching -- so close, she could feel his hot breath against her cheeks.


    "I love that you wore your hair down today." He tucked the strand of her hair behind her ear. He had never seen her hair without an updo or bun. There was something different about her today-- something he couldn''t exactly describe in words.


    "Jesus." She groaned. He''s purposely fiddling with her emotions.


    It was their wedding night for crying out loud. And this man was delighted with a single dance.


    "Patience, wife." He said in a calm tone as if he could read her mind. "Patience is the cure to everything."


    "Unfortunately, you are my only cure now." She countered. Remind her again, why on earth she agreed to marry this smug bastard?


    "You are tired." His tone was teasing.


    "That''s very gentlemanly of you, husband." She hissed.


    "Stop teasing and put us both out of our misery."Seeing he had no intention of doing something that includes clothes on the floor, she stomped on his foot again.


    "Jesus, woman." He groaned."You''ll be damned if you make it fucking easy on me."


    She red at him.


    "Although I love your wedding dress, I would prefer it on the floor." he rasped.


    Finally.


    "Get me out of this troublesome dress." She pulled her hair over her shoulder, exposing the back of the dress.


    "dly." He smirked and began unbuttoning her dress. " I just realized I don''t like your dress. Did you specifically choose the dress to tease me? "


    Sheughed. " Guess."


    She stepped out of the dress with his assistance. He sucked in a breath at the sight in front of him. God, he couldn''t even describe it.


    ( I could have described for my dear readers but what can I do? he is so goddamm possessive over his wife.)


    Fucking divinity.


    "Jie--"


    He swallowed the rest of her sentence with his mouth as he connected it to hers, connecting them with a deep, toe-curling kiss. She opened her mouth to wee his tongue slipping in and roaming in dominance.


    She moaned and circled her arms around his neck. He growled and pulled her closer to him. He dominated her mouth as he owned it. With each lick of his tongue, the pleasure spread through her, dampening the core.


    "You are so fucking infuriating. Anyone ever told you that?"


    "Yeah...you did mention once" She gasped.


    " And you never tried to know the reason?"


    "Hah... does it matter?" She breathed out.


    "No. At least not now."He grunted. " You are so goddamm maddening. But so mine.Just mine. "


    She found herself on her back on the bed and saw him kicking off his pants, disying himself in all his naked glory, and dear God this man was gorgeous.


    He loomed over her, kissed, sucked, and nibbled every nook of her body; as a man starved for food. Instinctively, her ws sank deep into his back.

 Chapter 78 - Assailants

    on the other side...


    Xin Yichen came to look for Ryuu who was staring outside the window with a nk look. When he felt someone''s presence, he turned his head and looked at his father. He evaded his eyes. He couldn''t bring himself to look into his eyes.


    He had taken matters of security into his hands but a mishap still urred. If not for his quick reflexes, his sister would have been shot dead at her own wedding. He not only failed his father but also failed as a brother; which brother cared more about his empire than his sister? Years ago, he had promised his mother that he would always take care of his family but apparently, he failed there too.


    "It was not your fault," Xin Yichen said.


    "Hah..." Ryuu exhaled.


    "You know Ryuu that your sister is not safe anywhere."


    "But it was our sanctuary, father. They crossed the threshold of our sanctuary.Fathom, what else they are willing to do just to annihte Xins?" Keeping his voice even, Ryuu asked.


    "Every monster in this world has a weakness and Zhenyi is ours. Our weakness can always be used against us -- that''s what is happening. He tries again and again to strike our Achilles heels."


    "And you always let them?"


    "Ryuu, Xins has always been on the top of the food chain. This pyramid of power-sharing has not changed for centuries. They are aware of the fact that if they want to be on the top-- the only solution is to remove Xins. And your sister, a woman happen to be my sessor. Women have always been the easy target; vulnerable and weaker than men."


    "Do you know why I hide you in the shadows? You must hate me for it? You should. Because no father hides his child from the world. But I''m a selfish father, my son. I never wanted the world to know about my children. I couldn''t hide Zhenyi and you know why. Had it not for that unfortunate ident, I would have aplete family."


    Hell could freeze a thousand times over before he let anything or anyone destroy his only family left.


    "That was not your fault either, B¨¤. It was an ident. An unfortunate one. It changed our lives forever."


    Shadows or not. He was a Xin and no one could change that.


    "But, that mysterious lunatic is not behind this attack, father," Ryuu said. Xin Yichen knew which mysterious lunatic his son was referring to.


    Sigh.


    "Are you sure?" Xin Yichen asked.


    "It''s certainly not his style. Sending assants to ambush a wedding. He''s anything but impatient and impulsive. The attack on Zhenyi was nned impulsively and recklessly."


    Xin Yichen''s face stiffened after hearing it, but he didn''t show any otheremotionson his face.


    "Who do you think dared to crash such a closed wedding? Especially one where a Xin is marrying a Long?"


    "Especially one where a Xin is marrying a Long..." Ryuu repeated.


    "What do you think about Longs, father?" Ryuu asked after a pause.


    "Can''t be trusted blindly." Ryuu''s brows furrowed at this. Shouldn''t his father marry off his only daughter to someone trusted?


    "Yet you married off your daughter to a Long?"Ryuu couldn''t help but ask.


    "I have my reasons, son."Xin Yichen replied naturally.


    "What about grandfather?"Ryuu asked again.


    "What about him?"Xin Yichen answered with another question, feigning ignorance.


    "You''re an excellent father but a terrible liar," came the amused reply, as if he knew a secret that he was not supposed to.


    "A lie of omission is not a lie."Xin Yichen''s lips twitched but he managed to appear solemn.


    Smartass.


    "If you say so..." A smirk pulled on his face.


    "Your grandfather is sick. We don''t know how much longer he has left."


    "I know."


    "You knew? " Realization crept into Xin Yichen''s mind slowly. His son let them dupe him but clearly, Ryuu outwitted him again. Instead of being upset, Xin Yichen was damm proud.


    "You guys think you can hide such a grave matter from me.I live in shadows, father. You may not see me but I observe everything. And grandfather really thinks he can trap me in his web of words and rtions? I''m not my little sister."


    "That''s your problem son." Xin Yichen was not going to stick between his father and his son. " Report me who was behind the attack as soon as possible. They owe me their blood and bones."


    "Master." A man standing at the door called.


    "We found the identity of the assant.No high-ss sniper just a mercenary from the bikers group. But there is something weird." He informed.


    "What?"Ryuu asked.


    "Longs."


    "What did you say?" This time Xin Yichen asked.


    "Longs are involved."

 Chapter 79 - Unrestored Relationships

    The night sky was clear and peaceful but inside the Long Mansion, the storm was brewing. The Longs who no one dared to trifle with, were disrespected by a mere group of mercenaries and that too at their


    wedding ceremony.


    Moreover, Long Jie''s decision not to reside at Xin mansion was adding more to Long Shaoming''s distress. The mood in Long Shaoming''s room was disconcerting. There was a silent battle going on between Song Lily and her husband. Long Shaoming had just received the call from Xin Mansion, minutes ago and got the shock of his life -- the mere group of mercenaries was somehow connected to his family.


    How mortifying! His pride crumbled down with a single phone call. He had vouched to protect Zhenyi if the engagement was a sess. But she was attacked at her wedding.


    "Don''t y with fire, Lily, if you can''t handle the mes," said Long Shaoming with a straight face but Lily could see his patience was hanging by a thread. But she ignored all the warnings of danger and stepped into the fire.


    "I have no idea what you are talking about," Lily said with an annoyed face. She took the book from the bookshelf and sat on the edge of the bed, pretending to be upied with reading.


    "Oh, you don''t? Then let me break it to you, dear wife," said Long Shaoming sarcastically."What you did today is unforgivable!"


    "What I did? "Lily asked, feigning ignorance. Couldn''t he see she was no longer interested in engaging in this conversation?


    "The way you behaved with your daughter-inw is uneptable, Lily. Today, your eldest son left your house because you were disrespectful to his wife, "Long Shaoming said to his wife. But his wife had no intention of understanding his reason and it was clearly evident on her face.


    "I never asked anyone to do anything, Shaoming. It is his decision and he never asked me. Besides, I will never want to be rtives with a family of criminals." Lily said as she folded the book and looked at her husband.


    "LILY."Long Shaoming shrieked in exasperation.


    "Shout as much as you can, Shaoming. But you can''t change the fact. I would rather die than to ept the woman of that blood as my daughter-inw."Lily said calmly. An aristocratic woman never lost her calm and gentle demeanor.


    It was partly the reason she was not epting Zhenyi as her daughter-inw, though she would never admit it. Besides, he didn''t need to be aware of her reasons.


    "Haah...funny...What were you wearing, Lily? Was it Valentino? And your heels, they were Jimmy choo? Wasn''t it? I buy them for you. We are not as clean as you think. If you don''t remember then let me tell you I afford yourvish lifestyle, your high society friends, and every shopping spree of yours. And earn that money in the same way as Xins do."


    "Don''t try to brainwash me, Shaoming. I can ept anyone but not Xins. Or that woman''s daughter. You mortified my pride today, Shaoming. I looked upon that woman and today you weed her daughter in my family as my son''s wife." How could she ept it? It was such a ridiculous situation. Moreover, sooner orter she would get rid of that lowly woman.


    While her home, herlife, was built on piles of dirty money, she had always been able to say she hadn''t contributed to the equilibrium. She was a woman of aristocratic origin, she would never admit-- they were on the opposite side of thew. But now, everything was pointing towards -- what they exactly were.


    "This is your stupid pride talking," Long Shaoming snickered. How dumb one could be?


    Once a wise man said, ''there''s no such thing as good money or bad money. There''s just money.'' Hence, it didn''t matter where it came from as long as it secured power and status. Longs and Xins had always been on the opposite side of thew.


    "Do you know what''s the difference between us and Xins? We hide our demons behind ourvish exterior but Xins, they are what you see them on the surface. Monsters. In and out."


    "I have a reputation and status to maintain, Shaoming. How can I ept a woman of such origin as my daughter-inw? I know my son, he will leave her sooner orter. Then, I will get him the woman he is destined to. Not from some third-grade criminal family," She said firmly, ignoringmon sense and reason.


    Fortunately,mon sense and reasoning had never been Song Lily''s forte otherwise they would get upset with Song Lily for constantly ignoring them.


    "Naive...."


    Sometimes he wondered if her naivety was her denial, or if she would rather weave tales in her mind than face the brutal reality.


    "I know you were an idiot but today you cleared every lingering doubt of mine. They will murder your son before he even thinks about betraying her. You don''t believe my words?"Long Shaoming was getting tired of her little games. He had always saved her from the shadows because he believed he owed her all these years, but now it was getting too much for him to handle. The woman was hell-bent on destroying her life and everyone else''s associated with her.


    "Do you know Lily why you are unscathed after the stunt you pulled today? No? Then let me tell you because you are my fucking wife. Do you get it?"Long Shaoming yelled at her.


    How arduous was the truth for her to acknowledge? It had been decades now, how long she was nning on harboring the contempt that she had no right harboring in the first ce?


    "And if you believe my father will side with you, then think again? Because he''s just the patriarch of the family in name with no real powers. Your Husband used to control it, but now, it''s your son. The son, you always ignored and discredited."


    If she was delusional enough, she might think Long Yuhan would take her side, and she would be intact after all her little games that she was ying for years now, just because Longs wronged her once and they still owed her, but little did she realized Long Shaoming had settled every debt he owed her at the cost of his own happiness. And now, no one owed her, not even half a cent.


    "You can''t do this to me Shaoming. I am your wife. You can''t talk to me like that." Song Lily yelled hysterically. The aristocratic woman was nowhere in sight.


    "Then for God''s sake behave like one for once in your damm life." He was running out of patience.


    "Shaoming...." He never talked to her like this before. It was happening just because of that Zhenyi. She would never forgive her. She would destroy her life before Zhenyi could touch hers.


    "Lily, there are some things you can''t even imagine exist. I beg you, not to disturb the equilibrium. I spent all my life on this. For peace. Don''t do anything that you will regretter.I may or may not be there to save you." Long Shaoming sighed in frustration as he ran a hand on his face.


    "I don''t care...." She murmured.


    "Well , I don''t care too. I want my son back to his house. To his rightful ce. And I don''t fucking care, how you persuade him to return to Long Mansion! I want my son back. Period." There was no point in reasoning with an absurd woman who was hell-bent on destroying her life.


    "Me? Are you kidding me? What makes you think he will agree to return home? Don''t forget,he is just like you. Stubborn and unreasonable. He never cared about me just like you. And he won''t care for me now too. No matter how much I yell or request." She was Long Jie''s mother in a name. The differences between mother and son were too huge to fill now.


    Ah, Lily was more stupid than he gave her credit for.


    "You brought it upon yourself, Lily. Your temper, your egotism, and selfishness brought it on yourself." Long Shaoming said in disappointment. Partly or perhaps wholly, it was his fault too that they couldn''t restore the rtionship between them and Long Jie.


    "Hah...I brought it on myself? How, my dear camera-perfect husband?Is it my fault,I wanted a perfect son? Is it my fault,your son is the biggest failure and the irradicable stain of your perfect life? " Truly, they were ideal camera perfect couple of Beijing but no one was aware of this fact. Not even their children.


    "LILY."Long Shaoming warned her.


    "Don''t you dare! Don''t you dare call my son that again!"


    Under no circumstances would he let her belittle his son. Wife or not. Didn''t even matter how hisplicated his rtion was with his son.


    *****


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 Chapter 80 - TITLE IS A SPOILER

    (Warning: The chapter contains R-18 scenes. Though the novel has an R-18 tag, I still hope you have noticed that. So, if any of you is underaged for all this adult content, skip it. Thank you.)


    Once upon a time, there was a lonely little girl who was yed when she was at the age of ying with dolls, and had no real friends and thought she would spend all her life alone until a prince charming knocked at her door and swept her off her feet.


    But the princess charming was unlike all the tales she had heard.


    The prince charming in stories was sweet, loving, kind but most of all charming.


    But her prince charming was demanding, maniptive, and infuriating arrogant, but most of all bossy and irritating.


    All the negative qualities she should have stayed away from. Then again, who could stay away from vices?


    But could that prince charming kiss like hers? Like he was starving. Like she was a visceral need. Like she was the center of his goddamm life. Like she was a goddess meant to be cherished with his lips. Like she was the means and the end in itself. Like...she would slip off his hands if he didn''t drink thest drop of pleasure of her lips.


    The kiss was raw as the emotions in her eyes, burning as theva pouring out of a volcano and passionate as a poet writing sos for his beloved.


    This was how she took all the sense out of him. She was maddening but her body was the nectar, so pious, so his, that he couldn''t get enough of her. Her body was made only for him. To feast. To savor. To worship.


    If her core had a rhythm it would match the thud-thud of her heart. So sensitive that one touch from him, and there would be nothing but her undoing. Nheless, it was a gorgeous rhythm.


    He trailed kisses all over her body from her mouth to his neck, from her stomach to her belly button, and atst her core. Sucking on her, licking every inch of her, his tongue going in her, she trembled and he gripped her thighs even harder once he positioned his mouth between the source of holy nectar.


    Her moans only made him want to suck even harder. To see how wet she could be. To hear how loud she''d cry out.


    "Oh!...Oh!¡­oh my God!" She shivered beforeing for him, her cheeks were crimson and her eyes blurry with tears of pleasure. This was something she had craved, needed, and it did not take long for him to give exactly what she was craving and needing. She screamed out his name as the pleasure build inside her, her hands gripping his shoulders tightly, nails digging into his skin and she was sure it would leave marks afterward.


    He moved up to her neck as he trailed kisses and bites from down to up, and she hissed when he bit and sucked at the skin there. His erection was hard as a stone against her soft skin. His gray eyes were voraciously darkened with desire.


    "What have you done to me, Cat eyes?" He whispered as he loomed over her to adjust himself within her. If desire could kill, he would dly choose to die by desiring of her.


    "The same thing you have done to me," she whispered back and connected her lips to his as he slid inside her with a thrust.


    He whispered something about her being ready, wet and hot for him but she was too high on him to hear. She didn''t realize how and when she matched his pace and thrusts. There was no shame. No responsibilities. No danger. Just pleasure. And him.


    Noises she had no control over escaped her mouth. Her cheeks were scarlet but with want not shame. But to him, her noises were a beautiful melody even if the noises were raw and ugly.


    The more she responded to him, the more he seemed to want her. Whenever she made noises, he would growl with her, suck and bite her.


    His thrusts became harder and faster, almost maddening her. Pumping in and out of her.


    "Say, you''re mine." He grunted.


    "Ah... " He thrust even harder.


    "Say it... Cat eyes... " Lord, he didn''t know what possessed him at that moment, but he wanted to hear from his mouth that she was his. He wanted to hear her calling her - - his from the moment he hadid his eyes on her.


    "I."Thrust."am."Thrust."Yours."Thrust."Jie." And herst word unleashed a starving wild animal who wouldn''t, couldn''t stop until he devoured her.


    The thrusts didn''t stop but he went even deeper, making noise that belonged to a growling tiger. She cried out in response but he didn''t stop.


    "You belong to me." He breathed out.


    "I do." She moaned out.


    "Just like you do to me."


    He was about to go at a steady pace, but then he hit her hard when he heard her bossing him on the bed-- his territory. She could boss him around all she wanted but once she was beneath him, he was the boss.


    She screamed out, wrapping her legs around him, wanting to keep the feeling of thrusting as close as possible. The feeling was magical. Heavenly. Perhaps, otherworldly too.


    But did she care? No, only a fool would care and she was never a fool. Right?


    Instinct urged him to go slower. Tonight was about being unhurried and making love to his wife for the first time. But the yearning to move faster and rough won at the end.


    He looked at her face as the light illuminated her eyes. He insisted on making love with lights on unlike thest time.


    Something warm and fuzzy rang in his chest when he heard her whispering his name again and again. He would be lying if he said it was not a piece of music to his ears.


    She whispered his name onest time, but this having a hard time finding her breath as he spilled himself inside of her at the same time she came around him again.


    In the end, he was unable to contain the groan in his chest because the pleasure ofing inside of her was too maddening.


    After that, he closed his eyes as he pulled her close to him to feel his beating heart and snaked his arms around her waist. She rested her head on his chest, the rhythm of his beating heart wasforting, calming, and even hypnotic.


    If euphoria was a ce on earth, it would be his arms.


    ********


    On the other side.


    "LILY." Long Shaoming warned her


    ."Don''t you dare! Don''t you dare call my son that again!"


    Under no circumstances would he let her belittle his son. Wife or not. Didn''t even matter howplicated his rtionship was with his son.


    "Why, Shaoming? Why? Aren''t you afraid that people will talk that the son you are quite proud of, is not perfect? An imperfect Long. An inept son.The terrible failure of our lives. He will be your damnation, Shaoming. Mark my words." Song Lily was walking on thin ice but what was profit without the risk? And she would do anything to eliminate Long Jie and his wife from their perfect lives.


    The Song Lily his father chose for his son to be his bride, sang praises of her who, ording to him, was one of the kindest women on this.


    When, in fact, she was a rotten and despicable from the inside out, a greedy monster who feasted on the suffering of her others and did everything to attain what she held dear to herself without caring for the consequences.


    "You still have time, Shaoming. Listen to dad once. Long Jie is not capable of leading the family. If you don''t want Yuan to be the head, you can also choose Wei. He is --"


    "You never fail to amaze me, Lily. Never. You proved me right again. Greedy woman."Long Shaoming looked at her in disdain.


    Silence.


    "Just onest question-- What happened during those years, Lily? What changed my son? What shaped him into the man he is today?" Long Shaomimg asked his wife with conflicting emotions. If he was not so immersed in capturing power in his hands, at least his son wouldn''t have such a shitty childhood.


    He had been asking her the same question for years now but one thing hadn''t changed till now-- her silence on the subject. She would never answer no matter what.


    Closing his eyes, he could still see the tattered condition of Long Jie when he came back years ago. It was the most horrifying scene for him and perhaps the most unforgettable one too.


    "You don''t have answers again? Do you?" He asked her again. How long he had to wait for answers? he wanted to ask her but he didn''t because he knew it would be useless.


    "Fine." He exhaled.


    "I want my son back in my house with his new bride. Until then, your cards are frozen and you are not allowed to step out of the threshold of this house without my permission."


    He announced and left the room leaving his guilty wife behind. He was noting back tonight to her and it was evident. Anyways, it was not the first time.


    [PS: I know none of you skipped the steamy part. Make sure your parents don''t scold me for spoiling their innocent kids. Huh, you are wee too ]

 Chapter 81 - Love Bites And Remedy?

    The next morning Long Jie was woken up by the sunlight streaming through the windows like Heaven was descending upon the earth. Someone had pulled out the curtains. And he had a clear idea, who this someone was.


    Reaching toward the other side of the bed and feeling nothing but empty sheets, a panic stirred in his heart. The opening and closing of drawers sent an instant rush of relief through him.


    "Ugh¡­.this is me? Where the hell is my phone?" Zhenyi was standing in her robe, in front of the mirror, examining the bluish marks on her neck, breast, and so on.


    She checked out the drawers hoping he had put her phone there. Not that she was snooping. No, she definitely was not spying on his stuff. Even, if she was, it would be justified, given she was his wife now.


    She was looking for her phone to ask Bingbing how to get rid of these¡­. artwork.


    Shit.


    Phone.


    Where the heck was her phone?She found her phone near the couch on the floor.''How did it end up here?'' She thought.


    Nevermind, she picked up the phone and dialed Fan Bingbing''s number.


    "Zhenyi."


    The deep voice calling her name wasn''t Fan Bingbing''s The amused and drowse voice didn''t belong to her either.


    Long Jie was curious as to see as what on earth she was doing early in the morning. She had been talking to herself for thest thirty minutes.


    "Zhenyi?" He called out again.


    Huh¡­


    He rolled out of the bed to see what his crazy wife was doing. He patted her shoulder to draw her attention.


    "Wife?"He said cautiously.


    The sunlight dawned on her while she stood in front of the mirror, wearing one of his robes that was a littlerger on thin her frame. Her messy ck hair trailed down her back, and, Lord knew how he grew warm at the sight. He wished to wake up to the very sight each day. Well, minus -- leaving him alone on the bed.


    "Go away," came a frustrated groan.


    "What are you doing here?"He asked as his eyes darted towards the mirror, then her, and finally on the phone.


    "Sorry to remind you but we got married yesterday." She said, sarcasm touching her voice.


    "You don''t remember?"She added after seeing he had no intention of engaging in the verbal battle with her. Long Jie sighed inwardly. He was aware of her little game but unfortunately, there would not be any battle. Atleast for now.


    "Aiya! I almost got killed while marrying you and here you don''t even remember it. All my hard work went to waste." She dramatically sobbed.


    "Are you done?" Long jie leaned in and narrowed his gray eyes at her. He had wanted a wife and got a damm heart attack waiting to happen.


    "What?" She blinked at her husband.


    " The profile doesn''t mention my wife is a fan of dramas too," He said and folded his arms on his chest.


    "Profile?" Her mouth falls open. Did he receive a profile on her? Shit. Of course, he did.


    "Yes, the one I received holding information on you." He easily replied. She was not the only one who received a profile on her future spouse.


    "Like hell, you received the file on me," she respond with her standard short temper, even though she knew he was not joking.


    "You didn''t?"She asked again. She waited for him to say something, but was answered with his unusual silence.


    "You have a file on me? Unbelievable. It is the vition of my privacy."She exploded with rage.


    "Very funny. I am aware, you certainly have one of the same files on each of my family members."


    Henguidly said. But inwardly he was astonished by her sudden rage. What secrets was she harboring from him? Was there something she didn''t wish to tell him? Most importantly, why the hell he was so restless?


    "Whatever." She harrumphed. She seemed like a hypocrite. After a pause, she asked again."What did you discover about me in that profile?"


    "Very useful information. Where you went to school, your favorite color, which shoe brand you like, or what your shoe number is," he answered honestly but derision was naked in his voice.


    For heaven''s sake, he didn''t even find her picture in the damm profile. It did not really matter at that time what her profile said. She was wealthy, and most importantly a Xin. That was all that was important. He knew his father was hoping that by getting him that information, he would warm to the idea and just purblindly agree. But what surprised them both was the profile itself. Though Long Jie was irritated because of the content of the profile it amused him too. No one ever yed with his father the way Xin Yichen did. And it was so damm amusing. But if he had found her photograph before, he wouldn''t be restless for days because of a certain ''heterochromatic cat-eyed woman.''


    "Hahaha...I love my B¨¤. FYI, I never went to school or college. I was homeschooled." She chuckled. Cao Kung was right, her father was truly very petty when it came to his children. But the way he yed Longs? Mindblowing.


    "So, the file was a faux?"Long Jie asked in disbelief.


    "Indeed."She replied nonchntly as if it was a general thing to do.


    "By the way, what were you doing here?" He asked once he remembered why he approached her in the first ce.


    "Told you I married you yesterday."She replied casually.


    "Huh¡­.what the hell are you doing here in front of the mirror? And allow me to add, talking to yourself early in the morning." He asked as her again. Which sane person talked to herself in the mirror?


    "You have the audacity to ask me? Look at this." She pointed at her neck.


    " How am I supposed to get rid of your handiwork?"He would be lying to himself if he said he didn''t feel proud of his handiwork-- correction ''teeth work'' when he saw bluish marks on her neck. Also, he had a sudden urge to nibble the non-blue area.


    But now it was urgent to remove the marks otherwise she would kick him out of his bed and he can''t afford it now. Especially, when they were still in the honeymoon period.


    "Give me your phone, " He said.


    "Why?" She asked in confusion.


    "You talk too much." He pecked her lips to shut her up and took her phone to search for the remedy of love bites on the Inte.


    ''How to remove love bite marks instantly?'' He typed on the search engine and within seconds lots of pages and tabs opened.


    He smiled. "Here."


    "Mmmm... Why do I feel you have a lot of experience in this regard?" She muttered to herself while reading the content on the phone.


    "And why do I feel someone is jealous?"He asked her as he took a step in her direction.


    She harrumphed. Jealous? Why she would be jealous of someone?


    "Whatever. Your past is none of my business. To me, your past doesn''t matter neither does your future. But what matters to me -- is your present. Our present. I don''t care how many women you had in your past. I won''t even ask you. But now there has to be only one woman. Just me. I can tolerate anything but infidelity."


    "Come here." He said calmly, though his heart was in unrest. How could she say something so nonchntly and expect him to behave casually?


    When he heard her saying that his past didn''t matter to her. He had a sudden urge to pull her into his arm and so he did. He grabbed her phone and put it on the table.


    "Leave it for now."


    Never had someone said so soothing words to him -- his past didn''t matter. What else he wanted from life?


    "I can''t say that there was no one before you but I promise there will be only one woman till the end of my life."He said sincerely as he kissed her hair."You."


    "Kill me before I cheat on you. I told you if I fuck up again, just sh my throat." He said again, breathing her scent.


    "God, you smell so good. It''s my favorite fragrance in the whole wide world now." And just like this, he changed the course of the conversation again.


    "What do I smell like?" She smiled in his arms. Seeing he had no intention of engaging in the previous conversation, she let him divert the course of conversation.


    She was touched by his honesty and sincerity. Maybe, it was always what she needed.''


    And please God don''t take it away from me'' she prayed in the heart.


    He contemted for a minute before speaking, "Like mine."


    "Never knew you were so cheesy." She snickered at his response. This was perfect. At least for now.


    "Me neither."He rasped as he rested his head in the crook of her neck.


    Understanding hit him. This was his life now. She was life. And it was perfect.He hoped that his past remain buried wherever it was. Because he couldn''t afford to lose the only precious thing of his life to the ghosts of his past.


    "So." He said after some time to divert his attention to the most beautiful woman in his arms. He wouldn''t let his past take anymore from him than it had already taken. And certainly not her.


    "So?"She asked feigning ignorance, but in reality, she had to bite her cheek to hold in a smile because she knew where he was getting at---her favorite part. And which sane woman could keep her hands off this gorgeous man?


    "What''s next?" He asked. Only if he knew the thoughts running in her head.


    "I think I have an idea."Zhenyi giggled as she wriggled in his arms to face him.


    "Really?"Funny both of them didn''t even realize why they rolled out of bed in the first ce when they were ending up there again.


    She nodded.


    "Does your idea involves you naked?" He asked mischievously.


    "It definitely does.".

 Chapter 82 - To Build A Home With You.

    The mansion where Zhenyi and Long Jie were living after their marriage was a piece of art even though it was not as grand as the vintage Xin Mansion or as the majestic Long Mansion but it had a very unique beauty of its own.


    From the Oak trees to the imported rare flower pots scattered all over the ce, it was a surreal sight to behold; too magical to be true. Looked like magic entered her life with the arrival of Long Jie. Such an absurd thought but what was the harm in keeping the thought to herself?


    Earlier she thought she saw a greenhouse in the distance but then she assumed, she was definitely mistaken. Then again, the curious Zhenyi she was, she couldn''t keep it to herself and asked Long Jie if it was a real greenhouse or her imagination. He hadughed at her reaction. Afterughing for a good minute, he told her it was very much real as her but she couldn''t believe it.


    Later, he took her for a tour of the property. The greenhouse was still a work in progress. But she could imagine, how beautiful and marvelous it would look after thepletion of the renovations. Watching the different varieties of nts in the garden, she asked him if he was anyhow interested in nts and flowers. But the answer she received shocked and enthralled her to the core.


    "Hardly, wife," Long Jie replied when his wife asked him if he was interested in nts and flowers.


    "Then, why the greenhouse?" She asked him as shematched his pace. He was giving her a tour of the property.


    Earlier in the morning when she woke up and nced out of the window, her fascinated stares let out him the certainty that his wife had an intention of exploring the property. Yesterday, they did explore too but none of the explorations involved the mansion and the property surrounding it. True to his words, Long Jie spent the entire wedding night, the day after that, andter the night inside his wife, who was pleased and more than willing to cooperate with her husband in his little exploration whichsted more than thirty-six hours. Not that she minded but her organs were exhausted and crying for rest but her heart still brooding as it didn''t get what it desired. Again.


    Long Jie looked at his wife and recalled that she hadasked him a question.


    "I saw the majestic garden of Xin mansion and thought you may adore one here too. Besides, I want you to feelfortable and homey here. Do you like it, wife?"


    Her jaw dropped at his reply. She didn''t know whether to be delighted or open his brain to check how it actually functioned.


    Life is always full of surprises. Isn''t it? One moment, it gives you a lifelong unheble wound and another moment, it gives you the biggest blessing you never asked for. Heck, you didn''t even dare to imagine.


    Zhenyi had vowed never to marry the man walking beside her. As Xin Yichen had said she was blinded by hate and it was the reason which was clouding her judgment. She had assured herself that his lips that were not only perfectly kissable but equally deceiving could never keep a promise muchless than the vows; the sacred vows which bound them in this holy matrimony. But never in her wildest dreams, she had imagined to build a harmonious home with him. Heck, she couldn''t even fathom the idea of sharing the same roof with him.


    But they said what was life if we were never mistaken? What was life if we were always right? What was life if there were no incidental but crucial rtionships? And what were the rtionships if there were no mutual efforts?


    They said ''if the feelings are mutual, the efforts will be equal.''But sometimes feelings are not all about love. It could be friendship, loyalty,mitment, dedication, and maybe obligation but most of all trust. Perhaps, that was the reason Long Jie was embarking on a voyage of building a rtionship with his wife.


    For instance, Long Jie''s attempt to make herfortable in their new home by creating something he thought she adored. And how right he was for building the greenhouse and the beautiful garden.


    Because if there was one thing she loved about Xin mansion in China, it was its garden. She was tended by her mother herself. Though she didn''t remember her mother, a child still needed her mother no matter how old she was. The garden was a ce where she could find her mother even in the soil of the garden. Or maybe, just like her mother, she shared the same affection for nts and gardens.


    After the tour of the house, he introduced Zhenyi to the housekeeper and the staff employed by him. He wanted to make sure she wasfortable with the staff otherwise she could make changes as she deemed fit.


    The housekeeper was a dainty woman in her mid-fifties. She had this kind aura of a sweet and sensible woman. She shook her head at Long Jie as if he was a kid who was showing off his newest toy to everyone else who couldn''t have it. Although the housekeeper was greeted and bowed politely, Zhenyi could tell she was one of those who hardly listened and obeyed all the orders. The houskeeper''s gaze lingered on Zhenyi for a moment and in her eyes, Zhenyi could she approval as she gave Long Jie a Well-done smile. Compared to most of the butlers/ housekeepers Zhenyi had seen, she could tell this one had no fear and frigid posture indicating that wherever or whatever she worked, she wasfortable.


    "Congrattions, Young Madam and Young Master on your wedding," the housekeeper Xie Qian smiled kindly yet politely. And for once in her life, Zhenyi was not wary of a stranger. If Long Jie trusted her, she could do too unless she messed it up. But Zhenyi had a feeling that she wouldn''t.


    "Thank you, Mrs. Xie," Long Jie replied and Zhenyi nodded with a slight smile. She was never a fan of speakng too many words.


    "Excuse me for a moment," Long Jie said to Zhenyi and went in to pick up his ringing cell, leaving the two woman alone. Ever heard never leave two women alone? Did you know why? If not, then observe it yourself.


    "How long have you worked for the Long family?" Zhenyi asked Xie Qian as she saw her husband on the call through the mirror.


    The housekeeper furrowed her brows in confusion as ifshe was not expecting this question from Zhenyi. Nheless, she maintained a polite smile on her face.


    "I''m sorry if I caught you off-guard," Zhenyi said when she noticed the other woman''s conflicted emotions.


    "No, actually I work exclusively for Young master. I worked for the Long family once upon a time. Well, it has been years, madam," the housekeeper replied and Zhenyi could feel there was the story behind it but she didn''t pry for more information as it didn''t concern her.


    Zhenyi didn''t ask her further about the matter and the housekeeper informed her of other important subjects and Zhenyi listened carefully.


    Someone had rightly said if you want a peaceful household to be friends with the housekeeper.


    "It is a beautiful ce," Zhenyi said as a butterfly perched on the flower blooming in the pot before her eyes. She had to admit her husband chose a beautiful and out worldly ce to spend their time together.


    "Indeed, Young Master specially renovated this property for you. Since he decided to live here after thewedding," the housekeeper said as she followed Zhenyi''s gaze. She liked the new mistress of the house. She was cold but fair. Such a perfect match for Young Master.


    "Wait. I thought we are here for the honeymoon only?" Zhenyi asked her as confusion marred her perfect brows. Just as she thought everything was going perfect as a dream one or the other things were always ready to shatter her perfect dreams.


    "Umm...we we''re informed to make preparations for your arrival. I suppose Young Master insists on living here permanently." The housekeeper informedZhenyi to ease her confusion. But now the housekeeper was more confused than Zhenyi. She was worried if she had said something wrong that shouldn''t be said in the first ce. Everyone working for Longs knew of their obsession with secrets and mysteries. The family was a dark pandora box that intrigued no one to open and uncover its paradoxes but instead, it scared them of the consequences afterward.


    "And when does he inform you?" Zhenyi asked the other woman but she had a hunch that whatever the answer was it was going to unset and undo the progress they had made in their rtionship since day one.


    "A few weeks ago. Or to be more exact the day after your engagement." Her answer proved every doubt of Zhenyi right.


    Thousands of thoughts were running in her mind but she didn''t want to act rashly this time because she knew patience was the key to all her doubts. Sadly enough patience was one of the many virtues Zhenyi didn''t possess.

 Chapter 83 - Zhenyis Predicament

    Zhenyi followed Mrs.Xie inside the foyer of their new home correction --- house, since Long Jie had no intention of dropping the home- bomb anytime soon, she was not going to call this ce her home either, but it didn''t mean she wouldn''t ask him on the behalf of her broken and shattered dreams, she had just sewed in the morning.


    Mrs. Xie took her to the dining room where her soon to be the dead husband or very soon to be ex-husband was waiting for her for breakfast like he had not given her enough of the bullshit to swallow in the early morning after his call with God knew who ended after several long minutes which felt like infinity to her.


    Long Jie smiled at his wife when he saw her approaching the dining table with Mrs. Xie. He stood up and pulled a chair next to his for her.


    Lord, the man had the audacity to smile and disy chivalry after feeding her bullshit for days. How badly she wanted to dump the food on this head!


    It wouldn''t be a big deal for any married couple to live separately from their family after marriage but it was for her and them. Because Long Jie would be upying Long Shaoming''s ce as the head of the n anytime soon as he had fulfilled the only condition they hadid down before himby marrying her.


    It was as important for the head of the family to live at the family residence as it was for the King to live at his pce to rule his people. Though Long Jie was no king he was no less than one either.


    Servants came and served Zhenyi and Long Jie their breakfast.


    Her gaze swept across the table and much to her surprise all the delicacies were either ording to her taste or her favorites and she wondered what he did or offered to bribe her father to get the information, and not to forget how petty Xin Yichen truly was.


    "Is breakfast not up to your liking? "Long Jie asked his wife with a frown when he saw her constantly staring at the knife and fork in front of her. Surprisingly, he had thought if she was still nning on murdering him.


    Nevertheless, he didn''t wish to die with knives and forks, it was not up to his mighty standards of death. Of course, Longs had standards of expiration too.


    "No, the food is fine. Thank you," She replied with her standard business-like smile. She wanted to stab his face with the fork and tell him it was him and his bullshit that she didn''t like but it would be a waste of such a handsome face.


    However, Zhenyi kept her thoughts to herself and took a bite. Even though the food was up to her liking, she could not swallow it as she reminisced the conversation she had in the garden with Mrs. Xie. On the other hand, Long Jie heartily savored the food oblivious to the storm of doubts and mistrusts brewing in Zhenyi''s mind and heart.Long Jie was delighted as for the first time he was having breakfast with his wife and only he knew what he had to trade with his miser father-inw to get the list of her likings and dislikings.


    "Do you like the ce?"Long Jie asked cautiously.


    Zhenyi nodded as she took a sip of her coffee. " The ce is quite beautiful."Even if Zhenyi was upset she didn''t let him know her predicament. If there was one thing Zhenyi was genius at, it faking nonchnce as if what others did to her didn''t matter at all. To the world, she was insensitive, apathetic, and cruel. It was like others thatdidn''t deserve her emotions!


    Long Jie left his chair and went near her. He circled her arms around her and rested his chin on her head.


    Zhenyi felt his arms touching her, she didn''t respond and let him do whatever he was doing.


    "God, I missed you," Long Jie said breathing her scent. He had formed a habit of breathing her scent whenever she was near. It smelled like sce, her and home.


    "You missed me?" Zhenyi asked in confusion. " I haven''t left your side even for a minute."


    "You didn''t but I did wife," said Long Jie with a mischievous smile on his face but unfortunately it was not apparent to Zhenyi.


    "I left your side for more than ten minutes. Shouldn''t I bepensated for my loss?"


    " And what you need---"


    Before Zhenyi couldplete her sentence he twirled her chair to face him and connected his lips to hers. She tasted bitter and sweet. He could smell coffee on her breath. Zhenyi opened her mouth to remind him of their surroundings but he took advantage of the moment to enter her mouth. Ignoring themon sense and surrounding she let herself immersed in the kiss and her hands went to his hair. The dilemmas could go to damm but right now she needed this. Long Jie broke the kiss after several minutes and then pecked her lips, leaving Zhenyi gasping for a air.


    "Now I feel better," said Long Jie with a grin and Zhenyi rolled her eyes in return.


    Shameless.


    And a liar too.


    "You are impossible!" Zhenyi grunted in response.


    Long Jie saw that she had finished her breakfast and then decided to break out their itinerary for the evening.


    Earlier, he got a call from his father who ordered him toe back to Long Mansion but Long Jie had no intention of obeying it. The days had passed like autumn passed before the arrival of spring, when he used to obey what he ordered. New season, new hope. New King, newws. Wasn''t it how it had always been for centuries?


    No matter how much his father persuaded him, there was no way he was going to live with his bride at the Mansion. He loathed the ce to the essence of being a Long, and there was no way he would taint his new life with his past''s awful memories and reminisces.


    They could have Long Mansion all they want he didn''t even wish to have a single brick of the horrible ce. Only Lord knew how much he wanted to set fire to his childhood home and see it burning into ashes with his naked eyes.


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 Chapter 84 - Unanswered Questions!

    Now the question was how to break it out to Zhenyi that they would be living here from now on without telling her the actual reasons for his sudden decision? To be honest, it was not a sudden decision, it was his desire to stay away from his family or that ce. He had to muster up the courage to tell her of his decision. But he was afraid of her questions. Questions which he couldn''t answer. Questions he didn''t want to answer. Questions that could never be answered.


    He would do what he could but there was a problem -- what if these unanswered questions shook the very foundation of their marriage? It hadn''t been three days since they had found amon ground. Three days since their truce. Did he want to undo the progress they had made?


    He didn''t want to but he had tobecause he would always choose not to answer those questions over anything. He would never be able to bear their reactions after the disclosure of truth. Most importantly, her reaction.


    Therefore, he made the decision to fuck up again if it meant to remain silent. Because he trust her. He had faith in her that she would save their marriage at any cost even if he fucked up. Because she had made the vow. And there was nothing truer, more real than her vows. Not even mother nature itself.


    But what LongJie didn''t realize was that lies and secrets were more like cancer in the rtionships. The type of cancer which ate away the good and left behind nothing but the destruction itself. Secrets and lies like that, at some point, became irrelevant. But the fact that one kept it did not.


    "Father called he expects us to attend the family dinner," Long Jie finally decided to inform his wife. Only he knew much he didn''t want to attend the so-called family gatherings.


    "When?" Zhenyi asked him looking at a particr painting in front of her. Such a peculiar painting to hang in the dining room. However, she didn''t ask him.


    "Tonight," Long Jie said as his gaze followed hers and stopped on the painting. He stepped in front of her to halt her view."My grandmother will present at the dinner tonight. She was not able to attend our wedding. Therefore, she is here to give us her blessing." Long Jie added.


    Surprisingly, Zhenyi had not heard of Long Jie''s grandmother. Even the profile she received on Longs didn''t mention his grandmother. Hence, she was oddly curious about this member of the Long family.


    "Don''t worry, she will certainly like you," Long said when he noticed her unusual quietness.


    "Even if she doesn''t like me it will not change the fact that she is your grandmother. Besides, whether she approves of me or not it''s none of my business," Zhenyi said with a small smile. It was not her duty to make anyone else like her.


    "I know but that''s not what I mean." Long Jie let out a sigh."It will not change the fact that she is my grandmother but it doesn''t mean you have to see her frequently. She seldom lives at the Long mansion and often she stays out of Beijing."


    "And your grandfather?" asked Zhenyi.


    "Helives Long mansion often," Long Jie said with a grimace. "My grandmother and grandfather do not share a cordial rtionship. If not for the sake that they had a political marriage, they would have been divorced decades ago."


    "Your family is even more messed up than I have previously thought," Zhenyi replied with a bitter chuckle. She was aware of the fact that there was no divorce in their marriage. But what if they couldn''t solve their problems would their marriage suffer the same fate as other Long couples?


    "Indeed." Long Jie replied with a single word. His family was not messed up, it was twisted beyond repair. Only if she knew of the monsters that reside in that family.


    "Jie." Zhenyi suddenly called his name. She couldn''t keep her thoughts only to himself. She gave him enough time toe clean but he didn''t. However, the strange emotions that cast his face whenever he talked about his family were unsettling to her.


    "Hmmm?"


    "Why are we not living at the Long mansion with your family?" Zhenyi asked meeting his gaze. She pressed on the word family to see as to what his reaction was.


    "Why, you do not like here? " Long Jie tensed up."If you do not like this estate, I can arrange another one of your taste. You just have to inform me and I will make the arrangements soon."


    ''Huh...You still wouldn''te clean! What are you hiding from me, Jie? '' Zhenyi said in her heart.


    Zhenyi shook her head. "It is not what I mean. Why are we not living with your family at your home? Your real home, Jie." Zhenyi again pressed on the words family and home. She knew she was ying with fire. But if it meant she would get her answers, she didn''t it.


    "It is my home, wife, with you. The real home" answered Long Jie sincerely but it was not the answer Zhenyi was anticipating.


    "Okay. Nowtell me why do you insist on marrying within two days?" Zhenyi dropped that topic temporarily. She was hoping to ask him the reason for the sudden prepone of their wedding. He had beseeched her not to ask any question till their wedding.


    "A man can not escape temptation. And you my dear wife is a walking and talking juxtaposition of temptation."


    "Jie, I expect answers. The real ones." Zhenyi groanedin exasperation.


    "I''m answering your questions, wife with real answers." Long Jie said with a stress on the word ''real'' much to her annoyance.


    "Goddamit, Jie."


    "I''m no fool, husband. I can see you are hiding something from me. Did not you say we were equal in this marriage thing? So forgive me husband if I demand answers which I certainly deserve, "said Zhenyi in frustration.


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 Chapter 85 - Past And Scars

    If only you knew your worth is not


    determined by the way your past shaped you,


    leaving these unseen scars on your soul."


    (Past and scars.)


    ---Zhenyi.


    ---


    "You asked me to marry you on such short notice. I did. You asked me not to question you until marriage. I agreed. I almost died on the wedding day. I let it pass. After the wedding, you asked me to follow you to God knows which secluded part of the city. I did without raising any question," She said, now daring him. "But now I expect an exnation of your actions and decisions, which I believe I truly deserve ."


    She was his wife for heaven''s sake!


    "I''m your godddamm wife, Jie, not your assistant who is getting paid to obey your dumb ass." Seeing that he was looking out of the window instead of replying to her, she yelled in frustration.


    Zhenyuwas certain Long Jie was hiding behind his calm facade, that he was not what he showed the world. The maniptive jerk, the arrogant asshole, and the cold-blooded bastard were not the real him. The real him was concealing himself beneath the variousyers he had formed; allowing no one to dig what was there.


    But curiosity got the best of her like always.


    Zhenyihad made it her mission to peel off hisyers, just to find him; the real him. She had no interest in revealing the world his real parts; the chared parts; the sacred parts. It was only for her eyes to see; to observe; to caress.


    "As a wife, it is your duty to follow your husband in sickness and health, " Long Jie took a deep breath as he looked out of the window."And as for why I haven''t taken you to Long Mansion? It is merely because of the fact that my grandfather and mother are not a big fan of you, my dear wife. Therefore, as a head of the family, isn''t it my duty to maintain peace in my home? This is why, I decided to live with you here at this mansion," Long Jie said in a very calm tone but Zhenyi could see mocking in his tone. But it was not clear to Zhenyi who this mocking was for.


    Long Jie''s word hit her heart. Even though his back was facing her, she could tell, he deliberately said the hurtful remarks.


    "What did you say?" Zhenyi asked him again as if she had misunderstood the meaning of his words even when in her heart she knew she had not misinterpreted his words. But a girl could hope. Right?


    "You heard me loud and clear, wife."Long Jie said without bothering to turn around.


    Zhenyi heard a loud cracking voice. It was the voice ofbreaking trust and perhaps, her heart''s too.


    " Good...God... This is sickening. I am such an idiot. I really thought you mean it when you proposed a truce. But you clearly took advantage of my trust again. Didn''t you?... Why am I such a goddam idiot?" Zhenyi wiped her hand on her face in exasperation.


    Was she not even worth his respect? Did he forget the promises he made? Did he remember he had asked her to kill him before he messes up again? Or were those just his words of deception?


    "What can you expect of a woman? Hmm..? You keep on trusting me like a good docile wife that you are, and I keep on taking advantage of your trust like a big badass wolf that I''m."Long Jie turned and faced her, a mocking smile to infuriate Zhenyi was ying on his lips.


    Long Jie had pressed on her sore never and he knew it too. She hated when somebody judge her on the basis of her gender and he just took advantage of this fact to rile her up. He could deal with the angry Zhenyi but calm Zhenyi? He couldn''t.


    "You are a big fucking cheat, Long Jie," Zhenyi said searching his face for clues, but there was not any. Either he was very good at acting or he was truly a cheat.


    However, Long Jie seeded in rising her temper.


    "Ah, baby toote, you married the cheat. And do you know what? Only a cheat marries another cheat."


    A bitterugh escaped Zhenyi. Her husband was calling her a cheat now. How did it get worse than that?


    "I never imed to be a saint either, husband. I was never a saint and will never be one. But you, Long Jie, you are a goddam liar. What did you say '' honesty and transparency ''? Well, where the heck is honesty and transparency in your case?" Her throat tightened as she thought back to what he said once.


    ''Let''s be honest with each other because it''s us who have to spend the rest of our lives together.''


    ''A truce''


    ''I don''t want you to hate me again. Give us a chance for something real this time. Real rtionship, real marriage, and maybe friendship.''


    These words that had fucked Zhenyi over.


    Zhenyi was not a good woman, and she never imed to be otherwise. However, she had learned at a young change that the world was not made of white and ck only. Somethings were categorized into ck and some into white, but no one had ever mentioned the grey areas; the greys where we spent the majority of our lives trying to fit it back into the equation of ck and white. Grey zones were deceptive, shunned, and irrevocable. Grey zones-- a transitional zone between good and bad. Grey zones -- the third possibility of seeing the world.


    Just like the ckness and whiteness of the world, Long Jie was disregarding the third possibility. He was of the view that Zhenyi would either pity him or be disgusted by him. But the third possibility, the slightest one,was that perhaps, Zhenyi woulde to love his scars; the scars he found sickening and guing.


    A grey zone again.


    "Aren''t you funny, wife? I''m here being transparent and honest all you want but yet you are not trusting my words, "Long Jie lied.


    If he waspletely honest, she would ask more questions, more questions would lead to some more and some more would lead to the forbidden territory.


    "What secrets are you harboring, Jie? What is so important to you that you will rather keep them than save your marriage? Am I not worthy of asking for what I deserve to know ?" Zhenyi asked as she stood in front of him and started into his eyes but he turned his eyes from hers. In the split moment when her eyes met his grays, he saw the hurt and ache.


    Zhenyi was right that she was entitled to the answers, but did he not deserve the peace and sce he had found in her after years of wandering alone?


    "Okay, I get it. You don''t want to answer my questions. I will never ask you again. Heck, I won''t ask you for anything because you proved it again that our marriage is nothing buta business deal to you. And, I, Xin Zhenyi, will tell you how to do business like a true businesswoman."


    "Ah, you are hrious, wife," Long Jie chuckled.


    "No, I just realized I expected too much from a business deal. But you did an incredible job in reminding me," Zhenyi said with a smile.


    Betrayal.


    She had never tasted betrayal in her life. Unfortunately, it tasted even more bitter Bitrex[1]. She didn''t wish to taste it again.


    "Good. You get it soon. Goodbye, Zhenyi. I will see you at seven in the evening for dinner of course."


    "You broke my trust again, Jie?" Her voice cracked.


    "For there to be betrayal there would have to be have trust first, Cat eyes," Long Jie whispered but it was audible enough for her, and then he left the room.


    Long Jie didn''t insinuate each and every word he uttered. He wanted nothing but to pull her into his arms and apologize for being an asshole, but he couldn''t let her burden the weight of his baggage; baggage that was his to carry. So, he left. He left her again just like he did once at Xin mansion.


    Because he was afraid, afraid that she would loathe him for what made him the man he was now. He hade topromise about a fact-- she was his maddest obsession. There was no way he could let her go. He would be dammed before he let her leave him for good. She had to stay in this marriage, with him, and this ce.


    Even if she loathed him for his obsessive behavior, he would never let her go. Never. He would make sure not to let the shadow of his fucked childhood touch her. And those who were responsible for it was to stay far and far away from their lives.


    You must have wondered why Long Jie was so ready to go to any depth for power? Was it simply because he desired it? Or there was any other story? Therefore, the answer was -- those who ruined his childhood deserved to be punished and the only possible way was to destroy each and everything they held dear.


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    [1] Bittrex is the most bitter food in the world. Just like Zhenyi would rather have a bottle of Bittrex than betrayal.


    These little poems are written by me. I will be sharing a few with you next chapters.


    PS: Thank you for buying the privilege.


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 Chapter 86 - Hatelist

    If there is a way for me to see:


    Your chared parts


    Try not to wince when I apply the ointment of my love


    Because in your chared parts:


    I see a hero; destructed yet undefeated.


    (A Phoenix )


    ---- Zhenyi.


    Zhenyi came to the office because she knew if she stayed at home. Home. What a bullshit! She was never going to call that ce home again especially not until he told her the ultimate reasons for his mega fucked-up-ness. only she knew how much she wanted to p his gorgeous face and kick his smooth and toned stomach but she didn''t. Not because she couldn''t but because she chose to not give him what he wanted.


    The atmosphere inside the presidential Secretariat was tense and silent. Heck, too silent that even the drop of a needle could be heard.


    The always babbling Fan Bingbing dared not to ask his friend or boss or whichever role she was ying now who dared to sign his death warrant?


    "Are you going toe on or continue staring at me until you satisfy your curiosity, Ms. Fan? Zhenyi asked Fan Bingbing who was still standing at the door with a file, contemting whether toe in or not.


    ''Good decision '' Zhenyi thought to herself because if she was given a choice she would probably go to the mountains to cool her mind. Perhaps mountains wouldn''t be a good decision to get rid of his thoughts and her anger because he had tattooed mountains too with his name in her memory.


    Fan Bingbing came in and set the file on the table as she upied a seat in front of Zhenyi.


    " We have a problem. Well, more than one."Fan Bingbing finally said.


    "And?" Zhenyi raised a brow in response.


    "It''s urgent." Fan Bingbing tried to defend herself.


    Actually, XC was facing problems for thest three days, but it reached its maximum point on the day after Zhenyi''s wedding.XC was getting showered with problems one after another. Some minor some major but they were ordered not to inform Zhenyi.


    "If it''s urgent why I am not informed before?" Zhenyi asked Fan Bingbing. However, Zhenyi knew it was either Xin Yichen''s doing or Ryuu''s.


    "It was Master Xin''s order not to disturb you for the time being." Fan Bingbing defended herself.


    Which sane man on the would go against Xin Yichen''s order?


    Ostensively not Fan Bingbing.


    "Good. So, who died?" Zhenyi asked as she picked up the files Fan Bingbing ced on the table.


    Every time Zhenyi heard the word ''urgent'' it has something to do with deaths. Last time, Sam and Cao Feng were injured. Speaking of Cao Feng and Sam, they hadn''t woken up from theiratose state. Zhenyi had not paid a visit to them after the day of the ident.


    "Unfortunately, nobody. The Du cooperation released a new statement that they will be venturing into the entertainment industry now and just after few minutes, they poached many of our new and old artists." Fan Bingbing informed Zhenyi.


    The crisis called ''Du cooperation'' emerged after Zhenyi returned to Beijing and seized themand of XC''s office in China.


    "Du cooperation paid for their breach of contract?" Zhenyi asked her eyes still on the file.


    "Yes, not only artists but many of the directors and producers the moonlight entertainment has worked with, refused to work with us as they have stated that they are not satisfied with the sudden change in the higher-ups. The previous CEO''s nephew is waging the red gs of war against Xin cooperation."


    "And I suppose he is backed by Du Cooperation?"Zhenyi asked again.


    "Absolutely, many of the minor shareholders sold their shares overnight but we managed to buy them in time."


    Fan Bingbing presented the list epassing the loss incurred by XC and the plummeting share prices.


    "So, the only damage is to the Moonlight Entertainmentpany?" Zhenyi asked, flipping another page of the file.


    "No, the Du cooperation send us a notice that they''re suing the Xin cooperation. A pharmaceuticalpany under Xin Cooperation recentlyunched a medicinal drug and the Du cooperation is iming that thepany stole the form from them, "Fan Bingbing said, showing the legal notice that Du cooperation sent them in the morning.


    "There is a chance the patented drug will be off the market as they had substantial evidence to support their im."She continued.


    Now, that was a real problem.


    Suddenly, she had an urge to remove the word ''real'' from the dictionary.


    "You are saying that the pharmaceuticalpany stole their form?" Zhenyi inquired.


    "No, they didn''t, " Fan Bingbing said.


    She was quiet for a moment. "But evidence can be fabricated andw can be fooled."


    "Funny, how Du cooperation is ying this dirty game of business with me! Never mind, I was bored out of my head. Finally, a fish to challenge the shark."Zhenyi smirked.


    She could imagine most of the businessmen would be in distress to be in her situation right now. But she? It only made her excited, perhaps amused too.


    "Let the Ceo Du.. enjoy the sweettaste of victory for now on because once I stepped into the water he has to taste the sour taste of defeat. And I never have any problem with ying the dirty game," Zhenyi said andpped the file on the table.


    You never cease to amaze me." Fan Bingbing sighed.


    At the same time, Lu Xinyi came with an iPad in her hand.


    "We have a problem, President Xin." Lu Xinyi breathed.


    She came running to Zhenyi when another problemnded on their doorstep. The presidential secretariat


    had been in frenzy since the morning. The media is now impossible to deal with. The artists which left the Moonlight Entertainmentpany left bad press for XC.


    "One more?" Binging asked.


    "Unfortunately, two." Lu Xinyi sighed.


    "Air china deal has sent their representatives to cancel the deal and refused to givepensation to XC as it was specifically written in the contract signed that if there is a case of bad press and inept management, the deal will automatically be canceled."


    "Fuck. Zhenyi, why do I have a feeling someone is plotting against you? First the Starlight, then Du cooperation now the deal with Air China canceled too," Fan Bingbing said.


    "What''s the second problem, Miss Lu?" Zhenyi asked.


    "A murder case. And it appears you are the suspect President."


    "Hahahahaha" Fan Bingbingughed.


    Lu Xinyi looked at Fan Bingbing in confusion. Noticing their gaze, Fan Bingbing tried to control herughter.


    "Sorry," she said.


    "I-"


    "I''m trying to cont-"


    "Shit. I''m trying to control." Fan Bingbing said between tears.


    "Who died, Miss Lu?" Zhenyi asked, ignoring Fan Bingbing who was stillughing.


    For crying out loud, what was wrong with Fan Bingbing?


    "President Xin, the owner of the D¨¨ja V¨² club. The police found his body in the club this morning. He was shot in the head. The police need to interview you and check if you have an alibi.If not, they might arrest you in suspect of murder."


    "Just shot in the head?" Fan Bingbing asked as if killing somebody by shooting him in the head was not a big deal.


    "Yes, Miss Fan." Lu Xinyi replied. She was surprised by the fact that there was someone who could behave like her in the presence of Zhenyi. It was like she was not afraid of Zhenyi. Though Zhenyi was no ghost that people found scary she was not less scary like a ghost either.


    "Easy death," Zhenyi muttered under her breath but thankfully it was not audible enough for weak-hearted people like Lu Xinyi.


    "Yes?" Lu Xinyi said as if she heard something.


    "Poor guy. I feel bad he died early," Zhenyi sympathized...not.


    Fortunately or unfortunately, sympathy was one of the virtue Zhenyi didn''t possess.


    "Who do you think killed that poor guy, Miss Lu?" Fan Bingbing asked.


    "Uh... I don''t know but it''s definitely not President Xin. I don''t think President is capable ofmittinga heinous crime such as murder and that too of a man who has little kids and a wife to support." Lu Xinyi sincerely replied.


    Augh escaped Fan Bingbing''s lips again but this time she controlled it before Zhenyi lost her temper.


    "Something Got stuck in my throat." Fan Bingbing cleared the throat.


    "Call my attorney, Bingbing and inform him to deal with thew protectors," Zhenyi said with slight disgust.


    "Ummm...President,I''m afraid that you have to personally confront the police. They have to record your statement," with a slight hesitation Lu Xinyi said.


    "Miss Lu, do you know I have a hate list?"Zhenyi stood up and walked towards Lu Xinyi and took the files from her hands.


    Lu Xinyi who was staring in a daze at Zhenyi shook her head in response.


    "Well, you know now. I''m telling you because I want you to know and understand the fact if you want to continue being my secretary that thew protectors or the so-called police are ranked second on my hate list. I have enemies more formidable and heinous than one can ever think. Yet, the police are ranked second and they are not even on the list."


    Lu Xinyi nodded her head in confusion.


    "In human words, Zhenyi hates dealing with the police as much as I hate Cao Feng," Fan Bingbing said to ease Lu Xinyi''s confusion.


    "Sure, President Xin, I will make another arrangement now." Lu Xinyi said and picked up the files again to leave the presidential office.


    Zhenyi sat back on her throne like the queen that she was.


    "President?"Zhenyi looked up to see Lu Xinyi at the door.


    " May I ask who is on the top of your hate list?"Lu Xinyi asked in hesitation.


    "Unfortunately, my husband."

 Chapter 87 - Regret

    One day you may feel it is okay to mourn


    The childhood you lost


    To the scorching mes of greed


    Childhood that could have been painted


    With colors of joys and love,


    but dear heart try not to lose your adulthood


    While mourning the childhood you lost once.


    (Mourning thy innocence )


    --- Long Jie


    _


    HE COULDN''TDO IT.


    At this point, he didn''t even care for anything. He had never cared too much for anything anyway. Sure, he wanted to clear the mess he had made, maybe re-do or undo the morning, but at what cost?


    He couldn''t tell her the truth and lie? He couldn''t lie to her. Ever. He was a liar, maniptor, and heck even a cheat to the world. But he was not to her.


    He spent the day, driving around, analyzing thest conversation he had with his wife, and, atst, he went to his office. Sure, the news would reach his father --- the newly married couple were back at work. And it didn''t take a genius to guess that they had argued. But he didn''t care,never had, and never would. Long Shaoming wanted him to establish a good and harmonious rtionship with Zhenyi for God knew which twisted game of his and he would be dammed if he let anyone use her as a pawn in their game of power and wealth.


    The atmosphere inside his office was tense, his staff was so afraid of him that no one dared to enter his office. His assistant Gu Tian was surprised to see his boss at work as he was informed that the President wouldn''t be in office for several days.


    "President--"


    Gu Tian knocked on the door twice and, entered the room to find the dragon spouting fire. Long Jie didn''t even let himplete the sentence.


    "GET OUT." Long Jie barked.


    He was in no mood to talk to anyone,much less than work.


    A little voice inside him kept asking¡ªand what if it was the end of their marriage? The answer was always the same¡ªshe couldn''t leave him; he would never allow it.


    It was ''him versus her'' when it should have been ''them versus the problem''.


    After half an hour, he finally mustered up the courage to clean up the mess he had made and picked his phone and dialed a number. He still remembered the number by his heart. Apparently, Long Jie knew there was no chance in hell he was going to sigh in relief before making sure it was not the end of his new life that he had found with her, so he pressed the green call button.


    Ring. Ring. Ring.


    After three rings, his call connected, and came a shooting and warm voice.


    "Ah-Jie" The voice called out as if he was waiting for his call.


    "Greetings brother, "Long Jie said, unconsciously he straightened up a little.


    Some habits were hard to forget no matter how long they had been since west practiced.


    " How are you, little brother?"The person on the other side of the phone asked in concern.


    "Fine and thriving," Long Jie chuckled.


    "And troubled." The other man continued. He didn''t ask if Long Jie was troubled or not but there was a conviction in his voice.


    "And troubled."Long Jie repeated and a lightugh escaped his lips and it surprised him as it was not a bitterugh.


    " And I assume it has something to do with your wife," the other person said and again there was a conviction in his voice.


    "Indeed." Long Jie sighed.


    Was there something he was not aware of?


    The man sighed. "Didn''t I tell you women are odd creatures that can prove every theory of mankind wrong? Us men can never seed in decoding these strange creatures."


    "What have you done Ah-Jie?." He continued.


    "Why do you think it is me who has done something wrong this time?" Long Jie surprised himself by asking the question.


    But why did his brother think it was him who hadmitted a mistake? Not that he had not, but it could be his wife.


    "I just know it is you. Something must have happened in connection with the Long family," the other man replied.


    "You are right. I made a decision and didn''t inform her beforehand. And it triggered an argument. An argument carried into a fight and a fight into a full-blown verbalshing." Long said recalling the words he had uttered. Only he knew how badly he wanted to take them back but a wise man rightly said the bow sped from the arrow and the words once spoken could never be taken back.


    "And now you want to take back the words you said." Again a fact, not an assumption.


    "I do, but I know that I can''t," Long Jie sincerely told him.


    Who didn''t want to take back the words they said in haste? Sometimes, we say things we do not mean but it doesn''t change the fact it doesn''t hurt.


    "Ah, regret. Tell me Ah-Jie, can your regret lessen the ache your words may have caused her? Let me tell you,It will not. Your words are more deadly than a bullet your gun carries. Your words have left your mouth and you can''t take them back. But it doesn''t mean you can''t lessen that pain your words may have caused her."


    "Regret." Long Jie repeated the word.


    Yes, he wanted to take back his words. Was it what people called ''Regret''? He had done heinous jobs and killed numerous times for money and power. Never had he once regretted it. But today, a few words he uttered in haste,in helplessness was the subject of his regret.


    He had been wronged. Not once, not twice but several times. He didn''t regret making the choices that destroyed him not now, not in his boyhood, but what changed today?


    Regret.


    The word ''regret'' had entered his life along with two others ''sce'' and ''home''.


    And he would be dammed if he let either of them leave his life.


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 Chapter 88 - Demons Of Past

    The world shattered you.


    And I made it my mission to glue back your broken and shattered pieces.


    -- Zhenyi.


    "Regret. Regret it is now. Huh...She always brings out the best or the worst out of me. She has a way with words, and I was afraid she will make me speak the trust. The truth I have buried in the depth of the earth. Hence, the words I spoke, I regret them now, "Long Jie told the other person.


    " Ah Jie, didn''t you always say I brought you out of the darkness?" The man asked Long Jie.


    Long Jie remembered. He always said these words'' you brought me out of the never-ending darkness''.He still remembered the time when he first met him. The man who had be more than a brother to him was never once disgusted with him nor by his truth. He showed Long Jie what love andpassion were. Two emotions that were foreign to him. He was patient with Long Jie. It took Long Jie years to speak but the other man had never onceined.


    "You did. You fought my demons and burned them to ashes. And that fire lit up my dark and grim world, " Long Jie finally said. How could he forget such an angel? Though he never agreed to be an angel,he was no less than an angel to Long Jie.


    "Is it? Well, I don''t remember such a thing." The man on the other side of the phone said.


    "Brother--"


    "No, Ah Jie, I showed you the light and it was your desire to escape the darkness that you killed your own demons on the way. But now Ah Jie, the demons are rising from the ashes, unfortunately, like a Phoenix, and your fears and guilt are acting as a catalyst. It took you years to reach where you are today. Don''t reverse the progress you have made," the man spoke with authority in his voice.


    Just because he treated Long Jie as a brother didn''t mean, he wouldn''t show his authority from time to time. Sometimes hard approaches were needed instead of soft ones.


    "Show me the light again, brother. I am lost again. I am afraid, afraid that I will lose my words again more than I have already," Long Jie confessed.


    Lost his words were not a metaphor Long Jie had used. It was true he lost his words once and the essence of his life too.


    "You never lost your words, Ah Jie. It was never your fault. Do you get it? Never." The conviction and authority back in his voice.


    A failure.


    A mistake.


    A weakling.


    Ugly duckling.


    These were the names Long Jie grew up with.


    No matter how strong one is, he can''t escape the clutches of twisted childhood. Childhood is a time for beautiful and wonderful memories but how do you survive when your childhood is the reminiscent of your worst time?


    "Funny, how the man most feared and respected in the entire Long n is actually the weakest, who can''t even keep his shit together." Long Jie let out a sigh.


    Only if they knew he was weak, weaker than he let out. Only if they knew.


    "Us mortals can notpete with the perfect immortals. Everyone has its own weaknesses and fears, and it doesn''t make us weak rather it makes us humans. But it is up to us not to show our weakness and fears to the world. Once the weakness is exposed. Boom. Destruction. Someone out there is waiting for an opportunity, opportunity to destroy us."


    "Hah... How my weaknesses these days are getting piled up! Zhenyi.She is my biggest weakness. Isn''t it strange how she entered my life weeks ago, and now she has be a major part of it? "


    The day Long Jie saw Zhenyi for the first time, he knew there was something different about her; an instant connection. The next time, he saw her at Xin mansion as his fiance, he felt relief with a bit of disbelief. He had always wanted a meek and docile wife, but he was not disappointed with what he had got. Heck, he was more than pleased. Their time at the mountain confirmed that she was more than just a business deal to him.


    And today, he felt weak before her, her hurtful eyes and cracking voice pierced his heart like someone had stabbed him with a de.


    "If she is your weakness then she is your biggest strength too. As I have heard of her from you, I assume you care about her, more than you think you should." The man told Long Jie.


    How bizarre was the fact he knew Long Jie more than Long Jie knew himself?


    "Yes, more than I should." Long Jie honestly confined.


    Long Jie couldn''t refute there was no way he could refute the fact he cared for his wife more than he ever cared for anyone. And the fact was unsettling to him.


    "Don''t you trust her?"


    Trust.


    Did he?


    Today he told her that ''for there to be betrayal there have to have trust first''. And he actually meant those words. Zhenyi said she trusted him but did she really?


    However, he surprised himself by actually answering the question.


    "I honestly don''t know. She is a very simple character. If she hates you, she will hate you till herst breath and if she cares for you, she will walk heaven and hell for you. But I? I am not like her. I can not trust easily. I am afraid that she will be disappointed in me again because I will keep on breaking her trust again and again and one day she will be tired, too tired to trust me again, and that day will be the end of me. "


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 Chapter 89 - Murder In The Club

    If I get murdered in the city


    Don''t go revenging in my name


    One person dead from such is plenty


    No need to go get locked away.


    (Murder in the City)


    --Avett brothers.


    On the other side.


    Unluckily, Zhenyi had to approach the so-calledw protectors to give her testimony as she was the suspect in the murder case of the ''real owner of the club D¨¨ja V¨². The word '' real'' was getting too much irksome to Zhenyi for some reasons. First Real home, then Real answers, and after that this Real owner.


    Was it toote to delete the word from the dictionary?


    Fan Bingbing had to go to the hospital to check on Sam and Cao Feng, and couldn''t join Zhenyi at the murder scene. Hence, in the end, Lu Xinyi came with Zhenyi.


    Poor Lu Xinyi had no idea what she was dealing with.


    Zhenyi reached the crime scene with Lu Xinyi. The ever-lively club was silent as the still water. The police had seized the club and in the distance, Zhenyi could hear the wailing siren.


    The yellow tape was circling the crime spot.


    Zhenyi and Lu Xinyi were standing near the car in the distance. A very handsome cop was investigating the case, joined by few other subordinates.


    "The man was shot dead in the head, " The subordinate said to the officer.


    "Check if there are any imprints left on the body," the officer let out while checking out the corpse.


    "Sure, we will know more once we get back at theb." The subordinate who happened to be a forensic expert informed.


    "What do you think of the cause of death other than the bullet shot?" The officer inquired.


    "The death is definitely caused by the shot but if you are asking if there are any bruises internal or external, we can only know that after the postmortem report."


    "Okay. Inform me when you get any information," the officer said and the forensic expert left the crime spot.


    Zheng Han, the leading officer of the case looked around to find some evidence. What a strange murder! No one knew why the man was murdered in the first ce. The only suspect was Xin Zhenyi, who had a beef with the owner of the club as the police had gathered the information through the grapevine. But the police couldn''t arrest someone without concrete evidence, especially a big shot like Xin Zhenyi.


    The police needed not involve the media in this case. That was why not even a single paparazzi was seen on the crime spot. Xin Zhenyi was not only the big boss of Xin cooperation but also the granddaughter of the former president of the country who served the county not once but twice.


    "Where is the suspect?" Officer Han asked his subordinate officer.


    How much it took the police to call the suspect? It was more than an hour already.


    "There, sir" The subordinate officer pointed in the distance,where a woman in a ck business suit with dark shades on her eyes was standing near the car with more than ten bodyguards.


    ''An unforgettable entry already'' Zheng Han thought in his mind.


    " It was a little difficult to get hold of, Miss Xin," the subordinate informed Officer Han. Only he knew how difficult it was to converse with the secretary and attorney of Xin Zhenyi.


    "Little difficult? When do the Chinese police start facing ''little difficulty in getting hold of culprits?" Officer Han asked. Just because she was a big shot didn''t mean she could escape the clutches of thew.


    Every fucking citizen of this country was equal before thew of the country. Big shot or not.


    "Officer Han, Miss Xin is a suspect till now," the other man said in favor of Xin Zhenyi.


    "Get her to me, " Officer Han barked.


    "Sir, can you ---"


    "Can I what?" Officer asked in frustration.


    "Umm...talk to her in a way different than your usual one. Miss Xin can be a little persuasive."


    "So, persuasive is the code for difficult?"Officer Han asked again.


    "Umm..."


    "OUT. OF. MY. WAY. NOW. I will see this difficult or persuasive or whatever-the-hell -you call character all by myself." Officer Han ordered his subordinate.


    "Sure, sir," said the subordinate in reply.


    Zheng Han marched towards the car where Zhenyi was standing with her bodyguards and her secretary. She removed her shades and nodded at the iing officer. The first thing the officer noticed was her unusual eye color but he didn''tment on it.


    The woman was unusually beautiful and there was no word to describe the aura she carried.


    "Miss Xin, so,you are the infamous culprit," Officer Han said with a hint of surprise. To be honest, he was expecting a spoilt brat but her aura was enough to tell him, she was no ordinary woman.


    Zhenyi eyed the police officer, questioning her. If she had not seen great beauties like her husband, her brother, or her father, she would be astonished by the Greek beauty in front of her.


    Sigh! Such a waste of a handsome face.


    If he wished to join the entertainment industry, she could make him famous overnight.


    However, of all the upations in the world, he had selected to be a police officer?


    Sigh.


    Such a waste.


    How much money she could have made of his face?


    "Hello to you too, a little more charming, Mr. Law protector. Does someone ever tell you that you belong to the front cover of the fashion magazines? And as for your question, the correct term in my dictionary is innocent. So, yes I''m the innocent suspect," said Zhenyi with a sparkling smile.


    Lu Xinyi who was standing beside Zhenyi was still hesitating to let her boss talk to the police. Just as Fan Bingbing said that Zhenyi hated police, Lu Xinyi was watching it before her eyes.


    Only her boss could dare to talk to the police like this.


    "Officer Xu, you didn''t tell that other tha being difficult and persuasive, the other word to describe Miss Xin is fascinating and beautiful too," said Zheng Han as he looked at his subordinate.


    The woman was not only difficult to handle but eloquent too.


    But he had to admit she was equally beautiful and intriguing. He had seen a fair share of beauty in his life but never had he ever encountered one such as her.


    "Ah, pleasure is all mine, Mr. Law protector. How are we doing?" Asked Zhenyi.


    "You see, Miss Xin, the man over there is killed." Zheng Han pointed towards the corpse the police were lifting to send it for postmortem. " The dead''s name is Pei Jun. He is the owner of this club. Sorry, he was the owner,before he sold it to you, three days ago," said Zheng Han in a very casual tone as if they were not discussing a murder.


    Zheng Han was aware of the fact that he couldn''t talk to Zhenyi in an authoritative manner. Just as his subordinate said she could be persuasive, Zheng Han approached a soft approach to deal with hard people like Zhenyi.


    "So, this smelly dead body belongs to thePei guy who used to be the so-called ''real'' owner of the ce?" Zhenyi asked casually as she looked at the dead body again.


    But, why the heck the dead man looked like an old man?


    "Miss Lu, didn''t you say it was a young man who was killed in the cluband had little kids and a wife too?" Lu Xinyi nodded in response.


    "But he clearly doesn''t fit the description. Ah, I take back the sympathy that I wasted on this heap."


    Clearly, he received an easy death! If he was the real owner then what about the guy she killed a few days ago?


    Correction --- she had ordered to kill a few days ago?


    Or this dead heap was just an owner in namesake.


    "Miss Xin, you can''t disrespect the dead," reprimanded Zheng Han.


    "The smelly heap is already dead, Mr. Law protector,and I don''t think he can carry my respect all the way to hell with him. Right? I have heard dead can''t carry anything with them except their good deeds which I suppose this heap alreadycks, " Zhenyi replied with a shrug.


    And respect? What the hell was this officer talking about? It was not her fault the killer chose to kill this dead old man at her property. Who allowed him to get murdered at her property? If it was possible, she would hunt his soul all the way from hell and shot him again.


    As for the dead old man''s murderer, she would make sure to find that daring man and shot him herself before extracting money for all the losses her club incurred because of this murder charade?


    [If I didn''t get, at least twentyments from twenty different people then i''m gonna die and won''te back even if you would call me. Then who is gonna write Zhenyi and Jie?]


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 Chapter 90 - A Law Abiding Citizen

    Officer Han was having a hard time dealing with Zhenyi. She was not only difficult and persuasive but crazy too. The woman had no control over her mouth, didn''t care what she spoke or do. He now knew how to describe her aura, the correct word fitting her description would be the ''queen. She had this I''m -the-queen-what-you-gonna-do attitude. But what surprised the usual cold and tough Officer Han was the fact that he didn''t find Zhenyi repulsive rather intriguing and, perhaps, cute too.


    Yes, cute! If Zhenyi knew this man called her cute she might kill him there at the spot,then instead of one the police might have to pick up two bodies, and further the hassle of postmortem also.


    "Miss Xin, the body is not smelly and you are standing at arger distance from the corpse," Officer Han told Zhenyi who had her nose crinkled up in disgust.


    "Ah, it is not? Then it must be the smell of the police, Mr. Law protector," Zhenyi tilted her head and looked at Officer Han who was looking at her in amusement and maybe curiosity too.


    "Still disgusting as ever," Zhenyi added as she covered her nose with her hand.


    Lu Xinyi''s eyes widened in surprise, then in fear, and finally in awe.


    Her boss was...awesome. It was proved today.


    "I see, you are a big fan of the police," said Officer Han with a chuckle, thick derisioncing hypnotic voice.


    "On the contrary, Mr. Law protector. Unfortunately, the police are ranked second on my hate list," Zhenyi sneered while lifting her chin.


    "You are too honest for your own good," came an honest answer.


    Did she not know that no one talked to the police like she had or she was still a suspect?


    "See, it is so easy to guess,I''m the honest and innocent one in the case. Now, I will take my leave, Mr. Law protector, " said Zhenyi and she tried to put back her shades before his voice rang.


    "I''m sorry Miss Xin but it is not permitted," Officer announced leaving no room for negotiation or misunderstanding.


    Zhengi was the suspect. End of story.


    Cute or not.


    "You are suspected of the murder of Pei Jun. Moreover, the police suspect that the ce is used by the illegal organizations to store illegal contraband. We have received manyints previously --"


    "But didn''t get the evidence," Zhenyi concluded.


    "Exactly."


    Wasn''t it the real reason why Zhenyi acquired the club in the first ce? She avenged his best friend and his Right-hand man but it didn''t mean that she would leave an opportunity as such to earn money.


    "Why it is not surprising that the police is still useless as ever," Zhenyi stated loudly.


    "Miss Xin, I can arrest you for making such statements against the police," Officer Han tried to threaten her.


    "Can you, Mr. Law protector?" Zhenyi took a step in his direction and asked while looking at him.


    Yes, She was crazy. Zheng Han''s doubts were cleared.


    "Absolutely," Officer Han spoke,inwardly gulping the saliva.


    "You can try. I have a very expensivewyer to get my ass out of prison."Zhenyi causally dered.


    There was not even a single person in China who would dare to throw her behind the bars.


    "Miss Xin, if you havemitted the murder, not even your expensive ck suits gonna save you from the clutches ofw." Officer Han smiled.


    " ''only if I have''. I might not be as knowledgeable inw as my expensive ck suits, but I do know officer Han, you can''t arrest an ''innocent'' without any concrete evidence. Therefore, Where are the evidence that points that I am the murderer?" asked Zhenyi as she folded her arms around her chest.


    "We do not have any concrete evidence YET, that''s why you are still a suspect. The security cameras were disabled. No CCTV footage. Nothing. Just words from here and there that the owner has beef with Xins." Officer Han stated the fact.


    "And Longs," Zhenyi concluded.


    "The notorious best friend since centuries." Officer Han sarcasticallymented.


    Who didn''t know the infamous animosity between Xins and Longs? But he was still unsure if she was the same, Xin.


    The Xins and Longs would have been the perfect pair if there was no rivalry between the two powerhouses of the capital city. The desperate mamas were eager to marry off their daughters to either of the family. Where Longs were the approachable ones, the Xins were unreachable.


    That was why Longs were more talked of in the city. The people have sung songs of their power and wealth and Xins -- they were not only unreachable but feared too. Feared because they were unpredictable and unbridled. Longs had a sense of living as a perfectlyw-abiding citizen but Xins, they never pretended what they were not--w-abiding citizens.


    Therefore, it was trouble for Officer Han to interview her, and that too for murder, especially if she was that Xin.


    "Officer XU, record Miss Xin''s testimony, then you can leave Miss Xin. Of course, till we get some concrete proofs," said Officer Han as his subordinate came with a recorder and documents to record her statement.


    He knew he couldn''t get her interviewed by his usual approach but it didn''t mean he wouldn''t by any means.


    "Sure, let''s get it over with, Mr. Law protector." Zhenyi yawned in tedium.


    Zhenyi was tired and drained. She wanted nothing but to sleep and not to wake up until the day gets over. It was the shittest day in the history of shitty days. Though the day started very beautifully, but then her husband had to fuck up the day and her mood too.


    Long Jie.


    Bastard. She would make his life more miserable than he had made her day starting with the dinner at Long Mansion.


    Get ready, dear husband.


    But now this fine-looking young man started another sermon.


    Time to get in action, Zhenyi.


    "As you know Miss Xin, you are suspected of the murder of Pei Jun who was shot dead in the head in the middle of thest night. Other than the shot in the, we are not aware what has caused his death." Officer Han tried to spoke but Zhenyi cut him off.


    "I think I might know what killed the dead old man," Zhenyi said in amusement.


    These stupid policemen were making her day, even more, shittier than her husband made. So, why not make their day unforgettable too.


    "Who?" Officer Han asked immediately.


    "Not who. It''s a what!" Zhenyi corrected.


    "Miss Xin--"


    "Boredom, Mr. Law protector. Yes, boredom, "Zhenyi replied with a yful smile on her lips.


    "Getting murdered is absolutely the most exciting thing that has ever happened to this dead old man."She continued speaking and that yful smile still intact on her cherry lips.


    Officer Han had no idea that she would quote Lucifer out of nowhere. Nevertheless, he was amused but he didn''t let it show on his face as he was on the duty and he took his duty too seriously.


    "Miss Xin--"


    "And why do I need to kill someone especially this smelly heap? Who already has a leg in the grave! If I ever decided to venture into the field of murdering, I would choose a better victim and obviously exciting methods of killing."


    Or she could have Gong follow her. He always had a novel and the most interesting methods for killing people. And if she remembered correctly, none of herst few killings were as interesting as Gongs. The night on the mountain was more like firing at enemies in the dark. It had been long since she had carved the human organs with her beloved knife.


    "The detective and crime fiction, I have read will be put to good use. Don''t you think so, Mr. Law protector?" asked Zhenyi almost solemnly and Lu Xinyi had a hard time controlling herughter.


    Literally, Lu Xinyi never knew her boss had such a ssic and timely sense of humor. It was like she was certainly nning to murder someone.


    ''What an interestingdy! '' Officer Han thought in his mind. '' Only if he could shut her smart mouth and get to work.''


    Never in his career had he ever encountered an entric woman like her. Moreover, he wouldn''t mind dealing with such ones from time to time.


    "Aw abiding citizen here was killed, Miss Xin and we are trying to locate the murder who is roaming around the streets freely. And you are cracking jokes about murders and murders. Kindly cooperate with the police."


    " A job where you clearly suck, "Zhenyi muttered under her breath.


    "What?" Officer Han asked again. But he did hear what she had muttered.


    What a strange woman! Had she no fear ofw and police?


    "Just best of luck, Mr. Law protector."Zhenyi shed her perfect thirty-two


    "Of course, to you too, Miss Xin."


    "Ah, what a coincide luck and I are the oldest best friends, Mr. Law protector."


    [I swear if I get 200votes plus at least 20ments on each chapter, I will give a mass release either on Sunday or Friday...you can chose yourself.)


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 Chapter 91 - Gorgeous Human Specimen

    Officer Han felt like banging his head on her expensive car, dealing with an entric woman was like negotiating with a mosquito -- not to bite you. And this entric woman was sucking the sense out of his mind like a mosquito sucking the blood out of his body. Thankfully the interview began, and Zhenyi answered the first few questions solemnly.


    "Miss Xin, where were youst night?" the police officer asked Zhenyi as he wrote something on the paper.


    He had been noting down everything she had spoken.


    ''Maybe that was a police thing. So, overrated,'' Zhenyi spoke to herself. " No wonder the modern and updated criminals like hers were difficult to hunt.''


    "At home. On bed. With my husband. And --- "


    "We get it. No need to continue, Ma''am." The officer spoke before she couldplete her sentence. The police didn''t need to know such juicy and personal details.


    Officer Han pursed his lips at the word ''husband''. Not that he was jealous but who would dare to marry such a woman -- entric and outwardly.


    His gaze fell on her hand and he was surprised to find rings on her finger. She was not joking about having a husband.


    "Do you have an alibi, Miss Xin?" Officer Han asked after a pause.


    "My husband, if he is counted as one, " Zhenyi answered.


    "Yes of course, if he can help us with the case, then why not," Officer Han told her. Actually, he had a hunch that Zhenyi was not the one behind this murder. Someone was clearly sabotaging her reputation and name but the question was -- who? And why?


    Zhenyi frowned. "Do you wish to talk to my husband, Mr. Law protector?"


    "Sure, that will be very helpful." Officer Han agreed.


    Zhenyi dialed Long Jie''s number and he picked up the call after two rings. Her phone was on speaker as the officer had asked her to.


    Dealing with the police was so troublesome!


    "Zhenyi?" Long Jie''s surprised voice boomed.


    "Hello to you too, husband. Can I ask you something?" Zhenyi spoke calmly as if they hadn''t battled against each other. "Nothing rted to the morning."


    "Yeah..." Long Jie said but he was afraid of what she might ask this time. Her questions were lethal just like her.


    Long Jie had just ended the call with his brother when his phone rang. Initially, he thought, it was his brother who was calling again but he was actually surprised to see her name on the screen as she had never called her before. Moreover, how they parted on a bad note in the morning was itching him.


    "Where was Ist night?" Zhenyi asked Long Jie.


    "Are you drunk, wife?"Long Jie softly asked. Did he hurt her too much that she decided to get drunk to forget the morning?


    Lord, his hands were shaking. What had he done, goddammit!


    "Unfortunately not, too sober to deal with this shitty day," came a sarcastic reply much to his relief.


    Not so surprisingly, he would always prefer a sharp-tongued and sarcastic Zhenyi than a solemn one.


    "Where are you, cat eyes?" Long Jie asked, his voice naked with concern.


    "Getting interviewed by a very gorgeous human specimen. Only if I had--- "


    And here she went again, getting on his nerves.


    "Goddammit Zhenyi, if you are trying to make me jealous, it''s indeed working," Long Jie said, his voice full of impatience." And stop worrying me, tell me where the hell are you?"


    "Only if I had not met him under such circumstances."


    Zhenyipleted her sentence, stubbornly.


    "Zhenyi," Long Jie groaned.


    "Apologies Sir, It''s Chinese police, Miss Xin is getting interviewed by us on the suspect of a murder. We get to know she was with youst night, "Officer Han spoke reminding her that she was still getting interviewed.


    Long Jue stood up from his chair when he heard the word ''police''. Xin Yichen informed him of her dislike for the police.


    "Officer, my wife was at home with me from thest two days and hasn''t left the home since our wedding. I can send the CCTV footage of our house to prove her words," told Long Jie as he left the office immediately to go to her."And can you please tell me the address, I will be there in a few minutes?"


    "No need, I got it handled. Bye husband," Zhenyi said and hung up on Long Jie.


    "So, the Chinese police, are you convinced now?"Zhenyi finds the officer scrutinizing her.


    "It''s not easy to convince us. We have our eyes on you, Miss Xin," He said back.


    "Too bad, I don''t live to convince anyone."She opened the door to the car and said before getting into the car,


    "Goodbye, Mr. Law protector. "


    "See you soon, Miss Xin."


    "On the contrary, officer. On the contrary." She said while adjusting her shades and left.


    ***


    On the other hand, Long Jie was worried sick about his wife, she dared to hang upon him, and what was more unsettling was that she was alone with that officer she had called ''a gorgeous human specimen.''


    But there was a bit of relief in his heart as he knew the man was a police officer, no matter much handsome or gorgeous he was, he was going to be hated either way. And being the petty Zhenyi she truly was, her hate for police would definitely be rubbed on the officer too.


    Long Jie checked the time and called the guards which were following her and get to know that she went to the hospital that he knew who she went to visit and who was the patient to her. He sighed in relief.


    "This woman is going to be the death of me," he muttered to himself and went back to work.


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 Chapter 92 - Cat Eyes

    Zhenyi came back to home correction -- to Long Jie''s Vi after paying a visit to Sam and Cao Feng. When she left the crime scene, she told her driver to take her to the hospital as she didn''t wish to go back to XC where piles of problems were waiting for her. Moreover, she was yet to meet her best friend after the day of the ident.


    Zhenyi found Sam in deep slumber, the once strong and tough man was now supported by the machines. Only she knew, how much she wished for him to wake up and annoy the hell out of her with his creepy and cringe jokes. What she missed the most were his childish tantrums. They had been through thick and thin, and she believed he woulde back soon to her.


    The once shittest day transformed into a happier one when the doctor informed her that Cao Feng had woken up and Sam was doing much better than before and could wake up anytime soon.


    Mrs. Xie was supervising the servants when she sawZhenyi entering the living room. It was an odd time toe home but who was she toin.


    "Good afternoon, Young madam," Mrs. Xie greeted her.


    "Good afternoon, Mrs. Xie."


    "Should I prepare tea or some snacks for you?" Mrs. Xie asked with a smile.


    "That would be lovely. Would you please ask someone to prepare a bath for me?"


    "Indeed, Madam," Mrs. Xie said with a professional smile."Just give me few minutes." With this, she left the living room.


    Instead of going back to her room, Zhenyi sat on the couch in the living room and after contemting for a few minutes, she decided to give a call to her father as she had not talked to him since the wedding. Such an unfilial daughter she was.


    "Ah, Zin''er, how are you, my princess?" Xin Yichen hearty voice rang in her ears. And just like this all her exhaustion and tensions evaporated into the air.


    "Greeting, B¨¤. I am good. How are you doing?"


    "I am perfect now that you have called. Did that Longd bullied my daughter?"Xin Yichen asked.


    "He wouldn''t dare, you did an awesome job in scaring him." Zhenyi chuckled."By the way, is he there?"


    The ''he '' didn''t refer to Long Jie but to someone whose name is not taken in public.


    "If you mean by ''he'', ''my father in my son''s body, then no, he went to God knows which continent for God knows how long."Xin Yichen grumbled.


    Zhenyi pursed her lips. "B¨¤."


    "Can you believe what that littledtold me?"


    "What?"


    "He told me, no more like chided me to cultivate into new hobbies except music. Moreover, ording to him, I am not charming enough as my charm is fading with my old age."Xin Yichen told Zhenyi in aining tone.


    "Since when did you started acting like a kid?"Zhenyi furrowed her brows.


    "Since the time my kids decided to y adult," retorted Xin Yichen.


    Ugh...


    "He left without meeting me?"Zhenyi tried to change the topic.


    "He didn''t even meet your y¨¨y¨¨. Said will be returning soon."


    "So, a storm is on the way?" Zhenyi asked.


    "Maybe..."


    "Young Madam, your tea and snacks. And your bath water is ready," came a voice from Zhenyi''s side.


    "Drink your tea in peace. I know you have a tiring day."


    "Love you, Princess."


    "Yeah...yeah."Zhenyi awkwardly said.


    ****


    After soaking in the bathtub for almost thirty minutes, and finishing at least half of the wine bottle, Zhenyi came out of the water with a stumble.


    Lord, she was tipsy in a broad daylight.


    She grabbed a bathrobe and directly went to her closet. Looking at the dresses hung in the closet, she was having a headache. There were uncountable clothes in her wardrobe including the dresses she had not chosen which definitely meant it was bought by her husband.


    One would be shocked if they knew that never in her whole life, Zhenyi went on shopping. Each and every item in her closet was chosen by her personal stylist.


    She heard a knock on the door and said toe in.


    "Ah, I am sorry for disturbing you, young madam."Mrs. Xie said when she saw Zhenyi in the bathrobe.


    "No, actually youe at the right time."Zhenyi immediately said.


    "Help me to choose an outfit for the dinner."Since she was having a hard time deciding the dress, she asked Mrs. Xie for help.


    "Sure."


    Mrs. Xie peeked into the closet and her eyes fell on a very gorgeous white satin dress. She pulled it out from the hanger and showed it to Zhenyi who was impressed with Mrs. Xie''s taste.


    "This one. It will be perfect on you with the right shoes and jewelry, of course."Mrs. Xie said and gave it to Zhenyi.


    "Just earings, Mrs. Xie. Preferably none gold," said Zhenyi.


    Zhenyi changed into the dress and when she looked at her reflection in the mirror, she was in awe of her own beauty. She was aware of the fact that she was a very beautiful and attractive woman, but it was in the rare event that she took the initiative to look good. The dress was a satin pure white backlessshort dress with puffed short sleeves. It ended a little below her knees and hugged her body very beautifully.The dress looked slightly conservative from the front but at back, it was insanely sexy, enough to drive any man insane. She paired it with nude heels and simple earnings. And of course, her signature red lipstick was intact on her lips. Her hair wasbed nicely into a low bun.


    When Mrs. Xie was applying eyeliner on Zhenyi, she noticed something unusual.


    "Ah, you have different eyes?"Mrs. Xie asked in surprise.


    "I do. Gic mutation or an eye disorder. You can call it whatever."Zhenyi casually said.


    Drunk or tipsy Zhenyi was unguarded and nonchnt. And she was aware of the fact that was why she avoided drinking in front of people.


    "But it''s beautiful... You have a very unusual eye shape too?"Mrs. Xie had not seen eyes as beautiful as hers, so she couldn''t help but praise it.


    "Really, I never noticed?" asked Zhenyi in surprise.


    "Yeah... Like the eyes of cats," blurted Mrs. Xie.


    "Oh, I''m sorry."She apologized when she realized what she had said.


    "It''s okay." Zhenyi chuckled." Even my husband likes calling me cat eyes. And I suppose I don''t dislike it."


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 Chapter 93 - Intoxicated

    Because Of Your Smile


    I Have Lost My Sobriety.


    I Am Intoxicated


    By The Madness -- I Can''t Name.


    --- Long Jie


    **


    " Are you close to my husband?"Zhenyi asked Mrs. Xie curiously. She thought since Long Jie didn''t answer her questions, she wouldn''t press on it any further. But it didn''t mean she wouldn''t ask Mrs. Xie about her husband. She wanted to be more close to him so she started gathering information about him from any avable source.


    "Well, one can say so. Young master has been in care since he was a one-day-old infant," Mrs. Xie honestly answered Zhenyi''s question. ording to her, as a wife, Zhenyi could ask her anything that concerns Long Jie. There was nothing wrong with it. She was not prying, it was her right.


    "I was a pedestrian nurse and when Mrs. Long gave birth to the young master, he was a weak child. I was assigned to look after him for the next six months before he got healthy like other newborns of his age. He got quite attached to me and when it was my time to leave, Mr. Long proposed an offer I couldn''t refuse." Mrs. Xie continued.


    "So, you became a nanny from a nurse?"


    Mrs. Xie nodded. "I did. And I don''t regret it "


    After a pause, Zhenyi spoke.


    "I am meeting my inws the first time after my wedding. I must do a little homework. Hence, who is my husband''s grandmother like?"


    "She... She can be a little difficult but just. If there is one person in Long Family that affects Young master, it is her," Mrs. Xie told her. She had worked for the Long family years ago, she had witnessed Matriach Long behavior and attitude towards Long Jie and other family members.


    "Hmm..."


    "Thank you, Mrs. Xie."


    Zhenyi was sitting in front of the dressing table, as she tried to stand up, she stumbled a bit, this time more than before. She was officially drunk.


    "Are you okay, Madam?"Mrs. Xie asked with genuine concern.


    "I think I had little much of the wine," said Zhenyi in a small voice.


    "Why don''t you rest for a bit?"


    "Well, you are right."


    Following Mrs. Xie''s advice, Zhenyi stretched on the couch with her eyes closed. Mrs. Xie earlier came to her room to inform her that Long Jie had called and was asking about it. Seeing her resting, she didn''t have the heart to wake her up. In this position, Zhenyi was vulnerable, more vulnerable than she had ever shown. She knew Zhenyi had a bad day. Moreover, their fight in the morning -- she had heard them arguing but didn''tment about it as it was not her ce to speak. But she wanted Zhenyi to give a chance to Long Jie again because she had brought him up and knew he was a good kid.


    Soon after, she left the room and return to the work.


    Long Jie came a few minutester, when he opened the door to his room his eyes stopped at his wife''s resting figure. He stepped towards her and instinctively put a hand on her forehead. Zhenyi instantly opened her eyes and her husband''s face graced her vision.


    "You okay?"


    "Yeah..." She tried to stand on her feet but the wine was doing her magic again on her.


    "Should we leave?" Zhenyi asked him when she saw he was already in a different suit from the morning.


    Long Jie''s gaze fell on her full figure and hitched in a breath. Just as he said before, he wanted a wife but got a goddamm heart attack waiting to happen. She turned to pick up her handbag, and his eyes fell on her back.


    "Zhenyi," Long Jie groaned. Was she deliberately teasing her? Or it was her way of revenge?


    For crying out loud, it was a bloody backless dress, what was she even thinking before wearing the damm dress?


    "Hmmm," Zhenyi replied as she ced her heels on the floor near the couch and grabbed his hand, and put another hand on his shoulder to step into the heels. A fragrance of roses and sandal infiltrated into his nostrils.


    His favorite scent in the whole wide world.


    "Where is your coat?" Long Jie asked inwardly gulping the saliva.


    Zhenyi furrowed her brows. "Coat in spring? I do not want to warm up more than I am already."


    "Are you drunk, wife? " Long Jie asked as he smelled alcohol on her breath. There was only a few inch distance between them but he could smell alcohol on her.


    "You asked me the same question twice today? What do you think I am -- an alcoholic?" Zhenyi narrowed her eyes at him. Only he knew how badly he wanted to kiss her space between her brows and then remove this bloody lipstick off her lips.


    "You smell of alcohol, " came a groan as a reply.


    "If a bottle of wine is considered alcohol, yes I have two sses of it. I found it in our room," Zhenyi nonchntly answered.


    Hearing her reply his anger re-up. "Two sses of ny years old red wine? How the hell are you even nning on walking in these shoes? Can you even stand without stumbling? What the hell were you thinking,Zhenyi--"


    Long Jie was scolding her before she put her finger on his lips to stop him from speaking any further."I will manage. You do not need to worry about me."


    Long Jie removed her finger smoothly before saying in a very soft and warm voice,"If I am not to worry about you, then who am I going to worry about?"


    "Your real family." Zhenyi hastily replied.


    "Zhenyi..."


    Zhenyi held the power to crush his nonexistent heart with such simple words. Only God knew how badly he wanted to make it up to her for every mistake he made. If today he made a mistake, he had the whole of his life ahead of him to make it up to her.


    But he knew his cat eyes wouldn''t make it easy for him. Not like he didn''t deserve the hard time she would give him.


    "Why did you drink in the broad daylight?"Long Jie softly chided her. He was expecting another argument when he came home but surprisingly she didn''t say anything. Like their fight in the morning didn''t happen.


    "Ever heard ''if you are having a bad day, distract yourself. And what''s the better distraction than alcohol''." Zhenyi said with a broad smile and those otherwise hidden dimples came visible to grace Long Jie''s eyes.


    "Nah... Never heard of it." He answered, drowning in her smile. How lucky was he to get her?


    "How could you have? You haven''t taken sensei Zhenyi''s sses."


    For a moment, Long Jie felt like he traveled back to the time. A distant memory in his brain reyed like a film.


    ''Of course, you haven''t. You never took this great sensei''s sses.''


    ''Aren''t you too little to be called a sensei? ''


    ''Young man, no one is too little to teach anyone one or the other thing. My mama says one can learn anything from anyone. ''


    ''What should I learn from you then?''


    ''My shamelessness and coolness.''


    Long Jie came back out of his daze when Zhenyi removed her hand from his shoulder.


    "Since when are you called sensei?" Long Jie asked his beautiful gloating wife.


    "Since now," she winked at him and kissed the bridge of his nose.


    "Then what should I learn from you, my sensei?"Long Jie asked wrapping his arms around her waist and ced his head on the nape of her neck breathing her body scent.


    "How to be a perfect spouse, "Zhenyi got out of his arms and shamelessly said air flipping her hairs.


    Long Jie sped her hand in his and came out of the room. She was trying to faultlessly walk down the stairs when Long Jie spoke.


    "Are you sure you can walk in these heels? "


    "I am very tempted to ask you to pick me up in the bridal style to the car downstairs. But I also know if you did, we will end up making out here for hours and then---"


    Long Jie stopped her before he changed his mind and lock themselves in their bedroom for hours. He knew it would be more interesting and satisfying than the dinner at Long residence,but kept walking. "Hush, I get it. "


    "It''s an hour-long drive you can rest in the car. And after we reach the Long Mansion, don''t get out of my sight even for a minute, " Long Jie said as the driver opened the car door for them.


    "What am I? A kid? They call me a monster and your family should be cautious of this devil not the otherwise," Zhenyi answered once she was seated in the car.


    "Trust me my little sensei, there are monsters more vicious than you."


    He saw her struggling to keep her eyes open so he offered his shoulder to rest.


    "Rest against my shoulder, wife. "


    "Thank you for the offer but I will pass, "Zhenyi dismissed him and rested her head against the window. Just because she was drowned in the moment before, didn''t mean she forgave him for the morning. His words still sting her sore heart.


    "Stubborn," he muttered under his breath and pulled her into his arms.


    "Asshole," she said loud enough for him to hear but didn''t struggle to get out of his embrace.


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 Chapter 94 - Dinner At Longs

    They rode home in silence. Like what Long Jie said they reached after an hour. The sun had set down and the Long Mansion was the only illumination Zhenyi could see in acres wide property. Long Jie sped his hand with hers and entered the threshold of the mansion where they were weed by a long line of servants.


    "Young Master, Young Madam." The Butler of the house bowed respectfully. "Wee to your home."


    "I will announce your arrival to Master and Madam." The Butler left with a bow.


    After the butler left, Long Jie looked at Zhenyi and said in a very concerned voice, "Zhenyi, remember what I told you? Don''t get out of my sight even for a minute. Tell me beforehand if you''re going to use the powder room."


    "Yes, Your Majesty," said Zhenyi, her voicecing with naked derision.


    "Please."His hold on her hand tightened.


    "Fine."She finally agreed. She didn''t know why he was paranoid in vain. It was not like this mansion could swallow her alive.


    "Jie Zhenyi." Long Shaoming came with Lily on his left.


    Both of them greeted the elders with a bow followed by pleasantries.


    "Come join everyone at the dinner table. You are a littlete for the dinner, son."Lily said with a smile blooming on her face. Her voice was so sweet that if allowed ants could thrive on that honeyed voice.


    "Pardon us mother. I believe as a newly wedded couple a little dy is excusable," spoke Long Jie in a very suggestive tone and Zhenyi had an urge to roll her eyes. She knew Song Lily was suggesting that on the first family dinner as a newly wedded couple, they werete and it was obviously her fault.


    Before Lily could say anything Long Shaoming smiled and said. "Absolutely."


    Long Jie and Zhenyi followed them to the dining room.


    He turned his gaze towards his wife and whispered,


    "Remember what I told?"


    "I do."Zhenyi had an urge to stomp on his feet. Couldn''t he see she was not a five years old kid?


    "I''m serious, Zhenyi."His whisper turned solemn like his face.


    "Me too."


    Zhenyi''s gaze fell on many familiar and unfamiliar faces. First, they greeted Elder Long and his wife and after that everyone else. They took their assigned chairs. Everyone at the dinner table was chatting andughing except one particr person. Long Jie''s grandmother was scrutinizing Zhenyi since the time she had entered the room with Long Jie.


    Feeling a gaze on her, Zhenyi turned to find Long Jie''s Grandmother staring at her with eyes full of trinket and scrutiny. Zhenyi gave her a small smile but it didn''t get reciprocated.


    Apart from the grandmother, there was one more person who was peering at Zhenyi constantly. Liu Shishi. She had recognized Zhenyi at the wedding and only she knew how mad Chen Yuling was now especially after knowing her identity. But still, not many knew she was a Xin. Now Liu Shishi had more reasons to get rid of Zhenyi.


    Chen Yuling had gone hysterical. She wanted to get rid of Zhenyi at any cost now and Liu Shishi attended the dinner in hopes to get something against Zhenyi.


    "Grandma, are you still upset? " Long Jie asked his grandmother who was unusually silent. His grandmother was never a woman of many words but she usually asked him how he was doing whenever they met. He was close to her and was aware that his sh marriage upset her but he also knew she would understand like she always did when no one else did.


    "Upset? I''m heartbroken, son. My beloved grandson wedded without my presence. Do you even know how many dreams I have of your wedding? You cast me out of your life as a useless object, "His Grandmother, Su Mian spoke in an upsetting tone.


    "Pardon me, grandma. My intention was not to break your heart. You are a very important part of my life and you know it. But if I had not married in haste, this beautiful woman beside me would have changed her mind and you don''t want me to let go of such a brilliant woman."Long Jie used thest resort. He wanted his grandmother to know how much his wife mean to him and she would understand his intentions.


    "You are still good with words, I see. I will forgive you if you promise to give me several great-grandbabies." Just like he thought, she understood what he was trying to tell her. And what was more important to her than his beloved grandson''s happiness. If his wife was his happiness, then so be it. She would see who dared to mess it up.


    "You finally agreed that first brother is your favorite." Long Yuan grumbled to his grandmother. He was always a crybaby for attention in front of his grandmother.


    "I never said he is not. I''m not taught to hide my disdain behind my smile," the old woman spoke directly and whoever got offended could get all he wanted.


    Zhenyi had a hard time controlling herughter. Long Jie looked at her and gestured as if to ask what happens. She just shook her head. The old woman was direct and blunt with her words and Zhenyi realized who she said those words to.


    "Mother, try this soup. Mrs. Liu specially sent for you, "Lily spoke to stop the old woman to speak any further. She was aware of the fact even if her mother-inw insulted her in front of everyone, not even her father-inw woulde to her rescue. Because no one spoke before the old woman.


    "Why? The Long residenceck cooks now? "The old woman asked with a furrowed brows.


    "Mom, you are still gullible like ever. Did you forgive Long Jie just like this? I''m his only aunt but I was not invited to the wedding. I shopped in Paris just for his wedding but in the end, I was left heartbroken, "Long Wenna screeched. She was the only daughter of the family and they always melted before her drama, so she chose this asion toin.


    But little did she know, they days passed when she would cry and his brothers would give in before her.


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 Chapter 95 - Dinner At Longs (2)

    "Perhaps, you would be able to attend the wedding, if you didn''t go to Paris, Wenna." Long Shaoming said with a straight face. He was hoping for a peaceful time and looking forward to convincing Long Jie toe back home, but everything was happening oppositely.


    "Come on, brother you want me to ept his excuse. Is there even a girl who does not wish to marry my nephew? "Long Wenna asked. How good this womanLong Jie chose for himself was that he couldn''t wait any longer? She already disliked her. Never had his brothers ever countered anything she had said.


    "Trust me, Mrs. Zhang, there are many women who don''t wish to marry someone just because they are rich or handsome. You haven''t yet met them." Zhenyi said, her eyes still on the te. Who knew this aunt would be a nuisance too? She leaned over to pick up the wine ss before Long Jie removed it out of her sight.


    "No, wine for you, wife," he whispered into her ears.


    "Don''t want my drunk wife to start a war on the dinner table." He added.


    Zhneyi answered him back by stomping her heel on his foot.


    "Ouch."


    "Does it hurt, honey?"Zhenyi asked with fake concern.


    "No, your words dripping with honey are enough to work as an ointment," he shamelessly grinned at her.


    "But I haven''t met anyone like that."Long Wenna''s voice broke their little romance.


    Zhenyi had an urge to throw this woman out for disturbing their little romance. She was too sober to deal with such bitches like her but she smiled im return.


    "Auntie Wenna, how was Paris in spring? I visited itst year in winter, and it was surreal. "Liu Shishi spoke., ying a good and ideal daughter-inw.


    " White lotus," Zhenyi muttered under her breath.


    "Ah, Shishi where do I even start? "Long Wenna squealed in excitement.


    "Did you chat with your new sister-inw? "Long Wenna said after telling Liu Shishi of her trip to Paris much to Zhenyi''s difort.


    "That''s Long Jie''s new wife."Long Wenna introduced Zhenyi to Liu Shishi.


    ''And only,'' Zhenyi had an urge to add.


    "Zhenyi. And we have met before. " Zhenyi said with a polite smile.


    "You have? "Both Lily and Yuan said at the same time.


    Zhenyi nodded. " If you remember, Miss Liu.


    " Ah, I do. Actually, I am sorry for that day. I hope we can forget what happened in the past. " Liu Shishi deliberately added the sorry part to gain the attention of everyone. She wanted to y victim once again. She would never forgive Zhenyi for insulting her like that. She not only insulted her but her family and maternal family too.


    "Sure. Chen''s family''s ipetence in managing the unruly brats has nothing to do with you. "Zhenyi said in a very casual tone as if she had not caused a scene at the club in the first ce. Then again, they framed her person.


    " Stop." Long Jie said in a low voice.


    "What?" She asked.


    "Thinking about spilling blood at the dinner table," Long Jie said again in a whisper.


    "I''m not."She refuted.


    " Well, you are not far from it.


    "Shut up." She red at him.


    "Yeah..." On the other side, Zhenyi''s retort faltered Liu Shishi''s smugness.


    Zhenyi was ruthless with her words. That day at the club, she remembered correctly how she talked to Chen Yuling. Nobody talked to Chen Yuling like she did.


    "Where did you meet Sister inw? Yuan narrowed his eyes at his fiance. He knew what she was up to. And he would be damned before letting her sessful in her little games.


    " At D¨¨j¨¤ Vu," She said with a slight smile.


    "What hell were you doing at such a ce? " Long Yuan''s anger red up. What the hell was she nning now?


    "Yuan don''t talk to your fiance like that."Lily reprimanded Long Yuan.


    "Moreover, the same question can be asked to Zhenyi too. As a woman of a reputable family, what were you doing there?" Lily added as her gaze fixed on Zhenyi.


    "Your mother is utterly biased and a very terrible actor, does she know it? " Zhenyi asked Long Jie in a very low voice, loud enough for both of them to hear.


    "Trust me, wife, even if she know she won''t admit. An aristocratic woman never calls her wrong ever," Long said his gaze still on the drama unfolding before him.


    "Auntie, sister-inw owns the club." Before anyone could answer Lily''s question, Long Wei spoke. He didn''t want Zhenyi to lose her temper agan, Yuan''s arm was still not healedpletely and his elder brother would surely react if anyone said something wrong to his wife, so, better if he himself could handle the situation himself.


    Suddenly, Long Shaoming stood up and clicked the wine ss with the spoon to gain everyone''s attention.


    "Everyone, thank you for attending the dinner and blessing the newly wedded couple. All of us have gathered here to celebrate the wedding of the star couple of the tonight-- Zhenyi and Jie. But I have a very important announcement to make which many of you are not expecting. Tonight, I announce my retirement and wee my son Long Jie to step up in my position which he truly deserve."


    Gasps and awe left people''s mouth on hearing Long Shaoming. To be honest, no one was expecting Long Shaoming to announce his retirement too soon. They were aware that Long Jie would be the stepping into his father''s position , but never knew this soon.


    "A few years ago, I asked him of one thing to do for me and he did it. "Long Shaomings gaze fell on Zhenyi then on Long Jie who nodded in return.


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 Chapter 96 - Retirement

    "If I''d a heart


    It would havee with ''No Entry'' warning.


    -- Long Jie.


    _


    "A few years ago, I asked him of one thing to do for me and he did it. "Long Shaoming''s gaze fell on Zhenyi then on Long Jie who nodded in return.


    Under the table, Zhenyi held his hand tightly. Only she knew what this moment meant to her husband. He could have got any woman he wanted but for this position, he was bound to her forever. And she was too selfish to let go of him.


    " Stop turning the wheels of your pretty head. I''m more than happy with you, wife. You make me more happy than I can ever ask for. So, stop overthinking," said Long Jie and a very soft voice as if he could read her mind.


    " Careful, Jie. " She pouted. " Keep saying sweet things to me, I might keep you with me forever. And you know how selfish and a desirous woman I''m ." She plopped her head on his shoulder.


    "Is it the point where I say, I''m looking forward to it?" Long Jie whispered with a light kiss on her hair.


    On the other hand, Long Shaoming continued with his speech. "Hence, I decided to happily retire and spend the rest of my time with my family which I couldn''t in the past due to duty calls and the responsibilities. Dear son, the jobes with no crown but it dide with a load of responsibilities and duties. A piece of advice from this old man-- don''t let your duty and responsibilitye between you and your family."


    Long Jie stood up to shake hands with his father who pulled him for a hug. It was awkward for Long Jie but he left his father to hug him for a little longer.


    One by one, everyone came and congratted him. But two people were unhappy with Long Shaoming''s decision and they would do everything in their hands to reverse his decision. And those two were -- Long Yuhan, the grandfather, and Song Lily.


    Long Yuhan left the dining room in anger to talk to his son and persuade him to change his mind. He would move hell if he must change Long Shaoming''s decision.


    He would be dammed before he let Long Jie win this time.


    ****


    On Long Wei and Zhao Meilin''s side.


    "Thank you." Zhao Meilin said sniffling tears and hugged her husband. The pregnancy hormones were getting the worst of her. These days she couldn''t control her emotions at all.


    "What for? "Long Wei asked rubbing her back. Only he knew how much he loved the woman in his arms. He could do anything for her.


    "You know what for. Thank you, Wei. I know you can fight against brother Jie for the position but you didn''t. I know you are capable of leading the family but you intentionally didn''t step up. Thank you. "Zhao Meilin huped and said while crying.


    Zhao Meilin had never asked for Luxuries. She only wanted the man she loved. She was not from an aristocratic family in the first ce, when she met him for the first time, she had fallen for him but she fought her feelings for him. But he broke down all her walls and married her in the end. And soon they would be weing a new member in their family, she was very happy about this blessing but scared at the same time.


    She was wished for a peaceful life which not filled with blood and chaos. She never wanted Long Wei to fight for Long Shaoming''s position at all. She knew she was selfish but love wrecked her.


    "Shh... I didn''t do this for you only, love. Even though I am capable enough of the position but I don''t deserve it not more than he does. It has always been his ce since his birth. But Meilin, you have to acknowledge that I can never get out of this life no matter how much you want me to. I love you with all my heart but this family, I can''t leave it. Never. Just stay by my side I will always protect you and our children, but never ask me to leave this family for you because I can''t. No one can. "


    "Wei--"


    Zhao Meilin tries to speak but Long Wei didn''t let herplete her sentence before he spoke.


    "No, I can''t. " Long Wei looked at her in defeat.


    He didn''t need to head what she was trying to speak, but what was the benefit in hearing it when he knew it was not possible.


    For someone else, it would be the hardest thing to leave his family and life behind for a new life or a better life, but for Long Wei it was impossible. He didn''t know what and how to do without his family. These how''s and what''s were haunting him now. His wife wanted a better and new life for him and their children but what she was not seeing was that this life would never them no matter how much they tried to leave it behind . The name ''Long'' was bound to them forever and he had seen the consequences of those who tried to take off it and none of those consequences were good.


    "Can''t or won''t?" Zhao Meilin asked her husband again. She couldn''t understand what was so good in this family that he would not leave it.


    "I won''t." There was conviction in his voice and Zhao Meilin knew deep in her heart that she would never be able to change his decision.


    "Not even for me? "She asked him expectedly.


    "Not even for you."


    ***


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 Chapter 97 - Not Want Long Jie To Succeed Long Shaoming

    Inside Long Shaoming''s study.


    "What were you thinking, Shaoming? We discussed it before. You announced your retirement without even discussing it with the family. "Elder Longwas enraged. How many times had he told his son that he didn''t want Long Jie to be his sessor? It was not because he was not capable, but because he would destroy the centuries-old legacy. He would destroy the family for revenge. Or this was what Long Yuhan had been telling himself for years now.


    Elder Long''s actions were enough to indicate how much he hated and loathed Long Jie and why did so was still unknown. He did everything in his power to keep Long Jie away from the family but then his wife and Long Jie''s grandmother had toe and screwed up all his ns. He made sure Long Jie never came back but he returned one day and terrifyingly transformed into something -- he couldn''t decipher until now.


    Today, Long Shaoming''s announcement shook old man''s world, his hate fir Long Jie was the reason he was alive. If he had to move hell to keep Long Jie away from family politics, he would. If he had to turn brothers against brothers to achieve his goal, he would. If he had to kill that little Xin bitch to break Long Jie, he would do it too.


    "Everyone in Long n approves of my decision. If you are worried about Yuan and Wei, I have talked to them before. They showed no interest in stepping up in my position. They are pleased with Long Jie leading the family and the n. He has been managing the Long groups for a decade now." Long Shaoming informed his father tonelessly.


    Long Shaoming knew his father was brainwashing Lily to convince him not to let Long Jie seed him. He had been adamant about not letting Long Jie rule. His father was egotistical and narrow-minded, he couldn''t see the big picture. With his stubbornness clouding his eyes, he was not able to see that in the long run Long Wei and Long Yuan couldn''t lead the family. Zhao Meilin was Long Wei''s weakness and Yuan''s thirst for revenge on Liu Shishi was too deep that he didn''t even care for his life. The head of the family could neither be weak and reckless, moreover a vtile head like Yuan.


    Therefore, Long Jie was perfect for the position, with Zhenyi by his side, he''d be the greatest leader the family and ever seen. And their kids would take the family to even greater heights. Xin Yichen valued his blood more than anything,and Zhenyi''s and Jie''s kids would be the first generation Long supported by Xins.


    "Managing the Long groups and leading the family are two different things, Shaoming," Elder Long red up. He was mindful of his son''s n, and he would have supported it too if Xins and Long Jie were not present in the equation.


    "It indeed is. But I trust that my son will lead the family to even greater heights," Long Shaoming said keeping his gaze on his father.


    " I do not support your decision, " The old man stubbornly said through gritted teeth.


    "It has to be done. There was no benefit in dying the inevitable. "


    "Shaoming -- "


    "Rule no. 33: It depends solely on the current head of the family to leave or take over his position. If I remember correctly, this is thest rule you framed. "


    "Good night, father. I have got nothing more to speak," said Long Shaoming and shows his father the route out of the room.


    Elder Long shut the door with a loud thud. When he came out of the room, he saw Long Jie leaning against the wall and grinning devilishly.


    "You get what you always wanted, didn''t you? " Elder Long grunted in anger.


    "I get what I always deserved," Long Jie replied with another grin.


    "But you won''t keep it up for long. Mark my words," Elder Long Snapped.


    "And who will take it away from me? You? You won''t live for another five years, your sons will never agree with you and your other grandson, well, they can''t take what I deserve away from me. And your little snitch? My wife can handle her alone." Long Jie mocked him.


    "Look at you ugly mut, what are you bing? You were always a weakling and will always be one. This little courage of yours will be crushed by me again," Elder Long looked at Long Jie with eyes full ofhate and anger but it didn''t affect Long Jie.


    Long Jie let out a dark chuckle. "I dare you to try. "


    "Hahaha....dare? Long Jie...Long Jie, can''t you see? Your biggest nightmare ising true. You are bing who you truly despise. You are bing me. Your lust for power, blood, and control is just like mine. You call me twisted. Well, look at you now." Elder Long was doing everything in his power to provoke Long Jie, but little did he knew, Long Jie was not the same weak and alone little boy anymore.


    "Easy old man, I don''t share my father''s fondness for rules. I will break them if I want for putting a bullet in your old skull."


    "You will never, I know it. And I intend to use it against you, " Elder Long threatened him with an uglyugh.


    "I can''t but someone else who''s waiting to murder you, can," Long Jie let out casually.


    "You married that bitch to irk me? Well, well, she does. Save her Long Jie if you can. I intend to destroy her first and then you."


    "Touch a strand of her hair, old man, and trust me, you will not be able to get six feetnd to bury yourself after I watch you bleed to death." Long Jie was about to snap the old man''s neck but luckily Long Yuan came on right time. The old man''s n to provoke Long Jie failed again.


    "First brother." Yuan''s shouted to get Long Jie''s attention.


    "What happened, Yuan? " Long Jie asked him.


    "Sister- in-w, she--"


    "What happened to her? " Long Jie didn''t even stop to hear his reply before he ran towards the living room.


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 Chapter 98 - Snitches And Bitches

    After the dinner, Long Jie followed his brother and father to his study. The women wereughing and chatting in the living room. Zhenyi was sipping the tea whereas everyone else was gossiping and chattering about nothing in usual.


    She was grateful for the fact that they didn''t insist on indulging her in their useless and meaningless gossip. Her head was throbbing and the tea that she didn''t ask for was a miracle in itself. She assumed it right that it had to be sent by her beloved husband.


    Long Wenna who was chatting with Lily and Liu Shishi saw Zhenyi sipping on the tea peacefully. She nudged Lily and motioned her to look at Zhenyi. She whispered something in Lily''s ear and came to sit beside Zhenyi.


    Long Jie''s Grandmother was witnessing the scene unfolding before her eyes. She was curious to watch as to how her grandson''s new wife would handle these scheming women. It was not hidden from the old woman''s monitoring gaze that they were nning something against Zhenyi.


    "We haven''t been properly introduced to each other. I''m Long Wenna and you are aware that I''m Long Jie''s only aunt," said Long Wenna proudly.


    "Xin Zhenyi," came a simple reply.


    "You''re Xin Yichen''s daughter?" asked Long Wenna in astonishment. "Jesus! I know you looked slightly familiar but I can not even fathom that you are a Xin. How did the family even agree with this bizarre marriage? "


    "No wonder Long Jie married you against the family," Long Wenna added in a low voice to herself but Zhenyi heard what she mumbled.


    "He didn''t marry me against anyone''s wishes especially this family. It was an arranged marriage. Childhood arrangement to be precise," said Zhenyi shattering Long Wenna''s fantasy about her and Jie''s wedding.


    Zhenyi assumed Song Lily might have feed Long Wenna bullshit about her as so Long Wenna came to pick a fight with her even without knowing her identity.


    "You are lying," yelled Long Wenna gaining everyone''s attention. " My family will not keep such a big matter from me. I am the daughter of this family. "


    Zhenyi just smirked in return. Initially, she was avoiding drama because she knew her temper would rise from zero to prison. Not like someone would dare to arrest her. But still, Long Jie wouldn''t prefer bloodshed on their first day at the Long mansion after their wedding.


    "No..No... You are a liar." Long Wenna saw her nonchnt attitude towards her and screeched.


    Her family wouldn''t lie to her, would they? They knew how much she dislike that family. They had seen with their own eyes what she had lost because of Xin Yichen and his wife. Why would his father allow a serpent like Xins at their home? Why did Long Jie need to marry this woman out of every woman out there? Did they forget what happened years ago?


    "Wanna - Wenna. What happened to you?" Song Lily came and touched her shoulders as to see what transpired between Zhenyi and Long Wenna.


    Long Shaoming had freezed her cards and precisely ordered not to pick a fight with Zhenyi at any cost, but it didn''t mean Long Wenna couldn''t. She had been Song Lily''s pawn for decades and never uncovered her true intentions.


    "Lily, she is a liar. You didn''t keep this marriage a secret from me? You didn''t --"


    The color of Song Lily''s face faded when she heard that Zhenyi told her about the wedding secret. She was not aware that Zhenyi was a Xin and Lily had no intention of telling her either. She was waiting to strike at the right time given Long Wenna''s unfathomable hate for the Xin family. But Zhenyi spoiled her n, she would deal with this little bitchter.


    Long Wenna gaped at Song Lily in shock, she had betrayed her trust. How could she? "You did. How could you ---"


    "Not tell you." Zhenyipleted her unfinished sentence.


    "Why should they tell you in the first ce? " Zhenyi asked her with a raised brow and stood up to take a step closer to Long Wenna.


    " Because I''m the family. The family values its own. I''m a Long," Long Wenna announced. The Long family always protects their own. And Long Shaoming''s obsession with rules was not hidden from anyone.


    Zhenyi looked into her eyes and spoke solemnly, "No, you are not. You stopped being a Long when you married a Zhang. You stopped being a Long when you choose yourself over this family. You stooped being a Long when you use your family for Zhang''s benefit --"


    "STOP."Long Wenna shrieked as she kept her hands on her but Zhenyi just smirked at her.


    "You are cruel. Just like her. What do you even know about me? We were better than you years ago and we are still better than you," Long Wenna told her. Her eyes were telling Zhenyi if allowed she would kill her.


    Zhenyi knew her mother was not a very likable character but it was not a despised character either. She was untamed, unruly, and brazen yet at the same time brave, fearsome, and ruthless. But what triggered Long Wenna to hate her to the extent of going crazy?


    "Wanna." Grandmother shouted in warning. "Shut your mouth. "


    "No mother, she couldn''t destroy me that''s why she sent her daughter here to destroy us now. Can''t you guys see?" Long Wenna walked towards her mother and grabbed her hands in hysteria.


    "Zhenyi, how can you talk to Wenna like that. She is the daughter of this family," Song Lily came forward to p Zhenyi on the face but Zhenyi''s reflexes were refined that she caught her arm before she could touch her face.


    "And I''m the eldest daughter-inw of this family," Zhenyi dangerously said and threw Song Lily off her bnce. Song Lily bnced her foot before she could fall on the floor.


    Thedies present in the room looked at Zhenyi in shock as gasps left their mouths.


    "Words are a lethal weapon, mother-inw. Your sister- inw- knows how to use them like bullets but does not know how to take them. It is my first day here and you all have done nothing but disrespected me," spoke Zhenyi as she looked at Long Wenna in a warning.


    "Maybe if you were not as hot-headed as your mother you would have our respect. But you are just like her in every essence. Brazen and a rogue, " said Song Lily with a self-righteous attitude. She was a prideful woman, she would never forgive Zhenyi for insulting her in public.


    Song Lily didn''t stop and kept talking as if she was the embodiment of virtue and manners. " If you don''t correct your behavior now, you will have the same oue as that rogue."


    "You amuse me, mother-inw. I recalled my mother''s favorite saying '' A chicken trying to be a dragon''," spoke Zhenyi as she gave her a mocking smirk." Too bad you are not even worthy of caller a chicken much less than a dragon." She further added, " You hate my mother to the core, didn''t you? Why do you hate her so much? Ah, Don''t answer my question because I don''t need to know."


    Zhenyi walked towards Long Wenna who hid behind her mother. She chuckled to herself before her gaze settled on Song Lily again.


    "Let me tell you one thing, Song Lily. She conquered you. You fear her even when she is dead," Zhenyi whispered in her ears but it was enough for others to hear. " I can see the fear in your eyes. Your fear of her transformed into your hate for me." Song Lily''s eyes widened after hearing Zhenyi. " But I don''t care. I don''t fucking care at all. I can''t even count on my hand how many people hate me. So, I stopped counting," Zhenyi went on.


    " Do you know what is more dangerous than a rogue? " Zhenyi asked to no one in particr.


    "A disciplined and sophisticated rogue. And you should be afraid of me." She answered her question herself without waiting for the reply.


    "My son will never forgive ----"


    If Song Lily still thought Long Jie would take her side then she had another thinging.


    "Stop your loving mama''s drama. Your husband is not here. Neither is your sons. I will let you live the with dignity that you are left with for the time being," Zhenyi said in a voice full of annoyance. Who did she think was? Mother Theresa? Well, one was dead and the fake one was not needed, so Zhenyi continued speaking, " Because I intend on making your life worse than hell if you dare to think you can remove me from my husband''s life. Not even death can do us part."


    Liu Shishi looked at Zhenyi with jealousy and hatred. When one doesn''t know what to do with your astonishingly awesome self, they start to envy or hate you.


    "And a fair warning to all of you next time speak anything wrong and bad about my mother, I swear on my father, I will shot you in the head and my words are as good as my blood. If you don''t believe me ask your husbands. " Zhenyi dered openly and left the living room to the snitches and bitches.


    "She will thrive." A smile bloomed on grandma''s face."Thank you, Lord, for sending her into my Jie''s life."


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 Chapter 99 - Worthy Of Him

    How Difficult Is To Be Strong.


    That We Have To Smile


    Even Drowning In Tears And Pain To Prove The World Wrong.


    ( Facade Of Strength)


    -- Zhenyi


    Zhenyi was strolling in the garden of the Long mansion. In the moonlight, the view was surreal, enough to capture one''s interest. She folded her arms around her chest as a gust of cool breeze caressed her figure.


    In the dimly lit garden, she was looking so vulnerable that one might be forced to specte that her strength and hard personality was a guise. A guise she adopted to protect herself from the horrors of the real world.


    They called her-- merciless, ruthless, cold and every horrible name they could call, but did they ever wondered what made her so cruel? Did one ever see her as ''Zhenyi'' not -- Xin Yichen''s daughter or her mother''s daughter?


    Did one ever see a girl afraid of being so alone that she made friends with solitude? Did one see a girl tired of losing every valuable thing in her life that she started destroying everything just to save herself from destruction? Did you see that the girl had built an iron fortress around her heart that no one shalle in and then leave whenever they wished?


    The answer is -- no. You had not and you would not because people only saw what they wanted to see.


    They had made perception of her in their minds and no truth or fact in this world was capable enough of changing the tales they had weaved of her in their minds.


    And that''s why she used their perceptions of her on them as a tool to deal with them. Creating fear in their minds was one of the very few virtues Zhenyi possessed, so she used it when Song Lily tried to y the role of a good mother inw which she truly was not, and it was not a fact hidden from everyone that Song Lily was not very fond of zhenyi.


    She demonstrated that she was not the one to be messed with, and with Long Shaoming''s retirement decision, she was the true mistress of the house now whether she lived here not.


    Zhenyi also chose tonight to show Liu Shishi no matter how much she and Chen Yuling nned and plotted, they couldn''t get her out of Long Jie''s life. she was his wife, would be the only woman he wed, and she would make sure of it. she was aware Chen Yuling was a bigger problem than she believed.


    Zhenyi''s trail of thoughts broke when she heard the sound of a click on the concrete. She turned to found Su Mian, Long Jie''s grandmother trying to step down the stairs to the garden. She walked towards her and helped her to descend the stairs. Grandmother thanked her and zhenyi smiled in return which the old woman reciprocated this time.


    Didn''t know why but Zhenyi was not wary of this old woman, instead, she found her cute and cool; two words she would use to describe a human.


    Neither of them spoke but kept on walking on the vast meadow-sized garden. The night air of soothing zhenyi''s erratic emotions. The atmosphere here and Country B were very different from one another, she was not used to Beijing''s climate.


    Zhenyi noticed that the old woman had no intention of breaking the silence, so she spoke first, "Did I passed the test? "


    the old woman looked at her smiling face and asked with a furrow, "Which test?"


    Zhenyi didn''t turn towards her and kept walking, but with a slow pace to match the elderly woman. She spoke, "Test of if-I''m-worthy-of -your-dear-grandson?"


    Zhenyi was no fool, she had noticed her expressions when Long Wenna was spitting nonsense. She was foreseeing Zhenyi to stand for herself, and she didn''t disappoint her. the hot Xin blood flowing in her veins revealed its nature.


    " Oh, that... you did," she said with a knowing smile that says that she believed that Zhenyi would not disappoint her. " With flying colors also," grandmother added after a pause.


    "But are you worthy of my grandson? " her question halted Zhenyi''s steps. She never thought about it. She was of the view she was too good for him, but it was before the wedding.


    Zhenyi''s illusion about long jie shattered when she saw him as long jie, not a long or her fiance but him.


    He was not what she thought all along. He was arrogant, bossy, and most of all an asshole yet at the same time a caring, intelligent, and broken man who was of the view that his past described his present and future.


    That day at the mountain, he could have left her to die and save his life, but he was adamant about saving her, not because of his manly ego, but because he was afraid, afraid of losing her, and she had seen it in her eyes. Though she would never admit it aloud.


    But the question was -- was she worthy of long jie?


    "I don''t know." Zhenyi turned to look at the other woman and spoke, "I don''t know. " She surprised herself by answering the question in all honesty and sincerity. "But I know one thing that I''m keeping him forever." Zhenyi being zhenyi added stubbornly.


    She had announced to everyone inside that Long Jie belongs to her and her only. Just as she once told Ming Jia that she was a spoilt kid and spoilt kids didn''t share what belonged to them. She even informed her dear mother-inw that not even death could part them.


    Grandmother Mian nodded but did notment. Zhenyi''s answer was enough to soothe all the worries she had in her heart.


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 Chapter 100 - Trust, Lies, Secrets And Relationships

    They kept on walking at a slow pace.


    Zhenyi''s mind was in frenzy. Though she answered the question honestly, what happened in the morning came back to remind her that her marriage was not wine and roses. they had their own messes to deal with.


    Long Jie''s fear of sharing his past with her, Zhenyi''s fear of getting her trust broken again, and their fear of failing to each other.


    "How do you live with it?" Zhenyi asked her in almost a whisper.


    "With what? " Grandmother Mian asked her in confusion. she didn''t get what Zhenyi meant by '' it''.


    "With lies and secrets," Zhenyi answered her question much to ease the elderly woman''s confusion.


    She looked at Zhenyi, her eyes were dull, weary, and aged. Her eyes spoke of her pains and struggle.


    "Lies...you just know when your man is lying to you. If he is truly your man, you can filter truth out of his words. It''s so instinctive like just breathing." She paused for a moment and then went on, " If you can''t filter it out, you need to look into his soul and heart which he will im doesn''t exist. But it does, it is for us to see to peek at it. "


    Long jie.


    He imed he didn''t have a heart, he was too tainted to have one. but he was wrong, so wrong. he had one but what he didn''t know was that it was just for her to see and read.


    "As for secrets, these men have theirs and us women have ours. secrets never shake the foundation of rtionships,ck of trust does." Her words hit zhenyi hard.


    ''Secrets never shake the foundation of rtionships,ck of trust does.''


    Long Jie was right when he told her, '' for there to be betrayal there have to have trust first .''


    She imed to trust him, but did she actually? She didn''t know now. her past got the best out of her, she tried to measure him with the measurement tape of her own past which was neither good nor right.


    "When I came to this family I was afraid, afraid that his fondness for secrets might destroy our marriage. As the time went on I realized that they were his secrets to keep, to bury, or to hide, " she said to Zhenyi. And at that moment Zhenyi could see the naked ache in the old woman''s heart through her eyes. She added in almost a whisper, " It had nothing to do with me, but it was very difficult topromise with this fact. My heart just won''t understand such a simple fact. "


    A woman has the power to tolerate any hardship or struggle for her husband and family, but not enough to bear her husband''s secrets. She can walk hell and heaven for her man if he asked her to, but first, he has to show her the way and, then she will do what he asks for.


    Zhenyi was the same in this aspect, she wanted Long Jie to show the destination he wanted to walk to, and then she would hold his hand and walk with him wherever he headed -- hell or heaven, it didn''t matter to her as long as he was with her.


    Seeing that Zhenyi didn''t speak, grandmother Mian spoke again, "The curiosity got the best of me, and I unearthed them one day. It was one of the saddest days of my life. We never knew the secrets we so badly wanted to dig is more haunting and painful than we can ever imagine."


    Zhenyi looked at her again and said, "you mean, I should not dig things that do not belong to me."


    Grandmother was right. the secrets didn''t belong to her in the first ce. And in her heart, she was aware of the fact that his past didn''t describe the Long Jie in present. If she knew this, then what was the meaning in going for something that she didn''t need?


    She made the decision that she would never force him to whatever ghosts he was hiding. But if one day he wanted to tell her, she would be there listening to him andforting him without any prejudice.


    "See, I know you are an intelligent girl." She patted Zhenyi''s head lovingly and said again, e sit with me."


    They sat on the chairs set in the middle of the vast garden.


    Grandmother willingly initiated the new topic much to Zhenyi''s difort. "your mother, such a lively and naughty girl she was. Always brought me something with almonds. She used to say, '' auntie your memory is fading, eat almonds, and you shouldn''t forget me '', silly girl, how can I ever forget that little girl? "


    "My mom? " Zhenyi''s eyes widened in shock. Was she in a parallel world? What nonsense was this old crazy woman talking about?


    Not even a single person in this world described her mother the way she described.


    Actually, zhenyi''s mother was Zhenyi''s sore point. She didn''t why but whenever someone talks about her a train of unknown emotions hit her.


    No one knew but she didn''t even remember how her mother looked like. neither she was allowed to look at and not she ever tried to look at her.


    And why it was so, it was a story of another day.


    Acknowledging the fact that she was serious, Zhenyi asked in a low whisper, "you knew my mom? "


    For the first time, Zhenyi started up the topic included the forbidden word ''her mother''. And she was perplexed and shocked by the fact she actually asked.


    "Knew?" the old woman scoff in a funny way and went on talking proudly, " I saw her growing in front of me. Even after marrying your father, she didn''t stop visiting me despite the rivalry between the two families."


    It was bizarre. How was it even possible for Long''s wife to meet Xin''s wife?


    But when she saw the myriad emotions in her eyes, she knew it was true no matter how bizarre it sounded.


    "You loved my mom." there was conviction in Zhenyi''s voice followed by disbelief as to how was it possible.


    "I love your mom." Grandmother Mian corrected her.


    "She was best friends with my eldest son." Now, this was real bizarre. Her mother and long shaoming? Dear Lord, was she really on Earth?


    "Father-inw? " Zhenyi gaped in incredulity.


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 Chapter 101 - A Reason To Stay

    Without any second thought, Long Jie ran towards the living room but to add to his dismay, Zhenyi was not in the living room along with others. His gaze wandered across the room and noticed that his grandmother was missing too. And it didn''t take a genius to guess both of them were together.


    "First brother, " Long Yuan was running after Long Jie as so to inform, what he wanted to tell him in the first ce, but his brother didn''t let him finish off his sentence.


    "You better talk now, Yuan," Long Jie said, frustration and annoyancecing his tone.


    "You didn''t even let meplete what I was saying," Yuan grumbled in theint "


    He paused and then added. "I was saying that your wife started another battle here with thedies and it''s difficult for me to babysit such a trouble maker."


    "Call my wife trouble maker again and then see ---


    " Nope, I will call her a devil now." Long Yuan grinned.


    Long Jie''s eyes shed with a warning. " I heard your wound has yet to heal properly. You don''t want an injured leg too, do you, little brother? "


    Zhenyi had shot Yuan in the arm when she had blown their base. Heck, she even pointed a gun at him, if not for his quick reflexes, the darn girl would have shot him in the head and, he was sure she wouldn''t even have flinched. Fiance or not.


    Long Yuan shook his head in dissatisfaction. "You are whipped, First brother. Wee to the club of whipped husband, and seeing your progress I can...not very proudly announce you will surpass Wei, the leader of wife ve club soon ."


    "I heard Wei. What are you talking about me, Yuan and Brother? " Long Wei appeared out of nowhere and pped Yuan''s injured arm causing him to wince.


    "Ouch."


    "He called you whipped. Leader of wife ve club to be precise. " Long Jie snitched on Long Yuan directly.


    "Did You, Yuan? Well, even if you did, I will take it as apliment. Not everyone gets a beautiful and intelligent wife like mine. You are happy with stic beauties, what can I do." Long Wei shrugged.


    Long Jieughed at Long Yuan''s distress. Why was his brother so hell-bent on marrying that stic beauty? It was not like he loved her.


    "You will not want me to tell the devil that you once said she can see someone''s stic surgeon or you don''t need to see your ghastly looking wife every day, first brother? " Long Yuan raised his brow devilishly. He inwardly grinned at the thought of watching his first brother suffer at the hands of his devilish sister-inw.


    "He didn''t." Long Wei gaped at Long Jie then at Long Yuan. There was no doubt Zhenyi was a beautiful and attractive woman, but she was equally dangerous and lethal.


    Long Yuan nodded. "He certainly did."


    "Stop calling my wife names, Yuan. You know what happened to the guy at the club. She chopped his tongue for calling her something he shouldn''t."


    Of course, they knew what happened to that man. The news was spread in the Underworld to indicate the authority of the Xins, especially Xin Zhenyi''s. No one after that incident would dare to loot from Xins.


    Long Jie ignored Yuan''s nonsense and snarled when he remembered how he failed to aplish his task.


    "But now where is my wife? Didn''t I tell you not to let her out of sight until the time I came back? Where is she now? "


    Yuan gulped. Hemitted a mistake and would certainly be punished. "She was here in the living room, but then I went to call you when the quarrel between her and mom started."


    Long Jie said with an expressionless face. "You failed, Yuan. Get out of my sight."


    "First brother, don''t start another fight with mom. Mom will go to the extreme to trouble Zhenyi and her being the devil that she certainly is, will make everyone''s lives hell adding more to dad''s problem. And grandfather is looking for a slight mistake to dethrone you."


    "She is in the garden with Grandma." Long Wei told Jie.


    Long Jie sighed in relief. She truly was a trouble maker, causing him to worry for no reason. What if someone here tried to harm her? Couldn''t she understand that many in this family were looking for a chance to eliminate her? Couldn''t she see how would he live without her if something happened to her?


    Long Jie strolled towards the living room to go to his wife and then leave for their home straight.


    On the way out, Song Lily stopped him, " Where are you going, Jie? "


    "Back home." He replied her curtly.


    Song Lily didn''t listen to him and kept on speaking. "You are already home. I have set your room and the daily necessities for Zhenyi have been arranged. Go change, I will ask someone to call her in. "


    Long Jie sighed in annoyance. He was too tired to withstand this woman''s drama. "I said I''m going home. Which word do you not understand? "


    Song Lily was adamant about making him stay at the mansion. If she wanted Long Shaoming to reconsider his decision, she had to convince Long Jie to reside at the family home. Only then she could show her husband how unfit Long Jie and Zhenyi were for the role.


    "Long Jie, you are married now. In the past I let you do whatever you want, you yed around with women I understand. But now you belong to this ce. This mansion. I will ask someone tomorrow to get your stuff from your ce."


    Long Jie took a deep breath and looked at her before speaking. "Can you stop now? You see, I had dinner with all of you. Even though I''m not diabetic, I can''t seem to digest these unusual sweet words of yours, mother."


    Song Lily and Long Jie never shared a harmonious rtionship, and now their rtionship was on the verge of extinction. " I''m your mother, Long Jie. Talk to me with respect which I deserve as a mother. I had raised you for thirty years. "


    "Well, I and Yuan have been motherless since the time we were born. We were raised by the expensive nannies that the dearest father had arranged. "


    Long Jie had an urge to scoff at her for calling herself a mother. Mothers are never biased. Mothers do not leave their kids alone when they needed her the most. And mothers loved their kids beyond limits.


    "Do not waste your time, mother. I will not live in this rotten ce. If I could I would have set fire to this ce a long ago."


    "That bitch is turning you against your family. " Song Lily spat.


    Long Jie chuckled at the situation. " We were always against each other, mother. Since the beginning, we were the two rivals fighting an unknown battle for some reason none of us remember and for yet a winner to be pronounced."


    "Good Night, mother. Tell my dearest dad his son won''te back no matter how many tempting baits he throws."


    Long Jie left the room and came out looking for his missing wife. He had an urge to tell Zhenyi to shot Yuan''s another arm for leaving her alone between the wolves. Then again, he needs to find her first.


    There she was, sitting on the chair with his grandmother, talking and smiling. She looked even more beautiful with genuine emotions swimming in her eyes. There was much more to her than met his naked eyes.


    As happy as he was that the two important women of his life liked each other, he still wished to take her away from his grandmother at least for now.


    But his happiness didn''tst long, he saw his grandmother giving that locket to his wife. Something snapped inside his body, he had an urge to run and snatch that locket off her hand.


    Of all the things his grandmother could give Zhenyi, why did she give the locket to her?


    Why did she give that pendant to Zhenyi? He had heard the significance of the particr pendant. She could use the coin attached to the pendant anytime to leave the family and, no one could stop her.


    Long Jie saw his grandmothering towards him and patted his arm lightly.


    "Why?" A word left his mouth before he could stop himself.


    She just smiled in return and touched him again before leaving.


    But he did hear herst words before leaving him standing in the gallery.


    "You will not know the value of staying if you have no way of leaving. I gave her the means to leave, you give her the reason to stay. "


    A reason for her to stay.


    And what was that reason?


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 Chapter 102 - The Beating Heart

    Zhenyi walked towards Long Jie who was still standing at the same ce where she saw him before. The frown on his forehead was proof that he was unhappy. Well, he was unhappy all the time what can she do? Instinctively, she moved forward and caressed the frown on his forehead with her hand.


    He grabbed her arm and fired the first question instantly, " What were you talking about?"


    She looked into his gray eyes. They were shining under the moonlight like a luminous sapphire. She noticed the flickers of green in those gray eyes caused by the reflection of the moonlight. Just how beautiful were his eyes?


    Long Jie looked at his silent wife who was ogling him. She could be as silent as a ghost whenever she wanted to.


    After what seemed like an eternity she graced him with an answer which was worse than her silence, "You men have your secrets and us women have ours."


    Long Jie''s grip on her arm tighten as he heard her metaphoric answer and asked again in a furious yet low tone, "What were you talking with, my Grandmother? "


    He was truly a typhoon no one knew when he turned north to south or from clockwise direction to anti-clockwise direction. His mood swings were worse than women on menstruation. Heck, at least women had a reason for their terrible temper but he, he just was an asshole. "None of your business, Your Majesty."


    "I saw the coin, Zhenyi, " He said in a tight voice.


    Zhenyi''s eyes soften when she heard him but she hardened her heart because he didn''t deserve sweet Zhenyi.


    "So?" She raised a brow and asked again.


    Long Jie''s jaw tightened at her nonchnt attitude. Did she not know how much she was hurting him. "I know what it means."


    "Still none of your business." Zhenyi rolled her eyes.


    He took a step closer and put her arms around his neck and softly whispered, "Zhenyi?"


    He was not ying fair. He never did. If he couldn''t answer her question, he should understand in return that she couldn''t either. But he was a demanding asshole and always get what he demanded.


    She looked into his eyes. She thought of lying but Zhenyi was not a woman to break her words. She promised him honestly and transparency and she would give him.


    "It is a secret." She said."Between two women."


    "But I want to know, " He softly spoke. His voice sound of hurt, ache, and desperation.


    She studied his face. "Why do you have to know about it? You do not tell me everything."


    For few minutes no one spoke. The sound of their breathing was the only sound they could hear.


    He caressed her eyes with the pad of his thumb, then traced the line of her nose, andstly outlined the shape of her lips. She had closed her eyes and was breathing heavily as if expecting more.


    " You are going to leave me? " He suddenly asked.


    Zhenyi opened her eyes and stared at him. She just stared at him. She didn''t know from where this stupid thought came to his extra stupid mind.


    Her grip on the locket tightened and she surprised herself by answering the ridiculous question. "Maybe or maybe not."


    His gaze hardened and his hold on her tighten. "Tell me clearly, are you or not?"


    She looked into his eyes almost daring him as to what he could do about it. "If I did?"


    "Yes or no?"He asked again.


    He pulled her even closer and rested his head on her shoulder. He breathed her scent to calm the turmoil inside him.


    "If that''s a yes, tell me before you do and I will give you the knife to carve my heart out." He said in almost a whisper.


    "The heart you im doesn''t exist," Zhenyi whispered back.


    He pulled her out of his arms and took her hand and kept it on the left side of his chest apparently where the heart is located.


    " It still doesn''t. But whenever you are close, this organ made up of steel starts beating. It is all your doing." He said the words so nonchntly, but with so much weight, she suddenly felt tired to the bone.


    Zhenyi didn''t know how to rebuke his words. His ims were so heavy but his actions frail as a leaf. No matter how much she tried to forget the words he uttered in the morning she just couldn''t.


    Even when she knew he spoke it to infuriate her because the angry Zhenyi was easy to speak to and deal with than the normal one. But he just couldn''t infuriate her whenever he wished and get away with it.


    Words are lethal. And his words, they were even more deadly to her. It pierced her heart like a de. It held the power to crush her. He had the power to make her heart bleed merely with her words.


    Zhenyi was always a realistic woman. She was aware of the changes in her behaviour towards him. It was out of her hands to control.


    What she wanted to feel for him and what she felt for him werepletely at odds.


    "You tell me, I carry the power to kill you but on the other hand, you kill my trust in you, Jie." She said, achecing his soft voice.


    "Anything but not that, please." He almost pleaded. He just wanted to enjoy this particr moment. He wanted to enjoy every moment he could get with the woman in his arm. He was capable enough of giving her everything except the key to his past. And he realized he didn''t need to give her anything but a reason to stay with him.


    "Anything but not that, "Zhenyi repeated.


    "Yes, anything." He nodded.


    "Okay." She said. She had epted the fact that he was constant in her life, his past, dirty or clean, bad or good didn''t matter to her just like it shouldn''t matter to him in the first ce.


    "Okay? " He asked her skepticism.


    "Okay." She smiled.


    He kissed her temple and picked her in his arms. It was time to go home and spend the night making love to his beautiful wife.


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 Chapter 103 - Long Jies Angry Peacock

    Today, when I tasted her lips,


    I don''t taste love, lust, or passion


    Instead, I tasted home and sce ;


    The sce that I lost years ago


    And home I never had.


    - Long Jie.


    ***


    The next day.


    The rays of the morning sun fell on her slumbering form, she ced one of her hands on her eyes to block the blinding light, and with another, she scoured for the man lying next to her. She jolted up awake when her hand touched the empty cold sheets.


    The curtains were pulled out and, no one except for Long Jie was aware of how much she despised waking up to blinding sun. He had intentionally drawn out the curtains just like the sun had purposely chosen east of the earth to rise. But where he was now?


    For thest few days, he had been waking and sleeping with him. Did she mention he had that creepy habit of staring at her sleeping form?


    There he was adjusting his tie, all dressed up like an Adonis ready to hunt for any Greek goddess, not that he would but what if the goddesses came looking for him? Irrational jealousy shes through her, ready to demand to lock him up at home so that no witch or bitch or even snitch would set his eyes on her possession. She was as possessive of her husband as the overbearing CEO husbands in the novels.


    She had gone crazy. And she was convinced. Otherwise what else could describe this insanity?


    Zhenyi had a demanding urge to drag this beautiful man back to the bed and, shut the doors and even curtains so that she could taste him like the most delicious candy in the store.


    What Zhenyi didn''t realize was that she was drooling over him with her mouth opened. And she was giving this beautiful a secondhand embarrassment.


    As if he could hear this beautiful author''s thought, Long Jie turned around, and this time she even forgot to breathe and the dirty drool wetting her nket.


    [A/N: E... Never knew she was such a simp. I don''t know her.]


    Everything about him screamed power, charisma, and heartbreak, while danger wrapping around it all indicating how lethal he was, but Zhenyi was never the one to run away from danger. In fact, she would willingly embrace this 440 volts danger and, never let it go.


    Long Jie stepped in her direction and saw her staring at him unblinking. He shook his head in amusement.


    "You are drooling, cat eyes," he said, closer to her ears and closed her mouth gently with his palm.


    Her eyes widened as the understanding hit her that she had been ogling him like a bloody pervert.


    He kissed her temple. "I''ve to go early today. Okay? Take care and stay out of trouble."


    She red at him. "What am I? A kid? "


    Long Jie solemnly shook his head. " You are not. You just behave like one."


    "LONG JIE, " She yelled.


    "Later, baby." He kissed her cheek and started looking for some work-rted files. He had an urgent meeting with the n members and then one at the office. It was an important day for him as his dream had been finally fulfilled.


    Zhenyi huffed in exasperation and left the bed when she got no attention from her husband dearest. She kept calling him creative names under her breath on the way to the bathroom.


    Long Jie was busy on a call when he heard her outcry, almost fearing him. He disconnected the call in haste and immediately ran towards the source of the voice. The sound of her scream came from the bathroom and Long Jie was afraid as to what might have urred to her and that too in the bathroom.


    "Are you okay? " He asked in a loud voice and entered the bathroom without even bothering to knock first.


    What''s the worst that could happen if he didn''t knock? At worse she could be naked and that didn''t seem like a big issue to him.


    And the situation he found her was almost startling, she was lying on the floor, her cheeks were red in anger and, in her eyes was a vicious look which indicated that if allowed she would murder him without wasting a single second.


    Earlier when Zhenyi entered the washroom, she was so in haste that she didn''t notice that the floor was slippery as a certain someone had spilled shampoo on the floor. As a result, she slipped and fell on her pretty ass.


    [A/N: why the word butt is not as ssy as the word ass? ]


    "What happened? " He asked, ignoring the murderous look in her eyes.


    "You happened. My rotten fate happened." She red at him and he frowned as to what wrong he hadmitted now? He had been wrong since the time he met her and would be wrong as long as he was alive.


    And why it was so? The answer was simple -- she happened and his not so rotten fate happened.


    "Eh? Give me your hand. Let me help you." He softly spoke as he put forward his hand to help her stand up.


    She scoffed at him. " No need. I can help myself."


    Why would she take his help when he was the reason for her misery? She would show him that she didn''t need a man to help herself. For crying out loud, she was the Xin Zhenyi.


    "Okay then." He shrugged as if he didn''t care.


    Zhenyi harrumphed and attempted to stand up on her feet, but due to her slippery feet and the floor, she fell again.


    Long Jie had a hard time controlling hisughter. This angry peacock of his was really cute sometimes. He aimed to help her but no she had to show her dominance and prove that she was -- the mighty Xin Zhenyi.


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 Chapter 104 - Tickle Attack

    Long Jie had a hard time controlling hisughter. This angry peacock of his was really cute sometimes. He aimed to help her but no she had to show her dominance and prove that she was -- the mighty Xin Zhenyi.


    No matter how arrogant and childish she was being, he couldn''t seem to see her in distress and so he put his hand forward again to help her.


    "Mrs. Long, let me help -- "


    She didn''t even let him toplete his sentence. He was amused at her misery. She would see him another time but now she had to stand up from this goddamm stubborn floor. It was sticky like its owner. Stubborn and troublesome.


    "No, I don''t need your help at all. Your bloody floor is as stubborn and difficult as you. But I''m Xin Zhenyi, I''ll show both of you, who is the real boss here." She announced.


    [A/N: Stubborn and difficult floor? Well, it''s new for me too! Crazy Zhenyi.]


    "Okay then. Tell me in the evening if you seed. Bye, wife, I have got a very important meeting to attend," Long Jie spoke in amusement. No matter how much he wanted to enjoy this little drama, he couldn''t gette for this meeting.


    Zhenyi stood up in anger, luckily or unluckily her foot slipped again but this time, certainly luckily she caught his tie in time. Long Jie stepped forward when he felt a hard yank at his tie, his arms instinctively went to her waist and, the next thing he knew both of them were in the bathtub with Zhenyi underneath him.


    After realizing what had happened Zhenyi looked at him in horror.


    She stammered. "I didn''t do it intentionally..."


    "You didn''t? " He asked as he moved his arms from her waist.


    She gulped as in no.


    He devilishly smiled at her. And she learned that she was screwed. Well, not that screw but a different one where you mess up with something or someone and shouldn''t.


    She shook her head in apprehension as to what maye next. He was truly a devil and, today she understood what it meant when someone said not to wake up the devil.


    '' He wouldn''t snap my neck or worse kill me and throw my beautiful body in the river, would he? '' Zhenyi asked the beautiful devil sitting on her left shoulder.


    The arrogant angel on her right shoulder rolled her eyes at her vivid imagination.


    Long Jie wickedly grinned at her and with his weapon-like hands, he began his attack. He started tickling her at her most sensitive spots which he discovered during their '' workout session''.


    "No...No... J-Jie. " She couldn''t stopughing due to his tickling attack. It was even worse than hitting or snapping her neck.


    "No...No..." She tried to use her hands to stop him but who could stop the beast from devouring the beauty in front of him.


    "This is c-cheating, " she tried to speak withoutughing. Her stomach was aching from all the nonstopughter nonstop but the beast didn''t seem to listen to her. He wouldn''t stop until he devoured the beauty.


    On the other hand, the sound of herugher mingled with loud breathing and sighs were working as a catalyst on him.


    As such, the reason was enough for him not to stop and so he went on tickling her sensitive spots. Her waist and the area around her breast was the most sensitive area. A bite or lick was enough to make her moan and whimper in desire.


    Long Jie went on and Zhenyi kept hitting the water in the bathtub with her foot. He was dripping with water when he stopped tickling her.


    "You little devil, you drenched me. I have a meeting to attend." Long Jie spoke as he realized that he fell into this little fox''s trap.


    "You have? " This time Zhenyi grinned wickedly and grabbed the handheld shower as her weapon. She pointed it at him and his eyes when widened as he knew what she was nning next.


    "No Zhenyi... No. " He shook his head as if to ask her to drop whatever hell she was nning on him.


    She just grinned devilishly at him.


    Long Jie came out of the bathtub to escape his little devil but his little devil was adamant about revenge.


    She pointed the showerhead at him. He kept on telling her to drop it. And he had a meeting and so on but she didn''t listen just like he didn''t when she was begging him to let her go. She was highly ticklish and he knew that. Hence, she drenched him as much as she could.


    He was running to avoid the pressure of water but being the best shooter she was, her shot didn''t miss. Be it a gun or a showerhead. And the target was her husband. So how could she miss this one?


    The sound of herughter filled the room as Long Jie ran out of the bathroom, his eyes were soft and warm. Even though he waste, but he did spend the best time of his time with her except for the time he spent inside her.


    Zhenyi grabbed a towel after getting out of her wet clothes and wrapped it around ger body and, exited the bathroom, flipping her hair as if she had won a battle.


    Well, she did win one.


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    [ Next, imagine Zhenyi''s mischievous encounter with Long Jie in the closet. I could have written it for you, but I decided not to. As for the smut scene, I''m dying it. I gave it a thought and came to the conclusion that I need to get out of my shy zone, getting all poetic in love-making is not enough. I need real smut material. I''m working on it, my twenty years conservative upbringing is at the stake, not that I need to protect it but I''m not able to write an adult scene without getting all red and I need to ovee it ASAP!


    Just be patient. I''m not perfect but wed. ]

 Chapter 105 - Sam Woke Up

    A sickatose person woke up from his week-longa. When Zhenyi was informed she didn''t waste any second before reaching the hospital. She informed Fan Bingbing and her father about Sam''s recovery.


    Of course, Master Yichen knew of Sam''s ident, was there something one could hide from him? But the Qin family was still oblivious of the near-death attack on their son. If Xins tried to conceal any information, no one could ever get that information.


    When Zhenyi reached his room, the doctors were checking on Sam. He looked ghastly pale and thin. The wounds on his chest were not healed, and the broken bones would take months to recuperate.


    Sam saw Zhenyi entering the room. There was a grimace on her face as if she was anxious or in pain. How strange it was that it was him who was lying on the sickbed but she had this ufortable look on her face?


    Sam being Sam couldn''t control his signature antics as he went on, "My dear best friend, did you cried too much for this handsome man while he was in thea? Oh, I see your swollen eyes. Don''t worry baby, this handsome man is as fit as a racing horse."


    "Doctor, check if any machine fell on his head while he was in deep slumber." Zhenyi''s reply rendered the mighty Sam Qin speechless.


    Sam pursed his lips. Did she sharpen her tongue further while he was in aa? Never mind, it was not like he could exchange her to get a new best friend.


    Jesus, he was stuck with her forever.


    After a pause, he spoke again, " Why do I smell the weird odor of medicines? "


    Zhenyi shook her head at his idiocy. But why was she not surprised?


    "Because you are getting the Chinese treatment, dumbass, " Zhenyi answered.


    "Did you at least bring me food? Or are you here just to scold me or remind me how much of a disappointment I was? " Sam said in a harsh voice.


    Zhenyi took a deep breath and said evenly, "Sam, what you did was the grandest example of idiocy? You could have informed me beforehand. No stuff was more important than your life."


    What an idiotic step he took! The trap wasid for her but he fell instead. She would not have been able to forgive herself if something had happened to her best friend. Though she didn''t know how to show her care for anyone, she did love him like she loved Ryuu.


    Sam let the doctor exit the room first before speaking. "Your schedule was leaked Zhenyi. It was either you or bombing the footing."


    He paused for a moment before continuing, "So, I let them think I fell into their trap. I collected a lot of information, Bestie. You can praise me."


    Zhenyi had an urge to roll her eyes. Remind her why she was friends with this narcissist?


    Instead, she replied to him. Well, more like scolded him ording to Sam. " They couldn''t have hurt me anyways. Information on the enemy is always wee but not at the cost of your life. Try not to almost die next time."


    He huffed in exasperation and refused to look at her. His body was still weak and all this talking was taking a toll on his weak body.


    "You have been out for a week, Sam," Zhenyi spoke after some time.


    Sam looked at her and the sh of hurt was not hidden from her eyes.


    " And you chose the time to get married to that Asshole," Sam spat out.


    The color drained from Zhenyi''s face as she heard his usatory remark. Her best friend was not in favour of the wedding,st time she had a point over Sam and avoided the topic but now she didn''t know how he would take the news. Well, she knew one thing, it wouldn''t be good.


    "Who told you?" Zhenyi asked in an extra neutral voice. " Because I certainly didn''t."


    "Just because I couldn''t open my eyes doesn''t mean my ears were closed too," came the angry reply but much to Zhenyi''s confusion.


    He added. " Your friend has a habit of bbering and hurting my precious ears. And make sure she doesn''te back here. "


    Fan Bingbing.


    She had been visiting him every day, telling him all the happenings and it was also her who told him about his best friend''s wedding to his sworn enemy. The whole Long n was his foe.


    Zhenyi scowled. " Can you not be an asshole to her? She has been taking care of you since the beginning. At least learn to be a little grateful. "


    The poor girl had done nothing but loved an asshole.


    "Get out. I don''t wish to talk to you." Sam showed her the way out. He was angry with her and he has every right to be. One agreed or not, but his best friend had betrayed him and for betrayal, there was no remedy.


    Zhenyi thought he was being his normal self -- the annoying and pestering Sam. But deep down in her heart she knew, she had hurt him. He was just like her, didn''t know how to show care for someone but she was the only exception and, would never forgive if she ever betrayed him.


    She tried to calm him down by behaving as usual.


    "Stop being a drama king Sam. You are no longer a kid."


    "And you are not my queen. Stop ordering me around," Sam said while having trouble with breathing.


    "Okay, I''m sorry. Please calm down. Don''t rise your temper. You are notpletely healed. " Zhenyi spoke in panic when she saw him having difficulty in breathing.


    "Stop acting like you care." He said between breathing.


    She caressed his cold hand and kept on mumbling apologies. He closed his eyes and fell asleep. The doctor came as Zhenyi had pressed the emergency button. She didn''t leave the room. She couldn''t, it was like her feet were stuck there. She didn''t remember how long she was on that sofa praying to God for his well-being.


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 Chapter 106 - A Bigger Picture

    A few hourster, Sam woke up again, his gaze fell on his best friend who was still waiting for him to be conscious. He couldn''t help but sigh, she was too stubborn to leave him. At least when he was angry at her.


    He didn''t know what to do with the stupid and headstrong woman. He sighed again.


    Zhenyi jolted when she saw him looking at her. She gave him a small smile but he just sighed in return.


    "Are you okay now?" Zhenyi asked cautiously.


    Sam nodded.


    For the next few minutes, neither of them was willing to break the ice. Zhenyi was feeling guilty and Sam was trying to curb his resentment, but he didn''t know to who the resentment was directed.


    "Zhen Zhen? " Sam called her out.


    "Hmmm?"


    "Why did you marry him?" Sam asked her in a soft voice.


    "Do I have another choice? Was I ever given a choice? No. And I didn''t know what came over to me when I epted his proposal but I don''t regret it, Sam." Zhenyi replied in all honesty.


    "Do you love him? " Sam asked her again.


    Zhenyi looked at him as if he had grown two horns on his head. "What? No. Never. What kind of question is it?" She asked while giving him a dirty look.


    "Fine then." Sam sighed in relief.


    Thank Lord, she didn''t love that fucked up piece of shit.


    "Zhen Zhen, we have been through thick and thin, hard and harder times. There was no problem we didn''t fight together. If I was distressed, you would be the first one to lend me your shoulder. If a tear escaped from your eye, I was the one to avenge for your precious pearls. What changed this time? Or did you punished me for one lie of omission? "


    Zhenyi''s expression was equal part fury, equal part despair.


    Did he think so low of her?


    "I''d never stoop so low, Sam and you know it. You didn''t tell me about Y¨¨y¨¨''s condition, I get it. You were bound by a promise. I would never punish you for such a small matter. Nothing changed this time, Sam. We both were stuck in our messes and couldn''t be together this time."


    Sam opened his mouth to say something then closed as a nurse came to check up on his vitals. Once the nurse exited, he went on.


    "One reason Zhenyi. Just one reason why? " Sam asked her, fury and anguish visible in his dark orbs.


    With a sigh, Zhenyi looked around in the room, and finally, her eyes halted at him.


    "There is a bigger picture, Sam. A bigger picture no one is currently seeing. B¨¤, Ryuu, Long Shaoming, or even my husband. But I know there is, call it a strange hunch or intuition or even my stupidity," replied Zhenyi with all sincerity. She would never lie to him, she had no reason to. If there was one person who would discern her uncertainties, it was him.


    "Do you remember I once told you that our ultimate enemy is unknown? No one ever saw him or heard of him but he is there. Very much so." Zhenyi paused and Sam nodded weakly. " I think I found a beginning, a core or a lead to his web. I need to entangle in this web to solve it or to show that I''m entangled," said Zhenyi.


    "And your so-called husband is just the means to the very end? " asked Sam in skepticism.


    "I don''t know. He was, but now? I don''t know. It''splicated." She deadpanned.


    His eyes widened in disbelief and shock. He didn''t know what to say to her. She was either the bravest woman or the most idiotic to lose her heart to the man who was supposed to be the means of her grandest n.


    She had not justplicated her life merely in a week rather trapped herself in a bigger mess she could ever escape.


    Wasn''t she the one who told him '' Life is really simple but we insist onplicating it''?


    "A very wise woman once said, Life is really simple but we insist onplicating it. You could have avoided theplications by simply marrying me. Elder Xin just wanted to see you married. He wouldn''t have minded me as a son-inw. "


    Zhenyi gave him a dirty look and scoffed. "Marry you and problem solve? You don''t expect me to stay celibate all life, do you? "


    "Stop talking about gross subjects." Sam crinkled his nose in disgust.


    He was not a prude but he couldn''t hear about the sex life of his best friend. The best friend he knew since she was in diapers.


    "Gross?" Zhenyi scoffed. "You hurt my ears bragging about your one-night stands in the past."


    His gaze sparked with amusement, though a small amount of bitterness leaked through. "I used to boast because I wanted you to attend college and stop doing that boring stuff. Uncle Yichen would have supported my cause but you don''t care about me at all."


    "Come on Sam, you know that you are my best friend for life. Please forgive me. This humble subject was wrong, your majesty." Zhenyi spoke, copying his dramatic antics. Poison pare poison and drama cut the drama.


    " Sorry, I didn''t hear you. What were you saying?" Sam inwardly grinned but spoke feigning ignorance.


    " I was wrong ---"


    "No, Miss Xin is gifted with the greatest gift of wlessness. How can you be wrong?" His voicecing with thick derision.


    "Please forgive me."


    An apology is never bigger than a lifelong rtionship. If it can save a rtionship, then she can apologize thousands of times for her mistake.


    " The great Zhenyi is always right. If she says sun caused rain on the earth, it means the sun is responsible for the rain on the earth." He wouldn''t let her off the hook so easily. It was not every day he got-- the mighty Xin Zhenyi to apologize.


    "Well, the sun is surely responsible --"


    "Are you gonna argue with your elder?" He chastised her like an elder.


    She gave a quick shook to her head. "Definitely not."


    After some time...


    "Did he at least treat you good ?" He asked after some time in a soft voice.


    "Who?" Zhenyi asked pretending to be oblivious.


    She knew he meant her husband.


    "Your husband, who else?" He spat out the word husband harshly as if it was polluted with coronavirus.


    Zhenyi grinned. "Ah, he does. He is handsome, hot, and very charming. I have no words about his stamina---"


    "STOP. I do not wish to know about your extra active sex life. "


    "You are just jealous that I''m gettingid and you are stuck at this hospital bed." Zhenyi shrugged her shoulders.


    "And I''ve no intention to leave this hospital bed," Sam grumbled. Just because he forgave her didn''t mean he didn''t loathe Long Jie. He would hate Longs till hisst breath.


    "Not even if I ask you to beat someone''s ass?" Zhenyi asked him innocently.


    "Does this ''someone'' annoy or pester you? " The brooding Sam looked at her and weakly asked. No one dared to pester Sam Qin''s best friend.


    "No, but he did hurt my dear Aria," came the answer.


    "Aria? The brat is here?" Sam knitted his brows. " Of course she wouldn''t miss your wedding for anything." He scoffed.


    Zhenyi hesitated. "Uh...she eloped from home and is now living with B¨¤."


    His eyes widened as the gravity of the situation hit him. "Holy shit. And mom?"


    "Mad as hell. Stubborn as a mule. The mother-daughter are not on the speaking terms," replied Zhenyi casually.


    "Who hurt Aria?"He asked again.


    "A guy she imed that she loved. Well, I didn''t touch him for your sake. I thought you might enjoy torturing him. "


    "Then mom knows...."


    "Not yet but I can inform now." It was Zhenyi''s time to grill him. And there was no way she was going to miss this brilliant opportunity.


    "No. STOP. " Sam eximed.


    "Please, My Queen. Your Majesty, don''t tell her." He begged her.


    "Ma''am, it''s time for patient''s medicine. The patient should rest now. " A nurse came with a tray of medicines and informed her.


    Zhenyi nodded and was about to left the room when she turned back and spoke, "FYI, your mother epted Fan Bingbing as her daughter-inw. All the best, Sammy."


    "MOM."


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 Chapter 107 - Fragile House

    Zhenyi asked her driver to stop at Fan Bingbing''s apartment. After Zhenyi told Fan Bingbing of Sam''s condition, she called the office for the sick leave. And she very well was aware of what disease Fan Bingbing had caught. It was certainly the Sam-ona virus.


    Zhenyi entered the building and after checking it was the right apartment, she rang the doorbell. A few minutester, Fan Bingbing emerged and opened the door for her.


    She wore an oversized ''I-am-sad'' t-shirt and Christmas socks. Zhenyi entered the living room and her eyes fell on the trail of crushed tissue paper scattered all over the living room directing to the bedroom.


    Fan Bingbing was sniffling her nonexistent tears. She indeed opened the door for Zhenyi but hadn''t spoken a single word to her. And silently she went to what she was doing -- packing.


    Zhenyi was having a headache, dealing with two spectacr troublemakers was enough for today. But Fan Bingbing''s condition was worse than she had expected.


    She looked around her room and what she saw there didn''t surprise her anymore. With white walls, purple moulding, and silver ents, Bingbing''s room was the perfect Pinterest aesthetic. Until one''s gaze fell on the huge and ridiculous posters of BTS members hung on the walls.


    Her love for those K-popstars was overwhelming outer-worldly for someone like Zhenyi who didn''t understand the meaning of idols in the first ce.


    For a man-hater, Fan Bingbing was surely an anomaly. She imed herself as the biggest man-hater but when it came to these boys, she went all fan girl which was ridiculous to Zhenyi.


    Fan Bingbing was primly folding a T-shirt and cing it into a suitcase on her bed. She went to her closet and grabbed a pair of shorts and started folding them in the same way she did with T-shirt. Then she picked the folded T-shirt and ced it in the closet and came with another. It went on for the next few minutes.


    Zhenyi rubbed her hand on her face in frustration. She grabbed the clothes from her suitcase and dumped them back into the closet. But Fan Bingbing ignored her presence, brushed her shoulders with hers as she passed to grab another pair of shorts and skirts.


    "What''s with all of the tissue paper? " Zhenyi asked as she saw Fan Bingbing packing the wad of the tissue paper into the suitcase.


    Fan Bingbing sniffled but don''t respond.


    In fury, Zhenyi grabbed the wad of tissue paper and dumped it in the trash bin.


    "Where are you going?" She asked in a very calm tone opposite to the fury burning inside her.


    "UK. Saudi Arabia. North Korea. Pick one." Fan Bingbing spoke weakly.


    "Well, if you are nning to wear these shorts, Saudi Arabia is out of the question. And you wouldn''t want to freeze in UK''s weather. Besides you hate rainfall. Hence, Uk is out of the list too." Zhenyi answered her.


    Along with man-hater, Fan Bingbing was a water-hater too or one could say rain-hater.


    "North Korea it is then." Fan Bingbing spoke to herself.


    "You won''t be able to meet your idols if you go to North Korea," Zhenyi informed her like a good friend she was.


    Fan Bingbing looked at her sadly and Zhenyi nodded her head as if to tell her to drop the ns to North Korea.


    "Then, I''ll just go to my tea tae." She weakly said hugging the T-shirt which had her tae tae''s picture on it.


    "Good for you," Zhenyi answered in defeat. She couldn''t do anything with her.


    "Do you think I can bring my boys'' poster with me? " Fan Bingbing asked almost stupidly.


    "You don''tck money. Buy more if you want. Anyways what''s so special about them! " Before Zhenyi could stop herself, she uttered the words she shouldn''t to a die-hard BTS fan.


    Fan Bingbing red at her and went back to packing and unpacking.


    Zhenyi was getting tired of her unwanted and unnecessary drama. She came here to impart some reason to her dear friend. Reason and logic in Sam''s case were absent from Fan Bingbing''s life.


    She watched her friend continuing the dance of packing and unpacking.


    After a few minutes, Fan Bingbing stopped.


    "Have you met him?" She asked.


    Of course, Zhenyi knew he meant Sam.


    Zhenyi nodded. "He is fine but notpletely healed. Doctors will keep him under observation for few weeks."


    She ced her head on Zhenyi''sp and spoke in a low and shaky voice, "He said not to show my unpleasant face to him again."


    Zhenyi was not a very good friend at consoling and soothing her hurt friend. But she was trying.


    "Do you want me to beat him with Godma''s almighty broom? " Zhenyi asked her.


    She shook her head and in a shaky voice, she whispered, " He is already on the hospital bed. I do not want you to beat him. At least not now."


    "He doesn''t deserve your care and thoughtfulness," Zhenyi told her.


    "He is your best friend " She retorted.


    "Indeed. But it doesn''t mean he can hurt you with his bitter words. If he''s my best friend then you are my friend too. Or perhaps a sister like Aria." Zhenyi told her.


    "He really is an asshole " she deadpanned.


    "Then why are you pinning for an asshole? " Zhenyi asked in return.


    "Because I love the Asshole. You won''t understand what it means to love someone. Love is sce and pain all in itself."


    "Then, you can have your love to yourself. I do not wish to try it out. I''m not a masochist who is willing to make her life miserable and pathetic with all this love thing," Zhenyi solemnly replied.


    What was wrong with both of them? First Sam and now Bingbing. Why both of them were after her love life?


    She had specifically added in the contract and told her dear husband that love was out of the equation, and not so surprisingly he agreed too.


    Long Jie had said ''Love is a fragile house which eventually crumbles and what we have is untouchable.'' She didn''t love. What she had is enough for her. And look at what love had done to Bingbing and her father.


    She sniffled her real tears this time. " Thus, I curse you that you fall in love hard and deep. Then you will know what it means to love someone. How painful and out of control this emotion is! "


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 Chapter 108 - The Villain

    It was beautiful or this was what a seventeen years old young girl thought. She loved taking long walks whenever she was permitted to, especially in spring, when the flowers blossomed, trees get new leaves and the grass died by the tyranny of severe winteres to life again.


    There was a unique beauty of this particr season. And perhaps, for this reason alone, it was known as the season of hope and revival.


    As the young girl left her bedroom to go for the walk that she had nned out, she confronted someone who she was not hoping to see today.


    She lowered her gaze as his eyes fell on her. She stood frozen at the door like a statue.


    "Where are you going, my butterfly?" The man questioned as he moved in her direction. He was hoping to find her but he didn''t think he would find her soon and in such a jolly mood.


    "Just to the garden," the girl replied in a soft yet polite tone. Her eyes didn''t leave her feet.


    "Garden, eh? " He asked her as he tucked a strand of hair behind her ear.


    She neither responded nor look at him, just continued looking at the floor.


    "I''m home after so many days. Won''t you sit with me? Do you not missed me like the way I missed you, my butterfly?" He spoke in a muffled tone and loudly breathed her scent.


    "Sure, Mr. Du," came the same reply as always.


    Yes, he was Du Zheng. The new viin of Zhenyi''s life. He had vowed to destroy Zhenyi and everyone starting with the surname Xin. The essence of his hate for her was unknown and the reasons for the same were mysterious too. But a viin is a viin, no matter how weak or strong he was. Let this darling author tell you, he is capable enough to be called the worthy opponent of the -- mighty Xin Zhenyi. And why it was so, it was the story of another time.


    "How many times have I told you to call me by my name, butterfly? " He asked once he was seated on the couch in the living room.


    "Sure, Zheng." The girl replied with a small smile.


    Du Zheng ced a file on the table, the file contained a thorough profile of Zhenyi, where she lived, what she did, the business she acquired, and a little much on the illegal actives she took part in. But a little information was missed in the profile-- her wedding.


    The girl''s eyes were stuck on the picture of the other young woman. She was an extremely beautiful woman in her view. A rare beauty. And she wondered what wrong she did to offend Satan.


    "A new shark entered the game. Or that what this little fish thinks. " Du Zheng chuckled in mirth.


    The girl couldn''t help but ask. " Why do you want to destroy this one? What wrong has she done to you? "


    He scooted near her and spoke once he was few inches away from her. " Butterfly...oh my butterfly, she did nothing wrong and that''s the problem. I''m the King here and she dared toe here and spread her wings on my kingdom like a queen which she is certainly not."


    He would destroy her first and then possess her. He''d be the first one to break down her pride and arrogance. And he intends to enjoy every moment of it.


    The girl didn''t know why she couldn''t keep her eyes off the picture of the other woman. Perhaps, it was her eyes which caught her interest or the look of pride and shrewdness her gaze carried.


    "She is beautiful." The girl uttered. " Very much so." She added when she finally noticed her mismatched eyes which were notpletely perceptible in the picture at first nce.


    "Indeed. I''ll possess her after destroying her. She will beg for my attention and reverence," He said as he picked the file before her and closed it.


    "Like everyone does." She said in almost a whisper.


    "Just except you." He whispered back.


    "Tell me, my butterfly, how long I have to wait for you, " He asked the young girl, the look of longing and hurt was not hidden from her.


    The girl mustered out a smile. " You have me now. I''m yours. You own me. I''m bound to you. Forever. "


    "I prefer your thorn, butterfly than your phony sweetness and docility. I know you have concealed thorns and you will not use it against me." Du Zheng looked at the young girl, indifference shing in her eyes. Only he knew how badly he wanted to rece the look of indifference in her eyes to love and care for him.


    Her throat tightened but she appeared all strong and neutral.


    He spoke after a pause. " I have your body but not your heart and soul. You are with me because you are bound to me not because you wish to."


    "I''m yours forever and ever." She whispered. And she didn''t know who she was convincing him or her.


    " As long as I''m alive, you won''t leave me or cross the threshold of this property. Do you get it?" Du Zheng told her with authority. Even if she dared to fly, he would clip her wings and lock her in a jar. Then again what''s a butterfly without her wings?


    "I won''t dare to leave the premises, Zheng." She replied in all honesty.


    "Better. Now tell me how do you want me to destroy this one? She has one smart mouth just like yours. I saw how she dealt with difficultw enforcement. The officer Zheng is not an easy person to deal with," Du Zheng said. He was watching from the distance when Xin Zhenyi dealt with the Officer Zheng. Everyone knew how difficult and arduous man he was. Yet the woman yed with him smoothly.


    "What will you do to her?" The girl asked instead.


    "I want her as my ve. I want to see her begging me, I want to see her break, I want to see her shrinking in fear and I want to watch her bleed to death."


    "What do you think? " He intentionally asked her.


    "Sure, Zheng."


    He said in a muffled tone again breathing her unique scent. "Butterfly...my butterfly. You got wings, eh? Dare not to fly. I will catch you and lock you in an inescapable jar and you will not want that. Go back to your room and practice what your teacher taught you. Practice your music, I love when you sing in that honeyed voice of you for me. "


    "Goodbye, Zheng."


    "And stop talking to that new guard otherwise his death will be on you. " His harsh voice rang.


    "I will." She said with all the strength left in her. Though her eyes were burning but her heart was drowning in despair.


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 Chapter 109 - Zhenyi Takes Action

    These days Zhenyi had been surrounded by crises. A new problem arrived every day and it was no different today when Fan Bingbing opened the door to Zhenyi''s office and said " We have a problem."


    "Again?" Zhenyi asked in annoyance. It was getting too much for her now.


    Fan Bingbing nodded.


    "What happened now?" Zhenyi asked her rubbing her face in frustration. Last day, it was the murder, thewsuit, and the deal with Air China.


    "A cement factory under XC is seized by the police. Along with the factory, fifty trucks are confiscated by the police for they were caught carrying illegal matters. The cement bags were carrying cocaine and heroin instead," Fan Bingbing immediately reported on the recent incident.


    Du Zheng very well knew how much Zhenyi despised dealing with the police. So, he started creating problems for Zhenyi which involved the police.


    Zhenyi furrowed her brows. "Are our men stupid that they chose this method to export the drugs? "


    Of course, Zhenyi didn''t decline that they used the cement factory as a warehouse for retaining the expensive drugs. But she never sold it within the country. Her Grandfather was the former president of the country, she had some duties and responsibilities as the granddaughter of the former president, hadn''t she?


    Fan Bingbing hurried to exin. "Well, the trucks were ours but not the material found in it."


    With a sigh, Zhenyi spoke. "Du Zheng is getting on my nerves. I thought he will stop these childish attacks and be a man and wage the war against my face to face. "


    What a coward! Only cowards attack from behind.


    "You need to tackle the rampant bull before he causes more destruction. The share prices are plummeting every single second. It was the lowest this morning, " informed Fan Bingbing with a sigh. The shareholders were getting impatient with the continuously falling price of shares.


    "Got it," Zhenyi spoke casually.


    She had weaved a perfect n for tackling the problem called Du Zheng, it was just a matter of time before he went running for his life. He was only trying to poke Zhenyi was all his childish games but he didn''t know he was irritating her now and the irritated Zhenyi always oozed fire and destruction.


    "Do you get the profile on Du Zheng as I asked?" Zhenyi asked after a pause.


    "I''ve sent it to you via email," Fan Bingbing immediately answered.


    She opened the information on Du Zheng on her iPad and started reciting it.


    "Du Zheng, the youngest CEO to take over the Du cooperation is the eldest son of Du''s family. He has two brothers who work under him in the familypany..."


    She paused when Zhenyi interrupted her.


    "Leave his family information. Tell me about his weaknesses and strengths," Zhenyi said ncing at her friend.


    Fan Bingbing picked up the iPad again to narrate the information she found. "Strengths are many -- many sessful hostile take over, a prodigy in business, under his care the Du cooperation achieved the spot of top ten conglomerates of the whole country...."


    "And weaknesses?"Zhenyi asked her.


    "Nothing that''s mention here. But there is something -- a vice. You will be interested to hear."


    Zhenyi raised a brow in question.


    "He loves showing off beautiful women on his arm but he doesn''t treat them well." Fan Bingbing smirked.


    "A typical yboy. " Zhenyi deadpanned.


    Fan Bingbing shook her head. "Not exactly, he just shows off them on his arm but none of the women who went on a date with him wants to go again. Ah, you are not getting my point, are you?"


    Seeing Zhenyi''s confused look, she understood her friend was not getting the crux of what she was telling.


    Thus she went on to exin, "Typically, the woman in the entertainment industry wishes to be the arm candy of a rich man. They will go to any extent to be the wife of that person and if not wife they are happy being the other woman meaning-- the mistress."


    "But in his case, women maintain distance from him. He doesn''t have a good temper as I have gathered. But he is charming and eloquent in his persuasion and woman end up falling but when they finally get what kind of a man he is, they run for their dear life."


    There were many cases where Du Zheng was seen with different women at different parties and gs, but he was never seen with the same woman again. To him, women were like tissue paper which came with use once and then throw policy.


    "He is abusive." Zhenyi came to the conclusion.


    "Physically, no. Mentally and emotionally, yes," Fan Bingbing openly said.


    He enjoyed breaking women emotionally and mentally till they beg for his attention and care. He loved ying with their emotions and feelings. And now, he had set his target on Zhenyi. Only the time would tell if he broke Zhenyi first or Zhenyi would break him.


    "There was a case a few months ago, the supermodel Huo Lan was in headlines for she had won the best model of the year award and was the highest-paid model of the year. A few days after, news came that Huo Lan had denied Du Zheng''s proposal to be his date for a charity g. He destroyed her career in a minute and then her. And no one knows what happened to her as she never appeared before the camera again."


    Fan Bingbing had heard of the incident through the grapevine and when Zhenyi asked for a full profile on Du Zheng, she specifically told Alexander to look into Huo Lan''s incident but he didn''t get any dirt on Du Zheng. And he asked for some time for getting detailed information on this matter.


    "Do you look into the Huo Lan''s incident?" Zhenyi asked Fan Bingbing.


    "No, but do you want me to look into it or maybe look for Huo Lan?" Fan Bingbing asked in return. She was already expecting information on this matter, but she had to wait for few days.


    "No, he knows I''m after him now. He must have man-nted around Huo Lan. Besides she doesn''t know anything significant about him. He is a cunning and sly man and surely will not leave any trace behind," Zhenyi said.


    No intelligent man would ever leave traces aftermitting a crime and Du Zheng was an expert in this regard. If he dared to challenge Xin Zhenyi, it simply meant he was ready for the war and it was amon fact that Du Zheng never yed fair but it seemed he left a tiny detail that Zhenyi had never yed anything other than dirty.


    "Call Lu Xinyi," Zhenyi said after a pause.


    The n was ready in her mind, she was ready to attack or perhaps ready toy the entrapment for the so-called big shark.


    The real game began now, Du Zheng. And this Xin Zhenyi intended to y it till the very end. It had been long since the tigress had set her eyes on the prey.


    What could she do when the prey itself wasing to her and asking for his demise?


    "President, you called for me? "


    A few momentster Lu Xinyi emerged. She had been busy dealing with the frustrating Officer Zheng, he had been asking to talk to Zhenyi for hours now. But her boss had given strict orders not to let thew enforcement agencies near her ever. Like she said once, she had a team of big expensive suits to save her ass out of prison and now they were dealing with the police much to Zhenyi''sfort.


    "Miss Lu, do you recall the four persons I specifically sorted out during the interview?" Zhenyi asked, sounding as if she already had a n for them in her mind.


    A few weeks ago, Zhenyi had sorted out four particr individuals for different jobs. She still remembered that girl who had mismatched eyes like her. Then, there was a guy who had a music degree from Juilliard, he was not selected by the interview panel as he was not fit for the job he had filled for. But after seeing his face, Zhenyi knew he was her money nt and so she persuaded him to join as an artist under Moonlight Entertainment. And there were two more, her secret weapons. She would use themter.


    "Indeed Ma''am, I do, " Lu Xinyi said. Even if she was confused with the sudden question, she did a wonderful job in concealing it under her professionalism.


    "Will you call them urgently and make sure their arrival is kept in secret? "Zhenyi asked her.


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 Chapter 110 - Tick Tock

    "Will you call them urgently and make sure their arrival is kept in secret? "Zhenyi asked her.


    "Sure, it may take some time, President." Now it was really confusing for Lu Xinyi, but who was she to ask her boss to clear her doubts. She had been by her side for many days now and one thing she understood while working with Zhenyi was that her methods were unique and outer-worldly.


    Take the instance of Officer Zheng, a very tough officer who couldn''t deal with mighty and eloquent Zhenyi. She trapped him in the web of her words and actions that he forgot why he wanted her in the first ce. He indeed warned her, but he also knew it was impossible to stop and catch Zhenyi frommitting a crime if she wanted to.


    "Time, I don''t have more than thirty minutes to waste and I hope you value my precious time." Zhenyi nced at her phone screen before answering Lu Xinyi.


    She had a phone call to made exactly one hour from now.


    "I will be in your office in thirty minutes with four of them." Lu Xinyi said and took her to leave. She knew if Xin Zhenyi asked for something, one had to give that as soon as possible and if she put on a time limit, one couldn''t ignore it.


    Tick Tock. Her time started now and she mustplete her task before the time was up.


    "Very well," Zhenyi said to the retiring figure.


    "She is efficient and quick too." Fan Bingbing said from behind.


    Only she knew how troublesome it was to work for a perfectionist and demanding boss like Zhenyi. But Lu Xinyi had done a great job in surviving for weeks under Zhenyi and she believed that the girl was there for long.


    "Cao Feng specifically chose her for her position." Zhenyi shrugged her shoulders casually.


    "Whatever." Fan Bingbing muttered.


    She was familiar with Zhenyi''s way of rubbing salt on her wounds but she chose not toment. What could she do when her love life was lolled because the man she imed to love was already in love with someone else and that too with a man?


    "So, what are you nning now?" Fang Bingbing asked changing the course of conversation as she saw Zhenyi drawing doodles on the paper.


    " Justying the trap and you know I''m a random person. I do not n just act on my instincts." Zhenyi said without bothering to look at her.


    "Sigh. Working with you is as easy and entertaining as embracing death. " Fan Bingbing sighed out.


    "Still, you are stick to me." Zhenyi nonchntly replied.


    "If not for your best friend, do you think I will work for a narcissist and dangerous boss like you? " Fan Bingbing retorted as she snatched the paper on which Zhenyi was drawing the doodles.


    Zhenyi nced at her and in a very bored tone she spoke, "Speaking of my best friend, you haven''t paid him a visit yet. For a person who didn''t leave his side in theatose state you surely left him in the normal one."


    Two days ago, when Zhenyi went to check on Bingbing she watched her crying for her idiot best friend. She was sobbing how madly and badly in love she was with an asshole. And that asshole happens to be her only best friend who was still stuck in the hospital bed with boring and nd food.


    "He will not want me there and both of us know how much he despises my existence." Fan Bingbing grumbled.


    "He certainly doesn''t. " Zhenyi quickly said.


    "Absolutely. For despising he has to feel something for me. " Fan Bingbing retorted.


    "So, who are these special 4?" She asked, again changing the course of the conversation.


    "Special 4, well nice name, "Zhenyi said to herself.


    "Just want and watch Du Zheng''s demis," Zhenyi told Fan Bingbing with a huge grin.


    And Fan Bingbing didn''t why the grin on her face seemed wicked to her.


    "Can''t you peacefully solve it? Why do you love ying with the fire?"


    "I y with fire, dear because I''m not afraid of its scorching mes. Because I''m the fire and he should be afraid of getting burned while ying with this fire."


    "Why don''t you take help from your husband? He has been in China for so long, he will have hiswork and perhaps he is a better person to ask for aid."Fan Bingbing suggested Zhenyi.


    "Ask him for what? Help? And his? Why should I?" Zhenyi asked bitterly.


    "He is a Long, Zhenyi. For crying out loud, use the darn asset you have got as your husband," said Fan Bingbing suggestively.


    "And prove to him that his wife needs a man to protect her? Well, Bingbing you were not there when we discussed the marriage agreement." Zhenyi snapped.


    "I don''t want to be there anyway. Use the asset Zhenyi. And properly." Fan Bingbing huffed.


    "Asset? My husband? Let me tell you something, Bingbing. Only you." Zhenyi leaned towards Fan Bingbing and spoke in a low and helpless voice. " I have no fucking idea where the hell my husband is. If he is alive and well or not. I know how I have spent thest two days counting every second waiting for a single call or a message. I saw him two days ago and till now I have no information where he went and why so. He made promises Bingbing, big fat promises but again he broke them. Then again, I''m not surprised."


    Fan Bingbing tried to console her. " I''m sorry --"


    "Don''t, I don''t need anyone''s sympathy or pity." Zhenyi put her hand to stop Bingbing as to whatever she was nning to say.


    She needed no pity nor sympathy. Could she be any more pathetic waiting for a husband she had no idea where he went? Perhaps, now was the time to stop expecting things that would never happen as the circumstances portrayed clearly and inly.


    Several Thousand Miles away.....


    "Do you find her? " Long Jie asked his subordinate. He arrived in London yesterday and since then he had no time for even breathing peacefully.


    "I''m sorry sir. We had eyes on her but we don''t know how she escaped." The subordinate responded hastily replied.


    "She escaped in your supervision, Peter. I do not care how you catch her but do it soon before she reaches China or near my wife," Long Jie spoke impatiently.


    If she approached Zhenyi or worse Zhenyi did something to her, it would be impossible for him to exin the difficulty of his situation to Zhenyi. Moreover, both the women were their own brand of insanity.


    His wife wouldn''t think before pulling the trigger on the other woman and the other one was capable ofmitting every single impossible and unpredictable.


    Long Jie had a feeling, a feeling he couldn''t describe in words. Nheless, it was not a good feeling but more like the arrival of something unpleasant and life-shaking.


    "We will try, sir. "


    "I will kill each of you if she reached China. I don''t need your attempts, but the results and by the morning," He genuinely threatened the men.


    What if something happened to the woman? Why couldn''t she wait patiently for him? He told her, he woulde soon, but the news of his wedding to Zhenyi disordered every single thing, much to his distress.


    "Goddamit, Esma, where the hell have you flown to?" Long Jie shouted to the empty room and fell on his knees with his hands on his face.


    The time was slipping from his hands so was fate. It was toote toe clean to Zhenyi and it was unimaginable for him to go back until he found the woman he came looking for.


    Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock.


    The countdown had begun for Long Jie.


    Who woulde to save Long Jie this time? Or who was the woman he was hiding from the world? And most importantly hiding from his own wife?


    Whatever the answers are only time will tell. But now he must search the madwoman who was roaming freely somewhere on the other side of the globe and sent her back to where she belonged.


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 Chapter 111 - Arm Candy

    "President, they are here." Lu Xinyi came with a knock on the door and informed Zhenyi that the four people were waiting for her in the waiting room.


    "Well, then let them in," Zhenyi said as she looked at Lu Xinyi.


    Within few minutes, the four people entered Zhenyi''s office followed by Lu Xinyi.


    "Miss Xu, have you sign the contract with Moonlight entertainments? Zhenyi asked as her eyes leveled on the person she was expecting to use in the further ns.


    " Not yet. I''m still in the training phase," replied Xu Ming Yue.


    "But it''s not the reason why I''m here, is it?"She then asked.


    Zhenyi smiled."It indeed is not. "


    "Do you remember Miss Xu, I told you that you are blessed with one unusually beautiful face?" asked Zhenyi.


    The girl nodded." I do and that''s the reason I epted your offer and entered the modeling field."


    "I have another offer for you, Miss Xu. Well, more like a task," spoke Zhenyi as she gestured her to look at the table. " Pick up the file from the desk."


    The girl picked up the file and thoroughly read each detail. She looked at Zhenyi as to ask why she had to read it but she had a feeling of what maye next.


    The girl tried to speak. "That''s a..."


    "A profile on Du Zheng. He is the current CEO of Du Cooperations," spoke Zhenyi in an indifferent matter. "I must say he''s quite popr amongdies."


    And suddenly she dropped the bomb startling the shit out of Xu Ming Yue . "You have to be his woman."


    The girl took a deep breath and very calmly asked. "President Xin, with all due respect, can I ask what makes you think I''ll do this?"


    She had to be kidding her. Did she call her in hurry to joke with her? She was tolerating Zhenyi because she was the boss of the Xin cooperation otherwise she would never talk much less than work for an insane human like her.


    Zhenyi put a hand under a chin and faked pondering for a few seconds before replying. "Because I''m giving you millions of dors for aplishing this particr task."


    Money is the solution to all problems, isn''t it?


    She breathed out and looked straight at Zhenyi as she said," President Xin, I''ll never sell my body for any amount of money."


    Zhenyi''s gaze settled on her and in a rather calm tone, she spoke, "Miss Xu I''ve several businesses under my name and several I want to venture into but trust me, prostitution is neither of them."


    Her brows furrowed in confusion.


    Zhenyi went on, "Did I specifically mentioned you have to sell your body or worse have sexual rtionship with this scum?" She took a pause and added with a chuckle, Come on, Xu Ming Yue, don''t degrade my reputation me with such usation."


    She had a look of perplexion on her beautiful and rather delicate face, "I''m sorry for reading between the lines Ma''am but being his woman implies sexual rtionships too."


    "You solely has to be his woman," Zhenyi eased her doubts. She then turned to Bingbing and asked, What was the exact word Bingbing?"


    "Arm candy," said Fan Bingbing.


    Zhenyi had a look of generosity as she spoke, "You heard my friend. And your virtue will be intact and it''s my responsibility to keep it intact for as long as you wish."


    But this generosity short-lived, "Before you say no to my generous offer. Get it in your pretty head that you are in no capacity to refuse me."


    Xu Ming Yue got one thing clearly that she couldn''t refuse Zhenyi if she did then the other person might get offended and currently she was in no position to decline zhenyi''s offer. She was in the dire need of money.


    "But I''ve my condition, President Xin. If it''s a deal, then it must be a fair one," said Xu Ming Yue.


    "As long as it doesn''t involve killing anyone or my husband, you can ask Lu Xinyi to add anything use or any of your terms in the contract, " replied Zhenyi. After all, I''m a good citizen and a wife."


    But Xu Ming Yue was not done yet."I''ve few questions first. "


    "Very well."Zhenyi absolutely agreed.


    "Do you want me to be your spy while being this Du Zheng''s woman?" Xu Ming Yue directly asked. She was talking about such a dangerous job and it was fair if she asked several questions beforehand even though she couldn''t refuse.


    "It''s called spy?" asked Zhenyi with a raised brow. She added as she heard Bingbing''s groan, " Well, I don''t know what you people call it but I just expect information about the man, any good or bad, little or big. "


    "Next question please, " Zhenyi spoke rather coldly.


    "What if I can''t be his woman? " Xu Ming Yue hesitatingly asked. After a pause she went on, There are many women out there who will have their eyes fixed on this rich man and I am no special. Even I don''t even know how to approach him or s-seduce him." She stammered again on the word ''seduce''.


    "That''s my headache. Besides, you neither have to approach or seduce him," said Zhenyi much to the other woman''s confusion. "Just y hard to get and if you can, just be yourself. That''s the mantra."


    "Why are you so certain?" She fired another question.


    "Because he is obsessed with his new target and that happens to be me," said Zhenyi as she pointed her finger at herself. After a slight pause she went on," You have mismatched eyes like me and very rare people have it and how can a man like Du Zheng ignore it."


    After hearing Zhenyi, Xu Ming Yue''s ultimate question was answered even without asking. She wanted to why her? Well, if she had asked Zhenyi she would have avoided her question by saying why not you? And she didn''t think she could engage in a verbal discussion with Zhenyi, given the bomb she dropped on her.


    "Besides man like Du Zheng has brains in their penis and egos as big as Russia. They will not let go of thedy who ignores them, said Zhenyi. " Haven''t you heard of themon dialogue ''if you ignore me, you are obviously my type''.


    "I think that answers your questions and if you have anything further, you can ask Lu Xinyi," Zhenyi spoke.


    "It does." Xu Ming Yue nodded.


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 Chapter 112 - Zhang Han

    "We meet again, Mr. Zhang Han," Zhenyi said with a smile.


    "Thank you for signing me, ma''am. If not for your keen gaze, I would have missed such a grand opportunity. And now I believe, you must have another offer or task for me too." Zhang Han said, all polite and professional.


    "I like intelligent people," Zhenyi said as her observing eyes locked on his face. "And it''s my good luck that Ie across a beauty with a brain like you. "


    Zhang Han had no idea how to retort Zhenyi''sment about beauty with brains. He just let her spoke whatever she wished because like everyone else he also didn''t know how to engage in a verbal contest with a person such as her. Or he didn''t want to. At least not until he gets what he wanted and what he wanted was the question of another time and certainly of great importance.


    She put on another file before him and asked him to read it. Zhang Han frowned seeing the contents of the file while Zhenyi put a hand under her chin, her eyes still reading his face.


    She must admit he was a very handsomed. Well, more than her brother and husband but his beauty was somewhat angelic and her husband''s looks screamed danger. One just knew that they couldn''t stir up trouble with him.


    But there was something in this Zhang Han that Zhenyi couldn''t put her finger on. A skeptical impression that she needed to be careful of him. And her intuition was never wrong.


    Zhang Han looked above the file and his gaze rested on Zhenyi as he said, " That''s...."


    "Your cancetion of the contract with Moonlight Entertainments," Zhenyi informed him.


    She paused and then continued, "You have gained many followers and fans on social media but you need time and promising resources to get famous and to achieve what I know you will one day."


    Just because she was pushing him to Du Zheng''s side didn''t mean she would never bring her money cow bag.


    "I don''t understand." His beautiful brows furrowed up.


    "You don''t need to." Zhenyi smiled. She then asked him to turn to thest page as she said, "You are canceling the contract with Moonlight entertainments and joining the Du entertainments."


    Understanding hit him as he spoke, " Ah, I get it, Ma''am."


    He had to do what Xu Ming Yue was doing as Du Zheng''s woman.


    "Indeed, beauty with brains," Zhenyimented.


    "Lu Xinyi will give you a list of operations that you need to carry out. Go to any lengths, Zhang Han. And you know better what I mean by it," She further added.


    "I do. I think I need to call back manager Su," said Zhang Han with a smile.


    "You shouldn''t have declined his offer in the first ce," said Zhenyi.


    Like all the artists of Moonlight Entertainments, Zhang Han was also approached by the rivalpany but he declined their offer. The man called Manager Su was hell-bent on snatching Zhang Han from hispany for whatever reasons only he knew.


    "I''m happy with less money if it means I''m getting selected for my talents not otherwise. "Zhang Han stated.


    "What do you need in return?" Zhenyi asked him directly. There was no meaning in running around the circle.


    "Umm..." He hesitated.


    "I know it''s not money which you truly desire. What do you want, Zhang Han? What''s your benefit in it?" Zhenyi asked again as she stood up from her chair and walked towards him.


    "My grandfather was Master Yichen''s music, Guru. He used to say that no better disciple of his can y Guzheng better than Master Yichen," He spoke and waited for Zhenyi''s reaction when he saw her nod he continued, "I want nothing but few hours of Guzheng session with him."


    Zhenyi put her hands on the desk and solemnly replied to him," I do not make decisions on my Ba''s behalf. If he agreed, you will get what you desired. But if he doesn''t, ask for something else."


    Zhenyi could ask her father anything pertaining to the music, especially Guzheng. And what Zhang Han''s grandfather said was true but it didn''t mean she would agree just like it. Moreover, Ryuu''s strict orders were to involve their father in some new hobbies. He didn''t want their father to live alone at Xin mansion with the memories of their dead mother. He would neither move on nor forget her.


    Zhang Han smiled at her and picked up the file from her desk. "I want nothing else," he said. "Even if he doesn''t agree, I''ll carry out the task."


    He was about to leave her office when his eyes fell on another person sitting on the couch with aptop on herp. It seemed she was engrossed in whatever she was reading it looking at the screen.


    And for a second his feet were stiffened on the spot. He wanted to walk in her direction and touch her as if to feel if she was real or just a part of her imagination. Then again, imagination couldn''t be this beautiful.


    And he would have walked in her direction and cleared all his doubts if Zhenyi''s voice didn''t stop him from doing so.


    "And why will you do that? " The question was explicit and expected by him.


    He turned towards her and said, "Because I know President Xin doesn''t like owing to people. No matter how much you love money, you never ept freebies. "


    "You have me all figured out," Zhenyi spoke to herself in a low voice. "Very well."


    Zhang Han left the room satisfied with the result. There was a smirk ying on his lips for whatever reasons even this author doesn''t know.


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 Chapter 113 - Stealing A Bride.

    Exactly after an hour, Zhenyi called the person, she was needing to talk to. The man went to God knows where and hadn''t answered any of her calls. Later, she called his assistant and told him to inform his boss to call her back immediately.


    Lately, people have developed a habit of getting invisible whenever they wanted, it didn''t matter to them if there was someone back home waiting for them and worrying to the extent of going crazy.


    She was not talking about her husband but someone else this time.


    The call was picked up exactly after three rings. "Very nice of you to finally pick up the phone, brother," Zhenyi''s voice rang in the other man''s ear.


    ''Ah, no greetings. Nothing. The little angel must be angry to the point of murdering any poor human,'' he thought.


    "Got a little busy, Angel. What can I say?" Ryuu said? He was breathing heavily as he had been running for quite some time.


    Well, he was not running but nning to ambush a church. Right now, he was smoking while sitting on the roof of the same church.


    "Busy with what if I may ask?" Zhenyi said in annoyance.


    Ryuu took a puff of the cigarette and crushed the same cigarette under his shoe. He had heard it was forbidden to smoke at God''s residence.


    [A|N: But attacking a church is not forbidden. Bravo Ryuu.]


    "Stealing a bride, Angel. Stealing a bride," Ryuu replied to his sister.


    "Haha. Very funny, brother. " Zhenyi fakedughed.


    Her brother was testing her patience now. Don''t get her wrong but sometimes his jokes were untimely.


    "Ryuu, I''m serious. Where are you? Where do you go this time? Do you know how worried B¨¤ is? Did you talk to him after the wedding? He seriously sounds very anxious this time---


    Ryuu''s sight fell on the soldier advancing towards him with a machine gun in his hand. He muted Zhenyi''s call, kicked the man in the gut, and once he fell on the ground, he grabbed his gun and killed him by shing his throat with his dagger.


    "Hello... Ryuu? Are you hearing me?" Zhenyi spoke again as she was getting no reply from him.


    Ryuu unmuted the call and in a normal tone, he said, "It''s only been few days. I''ve been gone for long before."


    "Exactly. B¨¤ was never worried before but this time he has been trying to reach you and your stiff piece of wood is not answering his call. He is too loyal for his good sometimes," Zhenyiined.


    She was worried too because she was aware of the fact how serious Ryuu took her safety and since she was almost killed at her wedding, he would certainly take some steps against the assants.


    " What can I say? He obeys his master''s orders. And as for B¨¤, I might have said something impulsively," Ryuu told his sister.


    His assistant was extremely loyal and faithful to his boss. He didn''t care or fear anyone except his boss not even Xin Yichen.


    "Impulsive and you?" Zhenyi scoffed. "Well, it doesn''t fit together. What''s with this stealing a bride thing?"


    "I''m serious, Angel. If you prefer, I can show you the chapel, the groom, or even the bride in a few minutes angel." Ryuu offered.


    More men loaded with weapons came. Ryuu put her call on the speaker and mute simultaneously. He grabbed the machine gun from the dead soldier and shoot the other who came to the terrace of the church. They were fifteen people in total and were killed in few seconds.


    Ryuu was not a killing machine but he was skilled and trained to kill within seconds. He was an heir to the empire, what could one expect from him?


    "God, Ryuu." Zhenyi groaned. She went on, " If you wanted a woman, you could have simply taken her away, why go for abducting a bride?"


    Kidnapping a bride from her wedding was too troublesome. And it was so high-profile for some like Ryuu who had always maintained his mysteriousness and secrecy.


    " Andst I heard you never wanted to marry," Zhenyi said.


    A few years ago, Grandfather and Ryuu had a full-blown war over the topic of his wedding. He had vowed in front of his grandfather that he would never marry, never sire a child to continue his legacy and his legacy would end with him.


    "Still never want to marry. Before you ask, I''ll answer your question. The bride is not for me. The dark horses asked for a favor and being a good friend that I''m, I epted the deal." Ryuu told her.


    Zhenyi was dumbfounded after hearing Ryuu.


    "Wait a moment. Dark horses? How the hell these four insane never fail to amaze me? "


    The dark horses was a brotherhood found by four men-- Santiago, Nash, Callum, and Killian. They were dangerous, unpredictable and a brand of insanity. The first dark horse was called ''Villian''.


    "Because they are dark horses, what can you expect from these geniuses," Ryuu sighed heavily.


    He looked around to find the source of firing. But it seemed it wasing from inside the church.


    "More like lunatics, Ryuu. And who''s the poor bride? Does she even know she will be stolen on her wedding day or they are going to spring it on herter with a bang?" Zhenyi fired questions after questions.


    Howe Ryuu took such a crazy job? Weddings are sacred and stealing a bride sinful even for some like them.


    "Ah, she is Persephone Marino-- Alessandro Marino''s daughter. And no, the poor bride has no idea what''s going to strike her."


    "Holy shit," Zhenyi stood up and wiped her hand on her face in shock, anger, and frustration. She paused for a moment apparently to thought what to say to her crazy brother. "You are in New York. We don''t tangle with Marinos. We do business with them. I can lose a potential buyer because of these dark horses."


    Marino family was a crime family based in New York. It was one of the threergest and oldest crime families in New York. Marinos have maintained a degree of influence over small mobs, drug cartels, and government too. Alessandro Marino was the head of the Marino family and the boss of the crime syndicate. His daughter Persephone was getting married to one of the capos who happened to be the Consigelegre to Alessandro Marino.


    "We do business with Marinos and we are friends with the other party. Santiago, Nash, Callum, and Killian are friends, Zhenyi," Ryuu corrected.


    "You are friends with those freaks, Ryuu not me. I can not tolerate either of these." Zhenyi retorted.


    She would never be friends with them, especially that Nash. Killian was bearable and to some extent Callum too. But she had no words to describe Santiago.


    "Very well then. They offered a deal and I happen to ept it." Ryuu said since he didn''t know how to make her understand his point of view.


    "Does they even know they made the deal with the devil in the disguise of a friend?" Zhenyi asked.


    "Devil, eh? Angel." Ryuu asked with a chuckle.


    "Oh sorry, you will put the devil to shame," She scoffed.


    "Santiago will be hurt to hear that someone snatched his ce," Ryuu said.


    It only took a second for the information to register in her mind. "So, it is the Villian who made the grandest n of abducting a bride for whatever reasons and you are a aplice in this stupidest n."


    Ryuu saw Santiago''s message on the screen. They got the bride and it was time for him to leave this ce. He knew he couldn''t leave through the main door. And a pipeline came to his view which will take him to the other side of the church where a car was waiting for him. His men will handle the Marino soldier and a few kilometers away his chopper was ready to take him to the airport where he would board his ne and flew back home.


    "Why were you looking for me?" He asked his sister.


    "Got a task for you, Big B," Zhenyi answered.


    He raised his brow. What happened to ''shewas a strong and independent woman and could perform her tasks herself''? But he kept his mouth shut, didn''t want to mess with his little tigress at least not now when he has to escape for his life in few seconds.


    "Ah, tasks are always weed. Send the details. Will see you soon at home, Angel. Tell dear dad to take care of his dad," Ryuu indirectly told her.


    "So, eloquent, Ryuu." Zhenyiughed and cut the phone.


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 Chapter 114 - The Arrival Of Esma The Vixen

    Situated on the banks of ake, the Tang Pce was a sight to behold primarily when the darkness of the night sky mingled with the twinkling and colorfulnterns and lights. But today the exceptionally morous castle was surrounded by the dark clouds of gloominess.


    It was silent and stationary as the still water. And one could specte that one of the reasons might be the mirthless and murky temperament of the king of the pce.


    The majestic king-like figure was sitting on the grand sofa with the leg crossed, a ss of whiskey in his hands. Although everyone knew that their master was disgruntled but one couldn''t find a glimmer of scowl or even grimace on his chiseled face.


    He looked as calm as a blue sea, but sometimes the unprecedented calm was also the indication for the iing tempest.


    "Master, we have confined her for now. She was captured by Su Yi and Wang Jun''s team at the Beijing airport. You were right, she was indeed nning toe across Mrs. Long maybe be worse the Long family," said Feng Siyan.


    Feng Siyan was standing a few feet away from his master. He assumed his Master was contemting about what to do with the woman they would be holding hostage. He had heard of her many times but never met. Even the stiff and otherwise indifferent and uninterested Feng Siyan was curious to meet the woman who was a major headache to his Master.


    Lord Tang took a gulp of his drink and asked Feng Siyan without bothering to look at him," Where is she now? "


    His voice was as warm and raspy as ever.


    "As per your order, Su Yi and Wang Jun are bringing her to the Tang Pce," Feng Siyan answered his master.


    He took out the phone and a message shed on his phone screen as he said, " Their car passed the security check and will be reaching the main entrance within five minutes.


    The Tang Pce was the most secure ce in the whole country if not in the world. There were almost five security checks and daily ess codes and without these codes, entry to the pce was forbidden.


    Lord Tang ced his half-empty ss on the table and in the same regal posture, he looked at Feng Sigan, the only man he could trust blindly but it was another story that he would never take the chance to trust anyone blindly.


    "Ah- Siyan, you will be following her like a shadow until the time she is in this country. She must note near ''her'' at any cost. Do you hear me? " Lord Tang said his voice light, but his words were too heavy for Feng Siyan.


    Feng Siyan was never alloted such minimal tasks and neither he took one like this. He considered his duty to follow his master everywhere and protect his life even if it meant losing his.


    "Sure, Master. " Feng Siyan whose suit and posture no less matched a penguin in the pr region said in extra frost tone. " But may I ask, why Su Yi or Wang Jun can''t babysit Miss Esma? " He stressed on the word ''babysit'' in a disgusting tone.


    Lord Tang sighed heavily and shook his head inwardly as if it was practically impossible for him to make his assistant aware of the lightning which was going to strike them. Truly, Esma was no less than a dire lightening. The type of lightening that brought vociferous thunderstorms with it.


    "You will see it with your own eyes soon, Ah-Siyan," was the only reply Lord Tang gave him.


    Exactly five minutester, a tall feminine figure came into Feng Siyan''s sight. With her waist-long hair, the charcoal ck Phoenix eyes loaded with kohl, and the tight ck outfit wrapping her, she was like a demon to Feng Siyan who escaped from hell and was now residing on the earthly ne. Her eyes were beautiful surely but the look of defiance and arrogance was adding much more to them.


    She didn''t look like a woman who was held hostage instead it seemed like she was having fun with her arms circled two young men''s waist and she was sandwiched between the two of them.


    On the other hand, Lord Tang was getting headache. He could clearly see the look of defiance burning in those dark orbs. She lifted her chin proudly and strode towards him as she removed her arms around the young men''s waist but not before kissing their cheeks.


    Yes, the two young men were Su Yi and Wang Jun who was sent to capture this woman not to get hypnotized by her seductive and alluring sight.


    Lord Tang couldn''t help but ask as his eyes rested on the young men behind the inciting woman, "You three seem really close? "


    Su Yi and Wang Jun gulped inwardly. Could it be she was their boss woman? And they had a premonition that they were in trouble.


    Damm this vixen.


    "They dragged me to the gates of hell. A demon meets their kind, what do you say, Lord Tang? " Esma said as she turned to wink at the boys.


    Of course, she knew they would be punished for sticking with her. She was aware of her erotic body and she used it in her favour. These greedy little boys couldn''t understand her revenge n.


    Esma was not the one who believed in '' Revenge is the best dish served cold'' , instead she believed in quick and insta revenge since she had many more revenge ns to work on.


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 Chapter 115 - Dirty Little Secret

    [My new book THe Villian is avable now.]


    She proudly walked towards Lord Tang and sat next to him, her body brushing his. Her gaze fell on the half-empty whiskey ss. She picked it up and brought it closer to her lips.


    "It tastes sweet," She said closer to his ear in a sensual voice.


    Lord Tang scooted away from her before she put her game n to use. This was what he was trying to tell Feng Siyan earlier. Why Su Yi and Wang Jun we''re not fit for babysitting this little brat.


    She was capable of hypnotizing anyone with her sinister beauty. There was nothing in Esma that screamed angelic not even a single bone. Although his men were capable enough of handling a single woman. They were skilled and trained in killing and assassinating but they were no match for someone like Esma who would always use her brain rather than fists. She was a woman who had spent years doctoring in psychology and the human psyche.


    In other words, she was an intellectual lunatic, and what was more dangerous than any intellectual lunatic residing under your roof.


    Lord Tang took a deep breath, " You broke the conduct, Esma? You were not supposed to leave London. Why are you here? "


    She took another sip of the whiskey and her eyes fell on the cigarette packet ced away from the bottle of whiskey. She took out a cigarette, ced it between her index and middle finger, and then slowly and in a very seductive motion, she brought it closer to her mmy lips.


    Then she moved near him again and in a very velvety voice, she said, " You are no one to me. No one. I''m here not on your orders neither do I have the intention of following them. Not now and not ever. And sure as hell I''m not going back anytime soon. What are you gonna do about it, Lord Tang? " Very skillfully she grabbed the lighter from his coat pocket. Like always the lighter was put in his coat pocket and it seemed she was quite familiar with it.


    She lit the cigarette and took a puff. She felt a yank on her long hair as his another hand under her chin. He grabbed her chin tightly and bore his eyes in hers, " Right, you are nothing to me. And you should get it in your pretty little head that you can''t leave the estate until I say so. Try fleeing from here, Esma, you will not want to visualize how cruel the punishment can be. Trust me, I will never flinch from punishing an undisciplined brat like you. Do you know why? Because you are nothing to me."


    Esma neither tried to remove his hands from her hair or chin, instead, she took another puff and smoked out on his face as she said, " Damm right. But do not forget that I''m something to your Ah-Jie. You won''t dare to touch me."


    "And what do you think you''re to him? " Lord Tang said looking straight to her eyes.


    "His dirty little secret," She whispered.


    Esma threw the remaining cigarettes on the ground though the ashtray was only a few inches away from her. She grabbed his cor and brought his face close to her, " As long as I''m alive, he will not let anyone touch me much less than harm me. Not even you, Lord Tang."


    Lord Tang threw her on the sofa as he stood up. Esma''s head hit the table near the sofa. She scratched her head to soothe the pain and loudly cursed him for his inhumane behaviour.


    "Remind her Ah- Sying, the person she is referring to is searching for her all over the world for thest four days like a madman," Lord Tang spoke in a gravely serious tone.


    Feng Siyan who was watching the scene unfolding before his eyes were utterly andpletely shocked. There was a person in the whole of the universe who could speak to his master like this. Feng Siyan knew his master was barely tolerating her for Long Jie''s sake.


    Esma nced at Feng Siyan coldly, " Then ask your master who told his little brother to lock me there. I want to live with him now andplete all my unfinished businesses here. And I get to know he added another bitch to his lousy noble family by discreetly marrying her."


    The earlier seductive and yful Esma was nowhere in sight in her ce was a frightening and frantic woman who was capable of doing anything if provoked. Her hair was scattered on her face as she nced at both of them. Su Yi and Wang Jun who were standing in the distance were horrified to see her.


    "I will kill all the bitches in his life starting from that ssy bitch he calls his mother, " She looked dead into Lord Tang''s eyes. Her ck orbs were almost red now.


    "You will do no such thing," Lord Tang''s neutral and authoritative voice rang. " You will do no such thing, Esma," He repeated.


    Esmaughed darkly, " Who gonna stop me? You or your minions?"


    "Time will tell, Esma. Feng Siyan will follow you like a shadow. Do not dare to go near Ah-Jie''s wife. I''m giving your freedom back to you but with conditions and few limitations. y around and do whatever you wish to do during your little vacation in China but always remember the conditions."


    "We will see, Lord Tang. We will see," Esma chuckled.


    ***


    "Master, should I inform Long Jie about Miss Esma?" Feng Siyan asked in concern.


    He had already watched how much trouble this woman would bring to his master. It was better to send her back to where ever she came from.


    "No. Don''t inform him and make sure he doesn''t know she is here either. He must know how to clear his own mess. He has toe clean to his wife one day and its better that dayes as soon as possible," Lord Tang told him."If i were to die tomorrow, who will look after him? He needs to learn to live without me now."


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 Chapter 116 - Better Off Him.

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    It was the middle of the night when Long Jie returned to his home. Four days of futile attempts to locate Esma. It was like she disappeared into the thin air.


    There was no state, no country where he didn''t look for her but in the end, he was graced with disappointment.


    The time had flown by in a haze of new ces, search for Esma, and search for Esma. Not even for a second, another thought invaded his mind.


    Long Jie entered the house, he saw Mrs. Xie waiting for him in the hall. He looked around to find Zhenyi but unsurprisingly she was not there waiting for him along with Mrs. Xie. An hour ago he had informed Mrs. Xie that he would be returning home and it was reasonable that she had not informed his wife in fear of disturbing her sleep.


    "Would you like to have some tea or maybe dinner? " Mrs. Xie smiled down at him as she questioned him.


    "No. I already had dinner. I would like to rest now." Long Jie straightly declined her.


    The long flight had worn him out. This time rest was much appreciated than food or perhaps a cup of tea.


    Mrs. Xie nodded.


    Long Jie could sense that she wanted to say something else but was hesitating.


    "Any problem, Mrs. Xie?" Long Jie inquired.


    "Uh--Um---"


    "Mrs. Xie?" Long Jie asked again as he saw the elderly woman stammering toplete a sentence that was very unlike her.


    It was odd for Long Jie because Mrs. Xie was like a motherly figure in his life and if she even hit him with a duster formitting a mistake he wouldn''t mind because he was used to it.


    "I''ll be here, Young master. If you need anything please just call me. " Mrs. Xie said with a hesitating smile.


    Long Jie nodded and ascended the stairs leaving the tense Mrs. Xie behind.


    If she still wanted to talk to him, she knew where to find him.


    He opened the door to their bedroom and as he stepped into the room, a pitch dark room weed his sight which was quite unsettling to him considering his wife''s habit of sleeping with the lights on.


    Nevertheless, he switched on the lights and once the room was illuminated, his gaze fell on the neatly prepared bed. The nket was primly folded on the rims of the bed. It seemed like no one slept on the bed seeing the undisturbed state of the bedding.


    Did she leave him? Was she fed up with him?


    He shut the door on that thought immediately and ignored the bad premonition that had reared its ugly head in his heart and walked forward. He tossed his suit jacket on the bed and strode towards the bathroom.


    As the cold water touched his skin, he opened his eyes and nced at his reflection in the mirror. He was exhausted; mentally and physically and wished for nothing but to hug his wife to sleep.


    He eyed the bathtub and after four days a genuine smile bloomed on his face recalling thest time he had spent with her. She was mischievously delighted and seeing her happy a gush of warmth knock his heart.


    Walking out of the washroom, he took out his phone to look if Zhenyi had messaged or called her but oddly enough, there was nothing. He had not called his wife either because he didn''t know what to say to her or how to make her understand his circumstance.


    It wasplicated. Very much so. She would not understand and he was sure of it.


    He opened the wardrobe and then the actual gravity of the disaster hit him. The disaster which was brewing since the time he had left China unannounced. What had happened, what was going to happen next, and What Mrs. Xie was trying to tell him? All of his questions were answered at once.


    Zhenyi''s side of the closet was empty, not even a single thing belonging to her was there. He went back to the washroom, the cab containing her daily necessities was empty too. Why he didn''t notice it before?


    She had an annoying habit of scattering her beauty products in front of the mirror. Why didn''t he notice it earlier?


    He rubbed his forehead in frustration, anxiety, and distress. How could she do this to him? Did she forget that she had signed a marriage certificate with him? Did she really think that she could escape their marriage?


    If she believed she was mighty enough to break their marriage much less leave this house, she was wrong very very wrong.


    A thought hit him hard almost knocking the remaining life in him.


    His grandmother''s coin. That bloody coin.


    She could use that coin anytime and leave him and his family for once and for all.


    He unlocked the safe where she had put that coin. He saw the coin was still ced in the same wooden box Zhenyi had put it in.


    So what if she had not used it yet, there was no guarantee that she would not use it in the future. But if there was no coin, there would be no means for her to leave him either.


    His grandmother was wrong, he didn''t need to give her a reason to stay when he hadn''t one either, but he could certainly take away the means she provided her wife to leave him at least for now.


    However, the primary question still remained unanswered -- where was his wife?


    The void in his heart expanded as numerous possibilities rushed to his mind. It was painful to think what she could do to him. She held the power to crush him.


    "Mrs. Xie?" Long Jie called out.


    He took a deep breath and steadied his mind not to lose control. It was neither the appropriate time nor the situation.


    "Mrs. Xie " He shouted again but less loudly this time.


    As if Mrs. Xie was expecting his call, she knocked on the door to let him know that she was there.


    "Where is my wife?" He asked her calmly.


    Though his heart of steel was cracking open, he managed to remain unscathed.


    "She is here. She has not left the residence yet." Mrs. Xie said, stressing on thest word.


    Getting the cue, he harshly spoke, " You mean she was intending to leave her home. And you are also saying that she is at home but where is she? Why she is not here? Most importantly why is her closet empty? "


    Long Jie fired away multiple questions in a single breathe.


    "Madam asked for a separate room on the second floor," said Mrs. Xie in a polite yet powerful voice. She paused and then added, "She said that the room has a nicer view. Andter she asked the servants to shift her belongings to her new room."


    Mrs. Xie''s attitude indicated Long Jie that she was team Zhenyi this time.


    "And you fulfilled this unreasonable demand of her without giving a second thought? Do you not even think about asking me once?"Long Jie asked her in a loud voice.


    All the forbearance he gathered snapped in a single second. It was true Zhenyi brought out the worst of him and no matter how much he tried to deter her influence on him, he just couldn''t instead each passing second she kept on amassing more and more power to affect him; to destroy him.


    "I tried to call you but your phone was unreachable," answered Mrs. Xie. " Besides she is the mistress of the house, your wife, and my employer. And you said to give her whatever she asks for."


    "Do you informed her about my arrival?" He asked her hopefully.


    "She specifically told everyone not to disturb her, " she said. " At any cost."


    Huh...


    Long Jie chuckled mirthlessly. Of course, she had. What was he expecting that she would be dying to see him? She would cry when he would tell her '' wife I''m back till I don''t vanish into the air again.''


    No idiot, she was Zhenyi. She gave you a chance but you chose to protect your dire self-esteem. She was better off him and better than him.


    Heughed bitterly again.


    Mrs. Xie was worried about seeing him behaving like this but she wanted them to resolve their issues themselves. No matter how close she was to him, at the end of the day she was an employee and not family so she didn''tment further.


    "Thank you, Mrs. Xie. You should rest too. Good night, "Long Jie told her.


    "Good night, Young master."


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 Chapter 117 - The Strong, Different And Unique You.

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    His mommy was mad. She would punish him again. He didn''t want to make her mad at him. He never did.


    A little boy was standing in the distance with his head lowered and silently whimpering to himself. His mommy didn''t like when he cried. He couldn''t control his sobs but he could weep silently.


    His mommy mmed the records on the doctor''s table in fury.'' You illiterate doctor. You can''t cure a sick kid. Can''t you see he''s sick? Why your reports are suggesting contrarily. He can''t even pronounce a single word. I''m firing you.''


    The helpless man in white coat whom his mommy called the doctor said in a desperate tone, '' Ma''am please try to understand that you''re scaring the child. He is not sick...just a little different.''


    His mommy looked at the man in white in rage. He wanted to tell his mommy not to be angry with this uncle. He was kind and sweet to him. But he couldn''t talk in front of his mommy no matter how much he tried.


    ''How dare you to talk to me like this? Do you think I''m unreasonable? Do you think I like to wander from doctor to doctor to cure my ill son especially when none of you can name his illness?''


    The man in white looked at the weeping child helplessly.


    ''Ma''am he spoke with the nurse Jules without stuttering for a good few minutes. He can speak if he wants but he needs a loving and caring environment to ovee his problem.''


    ''Really?'' His mommy asked him. There was a different twinkle in her eyes which was usually missing whenever he was near her.


    The boys tried to look into his mother''s eyes but he lowered again in fear of offending her.


    She gripped his chin tightly and brought his face to connect her eyes with him.


    ''Is it true you talked to that nurse? '' She asked him.


    The eight years old boy was trying his best not to let the tears fall in order to prove to his mommy that he was not a weak kid and she could love him like she did his brother. He looked into his mommy''s eyes but couldn''t find the words to utter.


    ''Speak,'' She said loudly.


    He flinched in fear and the tears he was holding back eventually streamed down his cheeks wetting his shirt in the process. Nevertheless, he held back his loud cries. He didn''t want his mom to hate him anymore.


    ''Uuh.....'' He struggled to utter the words. His lips moved but no sound came. He couldn''t utter any word, his mommy was right he was ill and mute and such kids should be punished.


    ''Speak you, imbecile.'' She gripped his chin even harder. It was hurting him but how could he tell his mommy when he couldn''t even speak.


    ''Uuh...'' He tried once again but miserably failed.


    ''Aaaahhhhhhh'' His mommy screamed in outrage. She removed her hand from his chin with a jerk and the sudden movement caused the little boy to fell on the floor.


    She threw all the things ced on the doctor''s table in wrath and frustration.


    She nced at him, her eyes full of hate, disdain, and disgust.


    ''You disgraceful imbecile. You ruined my life. You are the biggest and darkest stain on my life. If not for you, I would be free and living my own life. But then you an ugly weakling popped into myp and ruined my world. You ruined my life. I pray that you will suffer as much as you made me suffer. You will cry tears of blood. You mute imbecile.''


    He wanted to decline her usations.


    ''You ruined my life. I pray that you will suffer as much as you made me suffer. You will cry tears of blood. You mute imbecile.''


    He loved his mommy but why did his mommy hate him?


    ''You ruined my life. I pray that you will suffer as much as you made me suffer. You will cry tears of blood. You mute imbecile.''


    Stop, please. Stop, please.


    He had his fingers in his ears, and he closes his eyes. The sound didn''t stop.


    "Nooooooooooo."


    A chilling wail woke Long Jie. He nced around to find him in his bed. Lord. He was drenched in his sweat. His heart was wildly beating against his ribcage as if it had run a marathon and now begging to rest. He sat upright on the bed and threw away the nket that was covering him.


    He took deep breaths and put his head in his hands. Calm down. Calm down. Calm down. He kept on murmuring to himself.


    He caressed the empty spot beside him. Thank God she was not there tonight otherwise he didn''t know how to exin to her. The voices, the scenes they were back again. He didn''t know what triggered it this time.


    He stood up and removed his drenched t-shirt and tossed it on the floor. He opened the door and went out.


    A different voice rang in his mind. '' Remember Ah-jie, music is therapy. Music soothes bruised souls. Music is the answer to your questions. Drown yourself in music Ah-jie and then find yourself. You will find a new you, the real and a strong you. You are not weak, you are not cretin and you are no different. You are just you, the unique you, the actual you, and the powerful you. Find yourself, Ah-jie. Find yourself.''


    He was not weak. He was not lost. He just need to find himself yet again and his brother always said ''find yourself again and again if you need to, but do not lose yourself in the flood of nightmares and torrent of the past. As long as you are breathing, it''s the proof you are living. Live Ah- jie don''t just merely survive. Be strong, be true and be you. ''


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 Chapter 118 - A Song Of Heart Break.

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    As Long Jie''s fingers caressed the piano a beautiful melody came to life. He stopped, took a deep breath, and closed his eyes, and slowly flexed his fingers, and a profound, slow, and gentle melody started ying.


    What he didn''t realize was that he actually began singing along with the melody his fingers were ying. Music is therapy. It''s soothing. Drown yourself in music and find yourself.


    ?If you missed the train I''m on


    You will know that I am gone


    You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles?


    His voice was warm, gentle, and soothing yet it carried ache and raw emotions which he couldn''t express in actual words. A film of his past was reying before his eyes at a very fast pace. The good, the bad, the pleasant, the tragic every memory was ying before his closed eyes.


    ?A hundred miles, a hundred miles


    A hundred miles, a hundred miles


    You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles?


    His voice was not only heard in the room but it escaped the four walls of the room and reached everyone''s ears.


    Mrs. Xie heard the melody and realized it was Long Jie who was ying the piano. What brought tears to her eyes was his voice. She was aware of the point that he yed the piano but it was rare for him to sing. He was not a happy music yer who usually yed whenever he was troubled.


    The anguish in his voice was not hidden from her. A sob escaped her mouth before she could control it.


    ? Lord, I''m one, Lord, I''m two


    Lord, I''m three, Lord, I''m four


    Lord, I''m five hundred miles away from home


    Away from home, away from home


    Away from home, away from home


    Lord, I''m five hundred miles away from home?


    Zhenyi opened the window to her room to wee the unexpected yet beautiful melody and the singing voice apanying it.


    She was the most familiar with this voice. She didn''t know what came to her when she walked out of the door following the music.


    Her feet were walking on their own and she was getting carried away with them. She was dressed in her nightgown, her bare feet walking towards thest room on the second floor. Luckily, the sound wasing from the same floor where her new room was located.


    The door was already opened and in the dim lights, a man was fiddling his fingers on the grand ck musical instrument. His voice apanying the melody eliciting from the piano. Thebination was deadly and pure heartbreak.


    ?Not a shirt on my back


    Not a penny to my name


    Lord, I can''t go back home this ole way


    This ole way, this ole way


    This ole way, this ole way


    Lord, I can''t go back home this ole way?


    The moonlight fell on his face, highlighting his anguished and torturous facial features. The expression on his face was pure heartache, so agonizing, so unbearable that she wanted to touch his face and ask him to stop. Stop tormenting him, it was unendurable.


    He was tormenting himself by ying this mourning tune. What had caused themanding and bossy Long Jie to carry such torturing expression?


    She just stood there watching him burn before her but she didn''t like the way he burned. She wanted him to shine brighter than any sun in her sky and not to burn himself in the pyre of his suffering and past. She wanted to tell him that whatever had happened, it had passed and it would never return if he didn''t allow it to.


    But she just stood there and watched him. She watched him losing his hope and then discovering it by gracing his fingers on the notes. She watched him sinking in the dark and thening out of it with a bright invisible halo. And atst, she watched him dying and thening to life again with strength, vigor, and hope like a Phoenix rising from the ashes.


    ?If you missed the train I''m on


    You will know that I am gone


    You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles


    A hundred miles, a hundred miles


    A hundred miles, a hundred miles


    You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles


    You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles


    You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles?


    As he yed thest note, he opened his eyes to find the emptiness of the room but surprisingly his heart was not empty anymore, there was an unparalleled fullness. His eyes were not exhausted and tired, they were shining with renewal. Hope was surging in his veins along with a desire for better tomorrow.


    He stood up and covered the piano once again and went back to his room. Sometimes, it seemed hard and difficult but never forgot after every dark night, there is a brighter day waiting for you. Even if takes hundred of years to pass that dark night.


    Zhenyi came back to her room before he could saw her there because he didn''t need her to pity him. He would always prefer to drown in misery than live with her pity.


    Isn''t it the saddest thing of all that he lost her when he was busy circumventing her pity which was no pity in the first ce to soothe his ego?


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    The song''s name is ''Five hundred miles''. Those who know Hindi, you must have heard the song '' Agar koi baat bigad jaye...koi muskil pad jaye...tum dena sath near humnavaa.... The music is same. Well , the legendary Hindi song is inspired by this particr song. And if you ask me why this song? I dunno know. I really dunno.

 Chapter 119 - Xu Ming Yue

    Xu Ming Yue reached the fancy restaurant where she would be meeting with the point man -- Du Zheng but how and when she would be meeting him, she was not informed of.


    The restaurant was situated outside the city. It was a very ssy and fancy ce. Probably, it was the ce where all the important rich people met and conduct their business meetings.


    Never had she ever entered such a fancy ce much less dined here. God is surely cruel and biased. Some people would be eating dishes that almost cost a kidney and on the other hand, some were dying of poverty and famine.


    Nevertheless, pushing her thoughts aside she entered the restaurant for her thoughts were neither needed nor appreciated and her boss Xin Zhenyi had made it crystal clear. She huffed in exasperation. She couldn''t believe she actually agreed to be a part of this bizarre act and signed the contract with Xin Zhenyi. It was not like she was given any other choice and what Zhenyi wanted, Zhenyi got no matter how insane her ns were.


    When she first met her, she knew that the woman was dangerous with her queen-like body posture and I-own-the-world attitude she was the reason for Xu Ming Yue''s exasperation but there was something in Zhenyi she couldn''t put her fingers on which impressed her.


    Of course, Xin Zhenyi never cared about the other party''s impression and opinion and she made it perfectly clear. Zhenyi was crazy and what she truly needed was a psychiatrist to check her head and inform what actually resided in her head.


    The real reason she signed the contract was that Zhenyi was generous in her offer. She was providing Xu Ming Yue what she truly desired along with a million dors. She could easily leave the county when she was done with this Du Zheng.


    She upied the table reserved for her and put her handbag on the table as a waiter came to take her order.


    Ding.


    "Excuse me, " Ming Yue said with a smile.


    ''Don''t order until your datees.'' the message read.


    Xu Ming Yue mustered up a smile and looked at the waiter as she said," Sorry but I''d like to wait for my date before ordering."


    "Sure Ma''am," the water said and left with a bow.


    She was starving but fear upied a spot in the pit of her stomach. She had read the profile of Ceo Du and was quite aware of what kind of a man he was. From the corner of her eyes, she saw the man her boss had sent for her protection if things went south sitting two tables away from her with a disguised date.


    Thirty minutes passed and no one came. The fear of the unknown had reared its ugly head again, Xu Ming Yue was barely smiling. She didn''t know what Zhenyi had nned but if nobody came within the next ten minutes she was leaving, contract or not.


    Across the room, a pair of eyes were constantly following her every movement how she was often checking her phone, her hesitant smiles and a look of panic in those mismatched eyes. Her eyes reminded him of someone he was familiar with.


    But she didn''t look like that someone from any angle. Both of the women were beautiful but in their own way. The woman sitting before him could be described as an angelic and innocent beauty on the other hand that someone was sinister and wicked to the core and so was her beauty.


    Du Zheng was here for a business meeting with the team of Air China. Since he seeded in canceling Air China''s deal with Xin cooperation, he decided to venture into the aviation industry. He was blocking every way for Zhenyi.


    Once they left, he decided to approach the beauty sitting alone waiting for someone looking at her phone.


    "Excuse me? ," a husky and masculine voice called her out.


    Xu Ming Yue blinked at the interloper. He looked somewhat familiar to her but where had she seen him. He was gorgeous. She has no words to utter. For the first time in her life, she was dumbfounded.


    Holy shit. He was Du Zheng, the point man. The man she had to con.


    "May I join you?" He said with a smile.


    Charming Asshole. Of course, he''d be. No wonder he conned many innocent women. Who had thought such a beautiful man would have such an ugly heart?


    "I''m sorry but I''m actually waiting for my date," she managed to speak unfalteringly.


    "Date? I''ve not seen one from thest thirty minutes," He said as a matter of fact.


    "Excuse me?" She manger to push the words out. "You were watching me?"


    "No, I was not intentionally watching you. My eyes just refused to be drawn from your sight," he said solemnly.


    She blinked her eyes again at him. She didn''t know how she was supposed to prolong the act. She wanted a signal to know if she had to act now or leave. Didn''t Zhenyi said ''y hard to get?''


    "I''m sorry, Mister, but you have to leave I have a date and he will be here any minute. I don''t want him to misunderstand," Xu Ming Yue told him.


    "A drink that''s what I ask for. I won''t take much of your time," He said.


    She stood up ready to leave the restaurant when her phone ced on the table dinged.


    ''Sorry. My mother is in hospital I''ve to leave. Once again I''m sorry for leaving you waiting for me.''


    Du Zheng grinned at her as he took the chair beside her and said," Now, he''s noting back. You owe me a drink now."


    "I do?" Xu Ming Yue narrowed her eyes at him.


    He nodded yfully.


    Getting the cue, she sat down on the seat and ordered the drinks. The message meant she had to spend the time with him while ying hard to get. Zhenyi also said to be herself and Xu Ming Yue wouldn''t spend much time in thepany of a stranger.


    The waiter served them the drinks.


    "So, you''re an artist? " Du Zheng asked while looking at her fingers.


    His question halted Xu Ming Yue''s action as she followed his gaze which rested on her hands. Then she looked at him in confusion.


    His mouth widened into a smile as he said, "Your nails are smeared with paint. Either you are a painter or you were fiddling with paint."


    She was busted. She was helping her niece in painting a forest picture. Never had she thought he was so observing? Was it toote to leave and nevere back? She was already told to say what she did profession-wise.


    She smiled and took another sip, " You are wrong I''m not an artist especially not a painter. But a very wise man once said we all are artists. So, I''ll take myself as an artist if you say so."


    He chuckled and shook his head. " Indeed."


    "An artist who doesn''t paint but loves to y with colors," he added.


    "I was actually helping my niece with painting. She had a very bad color sense. Once she colored all the butterflies ck. Such torture on beautiful insects." Xu Ming Yueughed.


    Her recentment changed something in Du Zheng. He straighten up and a hardened his jaw. Xu Ming Yue noticed the change in the atmosphere around them.


    "Umm... Everything alright? " She asked cautiously.


    "Yeah, " he gave her a small smile which resembled a grimace.


    "You should tell your niece that butterflies are beautiful beings, meant to be appreciated and loved," he said in a very t tone which sounds a little weird to Xu Ming Yue.


    "Sure." She nodded.


    "Would you like to apany me to an art exhibition?" He asked her out of nowhere startling the otherwise steady Xu Ming Yue.


    "I''m sorry. I don''t even know you. I apanied you for a drink because I was waiting for my date who in the end moment ditched me but apanying you to an art exhibition? It''s too much for me for the fact that I''m not even aware of your name and yet, I''m having a drink with you. You can be a serial killer for crying out loud," She said.


    "Trust me, I''m not a serial killer who likes inflicting pain on the women. I''m merely asking you to apany me to an art exhibition as a favor. Nothing else."


    ''You are worse than a serial killer'' Xu Ming Yue wanted to add but stopped herself.


    "Pardon me. I must take my leave now." Xu Ming picked her handbag and phone and turned to leave.


    "You are leaving already?" Du Zheng couldn''t believe any woman could resist her charms. The more she was resisting him, the more he wanted to possess her.


    She was a rare beauty who looked no less than a goddess in the emerald bodycon dress that she was wearing. And those mismatched eyes were calling to him to possess her and made her his.


    Though his butterfly was refusing his advances, he could use this woman to make her envious, and then his butterfly would get what she was missing.


    She pointed towards his empty ss and said," One drink. Time over. By the way, my name is Xu Ming Yue."


    And with this, she left without turning back.

 Chapter 120 - No Exclusivity

    Long Jie was peacefully sipping on his tea when Zhenyi bolted through the door, her eyes burning with apparent anger. It had been ages since Long Jie confronted an angry Zhenyi to the extent of killing anyone. Thest time it was when she had exploded their base and pointed her gun at him and Shaoming.


    She took the cup of tea from his hand and ced it at the table. She folded her arms on her chest as she asked, "What do you think you''re doing?"


    Long Jie didn''t bother to nce at his furious wife, picked up the cup of tea again, and took a sip as he said, " As you can see enjoying a cup of tea. Want to join?"


    He even brought the cup close to her but she just red at him.


    "Screw you."


    "You already did," he said and a devilish smirk ying on his lips.


    He ced the cup on the table, standing a little close to her, and brought his lips even closer to her ears as he whispered, "If you wish to screw more, you just have to use the words, wife."


    "You wish!" She scoffed. "Who do you think you are? And who permitted you to move my stuff back to your room?"


    Yesterday, Zhenyi ordered the servants to move her stuff to a separate room for she didn''t wish to share a bed or a room with her husband. But today, when she returned from visiting Sam in the hospital, she found her new room bare and nk, not even the bloody bed was in the room and it didn''t take a genius to guess that it was orchestrated by her husband.


    ''Damm you, Long Jie.''


    "I''m your husband if you don''t remember. And who permitted to move back my wife''s stuff to OUR room?" He lifted her chin up to look at him. These burning eyes of hers were always his weakness and he always wished to infuriate her to see those burning eyes every day. " It is undoubtedly your husband who asked to move it back to where it actually belongs and I don''t think I need anyone''s permission given you have my rings on your finger."


    She removed his hands from her chin and red at him, " Sorry did I hear the word ''husband''? Let me remind you if you forget to remember a simple fact, we were never a real couple. We were always two different parties who signed an agreement."


    "Is it what you think, Wife? " Frustration shed across his features. " Two parties bound by an agreement?"


    "It''s what I''m very well aware of, Mr. Long. Two parties, two people bound by an undesirable pact."


    Did he forget he never wished to marry her? He wanted the position of head of the family and got it. Now, what was her use in the whole marriage charade!


    She was as useful as a coconut shell.


    "Very well." Long Jie chuckled to himself as he stepped back.


    "Mrs. Xie!" Long Jie called the housekeeper.


    "Young master?"


    "Mrs. Xie, please make sure your mistress doesn''t leave her REAL room. She is not permitted to move to any other room in the mansion either." Long Jie announced as a matter of fact.


    Zhenyi stared at him but didn''t speak in front of Mrs. Xie.


    Once Mrs. Xie left Long Jie spoke, "Remember the first use of the agreement ''you have to standby me in my every decision. You just can''t go against me in front of my family.'' My family might not be living under the same roof but they have their eyes on us everywhere."


    She wanted to follow the bloody contract. She would damm well get it. He would be quoting the contract everywhere in his favor.


    A shiver of hurt rolled through her. She tried to pretend it wasn''t at the thought of Long Jie agreeing to strictly follow the agreement and end whatever was between them.


    Nope.


    Didn''t matter at all.


    Shouldn''t matter at all.


    She nodded.


    He wanted to punch the wall behind her and infuse some senses into her brain but no she was as stubborn as him and there was nothing he could have done to change her mind.


    Well, there was but he couldn''t do it. At least not now.


    "Your room it is," She said to no one in particr.


    Long Jie wanted to correct her but he stopped himself.


    "One more thing -- let''s exclude the exclusivity of our rtionship. There is no need to abide by this term anymore especially when you won''t be getting any heir before the fixed period."


    They had already fixed that there wouldn''t be any child in the equation for the next three years. Since they were heeding by the contract now, Sex was out of the question.


    "What do you say?" He asked her as he stood straight up, his eyes meeting hers. His face was void of any expression as his jaw hardened.


    She turned around to leave the room when he grabbed his shoulders and made her look at him and answer his question.


    "What the hell you uttered?" He asked again. He inhaled sharply and narrowed his eyes at her. Zhenyi red at him in equal intensity, an unspoken war ranging between two of them through their eyes.


    Here she was again. The silent Zhenyi. If she wanted, she could be as silent as a bloody ghost. But now she has to understand that he needed words not her damm silence because it was making the matter worse than it already was.


    "Repeat the hell you said, Zhenyi."


    Instead of replying Zhenyi was standing tall in defiance, her chin raised as if she was the Queen of a kingdom.


    "You heard me loud and clear," the queen Zhenyi finally graced him with words.


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 Chapter 121 - Ask Me

    "I''ve exclusive rights to you," said Long Jie. " And you agreed too."


    What in the world was he allowing this woman to do to him? Every time he thought they reach amon juncture, she''d just dumped a verdict on his head and they were back to square one.


    And what did she even mean by excluding the exclusivity of their rtionship? Did she want an open marriage?


    Then she could dream on if she even thought for a flick of second that he would agree to her bizarre term.


    Zhenyi scoffed. " Again what I am? An item to be patent solely by you?"


    Long Jie shook his head mirthlessly. He remembered that it was the same answer she provided himst time when he talked about exclusive terms for their rtionship.


    He pulled her closer to him with a jerk. His voice was low at her ear, " I told you that no one touched my wife but me. You want an open marriage eh? Dream on."


    "You can''t stop me," she said, almost daring him.


    "I can''t? Naive baby... naive." He inhaled her scent which was not her perfume but her body''s unique fragrance." I''ll kill every man you will dare to touch. You fucking belong to me and get it inside your pretty little head."


    Long Jie was not kidding when he said he''d kill every man she dared to touch because he couldn''t touch her, he was not capable enough to touch even a strand of her hair. He''d die before hurting her.


    "You don''t own me," She spoke, proving a point but to whom it was not cleared yet.


    "I don''t own you but you still belong to me," He said as a matter of fact.


    She wanted to be offended, but his voicecing with feral possessiveness and innuendo wasn''t any different than what she''d been wanting all night.


    "I''m giving you a way out, Jie. A way out from the unwanted agreement. You have three years, you can live the life you longed for away from your unwanted wife. Also, you get what you wanted in return for marrying me, " said Zhenyi. She paused and then asked him in almost a whisper," What''s stopping you now?"


    He nced at her, his eyes shining with something Zhenyi couldn''t decipher as he asked, "Do I ever asked for a way out? Do I ever tell you that you are not wanted? He paused and then asked her as he met his forehead with hers," Do I ever told you that I do not want you?"


    ''Touch me, Cat eyes, and find if I don''t want you,'' he wanted to say.


    "What''s stopping you, Jie?" She whispered instead.


    "You. You are stopping me from the way out. You are stopping me from the other women. You are stopping me from everything that says I''ll lose you if have them."


    "You already lost me." She said, their eyes still connected and their forehead leaned against each other.


    "I know. I know it, Cat eyes. I know it too fucking well. I also know what I have to do to get you back." And suddenly the course of conversation shifted.


    This was not what Zhenyi had expected when she confronted him. She had agreed not to ask him anything regarding him or his business. It was not her business as to what he did, where he went, and who he met. He was free and his own person.


    "It''s toote now," Zhenyi said lowering her eyes.


    "Is it? " He rasped. "Never is toote. You can always start now."


    "Ask me, Zhenyi how much I want you?"He brushed a strand of hair off her forehead.


    "I don''t want to."


    "Ask me ,Zhenyi how I spent thest four days without you? " He pulled her even closer snaking his arm around her waist.


    "I don''t need to know."


    "Ask me Zhenyi where I was?"He wiggled her arms around his abdomen before circling his arms around her waist again.


    "It is none of my business."


    His thumb brushed softly over the arc of her lips as another finger went to her chin again aiming to meet his eyes yet again, "Ask me, Cat eyes. Ask me anything you want to know. You have a chance now."


    Zhenyi stared at him. People say that eyes are windows to the soul. Never was that more true than with Long Jie, who only revealed himself through his eyes rather than words. She just had to look at him and his eyes would answer all the questions that her heart had been wanting to raise. Such a connection they had.


    Unfortunately, everything had an expiry date so had their so-called rtionship or real marriage or whatever they preferred.


    "Your grandmother unknowingly taught me the biggest lesson of my life, Jie. She taught me that I should not dig into the past which doesn''t belong to me. I have a feeling that if I move forward, my life will never be the same. The answers I''m needing to get will change the course of our lives forever and it will not be in a good way."


    She shook herself from his hold and turned around before saying, "Let''s stop here, Jie. Let''s end it here before we break each other again to the point of never getting whole."


    "You are strong, Zhenyi. You are not like me: a coward and a weakling," he said with a breaking voice.


    "We are better off each other, Jie. Your actions and talks have a huge difference. Your talks are too heavy for me and your actions, they are too frail tomit to you."


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 Chapter 122 - BoooM

    It had been three weeks since Long Jie and Zhenyi were married. She''d only known him for thisst month, and if she were being fully, fully honest here, She''d spent the best time of her life with him.


    Okay. That''s a lie.


    She''d spent thest three weeks in pure marital bliss.


    Ah. Another lie again.


    She had only seen him a handful of times after theirst confrontation.


    Well, that not a lie again, at least not fully.


    Though she saw him every day, they were still not living like a conventional married couple. They shared the same bed but not their problems and feelings. They dined at the same table but were not actually sitting with each other.


    People say ''distance makes the heart grow fonder '' and it''s a universally epted truth. But how can you miss someone when they are with you, in front of you, sleeping with you, eating with you? How can you miss someone you have no right to miss?


    The Longing in Long Jie''s eyes was not hidden from anyone but what could they do when he was not ready to take a step forward?


    The real, real truth was that Long was scared, scared of what mighte into their way next. Esma was still missing and there was no news about her anywhere, his men had searched each nook and corner of the Earth, well except Tang Pce.


    Zhenyi was still upied by one problem after another but she kinda liked the thrill of waging a bloodless war which was the first for her. Though everyone around her knew that it was a matter of time until the war between her and Du Zheng would get bloody.


    Neither of the parties was backing out.


    Zhenyi''s fondness for explosions got the best of her this time again. She had ordered the explosion of three shellpanies under Du cooperation and it was national news today. Every news channel, newspaper, and social media outlet were discussing the reason behind the bomb attack. Some were considering if it was a militant attack, somewhere deeming it as a threat to Du Zheng''s life and several more frightening assumptions were floating in Beijing''s air.


    Xu Ming Yue was proving very useful just as Zhenyi had assumed in the beginning when she offered her the contract. Zhenyi''s suggestion of ''y hard to get'' worked, Du Zheng was indeed pursuing Xu Ming Yue but why? It was still a mystery that Zhenyi wished to solve as soon as possible.


    Although Zhang Han''s secret cover mission as Bingbing had called it one day, was more tricky, he doing an excellent job at it. He sent all the reports he was asked to. Sometimes, Zhenyi had doubts if he really was a spy working undercover. Never mind, he was currently useful to her so, she wouldn''t toss him out.


    "Du Zheng and his assistant had a meeting with He Xian at Pine farms. It is heard that they are in the final stage of negotiation. The buyout can happen anytime soon."


    He Xian, the president of Air China who signed a contract with Xin cooperation along with Long Groups, but canceled when Du Zheng came into the picture.


    Fan Bingbing came with a ss of whiskey and shove it into Zhenyi''s hand.


    Zhenyi looked at her, up and down, and then nced at the ss in her hand.


    She had been over the edge for thest two weeks but she was holding on to it. Fan Bingbing had spent years beside Zhenyi and she knew it was only a matter of time until her patience finally would snap. She was never a very patient person, to begin with. Drinks had always been Zhenyi''s escape so she made her one.


    "Besides, he is a family man who is more than generous with his offer," Fan Bingbing scoffed.


    Zhenyi took a sip and her attention went back to the television. "It is a man''s word, Bingbing. What can you expect from the men who spent years running these mega-conglomerate with their wives at home, tending to them, bearing them spawns to continue their legacy, and hearing all the jabs and taunts because their husbands pay for their spendings? I''m a woman who is supposed to be like their wives tending to my husband but what rotten luck I had that I''m not like their virtuous daughters and devoted wives."


    The news channel was confirming that the country was in grave crisis.


    Zhenyi scoffed at them,'' It was just two mini bombs that she had ordered to be nted by her men.''


    "Don''t you get tired of proving yourself again and again?" Fan Bingbing asked.


    "Tired of what? Proving to them that I''m thrice the man they are? No. I actually love when they weave all kinds of fantasies about me in their head and I shatter them by unloading bullets in their heads. I find it interesting."


    Zhenyi changed to another channel where the same news was reying. Didn''t they have another juicy news? Should she give them another exposure to spicy and tangy news?


    "No bloody war this time and you agreed." Fan Bingbing reminded her. " By the way, your cell was ringing. There were few missed calls."


    ''It must be Ryuu'' Zhenyi thought because only a few people have that number. But why was he calling now? He was supposed to be back in few days but there was no news about him either.


    "Let it be for now. Back to He Xiang? Check his current location."


    "He is still at Pine Farms with his family enjoying a little vacation," Fan Bingbing informed her.


    "And Du Zheng? " Zhenyi asked.


    "After his current quest," came the reply.


    Xu Ming Yue was doing a fantastic job. She has sent them various useful information. Remind her to give her a raise.


    "Ask the driver to get the car ready. We are leaving," Zhenyi suddenly said.


    On the Tv a piece of news was reying,'' the bomb st was nned by the militant outfit. They have imed that it was their doing and if the government doesn''t attend to all their demands they will attack a public ce this time. It was only a trailer, the picture is still pending.''


    "Where?" Fan Bingbing asked.


    "To make the war a little more bloody." Zhenyi winked at Fan Bingbing.


    And why did Fan Bingbing had a very, very bad feeling about it.


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 Chapter 123 - Family Comes First

    He Xiang was having brunch with his daughter when Zhenyi approached him. Pine Farms was a luxury resort situated at the banks of a river. It was a perfect ce for spending time with family.


    "To what do I owe the pleasure of receiving a visit from President Xin herself?" He Xiang spoke as he stood up to shake hands with her.


    He Xian''s daughter was a young girl who not more than the age of seventeen years old. She gazed at the unexpected interloper and stood up to give them privacy.


    "I''m really sorry for intruding on your family time," Zhenyi spoke as she took a seat before He Xian. Fan Bingbing stood straight beside her.


    "Are you really?" He Xian raised his brows.


    "Well, not really," Zhenyi answered back.


    A giggle escape He Xian''s daughter''s mouth when she heard Zhenyi''s retort. No one ever talked to his father so nonchntly. Not even her.


    "Then you should not say words you do not mean," He Xian nced at her arrogant face and reprimanded her.


    "Right back at you, President He. " Zhenyi smiled. "One shouldn''t speak words that they don''t mean. One shouldn''t also make promises, they can''t keep."


    He Xiang pursed his lips. He knew where she wasing from.


    "I heard you have a meeting with CEO Du. Also heard you''re letting him buy something which doesn''t belong to him in the first ce." Zhenyi said as she poured a tea for herself.


    "President Xin, we are business-minded people. We''ll do business where we see the profit and I see it with CEO Du. Moreover, I have few more reasons for not continuing the deal with you," He Xian exined.


    Du Zheng indeed approached and he certainly had every intention of epting his business proposal. But at the same time, he didn''t want toe between their war and sacrifice himself as coteral damage.


    "Ah? Then let me hear your reasons? " said Zhenyi and sipped on her tea. She looked at He Xian''s daughter and said " What''s your name?"


    The girl blinked at her and when she realized that she had asked her something, a blush tinted her naturally rosy cheeks.


    "Mya," the girl said with a smile and kept staring into Zhenyi''s eyes. She was trying to figure it out that her eyes were really of different colors or it was the sunlight shing at her orbs.


    "Mya," Zhenyi repeated and looked at He Xiang. " Do you have any son, President He?"


    He Xiang just looked at her, wondering where she was getting at.


    "No. She is my only child."


    "Now, the puzzles fall into the ce. What did Du Zheng offer you? Is he marrying your daughter when she turns eighteen?"


    "Miss Xin, do you even know what you are saying?" He Xiang snapped.


    Miss Xin, it was now. Good. Very good.


    "Then, he must have asked your daughter''s hand for one of his brothers." It was not a question. She was sure about it.


    Mya looked at her father and then at Zhenyi. She wanted to ask something but she kept her indifferent expressions. She didn''t know if her father was really arranging her marriage, she wanted to ask but she wouldn''t in front of a stranger.


    "That''s our family matter you need not speak into it," He Xiang told her indifferently.


    "Of course, let''s leave the family matter aside ande to the point. President He, when are you signing the acquisition papers? Should I inform board members? Is 9 in the morning okay for you?" Zhenyi asked, still sipping on her tea.


    Fan Bingbing was getting headache dealing with numerous problems that Du Zheng had dumped on their head in one go. But she had also promised Xin Yichen that she would make sure that the business war didn''t turn bloody unnecessarily.


    "President Xin, we are not continuing the acquisition. Mywyer will contact you and we will pay for the breach of contract."


    "Of course, you will. I wonder what President Long will think about your change of mind." Zhenyi mused.


    Fan Bingbing suppressed the chuckle rising in her throat hearing her throwing the weight of her unwanted husband.


    Poor brother-inw. Last time, she didn''t even agree to take his help and now she was using his name.


    "What about him?" He Xiang suddenly straightened up.


    Who didn''t know about the infamous current head of the Long family? There were rumors that he was recently married but to whom and when it was still the biggest question in the minds of high society members.


    "Do I have to say that aloud?" Zhenyi raised her brow.


    "President Xin, I''m sure Long Groups will be more than willing to continue the deal with Du cooperation in ce of Xin cooperation," said He Xiang. He paused and looked at his daughter who was ying with her puppy. " I''m not against you, President Xin but this time fate and time are against you. Du family and He family will be uniting soon and President Long won''t have any problem with this."


    Zhenyi chuckled and shook her head. " Why don''t you check it yourself?"


    "It is not just about business now, President Xin. It''s about family. Family alwayses first. You have to understand this and my daughteres first before any business deal or profit," He Xiang helplessly said.


    Zhenyi understood it more than anything. In her world, there was nothing more valuable than family. They killed for family, they lived for family and they looted for family.


    Zhenyi nodded.


    "Mya, "Zhenyi suddenly said.


    " Yes?" The girl responded, still figuring out the mystery behind her eyes.


    "What are you trying to figure out?" Zhenyi said as if reading her mind.


    "Your eyes," she blurted before she could stop herself. She looked at her father who was scowling at her and then at Zhenyi who had an amused smile ying on her lips.


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 Chapter 124 - Difference Between Want And Need

    On the other side, two people were sitting in a cafe and enjoying the coffee. The cafe was situated opposite the tall building of Long Groups.


    "Thank you for epting my invitation on such short notice," Long Jie said with a sincere smile.


    "You''re wee. Luck you, my schedule happened to be free this afternoon," Chen Yuling said with a light chuckle.


    While Long Jie ordered two espresso Chen Yuling stole the moment to stare at his beautiful face.


    "Anything you would like to order?" Long Jie''s voice brought her out of trance.


    "Umm?" Chen Yuling was at the loss of words. She was embarrassed no one affected her like the way he did.


    "I said you would like to order anything else?" Long Jie repeated. He gave her an earth-shattering smile full of brighter teeth that had her heart beating against her chest like a ticking bomb waiting for exploding.


    To be honest, he was smiling like his normal self but it was Chen Yuling who was reading too much into it.


    "How are you, Long Jie?" Chen Yuling asked him while they waited for the coffee.


    "I''m good " He replied.


    His eyes fell on the other side of the cafe where a man was on his knees with a ring in his hand and asking the woman before him to marry him. The woman was shedding tears and he couldn''t understand why would anyone want to cry on such a joyous asion. The girl finally said Yes and the guy pulled her for a earth-shattering and knee-weakening kiss.


    "Long Jie! Long Jie! "


    Chen Yuling''s hand blocked his sight as she was waving her hand to get his attention.


    "Sorry, what were you saying? " Long Jie asked, perplexed.


    Zhenyi. His attention was still stuck on her. He realized he was jealous of the man who proposed to the woman though he was already married. He couldn''t even hug his wife much less kiss her.


    Only he knew how he had spent every day and night missing her though she was in front of him.


    "Coffee," said Chen Yuling and pointed towards the barista.


    His wedding bang clicked against the porcin mug and Chen Yuling''s eyes followed the source of the sound.


    Her nose red. Eyes turned red. Stomach churned.


    He was married. To another woman. A woman who was not her.


    Everything changed like it shouldn''t.


    He invited her every month for a coffee at this same ce and even at the same table. He always reserved it and she always responded like it was no big deal. But it was, at least to her. He always asked the same questions and she always gave him the same answer. He always tried to leave after getting the answer he was hoping and she always tried to prolong the meeting.


    But now he was married to another woman. A woman who could have been her if that woman had not snatched him.


    "Did you decide?" He asked.


    Chen Yuling closed her eyes for a moment, took a deep breath, and then look at him with a dazzling smile.


    "No, I''ve not.". And like every time he had asked the same question, she had given him the same reply she always had and would.


    See nothing changed. Except for the ring on his finger.


    He adjusted his coat jacket and stood up to leave when he heard Chen Yuling''s voice.


    " I think you can finish the coffee. I don''t bite."


    Her words sound more like teasing to him but only she knew how much she meant them.


    He looked at her again and sighed before sitting again.


    "Congrattions on your wedding," Chen Yuling said bitterly.


    "Thank you," he shortly replied.


    "How is she like?" Chen Yuling heard herself asking the question.


    "Who?" Long Jie nced at her. "Zhenyi?"


    She nodded.


    He shook his head and chuckled lightly.


    "Zhenyi is... unique. A mystery I can never solve. She has the spirit of the tigress. She doesn''t tolerate bullshit. And sometimes too loyal and stubborn for her own good."


    Closing his eyes, he could see his dimpled smile, the mischievous glint in those burning eyes and he could still smell her perfume on his body though he didn''t remember when hest touched her.


    Liar. He did remember. Thest time was when his tipsy little wife had demanded forey before the actual activity.


    Chen Yuling clenched her fists tightly, her nails were boring into her skin as she heard him talking about his wife. Although his face was still void of any expression, she could see a smile and twinkles in his eyes.


    "She is a very lucky woman," Chen Yuling said, still burning in the pyre of jealousy.


    "No." Long Jie shook his head. " I''m a very lucky man that I got her. Not many men get what they actually need. We all know what we want but we do not know what we need."


    Long Jie surprised himself by actually uttering these words to Chen Yuling, but he was not wrong and he knew it. He knew he and Zhenyi shared a bond beyond these wedding rings.


    He also knew he had to protect that bond but he needed time. Time for himself. Time to heal. Time beforemitting. Because once he decided to confront her again and tell her what he truly wanted and what he was willing to do for her, he knew that then there was no going back and surprisingly he didn''t want to go back.


    When he first saw Cat eyes in the restaurant, he knew he wanted her. Again when he got to know that his Cat eyes was the Zhenyi, he was aware of his want to possess her. But when she said she was afraid of getting hurt and trusting him again, he realized how much he really needed her.


    Such a big difference in need and want. And it was Zhenyi who made him understand this.


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 Chapter 125 - Things We Need To Teach And Learn

    Back at Zhenyi''s side.


    "Mya, "Zhenyi suddenly said.


    " Yes?" The girl responded, still figuring out the mystery behind her eyes.


    "What are you trying to figure out?" Zhenyi said as if reading her mind.


    "Your eyes," she blurted before she could stop herself. She looked at her father who was scowling at her and then at Zhenyi who had an amused smile ying on her lips.


    "Ah, it''s a mystery I''m still trying to figure out," Zhenyi honestly said. "Thank you for the tea. You brew a very nice tea."


    "You''re wee. My dad says ady should have excellent tea brewing skills. My future husband will appreciate it," Mya shyly said tucking a strand of hair behind her ear.


    He Xiang looked at her daughter proudly. Indeed he taught her daughter well. Such virtuous and moraldy he had raised.


    Behind Zhenyi, Fan Bingbing rolled her eyes. Zhenyi was right. Be a properdy and serve their husbands!


    That was what they taught these aristocratic women.


    "Does he? " Zhenyi nced at He Xiang. "Did your dad also tell you what to do if your future husband doesn''t like tea? Or if he doesn''t appreciate you or any of your talents?"


    Though Zhenyi raised the question in a very light tone, its impact was far and wide. Why did we women specifically need a husband to appreciate us and our talents?


    And most importantly, why are we taught to please our husbands? Mutual respect and efforts in a rtionship are one thing but spending all your life to be a perfect wife, an excellent mother, and an impressive daughter-inw is another?


    Where is her life as a woman? As her?


    You don''t have any answers. No one has either. And why is it not so surprising?


    He Xiang tried to spoke, "Miss Xin--"


    "President He, your lessons and teachings are a little old school. As your well-wisher, I''m updating your outdated teachings. The sybus has changed and so has the time," Zhenyi said with a smile.


    "Or perhaps, my B¨¤ was little more ahead of the time," She added after a pause.


    Zhenyi''s statement moved He Xiang but what she was talking about was not relevant in Asian societies. Mya was his daughter, the apple of his eyes and how could he not n for her future?


    As a father, it was his duty as well his responsibility to look for a proper and suitable man for his daughter. His daughter was naive and still a little girl, what did she know about her well-being?


    He Xiang''s eyes darted towards his daughter and a flicker of warmth was traced in his eyes as he spoke, "I raised her as well as I can. Raising a motherless child is not an easy job. I''m shielding her future by fixing her marriage in Du family." He paused and looked at Zhenyi. " God forbid if I were to die tomorrow who will look after my daughter? My brothers are eyeing my business and if I really died tomorrow my daughter will be the ultimate sufferer."


    It was not He Xiang --the business men''s words but Mya''s father.


    "To all the fathers, who thinking arranging their daughter''s marriage to a man she never met before will save their lives, what makes you think so?" Zhenyi scoffed.


    No matter how much she loved her B¨¤, he also did something like this. But if she didn''t have a goal for marrying Long Jie, no power in the world would have forced her to concede to the marriage pact.


    He Xiang sighed, aplicated look in his eyes as he said, "You won''t be able to understand a father''s heart. I want nothing but my daughter''s well-being." He pointed his finger at Zhenyi and added, " And you Miss Zhenyi, Air china is just another ession for you to add into your list of glorious acquisitions, but to me, it''s the product of my sweat and life-long hard work."


    Fan Bingbing''s breath hitched in her throat as he saw He Xiang''s pointed finger at Zhenyi.


    ''Is he courting his death?''


    ''Goddammit, she promised Master Yichen no more blood after Zhenyi''s recent stunt of the bomb st.''


    Surprisingly nothing happened. Zhenyi didn''t respond like the way she anticipated.


    She sighed in relief.


    Zhenyi stared at He Xiang. "It was never about adding it to my long list of proud acquisition. It''s a war, Mr. He. Du Zheng started a war and I''m a Xin, my father never taught me to walk away from the war. But you can walk away from this war you have no part in. Air China and your daughter will be coteral damage in this war."


    If one had to ask who was feeling the most troubled right now, it had to be Mya. Did they even notice they were talking about her? Did they even ask if she was willing to marry anyone? For crying out loud, she was just seventeen.


    Moreover, Zhenyi questioned her upbringing and she didn''t know how to react to it. She should be offended but why she was not?


    "You will not back out neither will Du Zheng. But here youe to me and tell me to back out and protect myself. I''ve heard about you, Miss Xin, you are not a person who thinks about other''s welfare. What''s your benefit in warning me? "


    "Ah, a smart man." Zhenyi smiled. " If I don''t get the Air china, neither will Du Zheng. And if he doesn''t get it, he will be parading like a mad bull on rampant and I love watching my enemies antagonized. You won''t understand, it''s a different kind of thrill that you business and profit-minded people will never understand."


    "Please keep my daughter out of it." He Xiang said helplessly.


    "You involved her in the equation. I like Mya. She reminds me of myself somehow. Strange," Zhenyi answered and passed the file to He Xiang. She knew the deal between him and Du Zheng wouldn''t be taking ce after he checked it out. Hence, what''s the harm in imparting four words of enlightenment to this dumbhead. " Don''t shield her He Xiang, teach her how to defend herself. She doesn''t need a man to shield hers. Tell her there is a warrior inside her. She just needs to unleash her. Before educating her on how to be a properdy, enlighten her on how to be a woman instead. A woman people fear and respect. A woman who knows her worth. A woman who doesn''t need others appreciation to define her worth."


    In short, the narcissist Zhenyi was telling him to teach her how to be her.


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 Chapter 126 - A Favor For Favor

    "So, business circle and the aristocratic society is curious to know that who won the golden prize." Chen Yuling gave him a small smile. " Meaning which luckydy got you."


    "Then let them be curious. My wife is oddly not a very big fan of Beijing''s socialites," Long Jie immediately said. He seemed to have paused for a moment, probably lost somewhere, and then added, "And I don''t think she will being forward to clear their doubts."


    "That''s odd," Chen Yuling''s expression was unchanged but he secretly knew she was surprised. . "Your mother is..."


    Her astonishment was justified, what woman wouldn''t want to show off a man such as Long Jie as her husband? Even if she was not a member of high society, just being his wife would open up the gates for her to high society.


    "One of the top socialites," Long Jie finished." Too bad both of them are sworn enemies."


    Since Chen Yuling was rted to Liu Shishi, Long Jie knew that Chen Yuling was aware of the happenings in the Long family. He''d admit that the former was a hundred times better than thetter.


    If Yuan was marrying Chen Yuling, he wouldn''t have been so opposed to the idea of Yuan''s marriage but he chose Liu Shishi instead. The woman Yuan despised to the core.


    Never mind, it was none of his business.


    He finished the coffee and nced at Chen Yuling again who was lost in the stupor.


    "You still have not decided yet? " Long Jie asked.


    Fifteen years. He had been asking her the same question for fifteen years. And her reply still not had changed. He owed her a favor and he was hell-bent on returning to her.


    "You owe me nothing," Chen Yuling said softly. "I get it. We are not friends. We are not even acquaintances. We just meet every month, you ask me the same question and I give you the same reply I''ve been giving you for years. It has to stop somewhere. "


    "We are nothing but familiar strangers to each other who know each other little less than friends do and little more than strangers. That''s why I want to returnthe favor I owe you." Long Jie said and stood up.


    Since the beginning, a lesson had been ingrained in his brain, ''Never to forget the favors he owed to someone'' or ''A favor always demands a favor in return.'' They are just like borrowings, meant to be returned one day. The more you dy, the more interest you have to pay. And this interest can be in any form and sometimes you have to pay a very hefty price which you''d have never ever imagined.


    "A favor for a favor, Yuling." And with this, he was gone leaving a miserable Chen Yuling behind.


    If one believed that he was not aware of Chen Yuling''s feelings for him, then they are wrong, very very wrong, he was too well familiar with her obsession with him but he never said anything because he had no reason to. But now it was different, he was a married man, he had a wife at home and he would never give Chen Yuling mixed signals which indicated she had a chance. She never had one, to begin with, and wouldn''t have ever.


    He had vowed to Zhenyi that there was only one woman in his life and that was her.


    Holding onto his past was a losing game. All he knew was that he had to make Zhenyi believe that she could trust him again.


    ''Just a little longer Zhenyi. Let me find Esma then I wille clean to you''.


    Esma was the cause of his constant headache. She vanished into the thin air. He knew why she was back -- Revenge. But she had to understand it was neither the urate time nor the urate ce.


    He strode out of the Caf¨¦ and outside Gu Tian was waiting for his Master. To be honest, since the time Long Jie had entered the Caf¨¦, he had been parading around in uneasiness. Gu Tian never had any decent impression of Chen Yuling, ording to him she was a shrewd and maniptive woman who had entangled his master in her trap of favor.


    He couldn''t understand why his master was so persistent in settling the debt between them. To him, it was a ridiculous notion.


    "Master," Gu Tian came forward and opened the door to the car. " Where to?"


    "To the office, Gu Tian." Long Jie sat in the car and asked his assistant, " Any update on Du Zheng?"


    "He''s fanning the rumors that the st was a militant attack. Now that a terrorist organization has imed that they were behind the attack, the media is in frenzy. He purposely hid the fact that it was Xins. He is hellbent on provoking Mrs. Long," Gu Tian reported.


    Long Jie chuckled. "Too bad he will never be sessful in provoking her. Zhenyi is impatient and asionally reckless too. But she knows how to enjoy and savor the war like her wine and Du Zheng is the source of her recent entertainment. So, it''s little difficult for him to evoke her wrath this time." He paused and added," Then again, he must touch her bottom line, and then it will be very hard to control her, and everyone associated or unassociated with them will be caught in the scronching mes of revenge. And Zhenyi can stoop to any level to avenge people she held dear."


    Gu Tian agreed. Zack was brutally murdered by Zhenyi because he touched someone she was close to and considered her family. And it was unfathomable what Zhenyi would do to Du Zheng if he ever touched her bottom line.


    "Master Xin called to ask you to join him for the lunch tomorrow."Gu Tian spoke after some time.


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 Chapter 127 - Significant Other

    "Master Xin called to ask you to join him for the lunch tomorrow." Gu Tian said after some time.


    Again? Long Jie''s brow furrowed. It was the third time in the week. He had to admit his father-inw was an interestingpany and he quite liked the time he spent with him. What Long Jie found strange was that not even once he asked him how his rtionship was going with his daughter.


    Of course, Zhenyi was not aware of their little lunch meetings. And if she was¡­


    " Well¡­ he kind of asked for an appointment for lunch." Gu Tian added after a pause.


    Appointment? Long Jie looked at Gu Tian through the rear mirror, his eyes narrowing in skepticism.


    As if reading his mind Gu Tian replied," He said he doesn''t want to break rules."


    Long Jie chuckled bitterly. "Indeed."


    This had to be the joke of the century. Since when had any of the Xins abide by the rules and thews.


    But Long Jie understood what Xin Yichen hinted. He was citing as to what he was doing when his daughter was alone battling with Du Zheng. Not like his wife needed his help but it didn''t mean he wouldn''t be there supporting her and standing by her side.


    And the answer to the question -- why he didn''t offer his help was simply because he trusted his wife''s capability enough to let her handle everything. Also, he wanted her to realize that he considered her his equal not less, but it also didn''t mean that he would let her fight every battle of hers alone. She was his significant other and her battles were his, her struggles were his and her issues were his in the same way she was his and he was hers, only he had to remind her this, and very soon she''d be reminiscing this ultimate truth.


    Moreover, she didn''t need any man to provide her protection. Apany? Surely.


    She was more unpredictable and hazardous than any many he''d ever stood against. And he was so proud of her.


    "Inform him that I and Zhenyi will be joining him for the dinner," Long Jie said instead.


    She wouldn''t say no. Would she? She loved his B¨¤. Perhaps, for him, she wouldn''t refuse hispany like she''d been these days and it so painfully hurt.


    Gu Tian checked his schedule again and after noticing that there was something engaging that his master would like to know, he said," Mr. Du sent the invitation for the charity g his family is hosting a few days from now for the cancer society. He expressed his wish that you and your wife attend the g."


    As Chen Yuling said the people were indeed curious as to know which fortunate was blessed by Almighty God to marry this man and Du Zheng took advantage of the moment to invite Long Jie and his wife for a Charity G his family would be hosting for they host every year.


    He must have thought that by inviting Long Jie, he would dere to the world that Longs were with Dus against the Xins. And it was not a hidden truth in the whole of the country that both Xins and Longs were the national rivals.


    Long Jie pondered for a moment before replying. Attending the G meant spending time with his wife, and spending time with his wife meant he had more chances to rectify his wrongdoings, and rectifying his wrongdoings meant convincing Zhenyi to give him onest chance.


    And thisst chance was the only thing he ever needed, more than any wealth or power avable in the world. Except if that power could allow him to travel into the past.


    "Interesting. Then I must attend the g with my wife," Long Jie murmured.


    "Anything else I should know about?" He further asked.


    Gu Tian nodded and like a good snitch he was. Correction¡ªassistant ¨C he was, he snitched. Again correction ¨C reported. "Well, your mother has been spotted dining with Miss Chen." He then paused and made a sound in his throat which evidently showed Long Jie that whoever he was gonna talk about, he was not a big fan of him/her. "It seems suspicious given Miss Chen''s history and objectives."


    "Yesterday?" Long Jie asked, ignoring hisstment.


    "Yes, Master." Gu Tian pursed his lips.


    "Along with Liu Shishi?"


    "Surprisingly, No Master."


    "Inform my father what his wife is up to. Make sure she doesn''t trouble my wife with all her little schemes."Long Jie said as he stroked his forehead in headache.


    His mother would not learn the lesson ever. Would she? Last he heard, his father had grounded her and also freeze her cards but he was still oblivious to the reason behind such a good deed. Then again, people say never ask for the reason behind the good deeds.


    He still couldn''t understand what her mother liked in Chen Yuling. Hasn''t she noticed that she was already feeding a snake and now her eyes were on Chen Yuling? At least his Zhenyi was straightforward and blunt. Well, not entirely¡­ Heck who cared, as long as she was his, he could have her in either way and form.


    "What about Chen Yuling, Master?" Gu Tian immediately asked.


    Long Jie chuckled and shook his head. "Not a big fan of Chen Yuling, eh?"


    "She harbors hidden motives against you, Master. She may look a kinddy but she''s not a very trusted acquaintance." Gu Tian said in aining tone.


    "You should be my wife''s assistant, Gu Tian. Your thoughts matched hers perfectly," Long Jie answered him with another amusing chuckle.


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 Chapter 128 - Different Variety Of Friends.

    "You should be my wife''s assistant, Gu Tian. Your thoughts matched hers perfectly," Long Jie answered him with another amusing chuckle.


    "Mrs. Long is an intelligent and smart woman. She knows who to trust, Master. And I will never leave your side for anyone. It''s my duty to serve you by staying by your side always," Gu Tian said, a flicker of pride visible in his eyes.


    "Don''t talk like Feng Siyan. I don''t think I can tolerate a Feng Siyan of my own," Long Jie helplessly said. " Only brother is capable enough to endure him. Speaking of him, where is he these days? "


    Long Jie and Gu Tian were like a pair of friends who knew almost everything about each other but never admitted out loud that they were friends. Complicated, Surely butforting too.


    Gu Tian, Feng Siyan, and Long Jie came across each other due to their connection to Long Jie. Gu Tian was saved by Lord Tang along with Feng Siyan and many others from the clutches of Child traffickers several years ago. A few years after they were saved by Lord Tang, Long Jie joined them. Gu Tian still remembered that day like it was just yesterday when a frail-looking boy who rarely talked to anyone showedpassion and tenderness to him. Long Jie was fighting with his ghosts, but he had given up on his life like it didn''t matter to him if he lived or died.


    Later, Feng Siyan determined to devote whole his life to serving Lord Tang. Gu Tian spected about it too, but when he met Long Jie, he knew he had to follow him and he did, and since that day he never looked backward.


    Feng Siyan gave his loyalty to Lord Tang and he chose Long Jie. His master had reconciled him with his long-lost family and he couldn''t be any more grateful for what Long Jie had done for him.


    "Master, Su Yi said he''s busy with an important task Lord Tang have assigned him and it seems he''s not very pleased about whatever the task is," Gu Tian said with a frown.


    Feng Siyan indeed called himself Lord Tang''s humble servant, but his behavior and attitude were no less than a mistress.


    "Master, should we ask Lord Tang''s help in locating Miss Esma?" Gu Tian proposed after some time.


    Was there something Lord Tang was not capable of achieving? Searching a mere Earthling like Esma was rtively modest.


    "No, Gu Tian. It''s not his responsibility to help me out every time whenever I''m in distress. Also, I''m worried about Esma''s safety. If no one found her, it means she is safe wherever she''s now but don''t want to be found," said Long Jie as he stared out of the window.


    Esma was back for revenge and she wouldn''t stop until she achieved his end goal, but she had to understand that it was not the right time yet.


    As much as he wanted her to grasp this mere fact that it was not the right time yet, as true as it was that he craved for the same -- vengeance, but postponing it was his only option at this point.


    ****


    After settling the matter with He Xian, Zhenyi strode to the exit along with Fan Bingbing.


    "Your phone is ringing again." Fan Bingbing said, matching the pace with Zhenyi.


    "Is it B¨¤?" Zhenyi asked, walking ahead.


    "No. A private number I guess." Fan Bingbing furrowed her brows as she passed the phone to Zhenyi.


    Zhenyi saw the number and pressed the decline button and send a message instead saying to call soon once she was alone.


    ''Why is Ryuu calling?'' She wondered.


    ''Don''t forget to call back. And take care of yourself.'' A message came.


    Zhenyi replied,'' Everything alright?''


    ''Just worried about you. My heart is restless since the morning.''


    Zhenyi understood what he meant, Ryuu had a very irksome habit of worrying about her for no particr reason. He said he always felt uneasy and anxious whenever his family was in danger, a sixth sense kind of something but she never took it seriously. He was just a natural worrier especially when it came to her.


    Zhenyi stopped walking and Fan Bingbing confusedly asked, "What happened?"


    "Let me click a selfie," Zhenyi replied, shocking Fan Bingbing.


    She clicked a selfie in which she was smiling and sent it to Ryuu along with the message " Still alive and working."


    ''Close your secretary''s mouth. She is gaping. '' the message came.


    ''I''ll be waiting for your call. Also, your task ispleted. Take care, Angel.'' Ryuu''s message said.


    Zhenyi turned around and found Fan Bingbing gaping wide at her in shock. She shut her mouth with her palm gently.


    Fan Bingbing stepped forward and ced a hand on Zhenyi''s forehead to check her temperature.


    "What?"Zhenyi said impatiently.


    "Are you okay?" Fan Bingbing asked weirdly. " You''ve been behaving strangely today."


    "Why do you think so?"Zhenyi stared ndly at her.


    "I don''t know," Fan Bingbing said puzzled. " You are certainly behaving strangely" She paused and then asked again dramatically, "Are you my friend''s imposter?"


    "Shut up, Dumbhead." Zhenyi groaned in exasperation.


    Was it toote to send her back? Working with Cao Feng was easier than working with dramatic Fan Binging. No wonder, she fell for another dramatic idiot like her best friend.


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    (Let me give you spoilers :


    1. Esma is not Long Jie''s woman in that sense. I will kill him before he takes a mistress. He is not cheating on Zhenyi.


    2. Long Jie is not perfect. He''s a normal man. Normal people makes mistakes, they have their ws but they strive hard to rectify their mistakes. And Long Jie is doing to.


    3. In the iing chapters, something very big is going to happen.


    Stay tuned to see how Long Jie will retaliate when his wife is battling the death.)

 Chapter 129 - Survival Of The Fittest

    "You also know real Zhenyi''s favorite word," Fan Bingbing dramatically gaped.


    "Are you done, Bingbing? " She asked Bingbing as she narrowed her eyes.


    "Yeah. I think so." Both of them started walking to the cars. "But seriously Zhenyi, I really thought you willpel He Xiang to sell Air China to you. And not only you canceled the deal but also imparted words of wisdom. What are you nning? "Fan Bingbing couldn''t help but ask since she was dying out of curiosity and if she died tomorrow there would be news that Xin Zhenyi''s Secretary died out of curiosity.


    " I never n, Bingbing and you know it," answered Zhenyi. The thought of falling prey to any of Zhenyi''s ns identally made Fan Bingbing shudder. "Since you know I''m the random-est person, the thought came to my mind randomly and I act on it," Zhenyi continued. "And if you think that he will be continuing the deal with Du Zheng, then think again," She added thest line cocking her eyebrow at Fan Bingbing.


    "I thought you genuinely liked his daughter and we''re protecting her. "Fan Bingbing asked her seriously.


    "Why would I?" Zhenyi scoffed. " Who is she to me? "


    "Just another pawn, "Fan Bingbing said to herself.


    Zhenyi was selfish, insensitive, and perhaps greedy too but she was loyal to the fault. Sometimes, Fan Bingbing wondered if she was not Zhenyi''s friend but a normal and regr person what would have she called her? A psychopath? Or there was another word for the kinds of her.


    Zhenyi always said that no matter how many states or governments were out there, the world would still be ruled by the notion of survival of the fittest.


    It was not that she was fond of spilling blood, war, and mayhem, it was just... unavoidable. There would always be only one ruler and the rest had to bow down to the ruler. And history is still the greatest and oldest spectator to the deaths of those who withheld to bow.


    "Though she is a good kid, I will still not lose a deal worth hundreds of millions because of a kid unrted to me," Zhenyi spoke in a humorless tone.


    If Zhenyi triumphantly secured the business deal, it simply meant she could, not because she brainwashed He Xiang against Du Zheng. Though she did, it was entirely He Xiang''s fault that he trusted her instead of Du Zheng and. It was not like that Du Zheng was rinsed in holy milk, he was also after his own benefit just like her.


    But no, the world is really hypocritical. If a man yed dirty, he was a true MAN, but when a woman did the same, she was a termagant.


    The world literally needs to change its damm double standards.


    "Finally, the Zhenyi I know came out," Fan Bingbing sighed out.


    "Don''t worry, she never went anywhere," Zhenyi answered.


    "Let''s go. I promised Sam that I will join him for the lunch," Zhenyi said, increasing her pace." He is annoying the hell out of me these days. His wicked mind is definitely cooking something and I''m afraid he has alreadyid out his schemes to work."


    "Serves you right." Fan Bingbing grinned.


    "I heard he will be discharged from the hospital this week. " Fan Bingbing asked.


    "Yeah, he''s doing much better. Only if Aunt Jia was there to take care of him but the stubborn brute will never allow me to tell her."


    Fan Bingbing scoffed. "It''s not the first time he''s injured. He learned to hide it from his mom."


    "You know you don''t have to go to the hospital if you don''t want to," Fan Bingbing said softly.


    "I know Bingbing but this time it''s Sam. My love for him outweigh the hate for hospitals," Zhenyi replied.


    They reached the parking lot. Zhenyi removed her shades and dialed Ryuu''s number since Binbing would be going straight to the office. She called twice but the call went straight to the voice mail.


    It was really weird. First Ryuu called and that too many times. And now he was not picking up the call. Moreover, what was this sick feeling in the pit of her stomach? He was alright?


    "Damm you, Ryuu. Now, who''s worrying who?" She dialed his assistant''s number.


    No answer.


    Huh.


    She was fidgeting, her thumb found the ring on her finger and twirled it, a habit she formed especially whenever she was stressed. A thought popped into his mind.


    She dialed the number.


    "Cat eyes? " a voice came from the other side of the phone.


    "Yeah? " Zhenyi heard herself answering.


    The cupid: pping his forehead in helplessness.


    "You okay, wife? " Long Jie voice wasced with naked concern.


    "I don''t know. I''m anxious for no reason. And you knowst time when I was feeling the same, what had happened? I don''t ---"


    "Take a deep breath and calm down. Stop thinking about it," Long Jie said in a very gentle tone.


    "Do you have lunch? " Long Jie asked.


    "No --- "


    "Perfect. Send me your location. Let''s have lunch together. Please"


    "Huh... I''m at Pine Farms. And you have fifteen minutes." Zhenyi told him.


    Long Jie smiled at his bossy yet an insanely beautiful wife.


    "Gu Tian, to the Pine farms, and within in fifteen minutes, it''s yourdy boss''s order." She heard Long Jie''s voice instructing his Assistant.


    She could apologize to Sam for standing him up but she really, really needed to engage her mind somewhere, and generally, no always, whenever Long Jie and she were in the same room, he was enough to capture all of her attention and she truly needed it this time. She could have lunch with his husband and then they could again go separate ways. Couldn''t they?


    A truce. At least for an hour.


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 Chapter 130 - Title Is A Spoiler

    "Happy? " questioned Long Jie in a teasing tone.


    "Maybe," Zhenyi answered back and Long Jie could imagine a smile gracing her cherry lips and how badly he wanted to kiss that smile.


    Long Jie was rather surprised to receive a call from his wife, as she had never called him except once when she needed him to testify in her favor. But when he heard her anxious voice, he felt as if someone had poured nitric acid on his heart.


    "Cat eyes? "


    "Hmm?"


    "Did something happened?" questioned Long Jie. His voice was filled with unspoken concern and worry for her. His wife was not the one to look for distractions to ease her restlessness instead she was the reason for people''s perturbation.


    "No." Zhenyi found herself replying to his question spontaneously. " I feel like something bad is going to happen."


    "Stop overthink. I''ll never let something bad happens to you." Long Jie surprised himself by actually meaning his words.


    "I''m not afraid of getting hurt or even dying but I don''t think I can survive if my family is harmed in any way. I''ll go crazy and this time for real and no cure in the world will be ample for my insanity," said Zhenyi. "I pray, I get all their pains and sufferings in their ce. And if one has to die, it should be me not my family."


    "Stop it, Zhenyi. I don''t want to hear you talking about your death. No one is dying especially not you," said Long Jie immediately.


    He couldn''t hear her utter nonsense that she was dying or something. Death didn''t fear him but her leaving him did.


    Zhenyi smiled inwardly hearing his concern her and chose to tease him a little, "If I die, you can''t marry again or touch any other woman otherwise my wandering ghost will haunt you till you join me on the other side."


    She knew he cared for her and it was evident in his actions. He respected her decision of staying away from each other but on the other hand, he kept on proving that he was ready to fight for them, but Zhenyi was aware that he was not entirely prepared. He still needed time and she was willing to wait to be honest, but she showed him that she was over him and whatever was between them, it ended that day. But little did he knew it was the beginning of something. Something so strong that no lie, no past, or no secret could break.


    "Zhenyi," Long Jie said her name in a warning tone.


    "I''m very serious, hubby."


    Long Jie''s eyes widened at what she called him spontaneously. The goosebumps rise all over his arms and legs instantly, that one word, chilling him to the bone but also setting him aze. She always called him Jie. Calling nicknames was not her thing, but today she did and it might be a spontaneous act but hell, it made him feel special that she called him something no one else did.


    To say the truth, he was stuck for a minute, it sounded so sweet, so fulfilling and intimate that for a moment, he didn''t know how to respond or to not. But one thing he knew, was that he would be yearning to hear her calling him ''hubby'' ever.


    "What do you call me ?" Long Jie couldn''t help but ask. He wanted to hear him call ''hubby '' again.


    "What did I call you?"Zhenyi furrowed her brows and asked in confusion.


    Well, she didn''t notice that she had set fire somewhere and then forgot burning someone in the mes of craving to no avail.


    "Nothing." Long Jie muttered under her breath.


    Zhenyi sighed out.


    "Let''s join your father for dinner today, okay? " Long Jie asked out of nowhere which was quite surprising for Zhenyi.


    "B¨¤? "


    "Yeah. He misses you and we haven''t seen him since the wedding," said Long Jie. Moreover, we already had dinner with my family. What do you say? "


    "It depends on what''s my husband is omitting," Zhenyi immediately retorted.


    "Well, your husband might have had lunch with your father twice without your presence."


    Long Jie decided toe clean. It would be another problem for him if Zhenyi knew from someone else other than him that her husband and her father were suddenly best of friends.


    "Wow. You both are really... " Zhenyi was at the loss of words.


    "Just twice, Wife. Trust me, he didn''t even tell me any embarrassing stories of your childhood," Long Jie immediately said. " Heck, I have to give something in return in order to convince him to give me a list of your likes and dislikes."


    Trust him, Xin Yichen was more difficult than his daughter. At least his charms worked on Zhenyi but her father, he was ... impossible.


    "And why you will do that? " questioned Zhenyi.


    "Why won''t I? " Long Jie answered his question with another question.


    It was such a silly question. Why wouldn''t he do something for his wife?


    "Well..."


    "You look beautiful. Like a goddess. My Goddess." Long Jie whispered and Zhenyi veered around to find Long Jie getting out of the car, a phone fastened to his ear.


    He winked at her when his eyes met hers and her breath hitched in her throat. He looked insanely gorgeous in the three-piece dark suit.


    He walked towards and when he reached her, he pulled her into his arms and kissed her temple gently.


    "We are practicing celibacy, do you forget it? " Zhenyi finds herself uttering these words and the next thing she knew was that his lips attacked hers suddenly out of nowhere.


    Well, she perfectly knew from where.


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 Chapter 131 - Title Is Spoiler Again.

    "We are practicing celibacy, do you forget it? " Zhenyi found herself uttering these words and the next thing she knew was that his lips attacked hers suddenly out of nowhere.


    Well, she perfectly knew from where.


    Long Jie''s mouth was hot and demanding, fused to her with ferocious need. His kisses were ever so hungry, starving, and visceral.Two weeks. Two goddam weeks. Since he had been withering piece by piece to taste her, to touch her, and to feel her. She was his poison and antidote all in herself.


    He spun her around, pushed her up against the car, ttened his body against her, and thrust his tongue deeper into her mouth. When she arched against him, digging her fingers into the muscles of his back, he let out a sound of pleasure low in this throat that was utterly masculine and sexual.


    When he realized she was not fighting him or trying to push him away, he moaned into his mouth, moving one hand to encircle her throat and burying the other in her hair.


    There was nothing she could do to stop it from happening.


    Nothing she could do to stop his kiss when his mouth tastes home against hers.


    Because she didn''t want to. Didn''t want to resist.


    He pulls her head back and kisses her deeper.


    She opened to him, let him draw her closer as he kissed her deeper. Their tongues were a tangle of exploration.


    And want.


    Hot.


    Unrelenting.


    Ruthless.


    He took, and she so willingly gave.


    The kiss goes on until she was delirious. Her breasts felt heavy and begin to ache. Heat pulses between her legs.


    He rocked his hips into mine so she felt the whole hard length of his cock, throbbing insistently, as demanding as his mouth was.


    Even when she copsed against him, weak and mewling, he refuses to let her go.


    Just as she was sure she was going to pass out, he broke the kiss abruptly and puts his mouth next to her ear.


    "I don''t want you to avoid me like I''m a gue," Long Jie murmured with a tinge of weakness coloring his voice. "I don''t think I can take it, Cat eyes. "


    She nodded, still unable to speak.


    He lowered his head down to hers, parted her lips with his again, and watched her eyes as they closed the second our lips touched. He ced his hands on her cheeks and tilted her head up, deepening the kiss.


    This time the kiss was softer. Slower. If he were to describe their kiss, he would say it was a gentle voice. No one was getting enough of each other. She was melting against him like chocte melt against the heat. She forgot about the abstinence part and snaked her arms up around his broad shoulders. She pressed her breasts against the hard expanse of his chest.


    She grunted but didn''t stop, didn''t ask him to stop.


    He could feel her chest rising and falling against his, her heat burning him up already. He deepened the kiss and coerced her to arch her back at the same time. Her head dipped back with the force of his kiss, her tongue ying with his.


    A high, sweet rush streamed through her when he groaned.


    The pain and pleasure that burned through him when he felt the heat slide across his cock, her hungry and starving kisses only tripled the searing pain.


    They pulled and pushed as if they were starving for each other. He grabbed her waist and tried to somehow pull her even closer. When she rocked against him, all the sense that they were still in the parking lot evaporated into the air.


    Her eyes zed and her breathsing out as shallow pants. He slid the hand holding her waist up to her neck and then to her breast, cupping it through her dress, rubbing his thumb back and forth over the rigid peak of her nipple. She just knew if he put his demanding hot mouth there and sucked, she''de.


    He broke the kiss again, this time to fondled her neck and whispered hotly into her ear. His lips moved over her skin.


    She dropped her head back, gasping for breath.


    When her head hits the car window, it''s with a t, unsexy thud that jerked her up. And sense knocked back into her brain.


    What the hell was she doing?


    She froze.


    Feeling the change in her Long Jie stilled, too. He straightened up, held her delicate yet beautiful face in his big hands, and gazed down at her. Today, the volcanoes burning in his eyes.


    "Don''t overthink" he says gruffly. "You know my patience was hanging by a thread. I can''t ''not'' touch you especially when you are this close to me."


    They stared at each other, his nose almost touching nose, breathing heavily. Her heart was beating wildly against her ribcage as if it had run a marathon. Her lips tingling so was her soaked core.


    She whispered in horror, "You kissed me."


    "Zhenyi--" Long Jie tried to speak but she stopped him by holding up her hand.


    "We decided that we will be abiding by the contract."


    "No, Zhenyi. You decided and sprang the verdict on me too. I don''t want that contract marriage," Long Jie said and stared deep into her eyes as if seeing her soul. " I''m sure as hell that I need the real marriage and my wife like before."


    "That''s not possible," Zhenyi whispered.


    "It is. Very much so. Let me make it possible and easy for both of us. You mean so much to me and it kind of scares me now. Wife, you may not know but you hold the power to annihte me."


    "What am I gonna do with you?" She asked in resignation.


    "Anything that you wish. Just don''t keep me away from you. "


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 Chapter 132 - Decision Made

    Since Long Jie came there to join Zhenyi for the lunch, they went inside the resort restaurant without any further dy.


    Long Jie was inwardly bouncing with excitement as they approach the resort restaurant, where they were supposed to meet for the lunch instead of the parking lot where he had wasted correction ¨Cutilized the best thirty minutes in a while. This was the craziest thing they had done. They were not a PDA couple but it was getting difficult for Long Jie to keep his hands off his wife. Between their so-called celibacy phase and their extremely busy schedule, they hadn''t had a chance to do more than exchange a few words during dinner or sometimes during breakfast, so all he had done was fantasize about their spent time and look for a way to clear the mess he had made again. Now, he had a good feeling that everything would be alright.


    Zhenyi texted Bingbing to take an hour off and then pick her up from the same ce where they had parted. Although Fan binging was curious, she didn''t try to pry. Also, she was used to Zhenyi''s unpredictable nature, so it was not quite unusual for Zhenyi to change her ns at thest moment.


    Nevertheless, Fan Bingbing was pleased to spend some me-time with herself.


    Long Jie pulled out a chair for her, seeing that Zhenyi settled, he then pulled another seat for him beside her.


    A waiter came, filled their sses with water since no one was ordering anything containing alcohol, and left after noting down their order. They had so much to talk about and he didn''t want her to get drunk again as she ready smelled of alcohol and it didn''t take long for him to guess that she had indeed been drinking. However, he chose not toment.


    Her phone dinged and a frown appeared on her smooth forehead. He stared at how she checked the message and typed a reply as the frown transformed into a grimace and then into a scowl. He wondered which human on this realm was capable enough of searing such emotions inside her but he didn''t ask her.


    She ced the phone on the table and brought her attention to him. Finally. Long Jie smiled as he squeezed her hand in his, his thumb caressing her knuckle gently. Her eyes fell on him and then on their sped hands, she sighed heavily.


    "Do you know you called me hubby?" Long Jie said, his eyes still staring at her.


    "I didn''t." Zhenyi gasped in horror.


    "You did." He brought her hand to his lips and gently kissed her knuckle as he said," And I quite like it, Cat eyes."


    "Well¡­" the sharp-tongued Zhenyi again at loss for the words.


    "By the way, howe you reached before fifteen minutes? The ce is quite far from your office," asked Zhenyi changing the course of the conversation.


    Now it was Long Jie''s turn to be wordless. What could he say that he was having coffee with a woman who was not her wife? Of course, he couldn''t say so but he couldn''t lie to her either. Although Long Jie always avoided answering the majority of her questions, he never lied to her. He was stuck in such a predicament and that''s why wise people said never hide anything from your wife.


    As he was about to reply, the waiter showed up again, and the next few minutes passed with serving their food.


    Once the waiter left, Zhenyi looked at him, her eyes clearly interpreting that she expected an answer and that too soon before she lost her precious patience.


    Did she ever mention that patience was one of the virtue she didn''t possess?


    Well, if she didn''t...


    One could guess it easily given her track record of forbearance.


    "Well¡­I was not at the office. I had a coffee meeting with someone," Long Jie honestly answered.


    "Coffee meeting like coffee date?" questioned Zhenyi. Taking up her knife and fork, she cautiously cut a small piece and slowly brought it up to her lips. Oddly fascinated, he watched her chew it and wondered how would her lips tasted now.


    He groaned inwardly. He had indeed heard of food porn but watching her eating, he understood its meaning quite well.


    "Absolutely not," Long Jie denied. He softened his voice and said, "Just coffee meeting, love."


    She was kidding about the coffee date. But what''s with him and his nicknames? She didn''t know how to respond, it was the first time he called her such a name and honestly she didn''t know how she felt.


    Who was she kidding she exactly knew how she felt!


    "Uhuh¡­"


    He took a few bites of his lunch and openly kept watching her even though he knew what would be her iing question and how bad of a situation he was stuck in. This lunch was to reduce the differences between them, not to worsen it but here he was messing it up even before the situation was in his favor. But the more he didn''t tell her about the so-called favor thing, the more he realized that she was doing the best by clearing abiding by the contract.


    "So, who was the other party in the COFFEE MEETING." questioned Zhenyi just as Long Jie had expected.


    "Well¡­ Chen Yuling" Seemed like he had made his decision. There was no point in lying to her, though he never was nning to lie in the first ce.


    He had made the decision as to what to choose between the two things. On the one hand, he could lead a pity-free life where he didn''t need to share his baggage with anyone and on the other hand, there was Zhenyi. And it seemed, he had made the decision and whether it was the best thing to do or not, only the time would tell.


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 Chapter 133 - His Mistress

    Zhenyi stiffened and it didn''t escape his notice. The fork fell from her hand as she heard the name. Long Jie ced his hand on her, but she pulled it away and met his eyes.


    "You had the coffee meeting with Chen Yuling?" asked Zhenyi, hoping she had mistaken her for some other Chen Yuling but inside her heart, she knew what she heard was correct.


    Damm it. What was this sick feeling in the pit of her stomach? And why did it affect her that he met Chen Yuling?


    Her earlier restlessness had not gone either and now...


    "Yeah." And his reply was her undoing.


    Zhenyi stood up and fiercely red at him as if she would bore holes in his head through her eyes. Damm it, those burning eyes were his unbing. And what happened next both shocked and amused Long Jie to the core. She began hitting his shoulders with her hands capturing the attention of everyone else in the restaurant.


    People were staring at the drama unfolding before their eyes, but Zhenyi had no intention of stopping. She didn''t care. Wouldn''t care. How dare he?


    "Zhen-Zhenyi what are you doing?" Long Jie tried to ask her. Honestly, he didn''t know how to react. He was so damm amused seeing her hitting him in jealously.


    Did he mention before that jealously looked good on her? Heck, she was looking even more beautiful than she already was. Only if he could pin her against the table and kiss her senseless till she forgot her name.


    "You were on a coffee date with your mistress. I''m such an idiot, God" Her voice cracked. She was furious beyond sanity. She didn''t know why she always let him affect her in the most worse way. And why the hell he always brought out the worst in her. "You told me, there was only one woman in your life now. And that was me and how dare you give that ce to anyone? Out of all the women, you chose Chen Yuling. The bitch already had her eyes on my husband and I will be dammed before I let her live any more than she had already lived. You know what, I''m going to blow up her into tiny pieces ---"


    To be honest, Long Jie was afraid that she might have any grenade hidden somewhere and could throw it at anyone, seeing how angry she was. sting was one of her favourite hobbies and he was absolutely aware of the stunt she had pulled on Du Zheng. The crazy woman had blown up two of his shellpanies and the media was believing that it was a terrorist attack.


    Long Jie held her hands and pulled her into a tight hug. He rubbed her back with his hand, nuzzle her neck, and breathed into her hair. He smiled into her hairs and heaven knew how fulfilling this moment was. He asked for nothing but to spend the rest of every single second of his life with the woman in his arms.


    "Didn''t you say that you discarded the exclusive use from the contract and we can see anyone we wish then why are u mad now?" Long Jie asked her softly.


    No matter much frigid she stayed away from him or how bad their rtionship was, she would never want him to cheat on her though it wouldn''t be cheating exactly if they agreed on open marriage, still, she didn''t even want to think about it. So, she shut her thoughts.


    Zhenyi broke the hug and stared at him. "If I ask you to jump blindly in the well, will you jump in it ?"


    "Nope," He smiled at her and said," If I jumped in that well, I''ll die, you will be alone here and any sane man will want to have you and I don''t think I can tolerate that. Even imagining you with someone else feels like that someone has stabbed me with a knife."


    "You are a hypocrite, Jie. A big fat hypocrite," She said and hit his chest again with her first.


    "There is nothing between us and you know it too, so stop overreacting," Long Jie told her. He was telling her that there was nothing between him and Chen Yuling.


    Deep down, Zhenyi knew that he was speaking the truth. She just knew whenever he was telling the truth or lying to her just as his grandmother had once told her. But still, she couldn''t ignore that he met that woman especially when he was so damm aware of her feelings for him.


    Lord, she hated that woman. How much she wished to kill her!


    "Do you know how obsessed she''s with you? She still thinks that she had a chance with you and your witch of a mother is fanning her obsessional tendencies," Zhenyi bitterly said.


    Her mother-inw was a true witch. Heck, even witches spared their families but Song Lily, she was another kind. The kind which wouldn''t think before swallowing her own flesh and blood.


    "I know everything. Zhenyi, someone once told me that never owe someone something because it gives them the chance to control your life. I owe her a favor and I''m persistent on returning it because I want nothing to do with her," said Long Jie as he held her hands to stop her from hitting him. And she never hit lightly. " Do you know why else I go to the coffee meetings? Because I want her to realize that if she has a chance with me, she already had but she didn''t and she never would."


    "I don''t like your mother at all," Zhenyi simply told her.


    "Trust me, wife I don''t either. "


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 Chapter 134 - Disclosure

    Are we good Zhenyi?" Long Jie asked once they were done with the lunch. He scooted near her and held her hand.


    "Jie, that''s why you asked me for the lunch?"She countered.


    "Zhenyi¡ª"


    Shaking her head, she said, "No, you think that we will have lunch together and we will go back to how we were."


    "Zhenyi, that''s not what I think," He immediately said.


    He sighed, feeling defeated because she was absolutely right. He indeed thought that he needed to do something to prove to her how serious he was about her and them. And when the opportunitynded on his doorstep that he''d think twice before ever grasping it with both of his hands. But he didn''t want Zhenyi to forgive him too soon. What he did was too unfair, and besides, he was almost certain she wouldn''t make a damm thing easy on him and she shouldn''t either. He deserved her wrath and indifference but hell, why did it hurt so much!


    "But you hoped," She said, totally seriously.


    Shaking his head, he answered, "I won''t lie. I did. I did think that I will try and perhaps you will forgive me."


    "Did umit a mistake Long Jie?" Her back straightened and eyebrows shot sky high.


    "I didn''t." He reacted.


    "Then why are you asking for my forgiveness," said Zhenyi and shook her head mirthlessly. " You don''t repent what you did. You never think twice before breaking your words and my trust and hell sometimes my heart too."


    "You know I never wish to hurt you." Pain entered his expression, but she couldn''t seem to stop exploding.


    "You always do, Jie. You always do. Intentionally or unintentionally, I don''t know but you." She bellowed.


    She couldn''t stop today. She shouldn''t because he didn''t need to hear the exact words, not the honey-coated words.


    Zhenyi eaved out a breath, causing her shoulders to lift and fall before she said, " Jie, your pain is pain, and what about me? If your childhood was not colored with paint of love and joys, mine was no better if not worse." She started at him and the dead look in her eyes was killing him. " I don''t remember my mother. I don''t even know how she looked like. My father ordered to remove all her pictures from the house so that I won''t know how she looks like. I know my father loved me, more than anything else in the world but it hurts to know, that I''m the reason he can''t even mourn his dead wife." Her voice now almost turned into a whisper," It hurts, Jie. It hurts too much."


    As she said she wouldn''t stop, she really didn''t and went on," And when he said I''ve to marry you, I was exasperated. I wanted to kill anyone who was near me and break every damm thing. I wanted to revolt for the first time against my dad, but I didn''t." She then let out a bitter chuckle as if he wasughing at herself. "Then, you were not what I thought all along, though you are still the arrogant, bossy asshole I met for the first time but I also know there is something different in you." She seemed to have paused for a moment and then spoke looking at anywhere but at him. " I thought maybe can trust you, and I can leave my shitty ''past'' all behind but I didn''t know that time, you have a baggage too. You won''t leave me and you''re your past won''t leave you."


    His chest felt as if it''d just been split open and was bleeding out every pain and regret he''d ever experienced. A few months ago, he wouldn''t have wanted to bother him with his wife, because there was nothing that interests him about his trophy wife. This was what he had thought about her at that time ''trophy wife''.


    Imagine his predicament, when he was told that his wife was not the meek dumb cow he was wanting all along to have to secure his position as the n head and then carry out thest mission to end everything and everyone that deserved to be ended and his wife was the key to all the locked doors.


    In his childhood, he hadn''t stood up for what he wanted and he hadn''t fought back when he should have. He was a fucking failure. He let bullies to bully him as they wanted.


    And now, here he was, trying to convince her to give him a chance. It was utter bullshit. Who was he to beg her to give her the chance which she gave him numerous times and he he threw it out of the window in fears that it would lead to the unlocking of the doors that lead to his buried secrets.


    He had never done the right thing in that regard and he didn''t know what was the right thing to do.


    That was why he didn''t outright deny her when she was suggesting to remain strictly business. He indeed had nned on remaining strictly business if she was not his Cat eyes. If she was just Xin Zhenyi and Xin Yichen''s daughter, there wouldn''t be anything other than business between them but then fate had to y the cruel game with him again.


    Fate opened the door to that part of his childhood which he so badly wanted to keep it locked, not forever but until he was done with his ultimate goal but no it loved ying with him always and so the thing/person he had been running from for years was tossed in his path.


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 Chapter 135 - Baggage

    "Everyone has a past Jie. Everyonees with baggage too heavy to walk the steps of life. But it doesn''t mean you have to carry it with yourself everywhere. One or the other day, you have to leave it somewhere. What will you do when the time hase toy that baggage down and leave behind all the struggling and striving? You have to yourself set free as you step forward into apletely new life."


    "I know, Zhenyi. But it is not as easy it seems. I''ve been trying to leave it behind for years but it''s persistent on not parting with me," said Long Jie with a grimace.


    "I don''t know what had hurt you so much that you can''t even talk about it, but you have to leave it because now I can''t tolerate it," said Zhenyi with a grim expression. " I told you that we will be abiding by the contract because I want you to feel the same pain I feel whenever you chose silence than talking to me. I''m not asking you to tell me but at least keep it away from our rtionship. I told you that there is no need to fulfill the terms of exclusivity because I know how badly you want me. I want you to feel how I spent the days when you vanished into the thin air."


    "I''m sorry. I deserve it. I know. But Zhenyi, you mean so much to me and I know I''ve to tell you everything one day but I''m ashamed. I''m too ashamed to tell you. I also know you will never judge me, but I''m that child who finally found his words and if he used the same words to narrate how he lost his words, he will lose them again and this time forever and there won''t be anyone to return those words to him again," said Long Jie.


    Zhenyi nced at him. The pain was evident in his eyes. And a child who lost his words? She knew he was suffering some kind of trauma but she didn''t know what triggered it in the first ce.


    Long Jie went on, " It took me years to reach here Zhenyi, the pathetic self-respect I''m trying to protect, it took me decades to learn that I deserve it. I''m not what they call me. I''m not a retard, a weakling, or even a mute."


    Imagine growing up and hearing your own family members calling you such names. Retard. Weakling. Mute. And heck what not! A child needs love not taunts for not being able to be what their parents desire.


    A mentally, emotionally, and physically abused child had no idea how to survive in this world. How to navigate through the brutal society and be a part of it. He sometimes felt that whatever happened to him was entirely his fault. If he had been better, he wouldn''t end up where he was now. He didn''t know who to trust and how to show care when they never received such in the first ce.


    They are just always retard to themselves too.


    Just imagine where Long Jie ising from.


    "I don''t deserve what they did to me. I deserve a home too that was taken away from me. I never had a home. I just took shelter at different ces at different times. But I found it with you. My home." He paused and then continued," So, I did what I think was right to protect my home with you. I took you away from Long mansion because I was scared, yes this big ass dangerous man is scared too, you''re my weakness Zhenyi. Now that I found you, I can''t let them take you away from me and I know they will try."


    The shock and dread coursing through her. She gripped the table tightly, trying to stop herself from throwing up.


    Her chest ached. Her stomach churned. Her vision almost blurred.


    She didn''t need him to continue. She just knew what would''ve happened to him. Though she didn''t know what exactly.


    "Who, Jie? Who your mother?"She mustered up the courage and asked who he was scared of. Who could hurt her that so badly affect her husband?


    "No." He denied. Song Lily was all talks but no actions. "She didn''t hold the power Zhenyi. But someone else does."


    "You have to speak, Jie." Zhenyi insisted.


    "One day."He sadly smiled at her.


    "It will be toote, Jie."


    "Trust me once."


    "I can''t. I''m scared too. I do have fears too, Jie. My biggest fear is getting proved that I''m wrong," Zhenyi told him.


    Indeed, her biggest fear was to prove wrong again and yet not trying to right it.


    "Then promise me you won''t leave me," said Long Jie as he held her hand in his hands. " You just have to ask, Zhenyi, if you want answers. I will try to answer as much as I can. Give me some time."


    "I can''t trust you," She said directly.


    "I know, Love. I know. Trust has to be earned first and I will earn it, I promise. Promise me, you won''t leave me. And no more silent treatment. It''s worse than your poisonous words ."


    "I promise, no more silent treatment."Zhenyi agreed about this condition.


    "I''m not perfect, Zhenyi. I''ve issues, bigger ones and nothing can alleviate those issues within a given time," said Long Jie solemnly. " Our marriage is not perfect or ideal but neither are we. We will fuck up again and again and we will fight, argue and smash our shit against each other but we just have to remember that we will ovee every issue thates in our way. We never thought that the marriage we never wanted, we will be burning ourselves to protect it any cost."


    "We are toxic together." Zhenyi countered.


    "Nah, Love. It''s the brutal reality. We are not in those love novels, where two perfect people fell in love and marry and live their Happily ever after." Long Jie tries to make her see his point of view.


    "We are different. We are unique. We are us. And we are perfectly imperfect and also imperfectly perfect for each other."


    "No one will like our this odd and fucked up rtionship," Zhenyi argued.


    "I don''t care as long as we are together. We are fine, "Long Jie said.


    "We are still not good, Jie," Zhenyi told him in the end.


    "I know but we will be."


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 Chapter 136 - Three Days (1)

    They said Xin Zhenyi never lied. They said she never went back on her words. The same people also said that she never broke the promises she once made. Beneath her hard and tough exterior, there lies a heart of the woman which is as loyal and honorable as she is fierce.


    Though she is crafty, she is trustworthy and principled.


    She meant to him beyond words.


    But they lied. Every single of them lied about her. She too was a human. A mere mortal. She too lied. Sometimes or sometimes more than sometimes. They just didn''t know about it. She was no Almighty. She was no invincible either. She also broke the promises she held dear to her life. She went back on her words too as he did, not just once or twice or even thrice but several times and he was feeling what she must have felt then.


    He cared for her beyond words.


    God was punishing him for his sins? Is that why she broke all her promises she made to him, all the spoken and unspoken vows? Is that why she was as silent as a bloody ghost for thest three days? Is that why he lost what they could have if...


    He cherished her beyond words.


    These ifs are haunting him like no other ghosts. These ghosts were hauntingly terrifying. If it was a dream, he wanted toe out of it. He was sinking into a never-ending sea of despair and no matter how much he tried he couldn''t swim.


    He could set fire to this world and get rid of this painful world once for all. He wanted to kill each of them who hurt her and that life too which hadn''t evene to the world would be with them if not for the unfortunate ident¡­


    What wrong had he done that his family was paying for his sins? Sins? Heughed. What sins had hemitted that he had been paying for them since the time he hade to this bloody world?


    If there was a God, he would ask Him what He was punishing him for?


    He never worshipped any deity, but he did worship her. And that too Beyond words.


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    Three days ago.


    Will see you in the evening," said Long Jie as he kissed his wife. Initially, he thought he would be dropping her at her office first, but his wife had a different n of her own as she had already asked her friend to pick her up.


    "Is it safe now? Can I open my eyes?" Fan Bingbing bellowed as she tried to peek at the shameless couple.


    "No one asked you to cover your eyes," Zhenyi said.


    Fan Bingbing curled her hair behind her ears and gave her a sour face. "Really Zhenyi? I don''t want to watch you guys doing...lovey-dovey. It creeps me out."


    Long Jie chuckled.


    "Get a man of your own and stop staring at my man," came the reply from his super gorgeous wife.


    Fan Bingbing scratched her chin as she realized that she was indeed staring at him indecently.


    ''No sane woman on this earth would dare to eye Zhenyi''s husband,'' Fan Bingbing thought in her mind. Moreover, even if they did, the other party won''t notice them. She noticed how Long Jie had eyes only for his wife. It was like no one else lives in this world who was worthy of his gaze. She has been standing beside them for a few minutes now but he hadn''t looked at him twice. She was a beautiful woman, not Zhenyi type beautiful, but she was and she was quite aware of the gawks the men gave her but this man hadn''t even nced at him.


    Instead of getting offended, she was happy, so happy that her bitter and difficult Zhenyi got an excellent man like she truly deserved.


    "Just because I''m single doesn''t mean you''ve to rub it on my face. Moreover, I''m not going to snatch your husband from you. No matter how tempting he looks, he is not my type," Fan Bingbing retorted.


    Zhenyi ignored herment and focussed on her husband who was staring into her eyes and said something to Fan Bingbing but she was too upied to note.


    "Sorry,dies. I''m not avable in the market anyways," the reply came from Long Jie.


    "Hmmph! Let me get a boyfriend first then I''ll feed you doses of dog food."


    "And where are you gonna ship them from? Your boy group from Korea? Or my idiot of the best friend who you''re pinning for?" Zhenyi asked, cocking her head.


    "Remind me again why we are friends?"Fan Bingbing grumbled.


    Did she have to rub salt on her fresh wounds? Then again, why she was not surprised!


    "Because I''m the awesome friend in the whole wide world," Zhenyi said with her signature serious expressions but Long Jie could discern a flicker of mischief in her eyes.


    He really, really liked mischievous Zhenyi beyond words.


    "Narcissistic" Bingbing muttered under her breath.


    She then looked at her husband and grinned. Oddly enough, she wanted to hug him and so she did, a little longer than before. She couldn''t decipher the feelings brewing inside her.


    Was it panic? But why?


    The same feeling from before was back. She tried to ignore it again but she was not able to.


    Fortunately, he didn''t notice anything wrong with her.


    "Take care." With a final kiss on her cheek, he grumbly said good bye and left for the office.


    But little did he knew that the next time he would see his wife would be the time when he would lose the most important thing to himself.


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 Chapter 137 - Three Days(2)

    "And here I was worried about your sex life."Fan Bingbingughed.


    "Worry about yours. Mine is going better," said Zhenyi as she walked ahead.


    Suddenly, Fan Bingbing''s phone rang.


    "Wait a minute. Lu Xinyi is calling. It will be something important." Fan Bingbing said and went to take the call.


    ''Now what has happened that Lu Xinyi couldn''t wait,'' Zhenyi wondered but didn''t bother to ask.


    Instead of going back to the office, she was thinking about visiting her B¨¤. Perhaps, this sick feeling would leave her then.


    She was tired of it now.


    She sighed and walked towards her car. Her bodyguards still following her.


    She turned around and nced at Fan Bingbing who had a scowl on her forehead and was exining something to Lu Xinyi which clearly meant something new must have urred.


    She had blown Du Zheng''s factories and knowing the temper of that man well, she had an idea that he wouldn''t sit peacefully until he retaliated and Xu Ming Yue who she had nted on his side was helpful enough to send information about Du Zheng''s n to them.


    Who told the man to be proud and loud?


    Just seconds. It just took seconds as three cars flew in the air and then booooom.


    One moment Zhenyi was standing near the car and another moment she was on the ground, blood streaming down her forehead. Her head had hit something hard which caused the head injury.


    Three sts in a single day. The only difference was that this one was not nned by Zhenyi like the other two.


    "Zhenyi!" Fan Bingbing cried out.


    She ran towards Zhenyi, the phone in her hand slipped, her foot twisted and with a thud, she fell on the ground instead.


    Hearing the sting sound, He Xiang sprinted towards the source of the noise. Mya was emerging after her father, her knees gave away when she saw Zhenyi heavily breathing on the ground. Cars were burning, dead bodies of men in ck were scattered around her injured body. They died protecting their boss.


    Though they saved Zhenyi from the mes, they couldn''t protect her from the aftermath of the bombing.


    She was injured, heavily injured and even if they survived, Xin Yichen would kill them with his own hands and it was better to die a natural death than die at the hands of Xin Yichen.


    Fan Bingbing was crawling towards Zhenyi. She was not crying, she couldn''t, it was as if she was too shocked to cry for her friend.


    "Call the ambnce!" He Xiang shouted.


    Nobody was listening to anyone. Wails of children, women, and men belonging to every age group were heard. They were running into each other. The blood, cries, and the trail of dead bodies were too much to watch for the young Mya. Many civilians had died too in the bomb attack.


    Blood was everywhere. Pine farms was burning. Innocent people were dying.


    The hidden bodyguards emerged, some called the ambnce and some began tending to her injuries.


    When no one was listening to anyone, a car appeared at the lightning speed. The door to the car opened and out came a young man, he ran as fast as his legs could allow.


    His face was void of any expression, but his eyes, they were burning with agony, revenge, and perhaps helpless too.


    He picked up Zhenyi in his arms and hurried towards the car.


    "STOP! Where are you taking her? " Fan Bingbing tried to stand up and stop him from taking Zhenyi.


    He Xiang saw the interaction between the two. He realized that the man was unknown to Zhenyi''s assistant. It also meant he was dangerous to Zhenyi.


    No matter what he was a father too and could not watch someone abducting someone''s daughter.


    Sirens of police van and ambnce were heard along with the fire brigade.


    Lord knew how the authorities came on time or ago called them.


    He Xiang moved forward and caught the young man''s arm.


    "Leave her here. You can''t abduct an injured young woman. The police are here," He Xiang threatened the young man.


    The young man snarled at He Xiang and looked him dead into his eyes. He Xiang took a step back as he saw the ferocious look in his eyes.


    He looked at Zhenyi and then at the young man who had picked her up in his eyes. Their chins. They were simr and he just knew who he was to her. Apart from these two, someone else had the same chin and he just knew who exactly.


    He Xiang gaped and took another step backward. He put a hand on his mouth to stop himself from uttering something else.


    It was like he had known a secret which he was not allowed to utter. Not even to himself.


    "Who are you?" Fan Bingbing asked again. All of sudden, she knew he meant no harm.


    But who was he?


    "Tend to her injuries," the young man shouted and pointed at Bingbing. " RX"


    The code was enough for Bingbing to let her go. She fell on the ground and begged in a sobbing voice, "Please save her."


    "Won''t let anyone or anything harm, my Angel," Ryuu gave a pained smile.


    He shifted Zhenyi to his car and ordered the driver to reach Xin Mansion in ten minutes where a team of doctors was awaiting them.


    Now, he didn''t know how to give this news to his father. He also had no idea how to tell her husband too. But he had to inform both of them.


    Zhenyi had an acute phobia of hospitals. She despised hospitals and its smell and everything associated with it, so there was no way he could take her to the hospital and hide such a grave matter from his father or even her husband.


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 Chapter 138 - Three Days (3)

    "Do you remember how you used to fight with me over nothing so that I will stay with you for a little longer?" Ryuu said and thenughed and then his voice turned even more painful.


    He caressed her forehead softly and "Ah, how can you? You don''t remember the majority of your childhood. You forget many things, Angel."


    Her stomach felt tight and there was a pain in her lower back. And her head hurt. She felt the pulse in her head.


    And her hands and feet burned. She tried to move but she couldn''t.


    Her lower stomach was aching so badly. What happened to her?


    "Don''t forget me too, please." Something warm touched her forehead.


    She opened her eyes. Or she tried to. She saw Ryuu. But she knew it was an illusion just like the bomb attack.


    It was definitely not Ryuu and she was certainly not in an ident.


    "B-bro-th-er," She said in a weak voice. Or at least it felt weak. She felt weak... and her back hurts, but not as much as her head. No, her whole body hurt.


    What had happened to her? Was she in an ident? Was she dying? Fan Bingbing? Where was she? She didn''t hurt her, did she?


    Millions of questions were running in her mind but there was not even a single answer.


    "My stubborn angel will never call me brother. Say Ryuu," His voice full of anguish.


    Who was this guy? He was not Ryuu. He never talked like that. He was always in control and authority. Who was he and where was Ryuu? She felt him. She knew Ryuu was there.


    Her husband? He was there too? Was he hurt? No, it couldn''t be. He couldn''t be hurt because of her?


    How would she forgive herself if something happened to him because of her?


    I-I''am n-not d-dy-ing soon" She managed to say.


    She tried to open her eyes and look for Long Jie but she couldn''t. It was as if she had lost her capability to open her eyes and see.


    "Shut up, don''t you dare utter that word again. Talk to me angel," He told her, his voice quivering with panic and fear.


    "My h-husband?" question Zhenyi in a hoarse voice.


    "He was not there. He''s fine." Ryuu informed her.


    Stupid girl, she was on the verge of dying, and here she was asking about her husband. He didn''t know what he gonna do with this crazy sister of his.


    Relief flooded through her. He was fine. And nothing else mattered.


    "You are always here whenever I need you." Zhenyi managed to utter the sentence without breaking it.


    "I vowed to be by your side whenever you need me." Here, he was. The always caring and authoritative Ryuu who had made his life mission to help everyone out of their problems though he would never admit it aloud.


    "Always the guardian, Ryuu." Zhenyi chuckled.


    "You used to call me your Genie, Angel. Ask for anything. Anything, Angel. But just keep talking and never leave me." He begged.


    Zhenyi''s vision was fading. She could see the blurry face of Ryuu and his fading voice as he was urging her to continue speaking. She could no longer hold any more. Her chest was bleeding, her legs were aching like someone was constantly hitting it with an iron road. Her back was hurting even more than before.


    She was sinking to anothernd...sinking deeper and deeper. No matter how much she was trying to struggle to reach the shore, she just couldn''t move her organs. And just like that, she entered a world where she never ever wanted to go back.


    ''I want my Knight, Ryuu.'' A sobbing little girl said.


    Blood was trickling down her face. Paramedics were tending to her injuries. She had tightly sped her brother''s hand and was whimpering. She never thought she would see him again but here he was protecting her like always.


    ''I will give him back to you. Juste back safe. I will give you anything.'' Her brother promised her.


    ''Ryuu --'' with this passed out.


    ''Run, Zhenyi. Run. They will catch you. Run, Zhenyi. Run.'' The girl subconsciously kept on mumbling as if the words were embedded in her mind.


    "Angel!" Ryuu tried to wake her up.


    She was lifeless on hisp. Her skin had losing color except the red painting her beautiful face, neck, and then her chest. Her lips were blue. She had a gash on her forehead. It was deep and red, but there was no way to stop the bleeding. He put his hand on the wound which suddenly started bleeding excessively.


    "Run, Zhenyi. Run. Don''t let them catch you. Run, Zhenyi. Run."Zhenyi subconsciously mumbled.


    "Drive faster!" Ryuu barked.


    "Shhh, I killed all the monsters, Angel. Open your eyes and look at me. You are safe. You are with your Ryuu."His voice was raw and helpless. He took her wrist in her hand as if checking it.


    "Run Zhe¡ª" Her voice went quiet¡­.


    She was losing the pulse. It was not good. The whole situation was not.


    "Angel!"


    "I want my knight back, Ryuu." With thesest words, everything went to ck.


    "I already gave you what you asked for," Ryuu whispered in the deadly silence.


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 Chapter 139 - The Predicament Of The Father

    The sound of the footsteps jolted Master Yichen as he came out of his room to find the staff running here and there. The expression on their faces was baffling. He peeked out of the window and saw extra bodyguards were recruited which was quite puzzling to him.


    But he noticed something unusual. The additional men were not Xin soldiers but they belonged to Ryuu''s special team. The uniforms on their body were telling him.


    He walked further and reached the corridor where a team of doctors appeared with their equipment and he would be wrong if he said he was not feared. He was quite aware of the feeling of fear. All his life he ruled by installing this feeling of fear in his enemy and today he was experiencing it himself.


    "Master, Yichen," They bowed and didn''t wait any longer before entering the left-wing of the Mansion.


    He exactly knew what was there.


    Ryuu''s assistant appeared, his otherwise cold and stiff expression grim and Xin Yichen just knew whoever they were here for was not Ryuu because if something had happened to Ryuu his assistant wouldn''t be here, he''d did before he left his boss die.


    Relief coursed through him for a nanosecond before the panic and anxiety hit him again.


    If not Ryuu then who?


    His father? But he was not at that side of the mansion? He had strictly announced that he would die on his bed where his wife took herst breath.


    Everything was happening so quickly that he couldn''t y the game of assuming and guessing.


    He needed a clear answer and that too fast.


    "Master," Cao Kung said, and after him emerged Cao Feng, his assistant''s son who just happened to be her daughter''s assistant too.


    Xin Yichen raised his brow. He was supposed to be in the hospital what was he doing here? And Cao Kung went to visit his son?


    Just like this, he knew the answer, but his heart and every working organ inside him refused to ept the grave reality. How could he, it was ridiculous, and epting it was even more ridiculous?


    "What''s going on here?"Xin Yichen asked his assistant. He might be old and left the organization but his impact was still the same.


    No one dared to offend Master Yichen. Beneath his carefree and smiling face resides a man who would put even the devil to shame.


    "Master-" Cao Kung tried to speak but he couldn''t form words to utter.


    He didn''t know how to tell his master that the daughter he loved more than himself was battling with death. There was no surety if she would live or die. As he had heard from Ryuu''s assistant that her pulse was getting weaker and weaker with each passing moment, it was hard to save her.


    Or, she could die any moment.


    "I said what''s going on here?" Xin Yichen asked again. His voice grew more right and hard.


    "Uncle Chen, What''s happening here?" Aria appeared on the spot and asked him.


    She was surprised to see the hustle-bustle in the ever silent mansion. The servants were not telling her what had happened as they were not informed of.


    All of a sudden, the time froze as Ryuu entered the hallway, Zhenyi in his arms. She was colored in red from head to toe. In his arms, she no less resembled a red lifeless doll.


    Everyone stopped, time stilled and Xin Yichen stiffened on the spot as he felt the change in the surroundings.


    "Sister Zhenyi," Aria whispered as she was the first one to notice Ryuu. A sob escaped her throat.


    Ryuu didn''t even nce at anyone and went inside where the doctors were awaiting them. He couldn''t console his father right now, his sister needed him, and like he promised he would be there whenever she needed him.


    She wouldn''t die. She couldn''t die. Right? Lord, she couldn''t leave them. His life would be meaningless if anything happened to his family?


    What would be Ryuu without his family? His only essence was to protect his family. He would never break the promise he gave to his mother, the mother he loved more than anything else in this world.


    Xin Yichen turned and his gaze fell on Ryuu''s back and the person in his arms, and just like that his whole existence shattered. His heart stopped beating inside his ribcage, his brain quit functioning and every working organ stilled.


    He didn''t know how long he stared at his son''s retiring figure but he realized he was not there anymore.


    When reality finally sank into him, he almost fell on the floor if not for Aria''s quick reflexes. She made him sit on the sofa and Cao Kung came with a ss of water but he refused.


    Before Ryuu''s arrival, he managed to fool himself into believing that everything was alright and under his control and that none of his children was hurt. But now he couldpletely see rity, he could see that his daughter was hurt, hurt beyond words, and watching her like this was no less than the greatest punishment for him.


    " I need to see, my Zin''er," Xin Yichen said after few moments. Gone was the shaking father and in his ce was the Xin Yichen, the one who made his children the fearless fighters and how could their father be weak and shaky.


    Though he was dying inside, he knew he had to be strong for his children.


    One was fighting to make sure her sistersurvives and another fighting for her life so that she wouldn''t leave her family behind to die everyday like her mother did once.


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 Chapter 140 - Zhenyi Is Dying?

    Before the car came to aplete stop, Long Jie jumped out, running toward the passageway that stretched to the left-wing of the Xin Mansion where his wife was supposed to be. Or this was what Xin Yichen had told him.


    The route to Xin Mansion never felt as long as it did today.


    A phone call shattered his whole life. His wife. She was hurt. He didn''t dare to ask Xin Yichen about her condition.


    A man stood next to a door that led towards the area where the doctors were treating his wife. He followed him inside. He regretted leaving her there. Only if she was not stubborn to call her assistant!


    Stop it. She was just a little injured. Nothing else.


    ''She is fine. She is fine. She promised me.''


    He chanted underneath his breath. Deep down in his heart, he knew she was more than just hurt. Perhaps, beyond words.


    ''Stop. Please. Stop,'' he begged his mind.


    And then his eyes met Xin Yichen. He came to stand next to Long Jie, putting a hand on his shoulder, squeezing. Perhaps, he hadn''t realized how hard he twitched until he touched him. His was a steady hand in a tilting world. No one uttered a word. The silence was killing him, suffocating even more. Each second felt worse than getting killed in that bomb attack himself. His heart felt like it was going to erupt from his chest. His brain, it was as if it had sworn to attract negative thoughts.


    She didn''t deserve it. It was all his fault, neither he asked for the lunch nor the ident would have happened.


    If something happened to her... No... No... Please shut it down.


    "Where is she ?" Long Jie asked him, his voice surprisingly steady but only he knew the storm brewing inside his him.


    "Inside. The doctors are treating her," said Xin Yichen pointing to the closed door next to him.


    Long Jie walked towards the door when Xin Yichen touched his shoulder again as he said," You can not go inside. Let the doctors treat her."


    "I won''t disturb them. I just need to be close to my wife. She needs me there. I need to be close to her," said Long Jie cynically as he turned towards him. "Please."


    He was ready to beg today if he had to.


    "I can understand your pain, son. If she is your wife then she is my daughter too and I also wish to be near her but we both know it is not possible. We have no choice but to wait for the doctor," spoke Xin Yichen.


    Long Jie nodded.


    They didn''t know how long they stood there and after what seemed like an eternity the door to the room opened and out came a doctor. His face was devoid of any expression much to their distress.


    "How is my daughter?" Xin Yichen asked as he was the first one to notice and stepped towards him.


    The doctor looked at him with aplicated look in his eyes. He appeared to be having difficulty saying something and it making their heart shattered into millions of pieces. And bit by bit he was losing all the hope he had gathered.


    The doctor assessed the situation and said, "We can''t say anything for now. Miss Xin''s case is extremelyplicated. Her pulse is getting weak each passing second. The patient has lost way too much blood. Hemorrhagic shock to be exact. Due to the loss of blood, the oxygen supply in her body is depleting. I''m sorry to say that if we can''t stop it right away, her heart or brain can stop functioning. Moreover, she was in the early stages of pregnancy ¡­"


    Long Jie didn''t hear what else the doctor said further, it was as if he had suddenly lost the ability to hear and the doctor''s voice cut through his thoughts, a jumble of words standing out: Weak pulse. Hemorrhagic shock. Complicated case. And pregnancy.


    The words slipped into his mind, shutting out everything else, tarnishing his existence, as they discussed his wife and her state life.


    It could not be.


    She couldn''t die.


    "Doctor, pleasee inside. We can''t detect her pulse---"


    Before the doctor could move, Long Jie ran inside the room where his wife was kept before anyone could stop him again.


    Why couldn''t they get it that she needed him? It was such a simple fact.


    ''Hold on, Zhenyi. I''ming. Don''t leave me.''


    Someone shouted his name in the distance but he didn''t stop. He couldn''t until he saw her with his own eyes. Xin Yichen was running behind him, the illiterate doctor after him, if they couldn''t save her, he knew someone else could.


    And finally, he saw her. She was lying on the bed. Crazy people. Who said she was looking lifeless? She was just as beautiful as she was while sleeping! They just didn''t know. Only he knew because he used to always stare at her sleepy face.


    ''Look at her carefully. She is just asleep and messing with me. She will wake up if he asked her to.''


    "Zhenyi," Long Jie whispered as he carefully touched her face. He took out his handkerchief and wiped her face softly.


    "Zhenyi," he called out again. A little loudly.


    "Sir--" The doctor attempted to stop Long Jie. But in the distance, a figure held up his hand and shook his head as if telling him not to stop him.


    The doctor understood the meaning and took a step back.


    Hearing Long Jie''s aching voice, Xin Yichen also turned to the doctor. But none of them dared to stop Long Jie. They didn''t even know what to say. The scene was so heartbreaking that if he could, he would have cried.


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 Chapter 141 - Beep Beep

    "Zhenyi!" Long Jie shook her as he slipped his arm under her waist and pulled her close to his chest. He was rocking her like a baby.


    She was attached to many machines. Needles poking her soft skin. How painful was it for her?


    They hooked her up to monitors once inside and¡­nothing. Nothing but a t line, and the sound of a machine rm.


    He didn''t know what changed all of a sudden but he indeed heard the most beautiful noise in the world. The beeping of the ECG machine.


    "Keep talking to her!" Someone shouted at him, though the voice was familiar but it didn''t register in his brain before someone else begin barking orders.


    The doctors didn''t argue because they had already pronounced dead in their heads. But she was not dead. There was a heartbeat even if it was very faint and fading. But it was there...


    A nurse shifted Zhenyi from his hold andid her on the bed. The doctors began nursing her. He had no idea what was happening around him but he did know one thing that they were urging him to keep talking to her.


    Words were meaningless. She doesn''t trust his words. She said his words are as frail as dry leaves. Meant to be crushed under his own foot. He was not able to keep his words with her. She was right words without actions are useless but he was hell-bent on making her listen to him this time.


    She was dying and he would die every day without her.


    She would leave him and would never look back.


    She had no pulse but he was the dead man.


    She was fading before him and he was withering a piece by piece.


    No. No. No. She would not die. She could not. He would never allow anyone to take her away from him. Not even the God himself.


    He would believe in His existence if he saved her today. He would never me Him for his miseries ever if He brought her back to life. He just needed a chance from the Almighty to hold her once again. Healthy and happy. Even if it meant she would never give him any chance. He was willing to exchange anything for her life in return.


    Anything. Take anything away from him but save his wife.


    "Mr. Long, keep talking to your wife. She is listening to your words," the other doctor spoke.


    He had been telling them to let him go inside. She needed him but they didn''t listen to him. Now look, how she would wake up listening to his words!


    She would, right?


    Xin Yichen patted his shoulders as if urging him to go on. If he saved his daughter today, he would do anything he asked him for saving his daughter. He was a helpless father. If today, someone asked him to believe something as absurd as this, he would agree if it could bring back his daughter.


    Long Jie nodded. He straightened up and kissed her forehead as he said in a broken yet soft, " Love,e back to me. I promise I''ll do whatever you want me to do. Come back." His voice turned raw and cracking. He was trembling from the fear and panic but he didn''t let anyone aware of it. "If you won''te then take me with you. Don''t leave me here to die moment without you. I can''t imagine my world with you gone. Love me, hate me, fight me, use me or even kill me but just hold on."


    "I still need you." His voice cracked up, his vision blurry.


    He held her burned cold hand close to his lips and kissed it several times.


    There was a time when he didn''t know if he would ever be able to speak, his ghosts had cut him so deep that uttering even a single world was traumatizing for him. Besides, his Tourette syndrome was so severe that he never thought he would be able to live a normal life where he could speak and express himself without the ticking sound. So, words became useless to him. He demanded more than words and he longed to give her more than just words but circumstances never allowed him to no matter how much he tried to.


    It was not an excuse for his failure, it was the reality. He agreed that he was a coward but he was scared that she would leave him.


    Now he refused to give up. If she came toe back to him just hearing him speak he would never give her his silence. He would offer her his words and keep them even if he had to pay the price by his life. He would.


    He was even willing to trade his life for her. Life without her was meaningless anyway.


    "Can you hear me screaming don''t leave me? You''re not the only one dying, I''m dying too, each passing second. Feel my pain ande back to me; to life. You''re the only one who can save us. Hear me." Long Jie snapped." Please."


    A baby.


    Yes. A baby. Their baby. She had to live for the baby.


    Suddenly, the beeping sound increased . The doctors ran here and there. One gave her chestpressions and another was stitching her bleeding wounds. It was the scene he never wanted to keep in mind.


    "A pulse," Someone shouted, and just like this life came back to Long Jie.


    He knew she had heard his unspoken words. She would live. She had to. For the little life inside her. For him.


    And just like this he realized heloved them beyond words.


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 Chapter 142 - Blaming Each Other

    The atmosphere outside the infirmary room was so tense that it was almost suffocating. It was getting difficult to breathe as with each passing second there was still no news from inside.


    Once Aria saw Zhenyi''s condition she dialed her missing brother and as usual, he didn''t pick up when Sam refused to take her calls, she had no other option than to call her parents. They needed to be here for Uncle Chen.


    Although her parents were angry and upset with her if she didn''t inform them of Zhenyi''s condition right this second then she did not doubt that this time her mother would obviously disown her.


    Her mother, Ming Jia was the sworn sister and best friend of Zhenyi''s mother and also happened to be Zhenyi and Ryuu''s godmother. She was the only motherly figure in Zhenyi''s life while growing up.


    Ming Jia arrived first, streaking forward to sit on the chair with Aria who started crying seeing her mom, she wrapped Aria in her arms. She clutched her for dear life, knowing she needed to pull herself together because she definitely didn''t have the right to freak out any more than Zhenyi''s father and husband had. But she couldn''t seem to help herself. She was barely holding it together and after embracing her mother she lost control of her emotions.


    She had grown up surrounded by violence but still, she was not used to it. Though she loved everyone in Xin family fiercely, she didn''t approve of their way of lifestyle. It was bloody and chaotic.


    Only a minuteter, Alex Qin showed up, he patted Xin Yichen and then Long Jie and then gave a smile to his daughter. His eyes fell on Cao Feng, Zhenyi''s assistant who looked weak and sick and raised his brows.


    Feeling Alex Qin''s eyes on him, Cao Feng bowed weakly. "Mr. Qin."


    "How are you, Mr. Cao?" Alex Qin asked, suppressing the doubts inside his heart.


    "Well, I''m good. How are you, Sir?" Cao Feng asked while giving him a pained smile.


    "I''m certainly in good health but you don''t appear to be the same," said Alex Qin, inquisitiveness shining in his aged eyes.


    "I''ve been in an ident but I''m fine now," answered Cao Feng, and just like this he knew Alex Qin got the information that he wanted to.


    Alex nodded.


    "Did you met Sam?" He asked in a low voice as he saw his wife sitting beside Xin Yichen now.


    "He is fine now," came the answer and Alex sighed in relief.


    He was aware that his son was up to no good especially when Zhenyi and Sam were together. The boy dared not to step a foot in China before and since Zhenyi came here, he had not left the country. But what worse was that he had note to show his face to his parents since he went missing at his best friend''s wedding which was undigestable to him.


    "How is Zhenyi?" asked Ming Jia as she looked at Xin Yichen.


    Xin Yichen closed his eyes, took a deep breath and l then look at Long Jie who was leaning against the wall and his gaze still on the closed door, before replying to Ming Jia''s question. The scene inside where he clutched Zhenyi to his chest was still fresh in his mind.


    "The doctors won''t tell anything for now. Earlier, she almost lost the pulse but in the end moment, they were able to detect it back. She has lost too much blood."


    "She will be fine," Ming Jia whispered to him.


    "She has to be. Otherwise, I don''t know how to survive. I already lost my wife and I don''t think I''ll be able to lose my daughter again," said Xin Yichen in a grave voice.


    "You won''t lose her, Brother Yichen. Our Zhenyi is strong. Stronger than you think. She always wins. You got her back before when you never thought you could ever get her. Don''t forget thatst time you lost all the hopes of finding your daughter ever again but in the end, you did. She is too stubborn to leave you alone. And now that she has got a husband, she has more than one reason toe back to us."


    "And if she did, I''d always be thankful for him," Xin Yichen answered honestly.


    "I had never thought I''d say this but this man is really good for our Zhenyi. He definitely inherited the best Long genes. "


    Xin Yichen chuckled bitterly understanding the hidden meaning in Ming Jia''s voice. " That I''ve no doubt of."


    "Of course, my sister has a good eye," Ming Jia joked trying to lighten the tensed environment but only if it was so easy.


    If his wife was alive, she would have set the world on fire for hurting her daughter by now. Zhenyi might have taken her father''s looks but she was her mother''s daughter thorough and thorough.


    "Who was behind the attack?" The question was asked by Alex Qin. He had heard that Zhenyi had a beef with a businessman and things between them had been heated up these days but was he was mighty enough to n a bomb attack against Zhenyi? She was not only Xin Yichen''s daughter but also Long Jie''s wife.


    Hearing Alex Qin''s question, Long Jie along with others turned to him. Since Zhenyi had been inside no one thought about the one behind the attack. Though Long Jie''s blood was boiling, all he could think was to tear apart the man who hurt his wife but at the same time, he didn''t want to leave her alone. What if she needed him again and he was not here?


    "The investigation is going on. We will have answers by the end of the day," the answer came from Cao Feng who despite the fact that he was unhealthy was working with Ryuu''s and Long Jie''s team to get the evidence. No one messes with Xins and Longs and returned unscathed.


    They could be blinded by the grief for a moment, but Ryuu never forgot the ones who dared toy their evil eyes on his family. Moreover, hurt his sister? No way, he would collect the due payments and that too soon and certainly in his own way.


    Alex pointed his fingers at Long Jie and said," You were aware that Zhenyi was dealing with that businessman alone yet you let her. As a husband wasn''t it your duty to watch out for your wife? Don''t you think you failed her as a husband? This ident could have been prevented if you have supported and assisted your wife."


    Alex Qin had no prejudice against Long Jie but he couldn''t ignore the fact that she was battling inside for her life and her husband had not done anything for her. Zhenyi meant to him as much as Aria did.


    "Alex--" Ming Jia tried to speak but was cut off by her husband. Usually, he was the cool one between the two but today he was beyond furious and was not even listening to his wife.


    "No, Jia. You know what I''m talking about is absolutely right. This ident could have been prevented."


    Long Jie didn''t say anything. It had indeed been his fault. If he had taken her with him, the ident would have been avoided. Thought the bomb st could not be stopped but at least she would have been alright and with him. They were right to me him as her husband, it was indeed his responsibility to protect her from every danger and he clearly failed. He was a failure as a husband. And no matter how much he apologized, it would not lessen his mistake.


    "Stop ming one another. You are talking about Zhenyi here and do you think he can change her mind once she set it on something? She is too stubborn for that and she has always been reckless with her life," said Xin Yichen.


    Then Xin Yichen came towards him and gripped his shoulders and said, "Don''t listen to them. You are not at fault and you should know it. And stop being hard on yourself."


    Long Jie blinked at him, sure he had misheard him because if anyone would agree that he was to me for all this, it would be Xin Yichen.


    After all, he had almost killed his daughter.


    Long Jie couldn''t help but said," It was my fault too."


    Xin Yichen sighed. Was he the same arrogant man who he met a month ago? If he had been the same Long Jie from before he would never have admitted it. Now here he was, ming himself for something he had no part in.


    Sigh. Love changes everyone. It wrecks your heart, brain, lungs kidneys, etc...


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 Chapter 143 - Agonizing Fate

    During the conversation, only Long Jie noticed that the door to Zhenyi''s room opened. He straightened up and waited for the doctors toe out and fuse back life into him. His heart raced frantically in his chest and his eyes keenly looked at the door, waiting for the doctor toe out and tell them that she was alright because now he would not ept any bad news rted to her. And as soon as it opened, he walked over and questioned, "Doctor, how is my wife now?"


    He was ready to trade anything for her life. Anything.


    The doctor nodded as he removed his mask and looked at him with aplicated gaze. Truly, they had dered her dead in their heads as they could not find her heartbeat but like a miracle, her heart started beating again after shutting down for few seconds. They would not agree but it was their saving grace too. He knew what Xin Yichen was capable of doing to them if they were not able to save his daughter''s life.


    The doctor had heard of such cases never had he ever imagined that in his medical career, he would be dealing with such a case. And that too of Xin Yichen''s daughter.


    The doctors were not only afraid of Xin Yichen and Long Jie but mostly because of the man who brought the patient. He had apanied them till the end. He was not willing to budge from his spot. Though that dangerous man was no doctor, he still stood there and nobody dared to ask him to go out.


    The doctor again looked at Long Jie and inwardly sighed. He didn''t know how he would take the news especially after he had watched him begging for his wife''s life.


    If someone had told him before that Xin Zhenyi and Long Jie were happily married he would have punched that person on his face but after seeing it today with his own eyes, he didn''t know what to say.


    Truly, love wrecks you.


    Hearing Long Jie''s voice as he called out the doctor, everyone else also turned to the doctor as if expecting some answers. Through long minutes and painful breaths, they waited.


    Not knowing her fate.


    Not knowing the baby''s fate.


    It was agonizing.


    But none of them dared to ask anything. It was as if they were afraid of the answers. Especially Long Jie who had been ming himself since the beginning.


    The doctor reported after examining what their reactions would be."We found an epidural hematoma that was growing. So we used aspiration to relieve the pressure from the brain and drain the blood clot she has."


    "Blood clot? Epidural hematoma?" Xin Yichen asked and fell on the chair.


    "Uncle Chen," said Aria as she ran towards Xin Yichen and held him.


    Long Jie just nced at the doctor. He was aware that Epidural hematoma was a brain injury but it always didn''t mean it was deadly.


    "Master Xin, An epidural hematoma can put pressure on the patient''s brain and cause it to swell. As it swells, the brain may shift in the skull. It was not very severe in Miss Xin''s case but we had to conduct a burr hole aspiration to relieve the pressure," the doctor exined iny man''s words.


    "So, the epidural hematoma is not an issue anymore?" Long Jie cautiously asked.


    "The surgery was a sess and it went without anyplications," the doctor said. "But she was injured at other ces too and the burns on her body will take time before healing. It may take several weeks or months too."


    "Congrattions, she is out of danger for now but we have to keep her in the close examination for the next few weeks," the doctor further said, easing many of them.


    "Can I see her?" asked Long Jie as he was already opening the door.


    Long Jie''s grip on the lock slipped as he heard another question.


    "How''s the baby?" asked Xin Yichen, almost trembling. He didn''t know why but he couldn''t help but ask though he had an answer in his heart and how badly he wanted it to be wrong.


    The doctor sighed. " She had already lost it due to the loss of oxygen and collision. I''m sorry but it was not in our hands."


    Ming Jia who was standing beside Aria felt as if she was several years back. Almost a decade ago, a tempest had hit this family and blown it into pieces. She had an idea which storm was going to hit this family again. Though Zhenyi was strong, maybe stronger than any woman she had met, but she had a very weak heart when it came to her family. And now it was her flesh and blood.


    She knew that Zhenyi would never be able to take the news. Especially after what had happened during her mother''s death.


    Everyone else except Xin Yichen and Long Jie was shocked when they heard about the baby. No one knew about her pregnancy. Heck, even Zhenyi herself had no idea about it.


    All the sounds around Long Jie ceased. His chest ached painfully, the knowledge of what was happening squeezing the muscle inside him as he stared at the blood that had dried on his hand.


    Her blood.


    It could be that baby''s blood.


    And it was happening just because of him.


    He failed again. He failed as a father this time. They were right, he really was a failure in their life and now he was the failure of his own life too.


    His selfishness took their baby away. He asked the Almighty to give him Zhenyi and take anything in return and He did. He took their baby away. The baby they had no idea about.


    Zhenyi? What would he tell her? And how would he tell her? Would she be hurt as he was?


    He knew she would be devastated. She would lose it. She loved her family more than anything else in the world. And the baby, it was her family. Her flesh and blood.


    '' I''m not afraid of getting hurt or even dying but I don''t think I can survive if my family is harmed in any way. I''ll go crazy and this time for real and no cure in the world will be sufficient for my insanity.''


    ''I pray, I get all their pains and sufferings in their ce. And if one has to die, it should be me not my family.''


    Her words were ringing in his head. He held his head tightly with his hands as if stopping these voices but there was no stopping it. He was going crazy.


    The voices changed in his head. Instead of Zhenyi''s, it was her mother this time , shouting at her, calling him what he was not, and cursing his future and happiness.


    ''You ruined my life. I pray that you will suffer as much as you made me suffer. You will cry tears of blood. You mute imbecile.''


    ''You won, mom. I''m suffering as much as you suffered because I was born to you. I''ll suffer all my life now like I''ve been suffering all along but this time, I''ll be the cause of her sorrows too.''


    He could not breathe. It felt as if someone was choking him. Tears burned behind his lids, but he didn''t let them fall. What would be the benefit of tears when his heart was bleeding? Finally, the heart made of steel was melting and it was not a good feeling. It hurt. It was hurting like no pain he had experienced before.


    He needed to run away. He needed to leave this ce and nevere back. He couldn''t handle it.


    ''Run, Long Jie, and nevere back.


    Run, Long Jie, and leave her here to die in her sorrow.


    Run, Long Jie like you always do.''


    No.


    No. No.


    No. No. No.


    He couldn''t. He shouldn''t. And he wouldn''t.


    She needed him as much as he needed her. She had always been the light to his darkness, but now he needed to be hers.


    He push down how desperately scared he was. Because no matter what he felt, he needed to protect her, save her. And he would. Because only after saving her, he could save himself.


    He had been lost before but now the goal of his life was clear. It was not power, nor money and influence, or even revenge. It was her. He needed to be what she needed now. And Heaven knew that he would be. Even if it meant, he would be dying inside every moment, he would be what she needed.


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 Chapter 144 - Monologues

    Inside the room.


    Zhenyi was spread out on the vast bed, under a white sheet, andatose. She looked extra pale and extremely peaceful like she was in one of those slumbers which carried nothing but sweet dreams and promises of a better future like the dark night had passed, and tomorrow there would be a new morning. The sun of hope and prosperity would rise again.


    The oxygen mask was helping her to breathe, tubes were connected to her head and a drip was poked into her arm. It was such an absurd condition, the woman who would die before epting any aid was connected to machines to support her life.


    A nurse was checking her vital signs and another noting something on her notepad as a figure approach approached Zhenyi.


    "Master," they greeted and Ryuu held up his hand to stop them. He was in no mood to hear their greeting especially when his simple orders were not followed.


    "Where is the doctor?" Ryuu asked furiously. He just went out for a second and the doctors left her unattended. Didn''t he order the doctors not to leave her alone even for a nanosecond? How dare they went against his orders?


    He marched furiously towards the door and when he was about to open the door and unleash his anger at the doctors a voice stopped him.


    "Master!" the voice belonged to his assistant and Right-hand man. He came towards Ryuu and said," Master, please you can''t go out."


    His master was furious beyond limitation. It was rare to see Ryuu in temper. No normal person was capable enough to trigger Ryuu''s anger.


    "Please," his assistant said again, though his expressions were as cold as an iceberg, but his eyes shone with pleading.


    "I told them not to leave my sister''s side even for a second," Ryuu yelled in anger but thankfully the room was soundproof. "Didn''t I make it clear before? Then who allowed them to leave this room?"


    "Please let me handle this, Master. I won''t give you a chance toin." the assistant said and left the same way he entered the room. He jumped out of the window to carry out his orders.


    His assistant couldn''t me him for his outrage; it had drained and exhausted him just to watch. He must feel zapped of all energy and frustration right now. He was a little numb and startled himself.


    His Master''s sister was his life. He knew to what he would be willing to exact the revenge for her. Xin Ryuu would retaliate and they must be prepared for it.


    Ryuu sighed and sat on the chair near Zhenyi''s bed. He looked at her again. Her head was wrapped in white bandages, her hands and arms were burned and so they were draped with dressing. He wondered how many internal injuries she had, he was all aware of external ones because he had seen those getting nursed with his eyes.


    The sight of wounds on her body was unbearable even for a person like Ryuu who had killed uncountable people in his life. But he never killed any innocent, only those who deserved his bullet.


    He had heard about her miscarriage. To say he was shocked would be an understatement. Were She has Long Jie trying to have a child? He knew it was too soon since they married almost a month earlier but he couldn''t say anything in their case because his sister was the most unpredictable and random person on this and if one day she randomly said that she wanted a kid, he would not be surprised, he was just too used to her personality.


    His heart was running a marathon in his chest seeing his sister''s condition. Only he knew how he reached the room but he just couldn''t leave his sister with doctors and disappear again. He was not allowed to roam freely in this mansion that''s why he called his team instead of his father''s and they knew him by his own identity not the son of Xin Yichen or the brother of Xin Zhenyi. He had his own identity which was far more weighted and respected than the two mob families of Beijing.


    That''s what Ryuu called the two families: mob families of Beijing, who didn''t have any real goal other than disturbing people''s peaceful lives and fighting against each other for something they couldn''t recall at all.


    What happened to Zhenyi was the symbol of the arrival of a new hurricane in their lives! The great enemy was back and he was persistent in killing her as he failed to kill her years ago. The Xin family would end with her demise and so Xins had more enemies than Longs.


    "I will not let anyone hurt you again, Angel. Years ago, I was weak and I couldn''t protect you and mom but I promise you that this time I will never let anyone touch you or your family," said Ryuu as he took a deep breath and continued. "I''m strong now, certainly not more than Almighty God but stronger than the enemy. If he thinks he can weaken us by eliminating you, he is wrong. He is very, very wrong. He has to cross me before reaching you."


    The sound of beeping filling him with gratefulness that his sister was alive and breathing the same air he was now. Though she was supported by the oxygen mask now, soon she would be able to breathe on her own.


    "Do you know your husband won''t sit still now? He had been evading this war for years. Such a peace-loving man you got." He chuckled at his own joke and when he saw her closed eyes. Sadness dawned in his eyes." I''m not kidding. He won''t let them get away unscathed after hurting you. You may not know but you are his bottom line. He can do anything for you. And today, he proved it. He abandoned his greatest fears for you."


    Ryuu rolled his eyes at her as if she was hearing him talk and said, "Before you ask, how I know so much about him. Do you really think I''ll let you marry any guy? Long or not. He has to be the right one for you. Surely, the tactic B¨¤ and his father took was not very appealing, but I let it pass knowing that their intentions were good."


    "But you were no less, the stunt you pulled after the engagement. You really think I will not notice it. I''ll let it slide because it was your first mistake, Angel but you are no one to hurt your husband. Test him all you want, but don''t you dare put his or your own life in danger again," admonished Ryuu. "Silly, your n could have backfired and you could have hurt yourself instead of Sam. Poor best friend of yours, he didn''t even know the best friend he was trying to be the hero for was the real mastermind behind the scenes. "


    If Zhenyi thought her ultra super n was not known by anyone then she was mistaken. Very much so. Ryuu had a feeling that she would be nning something against her inws given her hate for the Long family.


    He would not admit but his sister was an awesome actor if one day her mafia gig failed, she could definitely seed as an actress in China. He was secretly proud of her n too but mostly he was upset with it.


    "I don''t want to engage in monologues anymore, Angel. Wake up soon so that we can have a lengthy chat. I promise I won''t leave the country again to avoid grandfather. Wake up, sis, and save your brother from the traps that our dear grandfather isying for me. I have a very bad feeling about it," Ryuu said in a low voice.


    He stood up and softly kiss her head. " I''ll be here and there. Get well soon. We all are waiting for you."


    Ryuu jumped out of the window like a gust of wind. The nurses looked at the empty seat beside Zhenyi and them at each other. Surely, he was there sitting beside the patient a few seconds ago. He was talking to her but they couldn''t hear it. They didn''t dwell on it for long and went back to their work.


    "Master!" His assistant appeared behind him out of nowhere. Indeed, he taught him well. His assistant was finally catching up with his godly skills.


    Ryuu sat on the periphery of the great fountain and took in the mesmerizing view of the garden where he spent his childhood with his family. The garden was his and his mom''s ce. Their sanctuary. He smiled as he recalled the pranks his mom had pulled on his father in the same garden. And he was his mom''s aplice.


    What happened to his home? No matter how much he wanted to hold it together, he just couldn''t. Was he failing his mom? No. It couldn''t be. He could bear anything but not another failure.


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 Chapter 145 - Unavoidable War

    Ryuu lit a cigarette and took a puff and then nced at his Right-hand man. Or the only friend he had. Though the other party wouldn''t agree with him. Stubborn boy.


    The other man looked at staring into his eyes but there was a flicker of respect in his eyes. The kind of respect reserved only for one''s superior.


    "What?" Ryuu asked ungracefully and turned his eyes and looked into the distance as if he was assessing something.


    "Never ignore warnings....no matter how tiny they are¡­" The Assistant said and then paused. "You once said." He added.


    "And?" Ryuu turned his head and saw the grimace on his face. In the year that has passed, he had changed up a lot and was no longer the same man he once was. He was stiff and detached but today he had very visible emotions on his face which was enough for Ryuu to assume that whatever it was, it was not good.


    He again had to leave and that too very soon.


    The other man stood even more straighter and respectfully pointed at the cigarette in his hand." You ignored the warning, Master. It''s clearly written here that cigarette smoking is injurious to health."


    To him, even a tiny little non-living thing that was capable enough of harming his master was his enemy.


    Ryuu didn''t listen and kept taking one puff after another and his assistant stood there watching him drowning his misery in the smoke of tobo.


    "Cigarettes are not good for you, Master. It is the umpteenth piece since the morning."


    "Why are you here?" Ryuu asked him once he remembered that he was not supposed to be here. Then how could he reached here before him? " You were supposed to be delivering your duty somewhere else. I didn''t call for you."


    He shook his head. "My duty is to make sure you are alright. Everything else is secondary. Anyone else can deliver it in my ce but this one, no one else other than me can deliver it."


    Ryuu chuckled darkly. "I''m alive and well. Someone else is battling with death when it should be me. I ignored the warning signs. My intuition was telling me that something was wrong but I didn''t take it seriously and see what happened!" He paused and looked at the garden again and painfully smiled which no less resembled a wince. " Last time, when I had such a strong feeling, I lost my mother and almost lost my sister, and this time it is my sister again. She could have died today."


    There was a stillness to the surrounding at his words, followed by silence.


    But someone knew that he had to get his shit together and as his Master''s adviser it was his duty to remind him what he was and what he was capable enough of.


    "That''s Miss Zhenyi''s fate, not yours. You cannot wish yourself dead. Your family relies on you, your empire relies on you and we rely on you, if something happened to you, we would be useless and meaningless. You can''t me yourself for something you can not control, " said the assistant.


    "This is not you, Master. My master will never let pessimism take control of his mind. You have seen and experienced worse than this. You are the backbone of this family, if you admitted defeat, then there is no saving of Xin empire."


    "You think my sister lying there is not the worst that can happen to me? Do you even care for her?" Ryuu spat out.


    "Master, I don''t know what care is. I''m never taught to care for anything or anyone. I''m not even taught its literal meaning. I only know duty. I''m loyal to you, and if it''s care then I care for you as for your sister, I don''t care for her but I do for you as I know if something ever happened to Miss Zhenyi, it will affect you the most," He replied to Ryuu sincerely. "So, if I die protecting her, I won''t regret it. But if one day I have to choose one between you and her to save, it will always be you. My loyalty resides u with not with this family."


    His bluntness didn''t surprise Ryuu who had spent years with him. He was used to it but hearing it from his mouth was freshening. d, he didn''t forget it because if he didn''t he would not be him.


    "Then, I must finish my cigarette before you take it from my hand," Ryuu said.


    His assistant walked ahead and then took the cigarette from his hands before tossing it in the water. "Pardon me, it is not healthy. I''m sure Miss Zhenyi won''t be happy to see you brooding. "


    "Very well."


    "Talk," Ryuu ordered.


    ''Do not take long to get together your shit because if you do your enemy might knock you out before you n to reach him. If you think it''s hard, then pour yourself a ss of whiskey and get to work.''


    The lesson was ingrained in his mind from the very beginning. His mother had a fondness for using odd phrases to make sure her children learn. And no normal mother would give such advice to her kids. But his mother did. Always did. She was the embodiment of oddness but he still loved her.


    ''Time to abide by Mum''s lesson.''


    His assistant nodded his head, and Ryuu knew what he was about to tell him was going to be bad. There was a tenseness to his shoulders, one that was often not present. No one else would notice, but to Ryuu, he was an open book. The same goes for him about Ryuu. It made everything much easier in certain situations that they could speak without words.


    "Du Zheng was supposed to be the one behind the attack if you see his track record with Miss Zhenyi, but surprisingly he is not, even though all the proofs are pointing towards him," the assistant said as he


    showed him the pictures on the iPad.


    "Another conspiracy," Ryuu suggested as he stared at one particr picture. Conspiracies were no new to them, either they were the prey to one or others were the prey to their conspiracies.


    "Yeah." His Assistant nodded.


    "It seems I need a drink. We have a lot to discuss," Ryuu said while ncing at him.


    The other person pursed his lips in a thin line. The Xin Siblings were too hard to serve. But he was still d, Xin Zhenyi was not his mistress. He didn''t know how to serve a crazy person such as her. To him, she was short-tempered and highly unpredictable. His encounters with her never end well for either of them. She didn''t like him and he was not a big fan of her either. And the man she married, he had mixed feelings about him.


    How on earth would they marry each other out of all the people present in the world? He then nced at his master and inwardly rolled his eyes as if his master was the ignorant cupid.


    " Should I bring a bottle from the cer for you Master?" He asked his master who said something about alcohol.


    "Seems like I''ve to deal with the problem soberly. It''s already giving me a headache," Ryuu said to himself.


    "Anything suspicious on Du Zheng''s side?" Ryuu asked.


    "Well¡­ ording to Miss Xin''s operative, Du Zheng was supposed to be on a lunch date with a woman who was most definitely sent by Miss Xin that you already know, but at the end moment, he canceled and went to his Vi situated in the outskirts of the city which is suspicious as to what he is hiding there, given the number of bodyguards he had deployed there," reports Ryuu''s super-intelligent Assistant.


    "Do you think it has any connection to my sister?" Ryuu asked him once he clicked on the screen.


    "No, Master. It''s not as ambiguous to me as it was before as I recall he has many kept women," said the assistant. " Who knows if he is hiding one or a harem of women there. Should I send someone to raid the ce?"


    "No, don''t alert the enemy. Where is the evidence that showed he was the one behind the attack?" questioned Ryuu as he looked at him.


    "I''ve them with me now. Should I show you?" He inquired.


    "No, send them to my sister''s husband. And make sure he believes that Du Zheng is the culprit behind the attack on his wife."


    War is a necessary evil. It no longer can be avoided. And to win the war, one has to be cruel.


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 Chapter 146 - Enemy Of Enemy

    The Next Day


    "CEO Du, we are in a great crisis," His Secretary said as she barged in the office without knocking.


    "That I can guess since you barged into my office without knocking." He lifted his head from the papers he was looking over and see her scowl. Since when did this kitten start entering the office without cowering?


    "Pardon me, sir," she said as she gulped in fear. She was afraid of his smiling face. No matter how handsome or charming he looked, she was quite aware of his real self. He was a devil in human skin.


    "What happened?" Du Zheng asked with a smile and leaned against the chair.


    "All the major projects that we signed this year are getting canceled one by one. The hydropower project in the south was stopped by the government officials this morning as the government unexpectedly decided to heed to the demands of the protesters." She reported.


    Du Zheng ran his hands over his face, heaving out a long-suffering sigh. "This Xin Zhenyi! She is the one behind the sudden decision."


    "We have no proof, sir. Apart from Du Corporation, Bai Groups and Azaire owned by the Lin family are the second biggest rivals of XC in China," she said and paused to check his expressions. "A few minutes ago, representatives of thesepanies sent the notice that they won''t be working further with us. If it has something to do with XC, they won''t take such extreme decisions given how important Du cooperation is for them."


    "Dammit. How bad is the situation?" He cursed.


    "If it continues we will be filing the bankruptcy soon."


    "Leave me alone for a moment. And I want you to find who is behind this as soon as possible," he told and motioned her to leave the room.


    "On it, sir." She nodded and went out.


    He stood up abruptly as she left and hit the table. He made sure she suffered but it seemed his ns backfired. He really has underestimated the women. What a scheming woman! Terrorist attack! His ass! She was very well aware of the fact that thosepanies were just two of the shellpanies that hispany was used for moneyundering and evading taxes. She could report it to authorities but no she had to bomb them.


    Just what did she gain from blowing up hispanies? It was not as if she had destroyed any machinery or harmed any person. The media was eating his brains out.


    Poor Du Zheng would be astonished to hear that Zhenyi blew up hispanies for enjoyment. It was not something new for Zhenyi but it was definitely new and unusual for Du Zheng.


    The door to his office swung open again. The sound of Italian loafers hitting the marble through the room. He didn''t have to look up to know it was his dear dad, and by the way, he stomped in, it was not good. Dear dad was angry. Well, beyond angry. And he was the reason like always.


    "What the hell have you done?" He bellowed.


    His father was the former CEO of the Du cooperation. He chose to live a peaceful life after years of serving his family business and stepped down as he gave the reign of thepany in the hands of his eldest son meaning -- Du Zheng. But it didn''t stop him from showing his dominance from time to time whenever sess got to the head of his son.


    Du Zheng was an excellent businessman but he was not a good man and his father was quite aware of it. He would leave his principles as long as he was getting profits. This was not what his father had hoped for his son.


    "Just a trade gone bad." His indifferent reply took his father by surprise.


    He took a deep breath and nced at his son. "A trade gone bad? You have to be shitting me, son. Do you even have any idea how bigger of the mess you are stuck in or we all are stuck in? Nopany reaches on the verge of bankruptcy overnight."


    "Dad¡­" Du Zheng drew out. " There is no profit without the risk."


    His father looked at his son in bewilderment. Had he no idea about the exact situation? Because if he had then his confidence was surely startling. Or maybe his son was too shocked to react rightly to the situation which exined his dripping confidence well.


    "We will be fine," Du Zheng replied indifferently.


    Xin Zhenyi was creating problems for him. Fine. Wasn''t it was he was doing for thest few weeks? She was not pleased with the st so she attacked hispany. Fine too. He would deal with it. She was just a woman who was not even worthy of his attention.


    Perhaps, Du Zheng had not noticed that this woman unworthy of his attention was on his mind 24/7 these days.


    "Like hell, we will be," He howled. "Make it right. As soon as possible. Or be ready to step down. I can''t let you destroy thepany our ancestors have nurtured by their sweat and blood."


    Du Zhengughed inwardly. Always blood and sweat. Who asked them to waste their own blood and when could spill the blood of the enemy? Again, he kept silent. His father was not a fan of bloodshed neither was he a fan of him.


    "Like I said, we will be alright. It''s just a few projects that get canceled," Du Zheng answered with a shrug like it was no big deal.


    It might not be a big deal for him but it surely was for everyone else except him. And it was high time, he realized that it was clearly a big deal.


    "Unbelievable. Do you know how many families are against us? His father asked in astonishment. " It was okay till it impacted the business but it is now affecting my family and the whole Du n."


    "So what if everyone is against me now?" Du Zheng asked his father as he stared at him. "There is still one person who will surely provide aid in our dire situation. And if he did, everyone else will be following him."


    "And who is that?" His father asked.


    "A friend. Enemy of the enemy meaning-- a friend."


    "In simple words, Long Jie. Isn''t it the time to join hands with Longs to take down their ultimate enemy? The animosity between Longs and Xins is not hidden from anyone, dad. Long Jie will be interested in my proposal," said Du Zheng. " I''ve something against Xin Zhenyi which he will be very much interested to know and in return I want the extinction of Xins not only from this country but also from the ins of this earth."


    His father shook his head at him as he said, "Du Zheng, how many times have I told you not to include yourself with these two families? When years ago I asked you to step up for the role of CEO, my only condition was not to touch either of them but surely you never listened. "


    "They are not as invincible as you say," said Du Zheng, exasperation visible in his eyes. " I found Xin Zhenyi''s Achilles heel and I am surely going to end her with her lousy n. I''ve something against her that will destroy her."


    He narrowed his eyes and then shook his head." I do not care what you have against each other. Du Zheng, you need to be alive to use it against her. These two families, they always bluff about killing each other, if they wanted to they would have killed each other year''s ago when they were given the choice" He then softened his voice and said, "Son, take it as advice from your old man. They will chew you and then spit you out. If they are the worse people to have enemies, then they are even worse to have as friends."


    "Stop it, Dad," Di Zheng said annoyed. " You are talking about your era. I agree Xins were strong once but it was during the reign of Xin Yichen. Do not forget he has no son to continue his legacy. The Xin n ends with him. His daughter thinks that she is an invincible queen but she is nothing but destructible and weak."


    "Ah Zheng, stop this insanity. And save yourself first. I can''t handle a war with either of these neither can I handle the friendship with them."


    "You are nothing but a coward, Dad. I''ll take my business and n to a greater height. Let me do whatever I want." His voice was strong, and it left no room for objection.


    "A woman can''t defeat me. What is Xin Zhenyi without her surname?"


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 Chapter 147 - Team 555

    "It is done."


    Long Jie turned to look at Long Wei whose eyes were still fixed on aputer screen. Long Jie looked at the contents on the screen and his eyes darkened. His guess was absolutely right.


    "You were right. Someone is certainly suppressing the information," Long Wei said, his eyes still on theputer screen.


    "Hmm...did you find something?" questioned Long Jie as he leaned forward and picked the file ced at the top of the table.


    " I hacked into the cameras around the ident spot but I found nothing, " said Wei. He paused and typed something on the keyboard, and motioned Long Jie to look at the screen. "It''s clean. Well, too clean to be suspicious. But at the same time, the evidence pointing to Du Zheng as the culprit popped up out of nowhere."


    Long Wei showed him the pictures he got from the ident scene.


    "ording to these pictures, He Xiang and his daughter were present there when Zhenyi was rescued but they saw nothing suspicious. And if you listen to what Yuan said, this He Xiang definitely knows something that we don''t," reported Wei.


    Long Jie seemed to have lost in the stupor and when he spoke. He shook everyone standing in the room.


    "Activate team 555. I want results as soon as possible. I don''t have time to wait and y this game. I''m not interested in it," said Long Jie, his voice serious as he mmed the file on the table and stood up.


    Long Wei''s eyes widened as he noticed that Long Jie was serious about it. It seemed he had given it a thought before he sprung the decision on their head.


    "I mean it, Wei." Long Jie''s voice turned even more solemn.


    "Sure," Long Wei sighed. He knew just as well as anyone that if he tried to say anything, he would snap his neck. Brother or not.


    By activating Team 555, he made his point clear that his wife came first before anything else. In the history of the Long family, Team 555 was activated only twice. Once in the reign of his grandfather and another during Long Shaoming''s reign, and both times were considered the emergency period in the history of their family.


    There was nothing Team 555 couldn''t do. They were the trained demons. They were given orders and they would follow them by any means no matter what the consequences. They were never taught logic and reason because if they were they could take down Xin and Long ns at the same time. This was the power of team 555.


    By the end of the day, the city would be in an uproar if not the whole country. Many riots would take ce by then and no government would be able to control it.


    There was nothing this team couldn''t do.


    "You''re choosing her over family, brother. You''re breaking the family rules and I hope you know the oue of what you''re doing."


    Long Jie was not going to be seen as emotional because his wife was in aa and his unborn child was head. Nor would he let anyone forget who he was, even though he had forgotten his real self since the time he had married her. He was still a Boss, and he still had an empire to run.


    About avenging his wife and child, he would leave no stone unturned. He would create the history so that no one in the future would dare toy their dirty hands on something that belonged to him.


    They didn''t touch her. They touched his bottom life. She was his life and he would show them what it meant when you touched Long Jie''s life.


    "Rules are meant to be broken, little brother. The reign changes today. Note down the date, Wei."


    ----


    A man was humming and washing his hands in the public washroom when another figure approached him. The years of training had instilled the sense of noticing even without seeing it.


    His pulse quickened but he managed to hush it down as the other man didn''t seem dangerous to him.


    "Well...congrattions your n worked. She is dead," the man said with a smirk and their eyes met in the mirror.


    "It has to. Is there ever a mission I took and failed toplete? Nah. Man, you know my track record."


    "That I know. Isn''t why I approached you?"


    "Yeah. Yeah." He grinned."Never thought a big personality like you will want to appoint me for a task. Not that I am not capable enough but it''s a still dreame true. If I knew killing Xin Zhenyi will open to door to my good luck, I would have killed her soon."


    "Really?" the other man raised a brow.


    He grinned and licked his lips ungracefully before saying, "Well¡­ I do kind of regret killing her so easily. If I had seen her before, I would have surely tapped that ass. Such a sweet ass she got--


    Before he could finish, the other man grabbed him by his dirty hair and mmed his face against the mirror. He screamed, letting out a cry of pain as the ss shattered around his head. It almost looked like a beautiful masterpiece¡­ A red painting on the ss pane. He pushed his face harder against the broken ss again made him cry out repeatedly.


    Who long had it been since he enjoyed such outcries?


    " You dared to say nonsense about my wife?" Long Jie growled furiously. In a second, his demeanor changed fromid-back guy to the blood-thirsty demon. "You courted your death the second when the thought of touching her crossed your little dirty mind. Do you even know who she is?"


    *Here he is the culprit.


    *and other man is Long Jie


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 Chapter 148 - Man Of Words

    ''is''...


    His eyes widened as the realization dawned on him. Xin Zhenyi was not dead. She was alive. And the man in front of him was her husband. He gasped for air. Suddenly, he could see his future reying before his eyes. He would be killed for attacking Zhenyi and who knew better than goons like him the barbarity of the devil in front of him.


    Long Jie and Xin Zhenyi? No. No. It couldn''t be. They were each other''s greatest enemies. How could they¡­ It was cheating? He was cheated. Why did no one know that these two families were one now?


    Long Jie shoved his face against the broken mirror again and the shattered pieces of sses poked into his skin and more blood oozed out. His tanned face now looked like that he had been thrust inside the bucket of red paint.


    "Please¡­" He begged in a whimper.


    Long Jie exhaled out and hissed. "Mercy? And on you? No way. You will die at my hands but before you give me some answers."


    "You will kill me if I answer your questions. I know how you people work."


    "I won''t shoot you. And this banging won''t kill you, both of us know it," said Long Jie with no emotions in his voice. Obviously, he wouldn''t tell or show how much he wanted to end him before getting the answers he desired.


    "I don''t trust you," the man said in almost a moan.


    "You know we are the men of our words. That''s how our world works. If I say I won''t shoot you, meaning I won''t shoot you," answered Long Jie. Worse came to worse, if he didn''t get answers he might have to keep him alive.


    He nodded like a child had been handed a candy. No dear kiddo, you were themb who was fed before the ughter.


    "I don''t know who ordered me to bomb the cars." He whimpered like an idiot. If Zhenyi knew that this cry baby bombed her car, she would shoot Long Jie too with him. So, he must kill him before she woke up.


    Long Jie neither spoke nor removed his eyes from his face. Someone knocked on the door as if to check if someone was inside. They must have heard the sound of a broken mirror.


    For heaven''s sake, they were in a public washroom.


    "Scream and I will bang your skull against the wall again," Long Jie softly said as if he was talking to a kid. There was something about Long Jie that made him theplete opposite of Zhenyi. He never really yelled at the opposite party when he was pissed off. In fact, his voice became softer, as though he wanted to haunt those around him.


    "Please¡­" The fool whimpered again.


    Long Jie rubbed his face and heaved out a long sigh before saying, "Let''s try again. What''s your name?"


    "Er-Eros." He stammered.


    "And why did you take the order?" questioned Long Jie as he grabbed his head again but he didn''t smash it like before.


    Long Jie didn''t want to kill him by smashing his head. It would be too insulting for him. The new boss of the famous mob family killed the man who almost assassinated his wife by smashing his head against the bathroom mirror.


    Nope. Not like this. He just had to ask his wife to show him some tricks to show off her yings when she woke up.


    ''One more reason for you to wake up, Cat eyes.'' Long Jie said in his heart.


    "She is worth billions. Two billion. The price on her head." There was a twinkle in Eros''s eyes when he talked about two billion.


    ''Two billion? His wife was invaluable. And if dumbheads like him started killing her, she won''t be Zhenyi.''


    Moreover, did Eros ever think he wouldn''t be able to live long enough to use those two billion? That''s why he called him a fool.


    "I took the order on the dark market," answered the man.


    "Understandable," Long Jie said.


    "How did you manage to fool her security? And both of us know that her security is even tighter than the president of the country." The question had been worrying Long Jie the most since the time Wei had shown him the so-called evidence.


    "It was not a problem," Eros uttered. Self-confidence oozing from his sorry face. "Call it a fluke or whatever but I easily fooled her security."


    Long Jie raised his brows. " I easily nted the bombs in five of their cars. The four of them belong to security. Nobody noticed when I was hiding between the bodyguards."


    "And?"


    "Nothing. I know nothing else. I tried to kill her for the money. I''ve no other reasons for killing her. Please now leave me. Why don''t you catch the real killer? It was not even my fault. I didn''t know she was your wife if I had known she was your wife I wouldn''t have touched her less than think about her."


    Long Jie nodded. He turned to leave the washroom before he took out his gun and pointed at his head.


    His eyes widened as he looked at the gun pointed at his head. " You said you won''t shoot me. You are a man of words."


    "I''ve been breaking my words these days. If I break one more, I don''t think it will affect it much. Don''t you think so?" Long Jie asked, a smirk ying on his lips.


    "No... No..." Bang Bang.


    Two bullets left the gun and hit the mirror and the leftover pieces of the mirror fell into the sink.


    "I will keep my words. I won''t shoot you no matter how much tempted I''m to unload this magazine in your empty head. I won''t," said Long Jie and left the washroom.


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 Chapter 149 - Fire Fire Fire

    Long Jie left the washroom and locked the door from outside so that the sorry creature he had hit inside wouldn''te out.


    "Brother, where is he?" Long Wei came with his troops who were now circling the restaurant like they were nning a terrorist attack on it.


    Long Jie rolled his eyes. They were here to catch a man not to blow up this ce. Well, he was here alone but what was his cousin doing here?


    "I didn''t order you to follow me, Wei?" Long Jie narrowed his eyes at him and asked.


    "Of course, you didn''t. Agree or not Jie, both of us know that you''re not right in the head today. You never dirty your hands directly. You are more of a brain man than a blood man. I''m doing what I think is right not as a Long but as a brother. That''s what brothers do," said Long Wei as he stared at his cousin''s face. His gaze fell to his hands and as expected there was blood on his hands and shoes. " Because I know very well that I can''t stop you...well..no one can. You won''t sit peacefully until you see those who touched your wife bleed to death. So, I made sure I follow you where ever you are going and join you in whatever you''re doing. Even if it means it''s the wrong way to tackle the situation."


    "So, please tell me, brother, where is he? Or did you kill him before we could get what we need from him?" questioned Long Wei helplessly.


    Long Wei couldn''t understand why his cousin couldn''t solve the situation peacefully. The city was in turmoil and it seemed within the next few minutes the government would be announcing a curfew for the next few days. He had no idea what changed in his cousin. How could one drastically change in a day? This was not the Long Jie he knew.


    Too bad, he never understood his cousin. They might have lived together under the same roof for year''s but their hearts never came together.


    "He is where he deserves to."Long Jie replied indifferently. If one looked at Long Jie now, they wouldn''t be able to say that he was the same man who craved nothing but Eros''s blood a few moments ago. The way his demeanor changed was frightening.


    "And where is that?" inquired Long Wei.


    "On the way to hell," came another indifferent response.


    Although his face was masked by his signature indifference, only he knew the typhoon brewing in his heart. A typhoon that would destroy everything and everyone that came into his way.


    "Master!" Gu Tian came with the gallon of gasoline. "That''s what you asked for."


    Long Jie nodded.


    Wei nced at his cousin and then at Gu Tian before his eyes rested on the gasoline gallon. Sighing, he took a step back.


    It was official. He couldn''t change Long Jie''s mind.


    "Mr. Long, it''s pleasant having you here." The owner of the ce approached them like a dimwit who had stars in his eyes as if his favourite superhero had visited his residence.


    Too bad, they were viins in those superhero stories.


    "Is it?" Long Jie turned towards him slowly and asked without bothering to hide his scowl.


    "Well¡­" the smile on that dimwit''s face weakened. He was told that Long brothers came to his restaurant. He was over the moon.


    "Sir, it''s anyone''s pleasure to have you at their humble abode." He tried once again.


    "Very well." Long Jie snickered.


    "What the hell are you doing?" Wei asked Long Jie in almost a murmur. What the hell was he nning?


    "Some brotherly advice," Long Jie said without ncing at Long Wei. "Might get the hell out of here if I were you."


    Wei took a deep breath and nced at Long Jie. "I know you--"


    Before Long Wei could finish, Long Jie turned his head towards the dimwit who happened to be the owner of the ce in whose bathroom he smashed the head of another fool just like him, the only difference was their faces but the rest of their minds and their working was the same. It didn''t work at all.


    Long Jie smiled and asked. " Do you have insurance of this ce?"


    "Of course, Mr. Long," the owner of the ce smiled and replied.


    "You will need it now." Long Jie said and grabbed the gallon of gasoline from Gu Tian''s hands. He poured it on the bathroom door and watched till the oil seeped inside the door. He then spilled it on the corridor as the other men saw him insanely spilling gasoline on the floor of the corridor, the main hall, etc, they stepped backward.


    When the owner of the ce put two and two together it was toote.


    "W-wat are you doin'' , sir?" He asked in a yell.


    The soldiers which came with Long Wei stepped backwards along with everyone else.


    The knocking began on the door of the bathroom as it seemed the man inside the bathroom finally noticed the odd presence of gasoline in the public bathroom.


    "Must be your livinghood, I imagine?" Long Jie asked.


    The owner nodded. He was on the verge of the tears but too bad, he could not allow them to fall.


    "Then, you must know what the man inside did?" Long Jie asked him as he graced him with his stare.


    "I don''t know, sir. I am just the owner of this shabby restaurant. I just knew he did something illegal but didn''t what. Please, do not punish me for his sins."


    "Aww." Long Jie teased him with a grin. " But your eyes speak something else."


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 Chapter 150 - Right And Wrong

    Aww." Long Jie teased him with a grin. " But your eyes speak something else."


    The owner looked miserable, and at this moment, Long Jie agreed that he would be, too, if someone of his status would be setting fire to the only means of his livelihood. But what he could he do? This man brought it upon himself by giving the shelter to someone he shouldn''t.


    Sir, please---"


    "Gu Tian, lit cigarette for the owner. Make him taste what you like," said Long Jie. His eyes were still fixed on the owner''s face.


    Long Jie saw his expressions transforming from guilty to dreadful andstly the defeat. How long it had been since he had enjoyed someone else''s misery?


    Gu Tian lit up the cigarette and handed it to Long Jie. Long Jie positioned the cigarette in his fingers as if he had inserted a pen in his fingers. And then slowly and slowly, he brought it close to the other man''s lips and said," Don''t worry, I won''t kill you because killing you means wasting my time and I don''t have time to waste. Your death doesn''t interest me nor does your existence but it doesn''t mean I won''t make sure my men remain entertained,at least, when they are sleep deprived and on a mission."


    "The boss gotta take care of his men''s pleasure and health. " Long Jie grinned, but it was not a grin of tease or pleasure it was wicked and so devilish that the owner could feel fear creeping up to his heart via his legs and nose as the smell of gasoline entered his nostrils.


    "Suck it." Long jie said. His voice full of authority and terror "And puff it out."


    He choked on the smoke but managed to puff out the smoke. Tears were streaming through his eyes but Long Jie''s face was devoid of any emotions; there was not even a line of difort or pleasure on his face.


    Long Wei nced at Long Jie and sighed inwardly.


    ''What have you made him Zhenyi?'' He pondered. ''Perhaps, Song Lily was right she will be the destruction of Long Jie.''


    Perhaps, Long Wei didn''t realize what he was thinking. Like this author once said, humans are hypocrites.


    Back to the man who was forcefully smoked a cigarette. He continued till the cigarette reached its half.


    "Stop." Long Jiemand.


    A twinkle of hope entered his eyes as if there was a chance that perhaps he and his restaurant could be saved.


    "Throw it on the floor," said Long Jie and he was quite aware of the thoughts running in his culprit''s mind.


    He tried to speak but Long Jie didn''t let him finish the sentence. "Sir--"


    "I said throw it on the floor," Long Jie''s voice rang in the corridor.


    As ordered the man tossed the remaining lit cigarette on the floor.


    "Run, if you want to save your life but if you want to cry for the loss of your pretty restaurant and your friend inside you are more than wee."


    The moment Long Jie stepped out of the ce along with everyone else, the gasoline caught the tiny flicker of me, and in a few minutes, the tiny me transformed into an outburst, just as Long Jie expected.


    The restaurant burned like fireworks in the sky. The cry of pain and loss of hope didn''t escape his eyes. If he was asked it was his current favorite sound.


    The sound of the demise of his Cat eyes''s culprit.


    A smile bloomed on his face, nothing more. It didn''t make everything all right. Or it didn''t make anything at all alright but it soothed the ze in his heart. The ze of vengeance. Even a slightest achievement was an achievement.


    Long Jie caught the bomber and he would soon catch his aplice. And he was so sure it was someone insider because no one else would be able to dupe the security. Whoever let Eros finished his work must know the ins and outs of the security. What surprised him the most was that he could outwit his bodyguards which he deployed for Zhenyi''s security after their marriage?


    Long Jie turned around and the glint of fire shed in his gray orbs.


    ''Do you know now what it means to burn in fire?


    You burned her hands and arms and I burned you whole. I didn''t break my promise, I didn''t shoot you. I just burned you alive. I am a man of words but it didn''t mean I won''t twist my words. You really think you will hurt my wife and I will sit still and watch you killing her? You took our child from us and it is an unpardonable sin.''


    Long Jie felt a hand on his shoulder and turned around to find Long Wei standing behind him.


    "Are you satisfied now?" questioned Long Wei.


    "No. I thought his death will satisfy me but it didn''t. Even the sound of his wails and cries is doing nothing to my charred soul. It should be music to my ears, isn''t it?Well, it was for a moment and then everything seems distant and inadequate," said Long Jie. Wei saw a look of sadness shing in Long Jie''s eyes. " He burned her body but seeing her dying before my eyes burned my soul, Wei. You won''t understand. You were always given everything on a silver tter, but I have to burn myself piece by piece to get everything I have. Her skin will heal with time and medication but the scars on my soul will always be obvious and fresh.You have everything, a wife, a child on the way, and most of all, ''your own'' family, but I never had anyone to call ''my'' family.And when I thought that I finally have some to call family, the prick tried to take her away from me and he seeded in taking a part of us. Tell me, Am I still wrong? Or my approach is still not right? Because right now, I can''t decipher between right and wrong. It appears the same to me."


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 Chapter 151 - The Arrival Of Sam

    Sam!"


    Ming Jia''s gaze fell on the new approaching figure. It had been more than a month since she had seen her son''s face and there was nothing she could do instead of waiting for him toe home or asional grumbling. But here he was, walking towards her as if he hadn''t caused her worries about his sudden disappearance.


    "Maa!"


    Sam grinned as he walked two steps at a time and picked his mom up in the air as he reached her. Feeling pain in his back and abdomen, he lowered her slowly back on the ground.


    "Ah, don''t pick me up! Don''t! Don''t! I''m not a kid!"


    "But you are still my young and beautiful Maa," said Sam as he gave her a sheepish grin.


    "Oh, really? I thought you were of the view that your mom died, that''s why you never bothered toe home and visit your old parents," said Ming Jia as she folded her arms over her chest and looked at her son. Her eyes shed with displeasure.


    "Mom! Don''t talk about death so casually!"


    He hugged her mom, trying to soothe her anger. "I''m sorry, Maa. I never wished to hurt you."


    "I''m never forgiving you, Sam. You were not here for Zhenyi''s wedding. You were always sticking together since you were in diapers. You both are closer than any siblings, howe you were not present on her big day? You are like a brother to her, do you know?" Ming Jia was not nning on forgiving him soon this time. Which mother wanted their kids to flee from their lives without any prior notice?


    Aria did the same this time and it was because of Sam that she chose such a big step. Although she and Aria were on speaking terms these days, it still didn''t mean she forgave her either.


    Sam pursed his lips. "I know, Maa, I should have been there on her big day, but I couldn''te due to some reasons, but it didn''t change the fact that I would not have supported her decision of marrying that man. She knows that I do not like him and I have no intention of liking him in the future."


    "Your views about her husband don''t matter to anyone and he is a good and honorable man," said Ming Jia. " And most of all, he is good to her, so Sam, please don''t upset her by talking ill about her husband."


    He was quite aware of the fact that his views about her husband didn''t matter to him and she made him quite familiar with it in the hospital. Though she said he was a means to an end in the beginning, after that he could see that she was struggling to understand her feelings about her so-called husband. He scoffed at the word husband. He and Long Jie would always be against each other no matter how much Zhenyi would try to minimize the distance and hatred between them.


    "Is she awake?" Sam cautiously asked after some time.


    Her smile faltered and a sad expression entered her eyes. "Nah."


    He hugged her again. "Don''t worry, Maa. She will be alright soon. Heaven and hell don''t want her so they send her back to us again to make our lives hell on earth."


    She pped his back loudly. "Talk nonsense about her health, I will spank your ass with my slipper. You are not too big for my spanking."


    "Ouch! It hurts, Maa." Sam groaned in pain.


    His mother harrumphed.


    It was true her hit really hurt him. He was not discharged from the hospital and he was not allowed to walk either but when he heard about Zhenyi''s ident, he ran from the hospital. His n of fleeing from the hospital was childish and silly but he didn''t care. He just couldn''t stay there especially after learning about her health. And in front of his mother, he was pretending to be strong and like his normal self which was quite difficult for him today.


    His mouth curved. "I missed you, Maa."


    He didn''t know he would ever be able to see his mom again when he was shot but seeing her worrying about him filled him with gratitude and something fluffy in his chest. Truly, no one loves you like your family does.


    "But you are not back for your mother. So, stop buttering me, I am not naive enough to fall for your sweet talks," Ming Jia said with a deadpan expression.


    Sam pressed his lips in a thin line.


    "Maa-"


    "Don''t you Maa me!"


    " You little brat. Do you even know how worried I was for you? No calls, nothing for weeks, and when you finally remembered you have an old mother waiting for you at home, you didn''t even bother to tell me where you are and how you are." Her voice cracked as she spoke and tears trickled down her cheeks. Even strong and powerful Ming Jia had her weakness. "God forbid Sam if one day something really happened to you, how would we even know. For years I will be thinking that my Sam wille but¡­"


    "Mom, please don''t cry now." Her allegations were really piercing his heart and her tears, they were working like acid on his heart. She was right in what she was telling him. He really deserved her beating but his mother always forgave him no matter how big of a mess he created, but he couldn''t tell her about the nature of his job. They only knew that he works individually and had no knowledge of the cmity that had struck her son.


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 Chapter 152 - Lavish Hospital Life

    Humans are weird creatures. We always try to protect the people we love. Sam was also trying to protect his mother by not telling her about his ident or it was what he thought. This was not the first time he was hurt in the mission, but it was certainly the first time that he was very near to kiss the sweetie pie called death. And Zhenyi was not allowed to inform his parents until he said so. Weird rules of friendship!


    "How is she?" Sam asked in a solemn tone after some time. His childish and easy aura transformed into something deadlier and serious.


    ''Whoever hurt her, count your days because they won''t be alive to lead this precious life after hurting Zhenyi. ''


    "Not very well. She has been under constant observation. The doctor says if she wakes up within the next forty-eight hours, theplexities of her case can be avoided but if not, her life might be in danger again," Ming Jia told her son. "I can''t bear to see her in this condition. And it hurts knowing that we can''t do anything to ease her pain and suffering."


    Sam nodded. "How is Uncle Chen? And where is he?"


    "He has been holding up fine, or that''s what he is trying to show us, but you know nothing slides your eyes when the person who is suffering is your own family. You know how he has been, it is very difficult to decipher what goes on in his mind and he never really shares his emotions. He has been like this for as long as I can remember. He may keep smiling but only a few know about the turmoil behind his easy smiles. Only Zhenyi and Ryuu can untangle his real emotions apart from your Godmother. "


    "He is here?" Sam asked in a whisper as he nced here and there and then at his mother.


    "Who?" Ming Jia furrowed her brows in confusion.


    " The devil. Who else." Sam replied, rolling his eyes.


    "Sam!" Ming Jia scolded him. " Stop calling him names. He is better than you at least he doesn''t cause worry for his father as you do."


    Sam scoffed. ''Only if you know the things he is capable enough of doing, then I will ask you who worries whom more.''


    Not that he would ever be able to say these words to Ryuu directly. And he didn''t fear Ryuu at all, right?


    "Mom, I''ll be back. I will see her first," said Sam. "You are staying here?"


    Ming Jia nodded. "When we came to China for Zhenyi''s wedding we didn''t know that your grandfather''s health was deteriorating and when we know about it, we just can''t leave the country because I know that if I left it then, I wouldn''t being back. So, brother Yichen asked us to stay with him here if we don''t wish to live at Ming residence but we declined as we already had a vi in the city, but now that Zhenyi is sick I think we should stay here for a few days. We are their only family and I don''t think we can leave them alone in this time of distress. "


    Inside Zhenyi''s room.


    Sam entered the room and his gaze fell on the two nurses and a doctor checking her vitals. The beeping sound of the machine didn''t escape his ears. He had been too used to this hospital equipment and doctors that he didn''t seem as affected as anyone else who had entered the room, but it was only till his gaze didn''t dart towards the patience spread out on the gigantic bed.


    His breath sucked in his throat as he saw her. This was his best friend? He almost couldn''t believe it. He was too afraid to touch her. He now understood what his mom meant when she said it hurt to see her like this.


    He walked towards her slowly and sluggishly.


    He heaved out a long-suffering sigh when he reached her.


    "How are you?" He asked the sleeping figure. But only if the sleeping Zhenyi could wake up and answer his question.


    "Ugh!" He hit his head and said. "How can you answer when you are sleeping?"


    He tried to lighten the tense surrounding but it didn''t work. He sighed out.


    "I think now I feel how you must have felt when I was sleeping (in aa) and didn''t want to wake up soon," he again said to the quiet woman. "Well, don''t expect me to fill buckets full of tears for you. I ain''t doing that for you!"


    The doctor didn''t nce at him as if he was crazy talking to her especially when he knew that they wouldn''t be getting replies anytime soon. They were used to it. Since the morning, one or the other person wasing to see her. They would talk to her for a few minutes and then leave. It was more like a routine for doctors to ignore what the patient''s family was talking to her.


    Then again, they could leave the room to give them some privacy but he dared not to. The scene from yesterday was still embedded in their minds when the doctor who left the patient for a few minutes was punished.


    Sigh. The family was scary and most of all, their boss.


    "Or are you just jealous that I get to enjoy thevish hospital life for a month and now you want it too," Sam said sarcastically.


    Sensing that he wouldn''t be getting a reply from her and she wouldn''t berate him either so he went to insult her husband. "And where is that husband of yours? Isn''t he supposed to be by your side and take care of you? Such an unreliable man you have married! Well, what can we expect from him! Do you want me to shoot him? Come one, tell me I know you are tempted."


    "Thank your God that she is not awake yet otherwise she would have sent you to the hospital again," came a raspy voice and Sam tilted his head to find the owner of the voice.


    The hair on his arms and legs stood up as he heard the voice and his eyes almost popped out when the figure graced his vision.


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 Chapter 153 - At Stake

    Very well, it seemed you are team Long Jie as well," Sam said in a grumbling tone and stomped on his feet like a kid.


    Ryuu shrugged and walked forward. "Sit down or you want me to arrange another bed for you beside her?"


    Sam pressed his lips in a thin line. "I''m fine now."


    "Well, it didn''t appear to me," Ryuu said as he moved a chair ahead and gestured to Sam to sit down. "Since the team of doctors is here, I might as well order them to get your full body checkup."


    "No need." Sam jerked up. " You are even worse to have as a caretaker than your sister. My doctor said I will be discharged in a few days."


    "Oh really?" Ryuu raised his brows. " Is it why you, the great Sam Qin, ran from the hospital?"


    Sam suppressed a shiver as he heard Ryuu''s chilling voice. He nced at Ryuu again, though his legs were almost wobbly he managed to appear neutral.


    The angel on his left shoulder appeared and said,'' Isn''t he just a human, why are you afraid of him?''


    The bored devil appeared on his other shoulder and said while heaving out a yawn, '' Don''t listen to her! Do you forget that this man can put even me to shame? If not, at least remember his great sword skills.''


    Sam took a deep breath and decided to go with the innocent angel. ''What''s there to be afraid of him!''


    "Don''t be sarcastic, devil," said Sam rolling his eyes as he nced at Ryuu. "You know I can''t keep up with you these days."


    "Call me brother, little Sam," Ryuumanded. Terror thundered upon Sam as he heard him. "You know quite well about my fondness for nicknames, especially the one you just called me."


    Sam stood straighter. "I get it, brother."


    "Why did you run from the hospital? And who added to help you?" Ryuu asked in the same authoritative voice.


    "I couldn''t stay there when I learned she was in an ident so, I ran away because your minions *cough* bodyguards won''t let me discharge myself.And for the second question who help me¡­no one did. I am quite capable myself."


    "Of course you''re," Ryuu said sarcastically.


    "I learned from the best," Sam said cheekily.


    "Seemed like you didn''t lose your charm in hospital. "


    " Next time try not to disappear on your mom. She worries about you too much."


    "Well, isn''t it like the pot calling the kettle back, big bro? Don''t you think so? "


    " I agree I disappear sometimes." Sam said and asRyuu''s gaze dawned upon him he quickly added," Okay often ¡­.but I am still better than anyone else I know."


    "What do you mean?" Ryuu narrowed his eyes.


    "If I didn''t know any better, I would say you have a wife or dozen of illegitimate kids hidden somewhere as you disappear every two days and don''te back for months..."


    Ryuu looked at him and chuckled. "You have a very vivid imagination, Sam, but surprisingly it didn''t surprise me anymore."


    Sam pursed his lips and didn''t speak for another few minutes. His gaze again settled on Zhenyi''s face and kept staring at her. They were supposed to be meeting for lunch that day when the ident urred. If she had not canceled it, perhaps it wouldn''t have transpired to her. But who could change the fate?


    At least not humans...


    "When are you getting discharged?" The question came from Ryuu.


    "After two days if u send me back to the hospital," answered Sam his eyes still fixed on Zhenyi. " And after that a few weeks of physiotherapy. Then I am all set."


    "Hmmm¡­"


    " You will be leaving tomorrow, Sam," Ryuu said after a pause.


    "Wait what?"Sam turned around and gaped at him. What did he mean by him? " You are not sending me back to the hospital?"


    Ryuu scoffed. "If you can run away from the hospital it clearly means you are fine. And your doctor will apany you wherever I am sending you!"


    "Is it a new mission, devil *Cough* brother?"


    Ryuu nodded. "A very important one or I must say equally confidential too. You are the only one I can trust at this time. Moreover, you are closest to me as a younger brother. "


    Sam ced his hand on his heart. "I think my heart is attacking¡­wait, no¡­ I mean I am getting a heart attack."


    The doctors peered at him and came to check on him but he just red at them and they all took a step back.


    "Sam!" Ryuu voice boom.


    "Come one, bro. Don''t give me heart attacks with all this emotional sermon. Tell me what I have to do, I will do what you say!"


    "Good! No mistake, Sam. When I say it is important, you can''t fathom its intensity."


    "I have to¡­" Sam makes a sh-the-throat sign.


    "No, if it was such a simple matter I''d have sent my assistant. He is more capable than anyone else I know, but I am not sending him."


    "Well¡­ if your assistant is more capable than me, why don''t u send him?" Sam asked.


    Since Ryuu didn''t offer him any information about this ''mission'', Sam didn''t ask either because he could guess the magnitude of the matter. Little did Sam knew he would be getting the biggest shock, well more like a heart attack of his life when he would know what the mission exactly was. The foundation of rtions would be shaken, the core of friendship would be at stake and the mysteries of Xin and Long n woulde forward one by one. And Zhenyi hadn''t ever imagined that her best friend would be the key to solve many major mysteries and one of them being the Ryuu himself.


    "And start a world war III?" Ryuu asked as he nced at him. " Nah... I still like a peaceful world."


    "Fine! Fine! Fine! I''m very curious now but I know you won''t share any information as you don''tpletely trust me yet. But you know I can do any job for you, you have taught me everything I know."


    "Many lives are at stake, Sam. It will change the history of many ns. It''s time to end what I started fifteen years ago," said Ryuu as he looked out of the window.


    It was indeed the time to lock the traps he had beenying down for years now. He was tired of this secret life, not that he would ever announce himself as the son of this n but many things were at stake.


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 Chapter 154 - The Friend Turned Out To Be Enemy

    *Click! Click!*


    The door to the apartment opened with a click as someone inserted the key inside the lock and unlocked it. He stepped inside the living room and something fell on his feet as the room was dark lit and he couldn''t make out what it was so he ignored it and walked forth. He should be surprised that the lights didn''t switch on automatically like they usually did whenever he stepped inside the apartment, but things didn''t surprise him these days.


    He walked ahead and with every step he took forward, the heart in his chest hammered, paralyzing his body with fear. Fear of something very known. Something he shouldn''t have done but it was toote to undo it. Moreover, he was not given the option to do things otherwise.


    He opened the door to his bedroom and found the room pit dark with the exceptional on and off of themp. He could sense that someone was sitting on his chair near his desk and was fiddling with themp button.


    *ON!*


    He saw the profile of the person sitting on the chair as the light switched on for a few seconds and terror gripped his body.


    "You don''t seem surprised?" The man sitting on the chair in the darkroom was Long Jie. Even he could see that the person he was waiting for didn''t seem as surprised as he anticipated.


    ''Very Good! So they don''t have to do the dance of oblivion!''


    Looking at how Long Jie was staring into the nkness, the man answered with a grimace, "I know you woulde after me if not someone from her family first."


    And then Long Jie turned around, as his eyes focused on his silhouette, he hissed venomously, "And you still chose to betray her?"


    All Long Jie wanted was to catch this bastard and shoot him in the gut but it would be too easy death for a rat like him. His wife trusted him and what did he give her in return?


    The betrayal! He would be punished and that too badly!


    There was a special ce in hell for treacherous and disloyal people like him. If allowed, he would burn him alive in the pyre of his suffering and agony but no. Not like this, he didn''t want to kill him with his own hand but at the same time, he wanted to cut him into shreds and feed it to the dogs or hang his body in the middle of the city and announce to the world that whoever dared toy hands on his wife would suffer the same fate.


    "I don''t have another choice," Alexander, the head of Zhenyi''s security team and her temporary Right hand stared at Long Jie''s face and said. He rubbed his hands on his face and added in a painful voice, "Hell, I was never given a choice."


    Yes, the man who indirectly helped Zhenyi was Alexander who also happened to be her Security head and was working in ce of Cao Feng as he was currently not healthy enough to resume his job, and it was mainly the reason he sessfully implemented his ns.


    "Wrong. We always have choices even when we think we don''t have one. It is always us who made our mind think otherwise," answered Long Jie.


    Alexander let out a sarcastic chuckle. "Funnying from you."


    Long Jie leaned against the chair and shook his head. "I''m talking from experience. It is not about that our choices are limited, it has always been about who or what is limiting our choices."


    Alexander stepped back as he heard Long Jie''s voice full of usation. ''He didn''t betray his boss, it was just that he had no other option.''


    "You betrayed her," Long Jie simply announced. Alexander shook his head. He seemed to have been ced into a difficult situation. His conscience, if he had any, was not epting that he had betrayed the person who made him what he was today. Long Jie could sense what he was going through but he didn''t stop just he. He went on," She trusted you but you chose to break her trust. She hasn''t seen iting from you. The great betrayal. She will never forgive you. Well, only if you will be alive till then."


    Alexander kept on stepping backward and shaking his head at Long Jie''s usations.


    "You are nothing but an enemy Alexander and you know what''s the consequence of choosing to be the enemy of Xin Zhenyi or Long Jie," Long Jie spat out.


    Joseph Heller once said, "The enemy is anybody who''s going to get you killed, no matter which side he is on." Alexander was not an enemy in the beginning but he was transformed into one at the moment he preferred to join hands with those who were trying to kill her. It was his duty, his oath, and his obligation to protect her at any cost. He became the enemy the moment he broke his oath and what was a man without his words?


    There were many kinds of enemies. The worst enemies, the sworn enemies, the friends turned into enemies and whatnot. But none is as dangerous as the one pretending to be your friend or aplice.


    And Alexander was one, the reasons why he became one didn''t matter because an enemy is an enemy no matter what forced him to be one.


    "So, lets stop your emotional discourse and tell me who was limiting your choice of giving your loyalty to your Boss? What made you break your oath? Who persuaded you break the trust of on you should honor?"


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 Chapter 155 - True Definition Of Family

    "You won''t understand because you are blinded by your affection for her," Alexander screamed at Long Jie. He held his head in his head and said in a soft voice, "She will understand my point. She always does. She will understand why I chose my family over her."


    Family. Such a simple word but its implication is so heavy and gigantic. But peoplergely misunderstood its actual meaning and did things which they were not supposed to and in the end, they are left with nothing but regret.


    "Oh?" Long Jie raised a brow at him. "So, it was all because of your family. Did they find your little lover or your hidden wife and kid somewhere?"


    Alexander pursed his lips in a thin line.


    "She knew about your little lie, bastard," said Long Jie while ring at him. He couldn''t understand one thing: why would Alexander hide his family from Zhenyi. Perhaps, he knew but chose not to acknowledge. He paused for a moment and then spoke as his fingers tapped on the notepad ced on the table. "She was well aware of your truth that you have a family hidden somewhere. She always knows when no one thinks she does. This is what makes her Xin Zhenyi."


    "You can kill me if that''s what you are thinking," Alexander said in a calm manner, too calm for someone who knew that he would be killed any moment.


    Alexander had known since the moment he allowed Eros to nt bombs under the cars that his death is inevitable but he wouldn''t decline that deep down in his heart he was hoping for Zhenyi''s forgiveness. Anyone who worked for her knew that she never gave another chance because you wouldn''t be alive to use that chance.


    Once a traitor always a traitor!


    "Of course, I will," Long Jie scoffed. "Do you think I will sit here and wait for you in vain if I didn''t n to kill you?"


    "Sit down," Long Jiemanded. He looked at him again. "I said sit down."


    Alexander looked at him and then at the space where he was telling him to sit down. He sighed because there was nothing he could do now. He could kill Long Jie and run away from here and if he sessfully flee from here, he would nevere but he also knew that Long Jie had already thought about this possibility and would definitely have closed all the means to flee.


    "Talk!"


    "My family is held captive by them," said Alexander. It was time to spill the beans. " I was told to kill her in return for their freedom but I refused because I couldn''t kill her no matter what, she is my boss and I can''t paint my hands with her blood."


    Truly, Alexander never wanted to kill her but like he said he was not given another choice or it was what he has been telling himself.


    "So, you thought if you can''t kill her as your conscience didn''t let you, then why not get her killed indirectly?" Long Jie asked. But he already knew the answer. It was always the same with traitors. They would always try to justify their actions.


    "Well¡­ That was the only choice I was left with."


    "Woah!" Long Jie eximed. He then let out a lightugh. "Here I thought I''m the most selfish prick but when I look at your face, you put me to shame."


    "You know nothing." He sobbed like that crying heroines in a rom.


    "Oh please, I know enough," Long Jis said while shaking his head. "Do you know my wife can start a war for someone who has given her their unwavering loyalty?"


    "Bastard, she trusted you but what did you do? You threw it in her face. Do you have any idea how hard it is to earn her trust in the first ce?"


    "You are blinded by your feelings for her so you won''t understand at all," Alexander screeched as he pointed the finger at Long Jie. " You started bloody riots on the streets for your wife. You set fire to property and killed numerous men in the name of avenging your wife. Aren''t we the same now? You can go to any level for your wife and why won''t I? Do you even have any idea how many innocent people are suffering just because your wife is on the hospital bed?"


    Alexander was right it was not those people''s fault that Zhenyi was injured in the ident. It was not their fault her own team head was the traitor then why those people were suffering? Curfew was imposed in the city. The government was in turmoil as they were not able to control it. Everyone was confused as to why the riots were happening? It was neither religious riots nor political then what they wanted.


    He looked at Long Jie and mocked. "You have nothing to say now, Long Jie. I told you won''t understand. A person who doesn''t even know the meaning of family in the first ce."


    Long Jie took a deep breath and looked straight into his eyes. "You are right. I can and will stoop to any level for my wife and I did it. You are also right that I don''t know the meaning of family, but she is teaching me slowly and slowly what family truly is. When I look at her, her devotion and loyalty to family, I feel proud, so proud that I can''t exin it in words to be called her family because I have never seen someone''s such dedication for the family ever, not even at my so-called great Long n. " Long Jie paused and his hand felt a solid thing he picked it up to see that it was a fountain pen, a little too weird to be a pen. Nevertheless, he continued. "But you know what? You failed to decipher her definition of family. Her family doesn''t include her blood rtives and friends, it includes all of you. Every single man working for her and under her. She would have done anything to save your family, Alexander, and you also know that once Zhenyi sets her mind on something it is impossible to defeat her. Heck, defeat is not even in her blood. So, Alexander, we are not the same because if I had been at your ce I wouldn''t have done what you have chosen to do."

 Chapter 156 - The First

    Alexander just stared at Long Jie in dread and remorse, but there was nothing he could do now. Long Jie was right that he was the enemy now and he knew better than anyone else what would be his oue!


    Yet, he was not afraid of death, it didn''t matter how painful or torturous it would be, but still, there was something he was scared of. And it was dying at the hands of Zhenyi. He couldn''t face her and it would be better if he died at the hands of Long Jie.


    Thus, he nned to provoke Long Jie.


    "You can say anything you want and even believe it, but I won''t fall into your words," the reply came from Alexander.


    Long Jie shook his head in resignation. "You can provoke me all you want but, let me tell you, it won''t work. I won''t unload the bullets in your head so easily no matter how much my hands itch to do so." Long Jie stood and walked near him, the fountain pen swiveling on his fingertips like a spinning top. He said in a whisper near his ear, " I will see you bleed to death."


    Seeing his n was not working on Long Jie, Alexader struggled even more.


    "Whatever you say!" Alexander said with a chuckle.


    Alexander checked his coat pocket and took out a chip. He examined it before his eyes as he ced it in his palm. Long Jie''s gaze fell on the chip in his palm, a look of understanding shed into his cunning eyes, but he still maintained the look of his signature indifference.


    "Here, I know I signed the death warrant when I chose to protect my wife and kid over the boss, but don''t even think for a moment that I regret what I did. A true man will always choose his family over anything else in the world," Alexander told Long Jie and handed him the chip.


    He let out a long sigh of defeat. "I also agree that the path I took was wrong. I could have avoided it but I chose not to and no one else but I am solely credible for the ident which could have been averted in the first ce."


    Long Jie was initially angry at him, but now all he felt for him was a pity, yet not enough to forgive him. The fool could have avoided the course of his ill fate but he didn''t and what was the benefit of regret now?


    Regret and sorry. Earthlings have an unusual fondness for these two words. They do things that they should not and when it backfires. They say ''sorry'' or ''I regret it''.


    Would these have made any difference? Does it ever? It''s just two words. Two words against a thousand actions. And actions which are unpardonable and unjustifiable.


    Alexander was not wrong either but the path he chose, it was wrong. Very much wrong. Had he bothered to do things differently, the oue would have surely been different. But only if he knew...


    Long Jie sat back on the chair, he was staring at Alexander in the dark as his fist was ced under his chin.


    " There is no use crying over split milk," said Long Jie in a very bored manner. " But again, information on the enemy is always wee."


    Long Jie had no idea what information Alexander had gathered or if it even was useful but as he said information on the enemy was always wee. Didn''t matter how small the information was! Because sometimes even a tiny flicker was enough to burn down the entire forest and Long Jie was in search of that catalyst that would heighten the ze into a great fire.


    Alexander pursed his lips. "You will get all the information on the enemy in this chip. I don''t know who he is or what he wants, but I know one thing that he has been trying to annihte the whole Xin n. You can''t even fathom the magnitude of his hate for Xins. Master Yichen is trying to find him for decades now but the enemy is extremely capable of perishing the leads and so, no one ever reached him."


    He paused and nced at Long Jie''s quiet face and went on," Boss has also known it for as long as I can remember. She didn''te here for you or to marry you either, Long Jie."


    Long Jie didn''t say anything as he called him by his name again. He had an inkling that his wife didn''t marry him because of his grandfather as he initially thought. The more time he spent with her, the more he knew what aplex character she really was. Although she was not a veryplex character, it was just that her actions and behaviour were just so unpredictable. Unpredictable enough to drive any sane man crazy!


    Alexander thought that his words were affecting Long Jie and so he didn''t try to hold back. Since he would be dying, what was the use of keeping his mouth sealed?


    "My boss has no feelings for you, Long Jie. Since I will be dying very soon then let me tell you something, my boss has been an excellent actress," said Alexander as if he was giving Long Jie a piece of very important advice but in reality, he was trying to break their rtionship.


    And why Alexander did so? It was solely because he was a Long, the only ancestry they had dered as enemies from the time they had taken the oath. The original purpose of the marriage of ameliorating the animosity between the two families was not achieved yet. Though the two bosses were trying their best, it was still not simple to change the mindset of the soldiers under them. They still consider each other their sole enemy. It was something Long Jie and Zhenyi had to alleviate once she woke up because if it continued, they might face a rebellion in their army soon.


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 Chapter 157 - Truth?

    And why Alexander did so? It was solely because he was a Long, the only ancestry they had dered as enemies from the time they had taken the oath. The original purpose of the marriage of ameliorating the animosity between the two families was not achieved yet. Though the two bosses were trying their best, it was still not simple to change the mindset of the soldiers under them. They still consider each other their sole enemy. It was something Long Jie and Zhenyi had to alleviate once she woke up because if it continued, they might face a rebellion in their army soon.


    Watching Long Jie deep in thought, Alexander continued," Save yourself from her attack before you avenge her. She knows about that enemy and this is the only reason she is back in this country. You may not know but she hated this country to the core."


    Heughed wickedly. " And for a second, you really thought she married you because her grandfather is dying and it was his death wish? True, she cared for her family a lot but above all, she loves herself the most. You are a means to end, Long Jie. She will toss you out of her life once her goal is achieved. She is Xin Zhenyi, Long Jie. The ruthless and merciless Xin Zhenyi."


    Long Jie inwardly shook his head at his idiocy. One of the rules of the organization was never to snitch on your brothers and most importantly the boss. It seemed like he had to get rid of him now at any cost, not like he was not nning on it initially but still. He wondered if he had any rat like the one in from of him.


    Alexanderughed loudly as if he had lost all of his sanity.


    Tuk!


    His eyes widened in disbelief and incredulity as he felt what just happened. His hand followed where Long Jie had hit him. He held up his hand and the deep red graced his eyes.


    Blood. It was his blood. He stabbed him.


    "You--"


    "I told you that I will see you bleed to death and these days I am truly keeping my words," said Long Jie as he looked dead into his eyes. The fountain pen was spinning on Long Jie''s fingers one second but was stabbed in Alexander''s neck, the other. He pulled it out forcibly and shoved it again without any mercy. His barbarity was quite evident.


    "Do you know what was my first weapon?" questioned Long Jie as he stared into his eyes with monstrosity.


    " The fountain pen," Long Jie answered his question himself. He shoved it into his neck again. "And you do you know who he was?"


    "Of course, you don''t." Long Jie grinned viciously, his gray eyes turning red. " My doctor or that''s what my grandfather and mother called him, but in reality, he was a monster who destroyed two innocent children and so, I freed the earth from the weight of such a scum. He was God''s biggest mistake and I corrected it by killing him just like what I am doing now."


    "You think a pen can kill me?" Alexander managed to say.


    "Let me be the judge of it," the answer came.


    "How did you would my bodyguards?" questioned Long Jie.


    " It was not difficult." Alexander scoffed. "I might have released something in the air. And when they realized what had happened to them, the damage was done and there was no going back."


    "You are a stain on the name of loyalty."


    Alexander smiled painfully. "I never meant to kill her. Hurt? yes. I know someone will protect her like always. There is one --no two external forces which are protecting her. I''m the head of the security and thus I can easily recognize which soldier is ours and which is not because I personally handpicked and trained with each of them."


    Long Jie was quiet for a moment,plicated emotions were swimming in his eyes as he heard him. He had noticed it. On the day of the wedding, the assant was not noticed by their soldiers or even Xin soldiers but she was saved in the end moment and not even a scratch marred her skin. Not that he wanted her to be hurt but it still troubles him sometimes.


    "She is invincible as long as those two forces are protecting her but no one knows who they are, perhaps not even her," he added.


    Long Jie didn''t know why he was telling him all of these confidential details because he was not supposed to.


    "Shoot me and pull me out of this misery," Alexander pleaded.


    Long Jie shook his head. " No, you will bleed to death. I want you to feel the same pain she is experiencing now just because you were too scared toe to her and ask for help."


    "Goodbye, Alexander. I hope we never meet again." With this Long Jie was gone but not before pulling that pen out of his neck and taking it with him.


    "Sir!" The subordinate bowed as he saw Long Jueing out of the building and opened the door to the car.


    "Tell Gu Tian to finish the job," said Long Jie as he sat inside the Car.


    "Dig into his records and raid his apartment," he ordered. "Make sure nothing passes your eyes. Not even a tiny thing."


    He was sure there had to be something that would lead them to the enemy and the real culprit behind the ident. And very soon he would catch him. If he knew how to y the games, then so be it. He would tell him how the game is really yed. And as they said two could y the game.


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 Chapter 158 - Hate And Love

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    Long Jie stared out of the car window as the brilliant skyscrapers passed and the scenery outside changed gradually. A thought came to his mind? Where he was going? And where he wanted to go? The answer was a single word ''home''. It was a simple word yet held enormous weight.


    How often we use the word ''home''? Some call the building they live in the home and some call the ce they are from home. But one thing is clear that we all longed for a home and unfortunately not everyone is gifted with it.


    Long Jie never experienced the warmness and fullness of a home. From the very beginning, he had been tossed around from one psychologist to another as he was not normal ording to Song Lily''s standards. He was dumped as if he was a worthless item lying in the grand mansion to dim its shine and perhaps it was true. Later, when he grew up a little, he was thrown out of the Long Mansion and the family. The boy who had yet to enter his teens had to grow up quickly to fend for himself in a ce that was the hotspot of barbarity.


    Yearster, he returned to the Long family when his father, Long Shaoming had found him after great struggle and toil but he was not the same Long Jie they had lost. He was something new, something soplicated and tough that for a minute, they wondered if he was the same son who struggled to utter mere words. Now he didn''t need words to express himself. He was just so capable and Long Jie knew who the credit for his life should be given to, not like that man would ever ept but still, he was indebted to him.


    "Sir, we have arrived," the voice of the driver jerked Long Jie out of the memoryne. It was not every day he recalled such events but today...


    Nevermind.


    He exited the car and entered the hall where Cao Kung was waiting for him. Long Jie furrowed his brows as he nced at the older man.


    "Mr. Alex--"


    Before Cao Kung could finish, Long Jie held up his hand to stop him as he was clearly exhausted; mentally and physically. Besides, he didn''t want to concern the other person with this matter as he had already taken it into his own hands. It was very difficult for him to trust anyone now. Old loyal subordinate or not!


    Who knows how many rats they had around them? They just need a rapid and effective pest control.


    "Mr. Cao, where is Master Yichen?" questioned Long Jie as he remembered that he had yet to share some information with him.


    " Mr. Long, Master has been resting. I believe whatever the matter is, it can wait until the next day," replied Cao Kung. He didn''t want to wake up Xin Yichen, the man hadn''t had a wink of sleep since thest night and now that he finally fell asleep, he didn''t wish to disturb him.


    "Of course, it can." Long Jie agreed. It was almost midnight now and what was the harm in waiting for another few hours? It was not like he was going anywhere leaving his wife here and sleep was thest thought on his mind.


    "The doctor informed anything yet?" inquired Long Jie as he walked ahead with him.


    Cao Kung sighed and shook his head. "No news at all."


    Long Jie nodded. "You should rest now too, Mr. Cao. It''s indeed veryte."


    Cao Kung nodded and left with ast lingering nce at him. ''Why he had to be the Long Shaoming''s son? ''


    As Long Jie''s feet could walk on his own, he reached Zhenyi''s room. Before opening the door, he heaved out a sigh that seemed to have been stuck in his lungs and put a well-practiced smile on his face. He didn''t want to give her the impression that he was a suffering bastard, didn''t he promised himself that he wouldn''t give in before her? He was Long Jie for crying out loud. Since when did he start moaning for a chick?


    Shaking his head at the thoughts of his stupid brain, heughed mirthlessly. Who he was kidding? If he was Long darn Jie, then she was Xin freaking Zhenyi and she had conquered his mind, body, and soul.


    The door opened and he stepped inside, the smile on his face widened as his gaze fell on her beautiful yet pale face.'' Look at her, how beautiful she looked while sleeping! If he didn''t know any better, he would certainly say that she is a fairy descended from heaven just for him.''


    Of course, it was important to add ''just for him''.


    ''Stop it,'' Long Jie self-chided himself.


    He had been trying to find the silver lining in the dark cloud. Although he knew she wasatose, his heart still refused to ept it. He was still adamant about saying that she was sleeping and everyone around her had been behaving as if she really was sleeping and could wake up anytime soon.


    And just likest night, the doctors left the room to give them some privacy because they were aware that he wouldn''t be leaving the room until sunrise. He hadn''t closed his eyes for thest 36 hours and now his head was throbbing as if someone was hitting on it.


    He longed to touch her but he was afraid that if he stroked her skin it might hurt her, given how the bandages were wrapped around her body.


    "Do you know how happy I am that you are still asleep? " Long Jie asked her with a smile. "If you were awake, you would have definitely made fun of me! Such a miserable bastard I''m now."


    "Wife, the day was really tiring and now I want nothing but to sleep," He said as his smile diminished. " But you have ruined me to sleep alone. I''m too used to you that whenever I think of sleeping without you by my side, I just could..."


    His voice grew heavy and bruised. "I''m exhausted, Cat eyes. I am drowning without you and no matter how much I try to reach the shore, I just can''t... He paused. " This feeling of emptiness and falling is too familiar. Too familiar that I know there is no bottom where I''m falling. I don''t want to go back to those days. Those days whose memories that still lurk in my nightmares. Please wake up and save me."


    Long Jie was answered by the expected silence. He sighed and just stared at her. He was ready to admit his insecurities if it meant she would wake up. He was a proud man but not too proud to ask for help when it came to her.


    All that she had done was born in this world. Their world which was known for savagery. It was not her fault that she followed her father''s footsteps, then why she was paying for something she had no part in? All she had suffered throughout all these years stabbed on him like countless knives. He knew what this world was capable of making you. He didn''t want his child to grow up in the world he and Zhenyi grew up in. It wasvish and grand surely but it was just a facade to hide its actual darkness.


    He lost one child but he wouldn''t lose any other if he was blessed with one ever. All he had to do was eradicate every foreign or aboriginal substance that ckened this beautiful world and he, Long Jie, promised that one day, everything would be beautiful and profound.


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    "Didn''t you said you hate me and you will keep on hating me? " He asked her " Then please wake up and hate me because perhaps, I hate you too. I hate that you affect me so much. I hate that you can break me when I break for no man. I hate that I bend for you when I vowed to bend for no one. You have the power to lower me on my knees, Cat eyes. So, I hate you too, and wake up to tell me that you still hate me because, right now, I can''t take your silence, even though it''s coerced.


    For the first time in her life, she could sleep without worrying, she could rest without any uncertainty and it wasn''t only physical. The devil was behind her to capture her and take her with him, away from worries, away from torments, away from this world, and away from him.


    He hated her silence. He hated uncertainty. And he hated her.


    He nced at her again, his eyes turning red as he asked, " Tell me how can I hate and love you with the same heart?"


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 Chapter 159 - Shhhh Esma Is Here

    *Ring!* *Ring!*


    The sound of a ringing cellphone jolted Long Jie up from his sleep. He had been sitting next to Zhenyi on the chair and didn''t know when and how he fell asleep. Perhaps, he was too tired to stay awake that he had no idea how he fell asleep or maybe it was a feeling that she was near him and his subconscious let his guard down.


    His brows furrowed as he nced at the unknown number shing on the phone screen. He pressed the decline button as he was unfamiliar with the number and if it was such an important call, they could call Gu Tian.


    In short, he was not picking the call at all.


    He turned around as he sensed another person in the room and as expected he saw the on-duty doctor sitting in the corner. Long Jie was pleased with their professionalism as not even for a second they had let Zhenyi out of their eyes.


    Obviously, Long Jie was not aware of the punishment the poor doctors received because of a signal doctor and the omnipotent Ryuu was not the one to impart forgiveness like grants. He was tenfold dangerous and thousand-fold more mysterious than any creature on this beautiful yet filthy earth.


    It seemed that the one calling Long Jie was even more persistent and stubborn to discern his cue or perhaps he didn''t want to. The person on the other side dialed the number again and waited for Long Jie to take the call. But it didn''t change Long Jie''s resolution of not picking the call, instead, it strengthened it.


    It was four am for heaven''s sake. This time he let the phone ring and get disconnected on its own. The caller tried once again and again and it continued for another few minutes.


    Probably, Long Jie underestimated the persistence of the caller and in the end, he picked up the call to give whoever was calling a piece of mind.


    "Don''t you get the bloody memo that I don''t want to pick up the damn phone?" He cursed immediately as he slid the green sign on the phone.


    Woah! Woah!


    Hearing his cursing and that even so early in the dawn, the caller sighed and spoke in a low voice," Not everyone is as lucky as you to read between the invisible messages!"


    Long Jie stood up abruptly as the smoky feminine voice entered his ears.


    "Esma!" Long Jie spoke in disbelief.


    "Don''t be so surprised okay!" Esma said, rolling her eyes. She picked her scattered clothes from the floor and cautiously left the room but not before blowing a kiss to the sleepy figure on the bed.


    "Where the hell are you?" Long Jie intended to whisper but rather it came as a yell, startling the shit out of the poor doctor.


    The doctor looked at Long Jie but he gestured the doctor to go out for a few minutes as he preferred privacy.


    "Don''t you dare raise your voice at me! ," Esma''s hissing voice came through the phone. " Yell at your woman or those whores of yours."


    She jumped from the wall of the servant quarters of the Tang Mansion and entered an alley that leads to the room where she was held captive.


    Of course, that Feng bloody Siyan couldn''t stop her from escaping her room. Fine, he was not in the mansion and that''s why she was able to give a skip to other bodyguards.


    Since she couldn''t leave this haunted ce, so she decided to call Long Jie, but getting a cell phone here was more tougher and troublesome than finding an oasis in the desert. Nevertheless, she managed to get it and in return, she might have given something. Poor Esma. Okay, stop it. Probably, this time she got tempted, and finding the phone was just a bonus she got out of the situation.


    ''Well, this captive is too smart for these Earthlings!'' She grinned to herself.


    ''Captive'' she sneered at the word. ''Did she look like a captive to them? Her fantasy of captive-captor smut was shattered once Lord Tang held her hostage! She won''t forgive any of them for breaking her little colorful fantasy!''


    "Es--"


    "Shut the hell up, Long Jie. You can''t raise your voice at me." She was so irritated at him. Didn''t he care for her now that he had got another bitch by his side?


    For crying out loud, she fleed to China leaving that Golden cage these humans called London, and didn''t he for a second thought that he had to look for his beautiful and gorgeous Esma? She was not supposed to run from London but she did. Such a sad and mournful ce it was.


    "No Esma, I can yell at you or even punch your pretty face if I please and you know why so damm well! Long Jie was not one to hold back either. He was going mad searching for her. He had raided the entire earth for her and now she was calling him and criticizing him for yelling at her. " You are nothing but a fugitive and what else can I do to a fugitive?"


    "Thanks for gracing my precious with your sermon for the whole thirty seconds, Mr. I-am-enraged."


    "I''m not enraged, Esma," said Long Jie, enraged.


    "So you are mad," Esma concluded like a genius she was sometimes. Still not understanding, how on Earth could somebody be mad at her?


    "Took you an eternity to find, genius." Derisioncing his honeyed voice.


    [Note: Esma''s character is different from any other characters I have written till now. She is rude,sarcastic, witty, intelligent, brazen, outspoken , brave and most importantly an anomaly. She don''t care what about what others think of her. I can''t control the quantity of unholy words (very eloquent) when ites to her. This is what makes her Esma...and many of your might find her udy like but that''s what she is. ]


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 Chapter 160 - Aliens And Foreign Creatures

    "Wait what?" Esma stopped walking as she noticed shadow soldiers in the darkness and hid behind the pir. "Are you still mad at me for killing a few of your soldiers and leaving the golden prison you chose for me? It was weeks ago. Come on, Long Jie, you can do better than it." Esma pouted with those smudged dark brown coated lips and with a finger she wiped the kohl from the corner of her eye.


    "All of more reasons to be mad at you, Esma," Long Jie said.


    "Whatever!" Esma huffed.


    "Now answer me clearly where on earth are you right now and what are you doing there?" Long Jie said massaging his temples. Did she had any idea the heart attack she had given him? And not to add the headache he was getting because of her.


    "Are you at all aware of how dickish you sound?" Esma huffed again.


    "Of course, sweetheart. That''s what I am." Esma could imagine a sarcastic smile on his face as he said. "Now back to my questions, will you grace me with answers, your highness."


    "You don''t want to hear what I am doing or what I just did," Esma advised, rolling her eyes. He was not interested in her expeditions anyway!


    And thus Long Jie didn''t asked further because he knew better than anyone what she had just done, given her good mood. There was only one activity on this realm that can recharge Esma''s mood. But let''s not talk about it.


    "Esma." Long Jie said in a soft voice because intimidation never worked on her. " Tell me where are you? And why all of a sudden you decide to call me out of all the person you ran away from!"


    "I called you because I have to chose lesser of the two evils and so I called you!"


    He didn''t ask who was the other evil but wait did she just called him an evil? He would see her once he knew where she was right now! Little did he knew that they were in same country for a week now.


    "Okay. And now to the main question: where are you ?" questioned Long Jie expectantly.


    "Long Jie, you have to save me and take me from this"¡­..She looked at empty and dark hallways of the pce resembling a petrified real captive. ''Well done, Queen you are mastering another art of pleasure called acting '' Esma self praised herself. Back to petrified captive and " ¡­.haunted house. I have been captured here for almost a week. Please save me. Who knows these people will kill me. "


    Of course, Long Jie didn''t believe her, ying with human brain and emotions was her speciality and a hobby too. Well, he would not call it a hobby but since she insisted on calling it a hobby so what he could do now!


    "Lord Tang has put me on house arrest in his own house and that alien assistant of his has been keeping an eye on me," Esma snitched and relief coursed through Long Jie''s system. Would he ever be able to repay his brother beneficence ever?


    Esma a continued and mentally cursed Feng Siyan and his devil of the boss. " I am telling you he (Feng Siyan) is really an alien, can u imagine he looks at me as if I am an brat escaped the reformative centre and in need of serious discipline. He said he would punish me if I did something inappropriate¡­damm, I was looking forward to his punishment but like I said that alien---"


    "Stop Esma" Long Jie said amused. "You finally met your match. Good bye and enjoy your visit at Tang pce."


    Feng Siyan was immune to Esma''s charm and temptation, it was not like Esma didn''t know she was an alluring and enticing master-creation and being who she truly was, she left no stone unturned in using /abusing her beauty for anything she wished for. But now Feng Siyan was immune to the vixen called Esma and it was a matter of great predicament for her.


    Esma scowled. "Did you not hear the part where you are supposed to bring me back to you and save me from these foreign dangerous and not to mention weird species?"


    "You love tasting foreign and ''exotic'' species why don''t you enjoy your time there?" Long Jie suggested.


    "Then I am going to eat your dear big brother and then his alien assistant, Long Jie, who knows I might transfer diseases to them?" Esma threatened him. He would agree now, wouldn''t he? Lord Tang''s ce in Long Jie''s life was no less than God''s. He might no be a God in reality but he was no less than the one for Long Jie.


    Long Jie didn''t reacted as she expected instead he as something else." Where did u get the phone?"


    Esma ced her hand on her forehead and said, "I grabbed it from a maid. Well, she was sleeping so I just kind of stole it when I saw it hidden underneath the mattress¡­.."


    Long Jie raised his brow. "A maid?"


    Esma gave a devilish smirk. "Trust me, honey, you don''t want the details."


    Long Jie pressed his lips in a thin line.


    "Where is Ah-Siyan?" asked Long Jie.


    "Lord knows!." Esma said as she and leaned against the wall. She had to go inside before the sunrise otherwise that Feng Siyan would look for another punishment again. " And may he neveres back. The earth don''t need weird creature like him to make our lives miserable."


    "Don''t call him names, Esma," Long Jie scolded her. "Especially, in front of brother. He won''t blink before ripping off your tongue."


    "Don''t you dare mention that b---"


    "Complete the word, Esma and see what I do next!"


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 Chapter 161 - For Better

    "Ah Jie, you care about that man but what about me? Do you even care about me?" Esma whisper yelled.


    Her whole persona changed, the mischievous brat from earlier was nowhere to be seen. Now Esma no less resembled a demon thirsty for blood and chaos, and wouldn''t settle until the world broke out in the mayhem. "Let me tell you if you don''t take me from here, I swear to hell that I will make their lives worse than hell, and no matter how much you people will want to stop me. No force of nature can stop me from finishing what I started."


    Esma''s threat was clear either take her from the hell called Tang Pce or she would make their lives hell.


    "It''s not the right time yet Esma" Long Jie was not affected at all. He was very much familiar with this Esma, it was the real her and the mischievous and naughty brat from earlier was her coping mechanism. Esma would never be ashamed to agree that she was not normal, she knew she had mental problems and she had wholeheartedly embraced them as a part of her.


    "Right time?" Esma scoffed. " I have been hearing it from thest twenty years that it is not the right time, have some patience and a a a... But remember that I am not stopping this time and I swear if you don''te by morning, I will set the fire to Long family first!"


    "Stop" Long Jie''s personality had a three-sixty. Just because he cared for her, it didn''t mean he would let her do whatever she wished to. He had been tolerating her games for the sake of their friendship but he wouldn''t let her hurt the innocent people. "I said stop. Touch the family, Esma, and then see what happens next!"


    "They are your family and what about me?" She screeched like a wailing child. Sometimes Esma changed her personality too frequently that it became hard for Long Jie to keep up with it. If he didn''t know better, he would certainly say she had multiple personality disorders."Who am I to you? I have waited for so long, Ah-Jie and I can''t wait now." One more personality changed. She turned silent and sat on the ground still leaning against the wall. And she said in a whisper," I am dying to find my freedom and I know that I won''t find it until I have his blood on my hands."


    "I know," said Long Jie softly as he turned around to look at his wife. He walked near her and stroked her face lightly and whispered. "I know but you always make me doubt your methods. I don''t doubt your intentions, but it''s your methods that scares me the most. "


    " I vow to leave everything behind the day I will have his blood on my hand. I will stop, I swear on your head. " Esma pledged and pleaded. "Please,e and take me with you. I don''t want to live here. These people are bullying me."


    Long Jie rolled his eyes. ''Bullying her? ''


    "Esma, not now." Long Jie tried to exin to her. Trust me this once? Hmm?" He waited for her answer but she didn''t speak, thus he continued. "You know what you are to me, don''t you? You have to wait because I don''t have the mental power to deal with that now." He paused and with a sigh, he sat on the edge of the window (the same window which is used as an entrance by our Ryuu). He had been sighing a lot these days. " I''m exhausted. Give me some time and after that, I will take you with me and then you can live with me and no more secrets from anyone got it."


    Long Jie didn''t know what changed in Esma but he was surprised when she answered by a question. "How much?"


    " At least six months or maybe a year."


    Long Jie knew it was too much to ask for but right now he had no alternative. Zhenyi was his responsibility but so was Esma, he just couldn''t choose between the two of them. He didn''t know if she would agree now but he hoped she did. God forbid, if she didn''t, he would understand. Esma had given up her life for a cause and he couldn''t just ask her to drop her retribution. She deserved to punish those people and he would apany her to the journey because their destination was the same and the only difference between the two was their chosen path and approaches.


    "Why?" Her voice cracked up.


    "Zhenyi. My wife. She has been in an ident. She needs at least a few months to heal. I can''t focus on anything right now."


    "Your wife?" She scoffed. " Your secret hidden wife."


    "She is my wife and you have to respect her." He scolded her.


    "When hell freezes over!"


    "That bitch Song Lily and her chosen puppy won''t have my respect ever!"


    "Well, I don''t know if it changes anything but she and my mom are sworn enemies and even when hell freezes over they won''t be in the same camp!" Long Jie tried to joke but failed miserably.


    "Whatever I don''t care!"


    "You have to respect her, Esma, whether you like it or not but I won''t ept anyone disrespecting my wife," these were Long Jie''s firm words and there was no changing it.


    "You have changed, Ah- Jie." Esma was not assuming but her voice carried conviction. He had changed a lot since shest talked to him. How could someone change so much in a single month?


    "Perhaps, it''s for the better."


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 Chapter 162 - SIL Vs FIL

    A few hourster


    "Father-inw, do you have any idea what you are talking about?" Long Jie asked Xin Yichen. What on earth was going in his mind? And for a minute, he really thought he would agree to his bizarre suggestion. He has got to be kidding him.


    First Esma, now Xin Yichen, was the universe nning on giving him a heart attack? Why couldn''t something go as he nned? Again, he looked at his father-inw in bewilderment.


    "I know you may find it a little odd but you have to see where I''ming from. She is my daughter and you know quite well that I just want her wellness and nothing else, son," said Xin Yichen. "She has already suffered so much and if we can lessen her pain and suffering by omitting a simple fact what''s wrong in it?"


    Everything was wrong with it and how couldn''t see it? His suggestion or order or whatever it was, was wrong and sinful. He was already a sinner and why was the universe persistent in urging him tomit one more? He was not just lying to Zhenyi, it was thievery.


    "Little odd? Long Jie sarcasticallyughed and shook his head mirthlessly. "It''s akin to betrayal. She will never forgive us if we do this ever. Do you know it will hurt her more?"


    How could Xin yichen ask him to lie to her wife? He had begged God to give her another chance at life and when He bestowed her with it, how could he not hold the part of his bargain? He promised never to lie or hide anything from her and now her father was asking him to do such a thing.


    Never. He wouldn''t do it. Zhenyi would never forgive them. Why couldn''t they see that she had a soul of steel? She was so strong, so tough that she could even defeat grim reaper and came back to him. Then, why couldn''t all of them see her? What happened all of a sudden?


    "Long Jie, she is my daughter and I will never try to hurt her even if that''s what you are worried about," said Xin Yichen. His eyes shining with raw ache. " I''m her father and I do have every right to make decisions on her behalf. She is hurt and in pain and as a father I can''t worsen if not lessen it."


    Long Jie took a deep breath and nced at Xin Yichen. He held Xin Yichen by circling his arms around his shoulders and made him sit on the couch. He knelt on the floor and then held his hand, and spoke in a very soft and gentle tone.


    "B¨¤¡­" It was Long Jie''s first time calling him B¨¤ and Xin Yichen trembled hearing the sincerity in his voice. "I respect and admire you not just as a n leader but also as a father. " He paused and smiled a little. "Your daughter sings praises of you whenever she is given the chance or even if she is not given one, she will just quote you where she deems fit. " He chuckled remembering an incident. "She dered war against my mom because she said something about you and your wife. I know you are an amazing father or maybe even more than amazing."


    Xin Yichen wouldn''t deny he was not moved by what Long Jie had just said now. And as for dering war against Song Lily, heughed inwardly. This was so Zhenyi. How could someone belittle her parents? She wouldn''t let them to. He was surprised that how she didn''t took out her gun and pointed at her.


    Long Jie continued, " But this, I can''t ept it. She is your daughter and you have every right to her but please tell me are we entitled to take decisions on her behalf?"


    Long Jie was right Zhenyi would raise hell if someone dared to make any decision on her behalf and especially if it concerned her too much. She wouldn''t take it easy. She never did. Heck, she would teach you a lesson and made sure that you never forgot it again.


    He didn''t stop just here. " But she is my wife too and I am not capable enough of lying to her. Not telling her or even hiding it from her is akin to lying. She has every right to know about it. I understand the pregnancy was unnned and an ident and we lost the baby even before we could know about it. She was not ready for it, I agree, but she would have loved and cherished it more than anyone I know. Don''t take away her right to grieve and mourn the life we created together. Even if I agree to hide it as you suggested, we won''t be able to keep it for long and we both know it too. So, please think over it again."


    It was not just lying, it was a theft too. When they would lie to her, they would steal Zhenyi''s right to mourn over the baby, they would steal her of crying for that little soul that couldn''t evene to this world, and most of all they would steal her right to feel what ever she wanted to feel for it. It was her call to take no theirs.


    Xin Yichen didn''t say anything for long and just stared at the nkness. He was a helpless father. If one saw the situation from his point of view, he was not wrong either. Zhenyi''s past with death and loss was too heavy and painful that he didn''t want to add another to that long list.


    She didn''t just lose her mother in that ident and he hadn''t only lost his wife¡­there was much more to that unfortunate ident years ago, but how could he make Long Jie see his point of view because if he did then he had to open all the secrets that he had buried deep inside his heart and memories.


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 Chapter 163 - SIL Vs FIL

    "Have you seen her, son?" Xin Yichen spoke after some time. "Have you seen the wounds on her body?"


    Long Jie hesitated. "Yeah, I have." He swallowed and then said in an intense voice. "I have seen those painful wounds on her body and I know how much time it will take before fading away."


    Xin Yichen stared at him, his eyes shining with a foreign emotion. " Then why are you insisting on wounding her heart and soul too? Why are you willing to give her the wound that neither any medicine of time in the world can heal? He paused and then said in a weak voice, "Time is not always the great healer, son. Trust me, sometimes it works as salt on the wound."


    Long Jie opened his mouth to say something but Xin Yichen didn''t let him finish.


    "No, hear me first. She will break if you tell her about the baby. She will never be able to forgive herself. She will keep on ming herself until she takes herst breath."


    Xin Yichen rubbed his hands on his face and looked up."Can you see her dying every second in front of you? You can give her heartbeat back but will you be able to give her the reason to live?"


    Long Jie still couldn''t understand why Xin Yichen was not getting a simple point or what he was trying to prove here?


    "Maybe, you don''t know that our Zhenyi is strong. Stronger than webined," said Long Jie, a hint of pride evident in his eyes.


    "She is equally weak when ites to her family," retorted Xin Yichen. " It''s her own flesh and blood and you know quite well the loss of losing a part of you, don''t you? He paused his patted Long Jie''s shoulder and said. " Son, she didn''t know about it then why do you have to tell her now?"


    Long Jie who was kneeling on the floor stood up abruptly. He was not going to listen to him and why should he? He was asking him to do such a blizzard thing. He just couldn''t do it and he shouldn''t either.


    "You are asking too much from me. I am a very selfish man and I am not ashamed to admit that I have fears too like every normal man," said Lomg Jie sharply. Xin Yichen realized that there was nothing he could do to change his mind, but he has to. Long Jie nced at him and said, "I can''t lie to her. She is my wife and the mother of our dead child. " He paused and his eyes proof of his pain. "I will lose her and I can''t bear it. Have mercy on me, please. I lost my unborn child a day ago and my wife is still in a vegetative state. I don''t know when she will wake up. I am ready to trade anything for her and I actually did. She will never forgive us for this great lie. It''s equal to betraying her and we of all the people know how Zhenyi takes betrayals."


    Truly, Zhenyi wouldn''t forgive them when she would get to know about this great betrayal.


    "Well¡­ I beg to differ " Xin Yichen directly refused to agree with him. "What are you worried about? She will leave you? God¡­." It was his selfishness and he very well admitted it too. Xin Yichen closed his eyes,took a deep breath, and then said in a soft voice while ncing at him. " Son, fathom what would be the oue when you will tell her the truth? Would you be able to stop her from losing herself? ¡­She will go crazy. And I mean it literally when I say¡­crazy."


    Long Jie was about to say something but Ming Jia strolled towards them furiously.


    "You two," She said and pointed her fingers in their direction. "I can hear your voices in the room next to this. And why on earth are you two arguing? What''s the matter?"


    Xin Yichen pressed his lips in a thin line and Long Jie just shrugged his shoulders as if to ask him.


    "Will you tell me now?" asked Ming Jia.


    "I apologize for disturbing you but we were just conversing over a matter," Long Jie politely said. She was Zhenyi''s Godmother and so he had to respect her.


    "Really?" She narrowed her eyes at both of them. She was not buying it. They were not talking too loudly but she could sense that the conversation between the two was getting heated.


    Xin Yichen didn''t reply to her. He crossed his arms over his chest and walked towards the window. He was looking out of it for no reason. He was not in the mood to talk any further.


    "Brother Chen and Long Jie, I don''t know what''s going on between two of you and neither I have any wish to intervene between the two of you, but remember one thing, whatever is acting as a bone of contention between the two of you, please solve it before leaving the room. I don''t want Zhenyi to wake and find her husband and father in discord that will further affect her health."


    Long Jie nodded. "I get it."


    "Brother Chen?" Ming Jia asked.


    "Hmm?" Xin Yichen turned towards them and raised his brow.


    "Do you agree with me?"


    "I will once Long Jie agrees with me," came the reply.


    Long Jie let out a loud sigh. "You know that''s very difficult."


    "But it''s not impossible," Xin Yichen retorted.


    "She will never forgive us."


    "She won''t know. Stop worrying about what will happen tomorrow."


    "Stop." Ming Jia came between the two to act as a referee.


    "What are you both talking about?" She asked them.


    "Jia,do you think it''s wrong of me to hide Zhenyi''s miscarriage from her? Do you think I''m betraying my daughter by keeping such a matter from her?" Xin Yichen asked her and walked ahead.


    After hearing Xin Yichen''s question, Ming Jia froze on the spot. She didn''t know why they were arguing earlier, but now that she got to know¡­ No wonder they were arguing.A dangerous situation they were stuck in. She nced at Long Jie, he was also looking at her earnestly.


    "You want to hide the truth from Zhenyi?" Ming Jia managed to utter.


    "Yeah!" Xin Yichen nodded.


    "Also¡­I believe that it will be for her wellbeing. I don''t want to see her anymore in pain than she already is."


    Ming Jie had not way to answer his question. She knew where he wasing from. Zhenyi''s history with idents and losses was veryplicated and if she was told that she lost another one, certainly she wouldn''t take it easy.


    "Huh!"


    She turned to Long Jie and studied his expressions for a moment before speaking," And I assume you don''t want brother Chen to hide or lie from her?"


    "Of course." Long Jie nodded.


    "What''s your reason for not hiding it from her?" Ming Jia asked him.


    "She won''t forgive any of us if we dared to hide such a matter from the. You know her, Aunty, how she is. It''s not our call to make. We can''t decide anything on her behalf," answered Long Jie. "Moreover,I don''t want to taker away her right to grieve the baby. She needs to face it herself. It''s her life and we can''t take decisions on her behalf."


    After hearing the two of them, Ming Jia held her head in her hands and sat on the sofa nearby. What a strange situation? She couldn''t choose one side now because it was such a grave matter and surely she couldn''t let these two do what they thought was right for Zhenyi. What they thought was right for Zhenyi and What actually was right for Zhenyi were the two different things, and now they had to understand it, but who could make them understand it?


    Surely not her.


    "Maa!" A sleepy figure entered the room, rubbing his eyes as if he was still a five years old kid.


    "Oops! It seemed I infiltrated the family meeting," Sam said as his gaze fell on the scene. He turned to his mom and said," You were supposed to wake me up an hour ago, do you forget I have to leave today?"


    An idea popped into Ming Jia''s mind.


    ''Ryuu! Yes, Ryuu!''


    He would be the better judge of the situation because he never let his emotions judge the situation. He always knew what to do in dire situations.


    "Ah, I''m sorry, baby," Ming Jia said with a smile.


    Sam didn''t know why but her creepy smile send shivers down his spine.


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 Chapter 164 - Another World

    The buzzing of something unknown apanied by the blinding light jerked Zhenyi out of never-ending darkness. Earlier, it seemed like she had been walking and walking and walking in the darkness, looking for the source of light but no matter how much she was trying to look for it, she just couldn''t discover it.


    It was so frustrating, so tiring and so depressing that Zhenyi couldn''t help but ept defeat. Then again, she was Zhenyi and defeat was not something she would ever ept.


    The jolt made Zhenyi realized that she had been in a deep slumber and no idea for how long, and the dark route where she was walking and which didn''te to end earlier was like a dream to her now. Wait, she had indeed been watching a dream. Oh, so she was caught in a dream or maybe a nightmare.


    She looked around and found herself in a very odd yet familiar room. She had seen this ce somewhere before but couldn''t remember where exactly? ''Nevermind, time to get out of here. ''


    She removed her body from the vast bed and started walking barefoot to look for a way out to reach home. Her husband must be waiting for her at home. Last she remembered, she had been in an ident and now it seemed she was in some unfamiliar ce. Did they save her? And if they did, who are they, an enemy or an ally?


    And the voices that she heard before fainting belonged to Ryuu? Ugh, why couldn''t she remember it now?


    "I''ve to go home now, and I promised Jie that we will talk in the evening. He will be waiting for me. I have to reach before dusk, surely I don''t want him to think that he was being stood up."


    She walked out of the room and headed to the exit of the house. From the looks of it seemed like a grand mansion, a little like Xin mansion. She found many people working there. She even tried to talk to them but they didn''t look at her and kept themselves engaged in their work. It seemed like these servants are not allowed to talk to guests. What a strange rule!


    She sighed. Or perhaps the staff here don''t talk to guests. However, she kept walking on her own and magnificent stairs came into her view. She descended the stairs and reached the hall.


    Although a strange creepy feeling was creeping into her heart, she still managed to remain calm, but inside she was shaking like a leaf.


    But deep down she knew that she was not caught or captured by her rivals. She didn''t know how she know but she just did. Perhaps, it was the mansion that felt like home to her. It felt so warm and loving that she just didn''t want to go back to her own home yet.


    Such a strange feeling it was¡­but she just couldn''t deny it.


    A beautiful and infectious sound of giggles andughter wasing from the kitchen, and she was so attracted to the sound that she couldn''t help but walk to the side as if her feet were walking on their own.


    She opened the door to the kitchen and saw few people huddled there. A talldy was cooking something or maybe trying to cook something and the man behind her was trying to persuade her to leave it. She couldn''t see their faces but she could tell that he really loved her as she can hear the concern in his voice


    ''"Love, how about I cook for us? Hmm? Didn''t you say I am the best cook?"The man again tried.


    Zhenyi smiled when the woman spoke, " No. I''m cooking today means I''m cooking. Ah-Chen, don''t you dare try to distract me."


    She reminded Zhenyi of her, the way she spoke, the tone of her voice, and the way she maintained her body posture. Her husband was right, she didn''t belong in the kitchen. She belonged on the battlefield. She had an aura of a fighter.


    It seemed her husband was not backing out, but he didn''t seem frustrated either. In fact, he was talking even more sweetly and gently to her that it kind of gave cringes to her but she still couldn''t stop watching the scene, "But wife, you don''t know how to cook." Her husband told her. " You never stepped a foot in the kitchen ever."


    "Ah-Chen, I''m telling you,I can cook, so what I never cooked before but I came here many times and once I even boiled the water!" She said proudly.


    The man sighed and Zhenyi couldn''t help but smile at them. They were so cute.


    Wait! She just used the word ''cute''. Something was certainly wrong with her head.


    Her attention was caught by another giggle and her eyes fell on the figure sitting on the kitchen counter. Their daughter, she guessed. It was a little girl not more than five years old. Zhenyi could see her face perfectly and she seemed somewhat familiar to her. She had a huge smile on her face as if no grief or sorrow in the world could touch her.


    A little boy slightly older than her was feeding her strawberries dipped in her favorite chocte. She suddenly felt like she wanted it too, but she never liked chocte before.


    To be honest, Zhenyi was a little jealous of this little girl. She had everyone she needed. Zhenyi had everything: a great father, best-est brother in the whole wide world, a wonderful husband (though she would never admit it aloud), all the wealth and power in the world but still, she didn''t have a mother and no wealth and power were greater than God to send her mother back to her. She was not a crybaby, she was just a motherless kid who would never admit how much she needed or miss her.


    Her trail of thought was halted by another giggle. The boy was wiping her face which was covered with chocte with his hand, and the little girl was giggling at him.


    It was such a beautiful picture that she didn''t dare disturb her. A servant came and Zhenyi turned to him to talk but like everyone, he didn''t even nce at her and it was like she didn''t even exist. She went after him and kept on calling him but no one heard her. It was bizarre. It was unnerving. It was frustrating.


    All of a sudden, she stopped. The mirror in front of her showed her current image. She was dressed in her white wedding gown, the same gown she had worn on her wedding day, she could recognize it anywhere and her hair, they were scattered over her head as if it hadn''t beenbed for days and what was the most surprising was that there were no rings on her finger and she was walking barefoot, but her feet didn''t hurt as something pricked into her sole.


    She was going crazy, what was happening? She was in another world? No. No. It couldn''t be happening? Did she died and reached another world? No. No.No. She wanted to go back to her home. She wanted to go back to Long Jie. Where was he? She calmed her racing heart. She could deal with it. She had dealt with a situation worse than it.


    "Calm down. Calm down. Calm down, Zhenyi." She kept on chanting.


    "Calm the hell down," She yelled but no one heard her voice.


    "You will look for a way out, Zhenyi. You will find the way out," she said to herself. "You always does."


    She ran and ran and ran and in the end her feet took her to the same kitchen again. Who was this family? And why was she in their home? She didn''t know them? Did she? No. She gripped her head in her hands and pulled her hair tightly. "Focus, Zhenyi. Focus. Please, for God''s Sake focus." She was tormenting herself but what else she could do? She was stuck in a bizarre situation.


    Who was this family? She stared at them again. The loving family. The beautiful family. The warm family. The family which was not hers. She wanted to look at them closely and so she walked ahead. Perhaps, if she saw their faces, she would recognize them.


    The little girl looked in her direction and slowly and slowly her eyes settled on her and suddenly her smile weakened. She blinked at Zhenyi. Zhenyi realized that the girl could see her, literally see her, and walked towards her but before she could reach her, the scene changed and she reached a different world, perhaps the same world but different time zone.


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 Chapter 165 - Fading

    As the scene changed, she was transported to another era. Zhenyi looked around to find that it was the same house again and the more she looked at it, the more she realized that there were few differences from before but still it was the same. Today, it seemed there was an asion here as the whole mansion was beautifully decorated.


    Again she headed to the main hall of the mansion and this time she seemed to have remembered the way. It was not like she could leave this ce and return to her home, but still, she was more than necessarily curious about whatever was happening with her. She didn''t believe in miracles but now that she was stuck here why not clearly see what it was and why she was here? Who knew perhaps Almighty God was showing her something but it was her ignorance and arrogance that she couldn''t just see it.


    While descending the stairs again, she heard someone chanting ''Happy Birthday¡­Happy Birthday...Happy Birthday...'' It seemed someone was celebrating a birthday party here, but the main question was whose? There must be a reason why she was transported to this bizarre world and she was watching these unknown yet familiar people. The only reason why Zhenyi was not freaking out like before was that because she had epted this bizarre phenomenon of whatever it was called. She believed there was more to it than that met her eyes and she just needed to find it so that she could return home. On top of everything, who are these people and why was she seeing them?


    She reached the hall and saw a few people gathered in a circle. Thus, she walked into the crowd and when reached the end of the crowd, she saw it was certainly a birthday asion and even though the whole mansion was decorated as if they were celebrating a royal asion, still there were not more than twenty people.


    And not so surprisingly, the birthday was of a girl and that girl was no one else but the one she saw a few minutes away. Though it was the same little girl here she looked a little different. Bit grown up to be exact, but she still had that infectious smile on her face, as if she was just going to conquer the world with her smile and she had no words to describe her eyes, they were like two crescents glowing under the white moonlight.


    Out of all the people in the crowd, she could solely see her face clearly and the rest were just blurred and cloudy figures. Either her vision was fogging or their faces were intentionally blurred. Just as she was about to reach the girl, the other party nced in her direction, and again her smile vanished as her eyes settled on her. She held her mom and dad tightly as if she feared that Zhenyi might take them away from her.


    On the other hand, Zhenyi couldn''t get why she disliked her so much, was it her choice that she was stuck here? No, it certainly was not. She was such a cute and cheerful kid but why was she so mean whenever she looked at her?


    It was really frustrating for her¡­


    And she needed to find a solution to this soon...


    "Who are you?" Zhenyi couldn''t help but question her. She needed to know who these people were, or else who would she know that why she was stuck here? Moreover, the girl had animosity towards her, else why would she behave like the way she did?


    The girl red at her fiercely and with a hmmph! she turned her head and gave a sweet smile to the same boy from earlier who was feeding her strawberries.


    "Big brother" That was how she was calling him and the other party seemed to love it. Zhenyi inwardly rolled her eyes. ''You can have your brother to yourself, kid. I have got the best one in the world.''


    The girl''s mother and father were showering her with all the love in the world and Zhenyi didn''t know why but she felt a pang of hurt in her chest as she stared at them. It was something between envy and longing.


    She was looking at Zhenyi arrogantly but didn''t speak. As if her father could sense her looking at someone, he turned around to look at Zhenyi, his face was not so blurred now and before she could recognize him, the scene changed it.


    The girl red at her fiercely and a hmmph! She turned her head and gave a sweet smile to the same boy from earlier who was feeding her strawberries.


    "Big brother" That was how she was calling him and the other party seemed to love it.


    Her mother and father were showering with all the love in the world and Zhenyi didn''t know why but she felt a pang of hurt in her chest.


    She was looking at Zhenyi arrogantly but didn''t speak to her but as if her father could sense her looking at someone, he turned around to look at Zhenyi, his face was not so blurred now and before she could recognize him, the scene changed again.


    Smoke.


    That was what Zhenyi could see and feel. She coughed hard and choked a few times before opening her eyes. Barely as she opened her eyes, her vision was weed by pink-colored smoke. In reality, it was not smoke but something else.


    Zhenyi turned around as she heard happy shouts and cheers. She saw the same family of four again but now there were two more people, they seemed a little elderly but still, she couldn''t see their faces clearly. She assumed that these two were the elders of the family.


    "Oh my God!" The elderly woman eximed and kept her hands on her face in awe and excitement. " We are having another baby girl in the family."


    A few more cheers apanied by exmations!


    "Yaay!" The boy cried out as he picked up his little sister in the air. She giggled andughed in joy.


    Zhenyi couldn''t understand why she couldn''t seem to dislike the girl. She was the embodiment of what she wanted to be: carefree, happy, and contented. She was not ashamed to admit that she was envious of a little girl. Although she was mean to her, still she couldn''t help but like her even more.


    "Yaay! I will have a small sister," she singsonged. More giggles andughter.


    It appeared that her mother was pregnant and obviously from their attitudes, Zhenyi could tell they were more than just happy. The baby''s father picked his wife in his arms in a bridal style and twirled around in joy. Naked happiness was visible in his eyes. The woman in his arms wasughing along with everyone else. It was such a beautiful picture that no matter what she couldn''t turn her eyes away from the scene.


    A pang of hurt turned on in her chest. She pressed her chest with her hands but no matter how much she tried, she just couldn''t stop it. It was hurting so much that she fell on the ground with a thud, but still, she couldn''t remove her hands from her chest. It felt like something was piercing inside her chest, as she was looking at them. She closed her eyes in utter pain and moaned out loud when she couldn''t bear it. Tears were streaming down her eyes as if she was in great difort. She had never felt like this before. It was as if she was dying. Her body started fading slowly and slowly...


    "Ah!" She cried out in pain as she rolled on the ground.


    Hearing her cry, the girl who seemed to have grown even more than before looked at her with naked hate and starteding towards her, a re still intact on her face.


    "Princess, where are you going?" Her father asked her as he saw his daughter stomping angrily.


    "Dada, she will take our baby away from us." She pointed towards Zhenyi and started sobbing. "Make her go away, she will take our baby away from us."


    The man turned where his daughter was pointing out but he didn''t find anyone there and furrowed his brows in confusion. "Who, baby? There is no one else there."


    "What happened to my Angel?" Her mom asked her as she wiped her tears gently. "Mama, won''t allow any of them to take our baby away from us." She touched her baby bump and made her touch it too and said," See, as long as the baby is here, she is protected. No one will harm the baby. Shh, my angel."


    Zhenyi, who was being used, didn''t know why the girl was saying so. Why would she take their unborn baby away from them? She didn''t even know them? Her heart was still aching as if she was just experiencing a cardiac arrest.


    Zhenyi''s gaze fell on her feet, her eyes widened in shock, she was fading little by little...


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 Chapter 166 - TANG REINE

    Fear. That''s what Zhenyi was feeling right now. Fear. That''s what Zhenyi had sworn to never feel again. Fear. That''s what would kill her this time.


    But she was not fearing for herself this time, she was afraid for that girl again.


    Those men would kill her (the little girl) and there was nothing she could do to stop it. Her heart would kill her before those men would kill that little girl. That''s all she could think right now as her heart was storming inside her ribcage. She had never felt like this before.


    After the previous scene, she was now transported to another scene. The white gown she was wearing was colored red now. Red. The color of blood. It was now stained with blood.


    Zhenyi couldn''t make out anything but she could hear a few voices. The ce where she was now was unknown and unfamiliar to her.


    *reeech!*


    A few ck cars appeared out of nowhere and stopped in front of a white car. The driver of the other car was startled as he was stopped by a pack of ck cars. He pressed the breaks to avoid a collision.


    "Get out of the car," a man got out of the ck car, sneering as he walked, bypassing Zhenyi as his shoulder collided with invisible Zhenyi''s shoulder and knocked on the car window. With one hand he was knocking on the car window and another one was holding a gun.


    "I said get out of the car," he sneered again, but this time with obvious disgust and disdain in his voice.


    In a minute, the spot was tinted red with blood but no one came out of the white car. The men from both the side were cutting, shing or shooting each other with no hint of mercy or disgust in their action.


    Swords were used, guns were shot and poisonous needles were pricked. It was worse than the battlefield, at least in a battleground, one knew who was fighting against who.


    It was a scene no one would ever want to recall.


    A scene so brutal, so barbaric...


    A man dressed in a robe emerged, his one hand holding the sword and another hand unlocked the car door. And in a swift movement, he dragged the person sitting on the back seat of the car and threw the woman on the ground but her reflexes prevented her from falling on the ground.


    "You!" Her eyes widened as she looked at the person who tried to toss her on the floor.


    "Yes!" He replied arrogantly.


    "You betrayed me," she said as she leveled against him.


    "Tang Reine, you think I was working for you?" He sneered. "I have been working to kill you since the day you were born. I told you that your arrogance and pride will be your downfall and today, it will kill you and everyone that has your blood in it."


    "Don''t you dare!" She red at him. "Don''t you dare to walk a step towards me? Touch my children and see what I, Tang Reine, will do to you. My blood is not so weak and thin that a traitor like you can touch or end. I will protect my children and even if the cost is my own life."


    Heughed evilly. "Will you protect your children? How? With one inside you, are you gonna protect the one which is living outside? So naive. So arrogant. Ah, Tang Reine, I will miss your arrogance after I kill you."


    Zhenyi, who was also present on the scene, was witnessing everything. She didn''t know why but there was an urge in her heart to protect the woman. She didn''t know who she was and why she was seeing these people again and again, but right now she just knew that she had to protect her. But the question was how?


    She looked around to find a way to protect her but there was nothing she could do instead of watching it helplessly. She was screaming for help, but nobody could hear her. Her chest along with her head was throbbing as if something was sting inside her body. Her throat had turned hoarse after all the screaming but it was all in vain.


    Nobody was hearing her. Nobody was looking at her. Nobody was noticing her.


    And what could she do in such a situation?


    Never had she ever felt so helpless, even earlier when she walking in darkness all along there was a me of hope that was burning in her heart but now all she was feeling was helplessness and powerlessness.


    And just like this, she knew that they would kill both the mother and her kids. She had no idea where the boy and her father were, but somebody needed to be here to save them, and unfortunately that somebody couldn''t be her.


    Why was God so cruel? If He had sent her here why not let her save them too? He couldn''t be so cruel, could He?


    Her gaze fell on the little figure curled up in the backseat of the car. Zhenyi knocked on the window and as if the girl was the only living being here who could hear or notice her, she nced at Zhenyi, her eyes were red, tears were glistening in those eyes of hers. Although she was cowering with fear, yet she didn''t let anyone know about her plight


    Zhenyi couldn''t help but feel an urge to hide her somewhere to save her innocence and childhood. She was too young to be tainted by this world and Zhenyi knew that there was nothing she could do to protect her innocence anymore. She would see the other face of this world today: cruelty and barbarity.


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 Chapter 167 - Jin Jiren

    "Run!" Zhenyi couldn''t help but exim as the little girl gave her the much-needed attention but she was not acting on her advice. Hell, she was too stubborn for her own good.


    Couldn''t she feel the danger lurking near her?


    Zhenyi took a deep breath andposed herself. She didn''t want to unleash her anger at the little girl, she was already so terrified and she didn''t want to heighten it any more than it already was.


    "See kiddo, run please." Zhenyi stared at her through the ck mirror. Her eyes were filled with unusual worry for her. "They will hurt you and your mom if you don''t get out of here now. Run now."


    The girl shook her head. It was a nightmare for her but the little girl was trying to be an adult here. Perhaps, the definition of nightmares for her would be changed today. Her body was trembling and the fear was almost overpowering and overwhelming. But then, she tried to suppress the fear.


    "I won''t run away. Cowards run and I am no coward," said the girl, looking straight into Zhenyi''s eyes. "My parents didn''t raise a coward. I will not leave my mom and my little sister here alone."


    Helpless. That was what Zhenyi was feeling. She needed to persuade the girl to run but she was not listening to her at all. Why was she so stubborn!


    "You can''t protect her if you continue being stubborn. I can''t save your mom neither can you, but at least I can save a life and that''s yours, so please let me." Zhenyi attempted to bargain with her.


    The girl pointed her fingers at Zhenyi and said, " You won''t save mom? She loves you. Why can''t you save her and the baby?"


    Tears streamed down her cheeks and she wiped it with her small hands. " You are just a coward who is running away from the fight. If something happened to my sister, I will never forgive you. Do you hear me? I will never forgive you."


    Zhenyi''s body trembled and the feeling was overwhelming. She fell on the ground and clutched her head with her head. She screamed as loudly as her lungs could allow.


    "That''s my mom?" She pointed towards the pregnant woman. "No. No. No. My mom died in an ident and I was not with her. Was I?"


    She was her mom. She just knew it. That''s why she was seeing them again and again and the man and they boy were B¨¤ and Ryuu?


    Oh my God. She ran towards her and screamed. " Mom! Mom!"


    "Someone hear me, please!"


    "Someone save her, please!"


    She looked above and shouted at the sky. "How cruel can you be? Why are you doing this to me? Why? What wrong has she done to you! "


    Her body was trembling and the fear was too much to handle. But then she reminded herself,'' you are Xin Zhenyi, you don''t feel fear, you make others cower in fear.'' Be smart. Be brave. Be a Xin. There was always hope. Always. She was smart enough to find a way. The idea was soothing for a moment until she heard the click of the opening of the car door.


    "I said don''t touch my daughter, do you hear me?" Tang Reine threatened the man dressed in a traditional ck robe. The kind of outfit that''s was worn in ancient times.


    He snickered. "What will you do if I sh her throat here?"


    "Don''t test me, Jin Jiren. I, Tang Reine, hold enough power to annihte your lineage and both of us know that I don''t have a habit of making empty threats."


    "Your rule will end with you, Tang Reine. The end of the Tang empire. Your father, thete king will be happy and proud to know that his only descendant didn''t die without giving a fight. You were always his pride and crown but today, I will enjoy myself by tarnishing his pride and the crown."


    The man who had captured the little girl or young Zhenyi had pointed the gun at her head. Jin Jiren walked towards the little girl and took the gun in his hand.


    "Here," said the man and looked at Tang Reine. " End of Tang blood and empire. No more dirty Tangs. "


    He was about to shoot the girl in her head when he said, " Plus, the end of Xins too, Tang Reine. Poor Xin Yichen will die a death worse than you. He will die every day without you. He will me you for his devastation but wouldn''t be able to hate you. Such a love story, I haven''t heard of ever! And I will be the one to kill the love between you! "


    He nced at young Zhenyi who was staring at her mother. " Little princess. " He snickered. " Did you mama ever tell you that you are a princess? "


    Zhenyi, who was watching the scene from afar, was in utter shock. A Princess? What on Earth was he talking about? He had to be lying, right. Otherwise, B¨¤ would have told her everything, didn''t he? Her heart was telling her that her father had already lied to her and fabricated many stories but her mind was not ready to ept anything right now.


    She just needed a break for Godsake.


    Jin Jiren smiled. "I take it as a no then, kid. You are a princess. A real one. Your grandfather who is in heaven now, gave you the title even before your birth. And you see the little kid in your mother''s womb" He pointed towards Tang Reine. " That spawn will be given a title too. And I am going to kill all three of you today, do you know why?" He questioned Zhenyi and both the Zhenyis shook their heads as if in no. They clearly did not know.


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 Chapter 168 - Traitors

    "You killed my father," Tang Reine asked Jin Jiren.


    "Took you long enough to figure it out," He answered.


    "You betrayed the royal family." Tang Reine just stared at him. " Do you even fear the consequences? "


    "Tsk. Tsk. Royal family?" Jin Jiren nced at Tang Reine as if he had heard a joke. Perhaps, he had. To him, the so-called royal family was nothing but a bunch of idiots trying to regain the glory of a once glorious and prideful crown. " It lost significance when the republic government was established in the country. Only you and your minions consider yourself royal."


    Although Tang Reine''s blood was boiling hearing him dissing the royal family and its supporters. He was a traitor who had backstabbed his Master and nothing else. He not only forgot the vow he had taken but also attempted to kill the current head of the royal family. Apart from Tang Reine''s children, she was thest descendent of the royal blood and with her, the royal family will alsoe to an end. The glorious chapter of the Tang Empire would be finished if he managed to kill Tang Reine and her children.


    Not only that, he was even more persistent to end Xin lineage, and why he wanted to do so was still a mystery to be unfolded but it was a talk of another time.


    "Tang Reine, I will bring great honor to this mankind by killing a monster like you," said Jin Jiren. " They will worship me after I kill you!"


    "Oh really?" Tang Reine casually leaned against the car and brought her hand to caress her baby bump as if in a taunt. "If I''m a monster then what are you? "


    Jin Jiren smiled devilishly at her. "Tang Reine, I have to admit, you have a talent where even I can''t bring myself to defeat you. And do you know what''s that is?"


    "Of course, ending the dirty worms like you from the face of the earth," came the reply.


    Tang Reine was behaving as if he hadn''t held her daughter hostage under the point of his gun. She was behaving so casual, so rxed that it was provoking and irritating him to no end.


    Even though Tang Reine was rxed andposed but Zhenyi who was watching the scene unfolding before her eyes, had her heart in her mouth. It was worse than a nightmare. She was hoping that maybe she was still in a deep slumber and watching her mom again was just a beautiful dream which was just ending in a horrendous nightmare.


    Although, she knew it was not a possibility that she was asleep because the pain didn''t follow you to your dreams. At least not this kind. Her body was in so dire pain that even she couldn''t know how she was holding herself here. With every passing minute, her body was fading away but this time she didn''t want to go back to her world just yet. She needed to see what would happen next.


    She needed to save her mother. She couldn''t lose her now that she found her. She was not a crybaby, but today she cried more than she should. She couldn''t control herself. No matter how strong of a woman she was, she was still Zhenyi, her mama''s daughter. She wanted to touch her, she wanted to hug her, she wanted -- no--needed her to see her.


    She wanted to cry, she wanted tough and most of all she wanted to embrace the woman who was her mother in her arms and feel the feeling of what exactly was a mother''s embrace.


    Was she asking too much? No, she was not. Was it her fault? It was not. Why couldn''t God allow her to save her mother? She had the skills to fight and she could defeat the few men left, then why couldn''t she change the past?


    "Jin Jiren, do you know what will history call you?" Tang Reine said, looking at his ugly face, and stepped forward. "No, you don''t." Tang Reine self answered her question. She suddenly startedughing at him. "How naive of you! " She shook her head and one hand of her came to support her protruding baby bump. "Naive! So naive! " She kept walking towards him and then all of a sudden...


    *sssh!*


    A drop of blood fell on Zhenyi''s face and white dress, her already dyed white gown was stained with blood even more. But this time she at least knew who the blood belongs to.


    She blinked her eyes and wiped her face with her hand, and then her gaze fell on the red on her hand.


    "Traitor!" Tang Reine''s scream was heard. " The rats like you are called traitor! Not only, I, Tang Reine, will ughter all the Jins from the Earth, but still also use you as the ultimate example of what would happen to the enemies of the Tang family."


    The dagger in Tang Reine''s hand which appeared out of nowhere was shed in his skin once again. The young Zhenyi watched her mother killing the man who tried to held her hostage.


    "You dared to *sh* touch my *sh* daughter!" She shoved the dagger into his throat this time. Her brown eyes were burning as hot asva. The bloodthirsty look in her eyes was not hidden from anyone. It seemed she couldn''t even remember that she was pregnant. " I told you that I don''t tolerate betrayers, didn''t I? Yet, you have the audacity to plot against me? My father gave you the great honor. Your family was loved by the people because of my father, but how did you choose to return his benevolence? By killing him."


    With a single flip, she took out his armor and wrapped it around her lower body, evidently to keep the baby safe inside her womb.


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 Chapter 169 - TANG REINE : ZHENYIS MOM

    [Tang Reine''s POV]


    NOTE: Although the chapter is a part of Zhenyi''s dream, it''s told in Tang Reine''s POV, so that readers can feel her and also ease all their confusions.


    With one hand Tang Reine picked Jin Jiren''s fallen sword and another went to stabilize her bump.Even though she couldn''t flip or hurl, her sword skills were as great as ever.


    She pulled Zhenyi to her side and hid her behind her and yelled, " You have to touch her by killing me first!"


    And her cry started the impending doom.


    Swords against swords. Cries against cries. Blood against blood. Mother Earth was polluted with the blood of traitors.


    Even with her condition, she managed to kill almost twenty people. She looked at Jin Jiren in arrogance though she was creating heavily, her legs were giving away but her confidence and strength were as revitalized as ever.


    "Do you know where else you can''t defeat me?" Tang Reine sneered as she pointed the edge of the sword against his throat which was already shed by her, but the goddamn traitor was still breathing and watching her kill his men before his eyes.


    "You won''t answer?" She asked him. "Then let me answer it myself."


    "Jin Jiren, you can''t defeat me when ites to the massacre. I have been the reason for mass murders not once, not twice, and even thrice but several times. I''ve killed more people than you have taken breaths. And what makes you think today that you will try to kill my children and I will let you?"


    "E-ven if y-you man-ag-ge to protect them and yourself f-from me , the-y w-will ki-ll yo-you soon." These were Jin Jiren''sst words before he took hisst breath.


    Tang Reine kneeled on the ground and shook his body as hard as she could. "You will rot in hell, Jin Jiren, and trust me, I will follow you there to kill you once again but it won''t be so soon."


    She looked around and found no one else but she knew it was only a matter of time before whoever nned to kill her would send another batch of their men to finish off their job if by any chance Jin Jiren failed to do so.


    She stood up slowly and slowly and held her daughter''s tiny hands. She took her near the car and all of a sudden, her legs gave away. She was bleeding and she could feel it but she couldn''t tell her daughter this. There was no way she would be able to get far from here. There was no way she would be able to save herself or the baby inside her, but at least she could save her other daughter.


    She was sitting on the ground and leaning against the car door. She held Zhenyi''s face in her hands and dropped light kisses on her face as if it was a goodbye and she wouldn''t be able to touch her or hold her again.


    "Mama!" Little Zhenyi looked at her with her big mismatched eyes.


    "My angel!" Tang Reine said and kissed her hands.


    Zhenyi couldn''t understand her mother''s odd behavior and blinked at her. Tang Reine chuckled at her confusion.


    "Do you know Mama loves you the most?" She asked Zhenyi.


    Zhenyi nodded.


    She hugged Zhenyi tightly and kissed her hair. "Baby, mom will always be with you, do you hear me? Even when I am not with you, I will be with you."


    "You are going somewhere, Mama?" Zhenyi asked in a small voice." You are leaving me?"


    Tang Reine smiled painfully. She couldn''t feel her lower body now. It was hurting. It was hurting so much. It was not the wounds that were causing the pain. It was her foresight that was causing the great ache to her heart and soul. The foresight which was telling her that she wouldn''t be able to see her children ever again.


    She was ready to lose all of her children if it meant they lived safely and happily wherever they were. She was ready to swap everything for the lives of her children, even if it meant giving away hers.


    "I don''t want to, baby," Tang Reine said. " I never wish you to leave my family. I don''t want to leave my family. Baby, remember family means everything. Family alwayses first, even if it means hurting yourself. Let me protect you."


    "No No No." Zhenyi shook her head. The tears she was holding back trickled down her cheeks. "Don''t leave me, Mama. I need you. Don''t leave me."


    Tang Reine''s eyes were burning but she didn''t let tears stream down her eyes. It was against her pride. She made others cry. She never cried and she never would. No matter what.


    She unlocked the locket from her neck and made Zhenyi wear it. It was a heart-shaped ne. She smiled as she saw the locket dangling from her neck. It was a little big for her now but it would fit perfectly in theing years. Her daughter was just seven and she didn''t know when she would see her again. It could be yearster and it could be never!


    "Here, I will always be with you, Zhenyi. You are my heart baby. You''re the heart of our family. You have to love your dad on behalf of your Mama too and always listen to Ryuu okay?" Her voice cracked but she kept smiling warmly and gently at her. She held her in her arms and brushed the tendrils that fell on Zhenyi''s face. " Tell Ryuu that Mama said he is her little tiger and mama also loves him very much, so much that I can''t exin in words now. "


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 Chapter 170 - TANG REINE: ZHENYIS MOM (2)

    *Continued!*


    Tang Reine heard some voices and nced at Zhenyi anxiously. Onest time, she kissed her forehead and looking into her eyes, and said," Zhenyi, you have to run from here. Go, baby, Mama will take care of herself but you have to run now!"


    The little Zhenyi sobbed and gripped her hands across her shoulders tightly and shook her head. "No. No. I will not run, Mama!"


    Tang Reine''s eyes softened as she saw Zhenyi not wanting to leave her, but she had to do something to send her daughter away so that she could protect her. Her safety was her priority now.


    "Look at Mama," said Tang Reine, her expressions turned stern and authoritarian. "You have to leave Mama here alone. Always remember that you cannot fight all the battles alone and sometimes leaving the battlefield is the only and the smart option." She paused and then continued. "We can''t fight now, Angel, but it certainly doesn''t mean that we won''t seek vengeance for this in the future. Zhenyi, you are young, you may not understand it now, but they betrayed us and the family and there is no great sin than betraying anyone you have given loyalty to."


    But Zhenyi was not listening to her at all, it was too much for a seven years old girl and Tang Reine was quite aware of it too, but she hoped that one day when her daughter would remember her, she would remember herst spoken words too. Tang Reine wanted Zhenyi to at least remember her in her memories, but she didn''t want those memories to be bloody and a subject of pain and heartache for her daughter.


    Tang Reine had fought many battles and won too...


    But today, she lost at the hands of fate...


    "Let Mama save at least one of her daughters, " said Tang Reine, taking a heavy breath. Her body was losing energy and even if she didn''t want to admit it, she knew it could possibly be herst moments here and with her daughter.


    And how badly she wanted to see Yichen and Ryuu onest time.


    "I don''t wanna leave you and the baby, Mama." Zhenyi looked at her mother, tears glistening in her eyes. "Promise me, you wille back to me. Promise me, you and little baby wille back to me safely."


    Tang Reine smiled at her daughter. " Zhenyi, we don''t make false promises. No matter how much of a bad guy we are, we never lie about promises. We hold our promises, thus, Angel, Mama can''t promise you anything now. But one thing, I can assure you that I will try my best to save your little sister. Just find her, Angel. I may or may not be here to find my other daughter if I manage to bring her to this world. Just find her¡­"


    Her vision was blurring now. She had lost way too much blood. There were wounds on her chest and back too but she still managed to look unfazed and casual.


    The sky was changing its colors, and within an hour, it would be covered with never-ending darkness and gloaming. The kind of darkness which couldn''t be got out of by any kind of angelic or holy light.


    The sky right now was depicting the life of Tang Reine, soon both would be filled with never-ending darkness that no light could evade. The day was settling and so was her life.


    Her light, the love of her life, and her husband would be lost somewhere and she didn''t know how long this night of separation would be. It could be years and it could be an eternity. But no matter what, if she died today, she would wait for him on the other side of the world. So, what if they couldn''t live their happily ever after here on earth? They would certainly live it when he would join her on the other side of the world because one thing was clear, Xin Yichen would be hers as long as he took hisst breath and even after that.


    It was time to say goodbye to everyone and everything. But only if it was so easy¡­


    "Run, Zhenyi, run," Tang Reine screamed as loudly as she could. "Run, Zhenyi, run."


    Zhenyi looked at her mother in utter confusion. She looked here and there around her and found the atmosphere to be a little strange.


    "Mama?"


    "Run, Zhenyi. Don''t let them catch you," Tang Reine said to her daughter anxiously. "Please, Zhenyi. You love Mama? Won''t you do that for Mama and little sister?"


    "Mama!"


    Tang Reine pushed Zhenyi out of her arms and showed her the way. "Run, Zhenyi. Don''t let catch you. Run until Ryuu or your dad will find you. Wait for them to search for you. They will find you soon, Angel."


    Zhenyi stood up and turned back to look at her mother before listening to what her mother asked her to do.


    "Don''t look back. Always have a clear focus on the goal. Don''t let anyone or anything distract you. Your goal is to protect yourself. Be strong, Angel, so that no one will be able to hurt you. Be scary, be mighty, be who you are meant to be, but never be what you don''t want to be. You are born for great things, Zhenyi, your life doesn''t end here and so run and nevere back until your father or Ryuu find you."


    And that''s how Zhenyi ran and ran and ran and never looked behind.


    *END OF TANG REINE''S POV. *


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 Chapter 171 - Time To Leave

    Zhenyi saw her younger self running from the scene towards the other side that even she didn''t know where it led.


    She had just listened to her mother, then why was she feeling so suffocating? Why did she want to stop her younger self from abandoning her mother and sister?


    ording to her memory, she had no recollection of such memories. She didn''t know what would happen next? If she were to be found by Ryuu or her father in the future or what she would face after that!


    But she knew one thing that she would not be able to see Tang Reine, her mother again. She just wanted to etch her face in her mind and feel her embrace and lock it in her heart forever. She wouldn''t be able to see her again.


    Zhenyi walked ahead slowly and slowly. Her body was betraying her choice of action right now. Tears were trickling down her eyes and today, she didn''t stop them. When was thest time she experienced the wetness in her eyes? It was as if she was not capable enough of crying, but today she cried for a lifetime.


    She despised her younger self for making such a cowardly choice of running away. Only she was not a coward... She would never forgive herself for this.


    She saw her mother breathing shallowly and then saw the flowing blood between her legs. She was¡­


    No. No.


    "Mama!" Zhenyi held her in her arms. She didn''t know if her mother could hear or see her or not. She was bing transparent¡­


    Tang Reine didn''t open her eyes but managed to utter, " Angel?"


    Tang Reine was breathing heavily now.


    Zhenyi leaned even closer to her with a feeling of helplessness and remorse in her eyes. After a few moments of silence, she kept her mother''s face against her chest and kissed her forehead, eyes, nose, and cheeks. How could she not want to? Even if it was a dream, she didn''t care! Even if she was in great pain, she didn''t care at all. She just wanted to feel this moment, was this too much to ask for?


    "Mama, why did you send me away? I just needed to be here for you? How would I ever live without you?" She hugged her tightly and cried her lungs out. She was feeling soplex right now, just wanted to me herself for the death of her mother and her sister, but she was even more guilty now that she had the audacity to hold her mother closely. She had no right to feel like this. She didn''t deserve to call her mother. She was the reason for her death.


    How would she ever forgive herself?


    She would never forgive herself¡­


    Now she knew what Long Jie felt when she used to say to him that his past didn''t matter, and so he should leave it behind and live his present and worry for their future.


    But now, how would she face Ryuu or even B¨¤?


    What would he do when he would get to know that when Tang Reine needed Zhenyi the most, she chose to run from the situation?


    "Zhenyi, how is it your fault? It was me who asked you to leave. You are so young, baby, why are you ming yourself for something that you have no part in?" asked Tang Reine, her eyes still closed.


    "But it''s my fault. I can''t save you!" Zhenyi yelled. She didn''t even bother to wipe her tears. "It''s all my fault, I can''t save you. I am useless and weak."


    "Shut up!" Tang Reine''s strict voice rang. Although she was weak and in halfatose condition, yet she didn''t leave her authority. It almost made Zhenyi smile. " Don''t you dare to insult me, youngdy, by calling yourself useless and weak? No one is allowed to call my children these words. Do you get it?"


    "Mom--"


    "No, tell me do you get it or not? I carried you in my womb for nine months not to hear you call yourself weak and useless. I won''t forgive you if you ever think of yourself like that. You are my daughter, Zhenyi, you may not understand today what it means to Tang Reine''s daughter, but you will one day and that day will be the third proudest moment of my life. Of course, making your father mine was first and giving birth to Ryuu and you were the second."


    Zhenyi chuckled between her tears. "I''m sorry, mom." I''m sorry for everything. Please never forgive me.


    "I have to go now, Angel." Tang Reine opened her eyes and looked at her. She smiled and with her hand, she caressed her face lovingly. " I have to leave now. You have to take care of our family. You are the heart of our family, please protect it at any cost. Especially my husband. Tell him that I love him to death and even after that."


    "Please don''t go," Zhenyi whispered, looking at her in utter defeat.


    Tang Reine smiled again. "It''s inevitable, Zhenyi. Some things in life can''t be altered no matter how much we want to. Death is inescapable and unpredictable too. I didn''t know it was myst day with my family and if I had... " She paused and then looked at Zhenyi and said. " So, don''t forget to live your life without any guilt."


    "I won''t let you go," Zhenyi sobbed, hugging her close to her chest. "Don''t go, please. I need you. I miss you. I love you so much, mom. Please don''t go. I need you."


    No matter how much she cried or begged, neither Tang Reine nor the Almighty listened to her. She found herself on slumping on the ground, the rain was pouring and the sun was hidden by the dark clouds.


    It was another day. It was another time. It was another scene.


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 Chapter 172 - Her Knight

    The sky was covered with a nket of gloominess, despair, and misery. The thunder and lightning were piercing something inside her, but it was the screams of help and desperation of the little girl which was piercing her heart into two.


    Zhenyi shouldn''t have run from the ce. It was a stupid, dumb, and crazy decision and an even worse option. No matter where she would run, they would be there. They would catch her, and it was final.


    "Leave me!" The little girl was sobbing yet trying very hard to be brave, even in such a situation where she knew that she would be held hostage by them now.


    "Little girl, do you think that we will spend three days looking for you in every corner of the jungle just to leave you?" One of the many bad guys sneered looking at the young Zhenyi.


    "My father will punish all of you. You all are bad guys and he would punish all of you."


    They justughed at her as if she had just cracked a very funny joke.


    And then there was another Zhenyi, who was right now nothing but a puppet on a string, some unknown force master of her fate.


    For the first time in life, she had epted the defeat. She knew that she couldn''t do anything. And nkly, she just kept on watching the scene unfolding before her eyes.


    Nothing that she could do to alter her fate. Nothing she could do to rewrite her past. Nothing that she could do to change anything at all.


    Her mother was dead. The little sister that didn''t even get to take a breath in this world had left too. Her reason for living was gone.


    Then, why on this damm earth was she alive? Why couldn''t she die with them too?


    They took her away as Zhenhi had predicted. Fate was ying a song of chaos and destruction, and she was dancing to its tunes. And she was the most familiar with it.


    Her feet walked as if they had their own brain and followed the men who had captured young Zhenyi. She didn''t know why she followed them, but she just did. Wasn''t it what God was wanting? Didn''t He want her to watch it with her eyes and suffer all over again?


    They locked her in a dark basement and Zhenyi was there watching and remembering everything with her eyes.


    Days changed to weeks. Weeks changed to months. Months changed to years.


    Nothing changed for more than a year except the young girl. She was no more that scared little girl anymore. She was not living in self-pity. She had grown a heart of a tigress. She was not afraid of them, even if they were to kill her now. She just didn''t care at all.


    But one day, things changed and two people met, intertwining their fates forever.


    After what seemed like an eternity, the hope she had lost came back to her little by little.


    The door to the dark basement opened that day, startling Zhenyi. It just opened twice a day just to send her the food and except for this, they never opened the door in fears that she would run from there which she definitely would once she was given the chance, and all along she had been looking for that precise moment that had still toe to her.


    "Get in, you boy!" The man who was responsible for keeping an eye on Zhenyi pushed another figure inside the room.


    The boy who was pushed inside fell on the ground, scraping his knees.


    Zhenyi saw that they had caught another figure along with her younger self, but he was not chained like the young Zhenyi. Probably because the boy was too weak to try to run from here.


    A look at him and she knew the weak boy was not actually a little boy but a malnourished teenager and she didn''t know why but it was breaking her heart.


    The young Zhenyi saw that the boy didn''t turn back and slowly uplifted hisnky and bony body and walked ahead. He didn''t look here and there and sat on the dirty mattress on the floor as if he didn''t mind the dirt inside the basement.


    A week. He didn''t utter a word for a week and whenever he would look towards young Zhenyi, she would just smile at him as if she was not chained and held captive in a filthy and scary basement by some bad men for God knows whichever reasons, but he never reciprocated her gesture at all.


    "Who brought it here?" The men barked at the kids inside the room as his eyes spotted broken shards of sses. "I said who the f.u.c.k carried it inside?"


    Zhenyi was standing far from where the scene was urring. She saw a change in the young girl''s eyes. Did she bring it here? If she did, but how? She was never allowed to leave the room.


    The young girl looked at the man, her gaze carried defiance and fire. Those mismatched eyes of hers were burning as hot as theva. The man who was interrogating the kids nced at the girl. He pped her across her weak face but she just sneered at her as if the man didn''t even deserve her attention.


    He pped her with such force that her lip started bleeding but she didn''t even hiss in pain. It was a regr affair for them.


    "You little bitch!" He cursed her and gripped her hair tightly. "Did you even imagine how I would punish you when you dared to imagine leaving this ce?"


    The young girl looked at her in amusement. "No, bastard. I was too busy imagining how my father will torture you to death when he will get his hands on you that I didn''t even have the time to imagine about the punishment that you dumbheads would inflict on me."


    The little girl seemed to have picked a few of their curses and didn''t even back down using them.


    Zhenyi''s eyes widened as she heard her younger self talking back to her captors? When did she change so much from a pampered little girl to a tigress?


    The bony boy who seemed to have no reaction and expression on his face earlier, blinked at her multiple times to assure himself that he heard her right.


    "You bitch!" He pped her again.


    Another man came inside the room and stopped the man who was pping Zhenyi. "Have you gone nuts? How dare you hit her? She has grown too weak and if you torture her anymore, she will die and the deal we made will be canceled. Get your fucking brain out of your ass, moron."


    He dragged the man and gave onest warning look to Zhenyi who just nced at him with a mocking gaze as if challenging. ''Kill me if you dare!''


    "Why did you lie to them?" The boy who was sitting on the other corner asked in almost a whisper. The room was so quiet that it didn''t escape any of Zhenyi''s ears.


    "This voice?" The older Zhenyis''s eyes widened. "She knows this voice. Hell, she can forget anything but this."


    Her knight. The man who would save her lifeter on. She didn''t remember his face but she did remember his voice and memories. She didn''t remember how she met him but she knew that she did.


    The young girl nced at him, sitting in the other corner of the basement. His head was on his knees. "Lie? Xin Zhenyi never lies. They assumed and I let them. Who asked those dumbheads to assume whateveres to their rotten brain?"


    "They could have hurt you," the boy whispered in a hoarse voice.


    "Are you worried about me?" The girl asked him in excitement.


    Zhenyi chuckled at her younger self. Long Jie was so right. She really was crazy and today, she saw the evidence with her own eyes. Looking at both of them, she wrapped her arms around her chest and closed her eyes. His face came before her eyes. He would be worried about me? She really didn''t know but she knew one thing that she really missed him so, so damn much.


    The boy tried hard to avoid rolling his eyes at the little narcissist. " Don''t do something like this again. They will hurt you even more."


    "I don''t care. If they had to kill me, they could have done that a year ago but they didn''t. I''m more useful to them alive than dead," said the young girl, shrugging her shoulders as if it was no big deal.


    "I dunno what to call you, stupid or brave?" the boy muttered under his breath.


    "Surprise me," said Zhenyi with a wink.


    "Crazy!"


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 Chapter 173 - Ran Away

    Apart from their current circumstances, both of them seemed to havee closer to each other than expected. Although the boy didn''t utter more than two words a day, the young Zhenyi was enough to eat his ears off. No matter how much of a chatterbox she was being, the boy would never ask her to keep quiet. It was as if he enjoyed listening to her nonsense.


    One day, Zhenyi was so fed up with his silent treatment that she decided to beat him up if he dared to keep his mouth sealed. Actually, he was the first person she could talk to in more than a year she has been locked here, but seeing his silent and expressionless face, she was feeling even more lonely than she already was. She just wanted to make him speak by hook or by crook.


    "Do you think I am crazy?" The girl asked him, a solemn expression on her fragile face.


    The boy blinked at him as if to ask her what she meant by the sentence? Well, it was right she was a little crazy sometimes but most of the time, she was just...her.


    "Why am I even talking to you?" She turned her gaze from him and looked at the closed door and sighed in defeat. " I won''t trouble you with all my talking, but I am really lonely, and if you don''t want me to disturb you, just say it."


    The boy just stared at her but didn''t speak.


    Zhenyi huffed and attempted to stand up, seething, but the chain on her legs didn''t allow her to move.


    "A-are you alright?" His hoarse voice graced her unused ears.


    Her eyes widened as she looked at him. "If I know getting hurt can make you speak, I will have done it ages ago."


    He didn''t reply, just told her with his eyes not to get hurt again as if it pained him.


    And after that he didn''t say anything and neither she urged him to.


    Days passed or perhaps months too since he had joined him inside the basement and some days he would utter some words much to little Zhenyi''s delight, and other days he would just keep mum as usual.


    One lucky day, something happened and he spoke. Neither of Zhenyis noticed how and what transpired in the room. The little Zhenyi was asleep and the other one was lost somewhere when they heard his voice.


    "Unchain her now!" His voice rang, astonishing both of them.


    The boy had pointed the de at the throat of a man who once pped Zhenyi in front of him and only he knew how badly he wanted to kill him there and then.


    "Little boy, back off. You are ying with fire and trust me, it didn''t suit you." The men tried to threaten the boy but he was not the one to back off.


    All along he was of the view that what could a weak boy such as him could do? But now that he had seen the murderous aura surrounding him, he realized that how wrong he had been.


    The boy dug the de a little deeper into the man''s throat and said," I will count to five. Unchain her or be ready to die. You should know one thing that I have no one waiting for me at home and I am not even afraid of death and so I do not fear you, but you have something to lose here. Therefore, you must know what to choose here now!"


    "Even if I unlocked the chain, you won''t be able to run from here. You don''t even know where you are."


    "That''s our headache and it has nothing to do with you at all."


    And just like this, he freed Zhenyi from the chain.


    The boy looked at Zhenyi and said," Leave through the door and wait for me outside. I will join in five minutes. Go out."


    And it didn''t take a genius to know why he persuaded Zhenyi to leave the room first. He didn''t want to kill the scum in front of her. She had seen enough of the darkness and didn''t want her to see more of it.


    Once he joined her outside the basement, they ran. Call it the miracle or whatever, but they didn''t meet anyone outside who could stop them from running from this awful ce.


    He gripped her little hands in his slightly bigger ones and gave out a genuine smile as he saw her giggling at him, her eyes twinkling with immense happiness.


    She was happy that she left that ce.


    After more than a year, she left the ce.


    But her heart was heavy. She lost too much more than she had gained.


    Even a little girl knew that she hadmitted an unforgivable sin.


    She had been the reason for her mother''s and sister''s death.


    "Why do you help me?" The girl asked him, she looked back to see if they were following him.


    "Don''t look back, just run."


    "You don''t even talk to me then why will you help me?" She asked him instead. She had all ns of bombarding him with one question after another. Who asked him to give her the silent treatment?


    He let out an embarrassed smile. "That¡­"


    He didn''t stop running but he indeed looked at her and said," I don''t know how to speak or talk. I''m also surprised that how with you, it''s so natural? I''m sorry if I hurt you."


    Zhenyi shook her head at him. " Then, you have nothing to be embarrassed about. So, what if you don''t know how to talk, even though I don''t know the majority of the things. I will teach you how to talk, okay?"


    "Thank you!" The boy felt warm inside his heart. When was thest time someone talked to him so gently? Never.


    ----


    On the other side.


    "Doctor, what''s happening to my wife?" The anxious Long Jie screamed as the doctors themselves couldn''t get what was wrong with the patient.


    "Mr. Long, we have been trying our best to protect Mrs. Long but no matter what we do, she is not responding. Her pulse is getting faint again," the worried and confused doctors tried to tell the family about her condition.


    "Then, why the hell are you called doctors? Get out of here, if you can''t save her!" Long Jie screeched.


    He knew he shouldn''t behave like a mad man now but what could he do? He had been waiting for her to wake up now for thest five days. The earlier three days were rtively easier to pass without her but now each passing moment, he was feeling that he might lose her now. He was on pins and needles. How could he let her leave him now?


    "Sir, we are trying our best. Please, cooperate with us. We have already informed you that if she didn''t wake up in the definite time, she might faceplications again." The other doctor tried to exin them.


    "Son, you have to control your emotions!" The voice belongs to Long Shaoming. He had never seen Long Jie out of control ever. It was a first for him too. He didn''t know that the girl he chose for his son would affect him in such away. Only if he knew before¡­


    Long Jie nced at him and let out a sneer.


    He didn''t call any of them here. They came here on their own ord. So, why couldn''t they keep their mouth sealed?


    Outside the room.


    "Master, aren''t you going in?" Ryuu''s assistant spoke as he looked at his aggrieved master. He had been consuming cigarettes after cigarettes that was not good for his health at all.


    "Will she be alright?" Ryuu asked instead. He might try to look as calm as he usually was, but today he was worried beyond words.


    Five days of great agony. Five days of wait. But still, there was no news about her recovery at all, instead, it was getting worse at all. He was called the omnipotent Ryuu, when no one knew the way, he just knew but today, even he was helpless and powerless and it was not a good feeling at all.


    "Doctor is treating her, Master. Miss Xin will be alright."


    "Out of my sight," Ryuu ordered. "Now!"


    ''Damm this stubborn Assistant!'' He knew his assistant would turn his gaze but wouldn''t leave him alone at all as if he was his greatest enemy but what could he do instead of gritting his teeth in anger!


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 Chapter 174 - Falling Off The Bridge

    "Help me!"


    It was the scene that was branded into Zhenyi''s mind like a tattoo. There was nothing memorable about this scene in a good sense, but still, it was impossible for Zhenyi to forget it either. How could you forget something that had been the subject of your constant nightmares?


    Surely, anyone wouldn''t be able to forget it too.


    The young Zhenyi was hanging from a bridge, screaming for help. Below her was a flowing river. The speed of the water was terrifying and so was the picture ying before her eyes.


    She was thrown into the river in an attempt to kill her but they said who could kill the mortal that God Himself is meaning to protect? That was why, when she was tossed into the river, her hand caught the iron railing in the end moment.


    Call it God''s will or whatever! But Zhenyi knew one thing that she couldn''t lose hope in the end.


    "Hold my hand!" The boy emerged all of a sudden, astonishing Zhenyi.


    They were supposed to go separate ways as the boy was sessful in contacting his father who would send him help shortly. Zhenyi was supposed to hide at their determined ce until he woulde back to her but as he went out to finish his task, the men who were searching for the two children found Zhenyi. No matter how strong she was, she was not capable enough of fighting those trained and well-built men, after all, she was merely a nine years old child who hadn''t even seen the outer world in almost a year.


    Zhenyi blinked her eyes at him. She didn''t know if she should be happy or worried. Yes, she wanted someone to save her but she didn''t want him toe back to save her either, because she knew those people would hurt him too.


    "Why are you here?" Though she was hung from a brode, she still had the courage to ask him a very unreasonable question.


    "To fulfill my promise," came a sharp reply.


    He knew she was a stubborn little thing. " Didn''t you say I am like a knight to you?" He smiled at her. "I am here to protect my damsel in distress."


    "I don''t want you to save me. Go back." Her vision was blurring and her hold on the iron railing was losing. " They will catch you again and I don''t want you to get hurt because of me. So, please go back."


    "Give me your hand," said the boy,pletely ignoring her bbering. "Consider it a favor. Let me save you, please. We have yet to get to know each other. Don''t you think we need to be safe to know each other?"


    "Your dad will be searching for you, go to him. I don''t even know how to go back to my home." Tears started streaming down her cheeks. She was so brave yet so soft at her heart. He couldn''t bear to see her hurt.


    He leaned forward and tried to hold her hand. He was not very tall either but he managed to hold her hand. If he pulled her in a single try, he would be able to get her out of here but if not¡­


    God knew how, but he managed to get Zhenyi out of the situation and when she was on the ground, he saw her bleeding beneath her clothes. She had been stabbed in the stomach. He didn''t know how she had been holding until now.


    He shook her body as if not to let her sleep. He didn''t know what to do in such a situation, but one thing he knew was that if she slept now, perhaps he would not be able to see her awake.


    "Talk to me!" He shouted.


    "My stomach is hurting," said Zhenyi, weakly.


    "Of course, it will hurt, dummy. You have been hurt. Please hold on, my dad will be here. He can get us out of this situation."


    She didn''t know how but Zhenyi realized one thing that he was not happy to go back with his father and it wasn''t hard to assume that he just contacted her because of her.


    "Are you hearing me?" He asked.


    Seeing that she was not responding to him, he tried to provoke her because he realized that she was not very good at provoking. "You don''t even tell me your name and you still dare to ignore me by pretending to sleep in front of me."


    "For a man who assures that he doesn''t know how to talk, you sure have a wicked tongue," came a prompt sharp reply.


    "Well,pared to you I am still nobody." He tried to lighten the situation but only if he could.


    He didn''t stop talking to her. "Tell me how are you gonna pay me back since I saved your life not once or twice but several times."


    "You can make me your ve since I have nowhere to go," said Zhenyi half-jokingly.


    She didn''t know how to go back to her family or if they would ever ept her back. She had been the reason for her mother''s and sister''s death so maybe her family would hate her too. She stole her father of his wife and her brother of his mother. She deserved to be hated.


    "Don''t talk like that. We will look for your family," the boy chided her. He really wanted to help and that''s why the boy who had a goalless and meaningless life, found his objective in saving her life even if he had to risk his for her. "Do you know something about your family that can help us to find them?" He questioned her.


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 Chapter 175 - The End Of Dream

    "Don''t talk like that. We will look for your family," the boy chided her. He really wanted to help and that''s why the boy who had a goalless and meaningless life, found his objective in saving her life even if he had to risk his for her. "Do you know something about your family that can help us to find them?" He questioned her.


    Zhenyi was lying sickly on the ground. She was attempting to get up and remember what he was trying to say, but she just couldn''t.


    "Do you remember where you used to live? Any address or something?" He questioned her again.


    Zhenyi weakly shook her head.


    She remembered something that once Ryuu made her remember some numbers as he said they were ying a game and in order to y it, they had to remember it. Many people may find it weird but Xins knew that no matter how strong their security would be, but their kids would always be in danger and that''s why they made them remember a number once their kids started talking and thus, Zhenyi waspelled to remember it too and miraculously she remembered it until now. Actually, she used to rey every memory she had of the outer world in her head so she wouldn''t forget it, or sometimes, she would draw doodles on the ground.


    "I know a number. I don''t know what it was for, but my parents made me remember it and my dad used to make me repeat it every day when we were together," said Zhenyi.


    "Do you, now?"


    She nodded.


    He picked her up on his back and started searching for the way he took before. Surely, somebody would help them, but little did they know that the enemies had found them again.


    Many hourster, they found a locality. It seemed people lived here. At that time, not many people used to have phones but in the end, they found one.


    The boy didn''t know if the number was right or not but he attempted to push his luck and after a few tries, the number really got connected.


    "The number connected," the boy yelled as he looked at Zhenyi''s pale face. She seemed to have gained a little strength as she heard him. He passed her the receiver.


    The person on the other side of the line seemed to have grown impatient as nobody was talking.


    "Who is on the phone?" The voice on the other side of the phone said.


    Zhenyi recognized the voice even after so many months. She still remembered the voice.


    "R-ryu" the tears she was holding until now broke free as if someone had unlocked the dam.


    "Zhenyi?" Ryuu asked, stunned.


    "Ry-Ryuu,e soon. They killed Mama and the baby. Come, R-Ryuu!"


    "Where are you now?"


    "I don''t know!"


    "Is there someone close to you?"


    And that''s how Ryuu reached his sister.


    It was a miracle for the Xin family because in their hearts they had epted that Zhenyi was dead along with her mother. People working in Xin residence used to say that in those years, Xin Yichen had gone insane. He killed numerous people for no reason at all. Their trades were failing and within two years, Xin empire was on the brink of extinction as the current leader of the n was destroying it himself and his father did nothing to stop them.


    The fourteen years old Ryuu was burdened with the responsibilities of her mother''s n. When everyone expected that thest descendants of the Tang n were killed, Tang Reine''s teenage son emerged out of nowhere spilling water on the decades-old plotting and nning. Nobody could stop him from upying the throne-like position of the Tang family. Although he was merely a teenager, he was feared and admired by everyone. Never had they ever imagined that such a great personality would be borne by Tang Reine.


    Tang Reine''s death changed the history of two families. Xin Yichen and Xin empire were ending but one day a phone call changed everything.


    It was like Xin Yichen got a reason to live again. He had never expected that he would find his daughter ever and that too alive, but he did. And that day, he vowed to protect and cherish her more than any treasure in the world.


    But his daughter was broken beyond repair.


    ----


    That''s how Zhenyi''s dream ended. She indeed met her family in the end but it was toote. The boy who protected her was nowhere to be found. She remembered her knight but earlier she didn''t know she had lost him too.


    She had been lied to and deceived all her life and now she didn''t know who to trust and who to not.


    She didn''t know why she didn''t have those fragments of memories before but she just knew her father definitely had a hand in it.


    She was still on her knees and crying. Who was she crying for? For her mother? For her sister? Or for all the people who suffered protecting her?


    She didn''t deserve to live.


    She saw how Ryuu came and protected her. She saw how she wanted to follow them inside the hospital but a supernatural force was not allowing her to. It was not a supernatural force but rather a mental wall.


    She saw how he cried when he finally found her.


    Zhenyi looked at herself. She was even more transparent now and anytime she could fade. She thought it was because she would being back to her world soon but instead, it was because of her fainting heartbeat.


    And suddenly, she fell into a deep abyss. She could feel herself falling deeper and deeper. She didn''t try to fight it. She just didn''t want to fight for her survival. She was tired. Too tired now.


    She was being selfish and she was absolutely aware of it but she didn''t know how to face herself after waking up so she just embraced the slumber and prayed never to wake up again.


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 Chapter 176 - Family In Distress.

    The whole Xin family was left baffled and apprehensive as Zhenyi''s condition worsened all of a sudden. Though for Long Jie, it was like his heart stopped beating inside his chest. It was not tough for Long Jie only but every person rted to her.


    Even the Long family seemed to be more on edge. Long Shaoming was disturbed, perhaps even more anxious than any other member of his family with the exception of Long Jie, and was praying fervently for Zhenyi to wake up. It was not like he genuinely cared about her but if she died, the rtions between the two failed would be worse than ever.


    However, the same couldn''t be said for Grandmother Mian (Long Jie''s grandmother). She was genuinely worried about Zhenyi. She stood outside Zhenyi''s room and saw Ming Jia sitting along with her daughter. Of course, she knew Ming Jia as she along with Tang Reine were friends with her eldest son who was now dead.


    "Auntie?" Ming Jia''s gaze fell on Grandma Mian.


    She smiled and patted her head lovingly. "How are you, Jia?"


    "I''m good. How are you?" questioned Ming Jia. She didn''t remember when was thest time she saw the elderly woman. It was before she left for abroad, right? She was feeling so guilty right now but they said what could you do except killing yourself with guilt for the things that had never been in your hands.


    "I''m doing quite well," said the elderly woman with a chuckle but Ming Jia knew that she was struck with endless grief. The death of her son had immensely affected her. It not only affected her but Tang Reine too. She and he were like the best of buddies but his death changed many things.


    Ming Jia hugged her and wept. "I''m sorry, Auntie. I couldn''te to meet you all these years. I know Ah- Shaan will never forgive me for leaving his mother alone. But¡­"


    "I know, child. These years have been hard on you. " Grandma Mian was not the one to me anyone for anything. She knew after her son''s death how the dynamics of two families changed to even more unpleasant than before


    " That''s your daughter?" Grandma Mian asked as both of them turned towards Aria who was watching them with curious eyes.


    Ming Jia nodded. "Aria, that''s your Grandma Mian, greet her."


    Aria greeted her like the good girl she was.


    "How''s Zhenyi?" Grandma Mian asked them.


    "We don''t know yet. She was fine two days ago but all of a sudden her condition started deteriorating and even doctors can''t say anything until now," Ming Jia informed.


    Grandma Mian sighed. " Reine had led a very hard life. She was burdened with very heavy responsibilities at such a young age and no matter how much she tried to ease her children''s childhood, she was not able to. Zhenyi''s life is not easy either and now she is fighting with death all alone. God forbid if something happens to her,how will Long Jie cope? I can''t watch Long Jie ending himself as Xin Yichen did all those years ago."


    Ming Jia shuddered as the memories hit her like the gust of wind. "No auntie, let''s not talk about that time, please." She wouldn''t dare to imagine that time ever. It was forbidden to talk about it in the Xin residence. Nheless, that was not a pleasant period of time at all. Ming Jia paused and after gathering the courage that she most certainly needed, she continued. "Nothing will happen to our Zhenyi. She will be alright. She came back to us when we didn''t even think that she ever would, but she did in the end. Let''s pray for the best."


    She agreed. Grandma Mian truly wanted to see Zhenyi leading a happy and fulfilling life that her mother was not able to live. Her grandson didn''t have the best life either but he seemed to have changed a lot after meeting her. She loved both of them too much to ever wish for them to be separated.


    They were made for each other and she really, really prayed that God wouldn''t take this chance away from them.


    "Where is Ryuu?" Grandma Mian looked here and there but couldn''t find him. She and Ryuu had been more connected to each other than anyone had ever reckoned. She was hoping to find him as she wanted to have a very important talk with him.


    Ming Jia let out a painful smile. "Isn''t our Ryuu the most unluckiest sometimes, he couldn''t be with his family when he needed them the most? We can''t even imagine how it will be affecting him but what can we do? If not for Reine''s bizarre fondness for secrets, perhaps we would have lost Ryuu too."


    Grandma Mian understood that Ryuu was somewhere around them but couldn''te out. She really felt terrible for that kid, but she couldn''t say anything about it because Tang Reine was right all along.


    They just sat on the sofa and waited for the doctor toe out but seeing the running and anxious nurses, they knew that the doctors still didn''t have any answers for them like always.


    "Auntie, you came alone?" questioned Ming Jia in an attempt to change the topic.


    "No, Lily came with me."


    "What?" Ming Jia said in shock. She schooled her expression and said, " She better not start or utter anything that she shouldn''t,otherwise I swear thatI will beat that spoiled princess. All these years have passed but her princess syndrome has yet to leave."


    Grandma Mian shrugged her shoulders as if she was not involved in it and left with Ming Jia. The argument between Ming Jia and Song Lily was inevitable because both of them had one thing inmon -- Tang Reine.


    One person loved Tang Reine to the death and other hated her existence to the core.


    ----


    "Bro, will she be alright?" Aria asked Sam as she ced her head on his shoulder.


    Sam was supposed to leave a few days ago for the mission Ryuu had assigned him for but due to Zhenyi''s sudden worsening condition, he refused to leave so soon and Ryuu didn''t insist. She mattered a lot to both of them.


    "She has toe back to us, kiddo. Moreover, where else would she go? Do you think the grim reaper wants her? Definitely not." Sam had been trying to lighten up Aria''s mood but he also knew it was not working at all, but what else could he do? ept that he was scared and he had no answers for his sister.


    Zhenyi, Sam and Aria grew up together. After Zhenyi''s kidnapping incident, Xin Yichen left the country with her and didn''te back for a long time. Ryuu lived with his grandparents here in this country but Xin Yichen never let him ever feel that he had been far from him. Zhenyi and Sam grew up like siblings and Aria had been so little back then and so she was like a baby to them.


    Although, Zhenyi didn''t remember then that she had lost a baby sister, yet she loved Aria like she had loved that sibling of hers.


    Thus, the rtionship between them could be defined as if they were siblings.


    Her health had put everyone in great distress. She had more enemies that one could count but she was lucky enough to get the best family in the whole wide world.


    ----


    "Dad?" Xin Yichen said, startled as his gaze fell on his father. A nurse was pushing his wheelchair towards him.


    " Yichen, I''m still alive but you dared to hide such a news from me, do you think that I''m dead?" Xin Yanmo said, seething. How could he not know that something was wrong in his house, given the way everyone was behaving around him these days? He wouldn''t forgive his son for hiding that his precious granddaughter was hurt so badly.


    "Dad, you know that was not my intention--"


    "If anything happens to her Yichen, I will turn the world upside down. Mark my words!"


    Xin Yichen knew that his father was not joking. He would literally turn the world upside down if something were to happen to Zhenyi.


    Three days ago, when he and Long Jie were arguing over another matter none of them had expected a doctor toe running towards them and inform them of her worsening condition. They left everything there and ran towards her room. They were helpless as they couldn''t do anything but see her losing hope in front of them.


    "Dad, doctors are trying their best. Zhenyi will be alright," assured Xin Yichen, but he didn''t know who he was trying to assure his father or him.


    God forbid, if something happened to either of his children, how would he live? He couldn''t even imagine his life with them gone.


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 Chapter 177 - She Came Back.

    The monitor was beeping. Loudly and endlessly. It was a sign that she was still here. She was still breathing the same air as him, she was still under the same sky he was and she was still fighting for her life as much as he was for hers.


    The room was empty as everyone had gone out now. Including the doctors. They said it was up to God now. They all were liars. Big fat liars. How could they say that she didn''t wish to wake up as this was the reason that she was responding to the treatment? Was he the same fool he was years ago that he would ept their lousy excuse for their failure?


    No, he was a big man now. Could take care of himself and those he loved. And he definitely would take care of her.


    So, he was sitting on the floor with his head on his knees and doing what he was supposed to. What he never did before meeting her.


    He was...


    Praying and praying.


    He made a deal with someone who was even worse than the devil. They said don''t make the deal with the devil and so, he made a deal with the God, but apparently, even He screwed him over. All of them are these days.


    Their Almighty God already took a piece of him earlier and now He was hell bent on taking the existence of his life away from him.She was not the bane of his existence anymore but the reason for his existence.


    She was his salvation, redemption, and the biggest sin, all wrapped in one package.


    He stood up and walked near her. He kneeled on the ground and touched her pallid and bruised face.


    "Don''t leave me, Cat eyes. Please. I beg you. Don''t take my reason for living away from me. I don''t know how to live anymore without you. I can''t even begin to imagine my life without you. Come back to me, please."


    The woman was far, far away from him, while he was sitting next to her begging her toe back to him.


    Desperation.


    Powerlessness.


    Helplessness.


    And torment.


    They all were his best friends these days. They were hellbent on not leaving him and had been upying the biggest spot in his life. It was not like he didn''t deserve it, but she didn''t deserve all of this.


    Deep down, he knew she woulde back to him. It was only a matter of time, right?


    She was everything he needed. He loved everything she had.


    Her bravery.


    Her wickedness.


    Her strength.


    Her weakness.


    Her selfishness.


    Everything. He loved and needed everything she had to offer to him.


    ---


    Thirty-two hours, thirty minutes, and countless prayerster.


    "Hi," Long Jie whispered.


    She blinked, dull eyes staring up at him in confusion, like she was wondering if it were another of her tormenting and unending nightmares.


    If he was real.


    If she was granted another chance in this life. Again.


    If she didn''t deserve it. Yet again.


    She was lost. She still was. She always would be.


    He almost lost her. Almost.


    Death was so, so close to her.


    Her body rejected the treatment. Rejected the medication. Rejected what this world had to offer to her.


    She was dying but it was he who was feeling the ache.


    He had begged Him and her to take him with her if she was leaving him alone to die in the world alone without her.


    "Jie." Tears descended her eyes as if stars were descending on the earth.


    He didn''t like tears in her eyes. It was burning his heart like no other thing that had burned him before. But right now, he was ready to ept anything she had to offer. Even her tears. He was desperate. He was starving. He was dying. And she was his only visceral need.


    "I''ve got you, Love. I''ve got you. I''m right here. I''m never leaving you alone ever."


    He touched her face so softly, so gently that she would break if he tried harder. Her tears came with even more fleetness as she felt his touches.


    "Is it hurting somewhere?" Long Jie asked in bewilderment as her tears didn''t stop. He has never seen her with such anguished expressions ever. What had just happened to her?


    She tried to shake her head but couldn''t, but Long Jie understood what she was meaning to gesture.


    "Let me call the doctor," said Long Jie as he stood up in bewilderment, confusion, and dismay.


    "Don''t," came her reply in a very hoarse voice. He turned to look at her. "P-please don''t call anyone right now. Please¡­"


    "Zhenyi--"


    "Please, just for a few minutes. I''m not in pain. Just don''t want to see anyone right now."


    Zhenyi''s request was very odd and Long Jie had no intention to fulfill it either but one look at her and he couldn''t move. She was trying to stop the sobs from escaping her throat. In her condition, it was very difficult to even cry and he could see the pain on her face.


    But her eyes carried a different kind of ache. The kind of ache which was not physical but rather emotional. It was piercing his heart into a gazillion pieces and yet he didn''t know how to console her.


    "Please." And that was it. His undoing.


    He stopped and kneeled beside her in defeat.


    "I can''t stop it," she said looking at him as if she was on the verge of copsing and she truly was.


    Long Jie understood that she was trying to say that she couldn''t stop crying.


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 Chapter 178 - Her Cries

    "I can''t stop it," she said looking at him as if she was on the verge of copsing.


    Long Jie understood that she was trying to say that she couldn''t stop crying.


    But why was she crying? Did she know about the baby?


    "Why?" He wanted to ask her directly but couldn''t utter the exact word.


    "I don''t know, " she whispered. "But I don''t want to cry either. It makes me feel like a weakling."


    He caressed her face and brushed the tendrils of her hair off her face that was peeking out of the dressing on her head.


    "You are anything but weak in my eyes, Zhenyi. Everything about your screams strength and bravery. Cry, Love, if you want to for whatever reason."


    He smiled at her. "No questions asked."


    Though she was attached to machines, yet he managed to hold her in his arms. Her face connected to his chest. And so she wept. For whatever reasons he didn''t know and he had no intention of asking either. But he would be there apanying her in her new fight against grief.


    She had so much to know but it was not the right time. She was hurt beyond words this time. But not just physically.


    Inside these four walls, she wept for all the things she lost. She wept for her mother. She wept for her sister. She wept for her father. She wept for the boy who shouldn''t have saved her by sacrificing his own. She wept for herself who had to pick up her pieces all over again. And she wept for whatever fate had for her in stores.


    After her crying session, she fell asleep in his arms again. But this time, he knew that she was sleeping temporarily due to exhaustion. Heid her down on the bed, kissed her cheek, and left the room to call for the doctor.


    ---


    "Do you feel ufortable somewhere, princess?" Xin Yichen asked worriedly. "Should I call the doctor again to check you? Does it pain too much? Tell me if you feel pain somewhere?"


    "B¨¤--"


    "Don''t try to talk, okay? It''s painful to even talk right now. Rest well. Sleep if you want to. Oh, no, don''t sleep. Last time, you went--"


    "B¨¤!"


    Xin Yichen stopped bbering as he heard her whisper yell. It seemed like he was on pins and needles as he tried to talk to her. Since when did he get so nervous even to talk to her daughter? He was feeling so guilty right now. He was hiding such a matter from his daughter and it was eating him slowly but he couldn''t tell her either.


    "B¨¤, go out and rest. Please, take my husband with you," said Zhenyi as she cast a look in Long Jie''s direction.


    "I''m not going anywhere!" Long Jie said stubbornly.


    "B¨¤, tell him that he is smelling depressing right now. Trust me, the odor is even worse than that of police and medicines."


    Long Jie nced at her and she refused to give him her attention. "I''m not going anywhere and definitely not leaving you alone in this haunted room."


    "You look even worse than a puppy whose owner has left him, Jie. At least take a bath for my sake. By the way, when was thest time you even washed your face?" Zhenyi said, cocking her eyes in his direction.


    He pressed his lips in a thin line, refusing to answer.


    Thus, a few minutester Long Jie left Xin Yichen''s room to take the bath that he very well needed right now because he really stank.


    *Click!*


    Zhenyi opened her eyes abruptly as she heard the click of the unlocking of the window. She resisted the urge to roll her eyes at the thief-like entry of the visitor. Well, to be honest, she had been expecting him.


    "Did I disturb your beauty sleep, Angel?" Ryuu said, took the stool, and sat on it. He took an orange out of the fruit basket ced on the table near her and started peeling the orange.


    "Yes, you did. What are you gonna do to make it up to me?" She retorted.


    He popped the piece of orange in his mouth as if it was a candy. "Take my life, Angel, if you want."


    "Shut up, big brother. How can you joke about your life so casually?" Hurt flowed from her voice as she choked on words.


    "Hey, I''m sorry. I really didn''t mean to hurt you. I swear on mom, Angel," said Ryuu instinctively as he saw tears flowing down her eyes.


    He wiped her tears away with the pad of his thumb. "Angel, what happened?"


    He really, really had a very bad feeling about it.


    She tried to shake her head. "Don''t talk about your life casually again."


    "I will never. I swear," said Ryuu as he pinched his neck as if they were still kids.


    "I''m sorry, Big brother," Zhenyi whispered as she felt another caress on her skin.


    "What for?" Ryuu asked her back.


    "For everything. For making you worry. For disobeying you. For not taking your calls that day. For calling your instinct silly. And for making you stay with grandpa under the same roof for so many days," Zhenyi said, but thest one was an attempt at humor.


    "I''ve yet to meet the old man," Ryuu muttered under his breath.


    "What?" Zhenyi asked as if she had not heard him.


    "Nothing. And stop calling Big Brother. It''s giving me sad vibes, Angel, and trust me I don''t like the way you are looking at me with those teary eyes of yours," Ryuu said.


    Zhenyi stifled a yawn but dared not to close her eyes. She was afraid of what nightmares she would encounter now.


    "Sleep, Angel. I will be here guarding you. No one can hurt you ever. I won''t let them. I promise. Sleep as much as you want to. Your brother is gonna fight all the monsters."


    And truly she fell asleep in his presence soundly.


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 Chapter 179 - Two Months Later

    Two monthster.


    "Have you seen Zhenyi?" asked Xin Yichen as he just came out of her room. He had been looking for her since the morning but couldn''t find her and so he was quite restless.


    These days he usually gets anxious for no reason at all, especially when it involves his daughter.


    "Master, Young Miss has been strolling in the garden. She asked us to tell you not to worry about her." the servant informed him, but it did nothing to ease his anxiousness.


    How could he not be worried when he had all of more reasons to be worried about her?


    Xin Yichen ignored the servants and headed towards the garden where Zhenyi was supposed to be, but on the way, he met a worried Long Jie.


    "B¨¤, have you seen Zhenyi?" questioned Long Jie concernedly. He had been looking for his wife for an hour now but couldn''t find her. She was too good at hiding.


    Xin Yichen rolled his eyes. " No. But, she sent the message and asked us not to worry about her."


    "Who is worried about her?" Long Jie scoffed. Clearly, he was not worried about her, right?


    "She is in the garden," Xin Yichen told Long Jie. In these two months, the pair of father and son-inw seemed to have grown closer to each other. Sometimes, it felt like they were an actual father and son duo.


    "Again?" Long Jie furrowed his brows in predicament. "She has been spending too much time in the garden these days. She spends the majority of her day looking nkly at the garden."


    In these two months, many things have changed. The Qin family decided to settle down in China permanently. Aria seemed to have moved on from the scum from the Chen family and seeing somebody new. Sam went to the mission Ryuu had assigned him to but he didn''t forget to call and harass Zhenyi twice a day. Grandma Mian had beening to Xin residence frequently to meet Zhenyi.


    And Ryuu being Ryuu went missing again and it didn''t surprise Xin Yichen anymore but he too had been frequentlying to meet her. Zhenyi had decided to step down from her position in Xin Cooperation and the outfit for a while as she said that she needed time to herself but both Xin Yichen and Long Jie knew that it was nothing but an excuse.


    If one had to ask what was troubling both of them about her the most, it had to be her acting normal because they knew that she was anything but fine. She had not been like her normal selftely.


    Since the day she woke up, she has been focussing on getting better or maybe it was what she was trying to show them. They were not ignorant to not notice her suspicious behaviour but they were behaving as if everything was alright when it clearly was not.


    She was polite and easy to talk to these days yet it felt she was so far from them. She would always reply with a smile but Long Jie didn''t know why but it never reached her eyes. It was not like her signature sarcastic or mocking smile but rather it looked like a painful grimace.


    In short, it looked so ugly on her face.


    Long Jie saw Zhenyi sitting on the perimeter of the vast fountain that stood in the middle of therge garden of Xin mansion. She was staring at the falling water and her hand was trying to catch the bubbles of water. One look at her and he knew, she was lost somewhere, but no matter what, he couldn''t get where?


    It was as if all his questions were meant to be unanswered. She was notpletely healed yet, but she was making rapid progress oddly enough. The burns on her skin had healed but the brown scars were yet to fade and it didn''t trouble Zhenyi at all.


    Sometimes, she would spend the day staring at her scarred hands. And other times, she would just look at him, but she was not exactly looking at him. It seemed that she was trying to see someone else in him and it pained him to no end, but he loved her too much and couldn''t bear to see her in pain, so he would do anything in his hands to entice her.


    To have a one genuine smile on her face, he was willing to do anything.


    To have his Zhenyi back, he was doing everything he thought he should.


    But no matter what he did, it just was not enough.


    She was lost and he needed to bring her back to him.


    "Go ahead," said Xin Yichen as he patted Long Jie''s shoulder.


    Others may not notice but he was Zhenyi''s father, he could see he was affecting her daughter these days. She would be alright in front of everyone else, but whenever she would face him, she would just blink at him as if she was blinking her tears away, and it was hurting Xin Yichen so much but he would just try to hide his pain beneath his charming smile. He didn''t know what he did to make his daughter so nervous in his presence.


    She would look at him with those guilty eyes of hers as if she hadmitted a crime but it was the other way round. Hiding about her miscarriage was taking a toll on his body and mind but he was pretending to be better for her sake.


    They were doing better, weren''t they? His daughter was physically well and healthier than before, what else did he need? Everything was going well now.


    He had been chanting this mantra for a few months now.


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 Chapter 180 - Miss Her

    Long Jie nodded at his father-inw.


    He walked in her direction and sat beside her. Noticing someone beside her, she turned around only to find Long Jie staring at her. She gave him her recent well-practiced smile.


    He scooted close to her and pulled her closer to his chest. "You scared me, do you know it?"


    Zhenyi blinked at him.


    "Of course, you don''t," Long Jie muttered under his breath.


    These days she had been scaring him a lot. Her behavior, her mood, everything about her was scaring him to the core but he never talked about it loud because he knew if he asked questions, she would distance herself from him like she had been doingtely.


    He put his hand in the water and sprinkled the drops of water on her face.


    "What are you doing?" She couldn''t help but ask as he sprinkled water on her face. She just took a bath this morning and now he was getting her again.


    "Washing the sadness away from my wife''s beautiful face," came the reply.


    "So cheesy!" She said, looking at the water again. She couldn''t face him without wanting to run in a different direction without having to face anyone. That way it had been easy. If she didn''t see their faces, she wouldn''t remember her nightmares. All old and new included.


    They said that the thing about running from your past is it always catches up to you.


    Something simr to it had been happening to Zhenyitely. It was better as long as she didn''t remember what she had caused? What mayhem she had been responsible for? It was truly alright as long as she didn''t remember but now?


    They also said that the ghosts of every mistake you had ever made would constantly hunt you till you won''t break down and shatter into so many tiny, tiny pieces that you won''t be able to recognize yourself. But these ghosts always watch you from the sidelines and seek pleasure from your misery.


    Zhenyi was being the prey to the demons of her past, she was letting them inflict torture and misery on herself as she believed she deserved it.


    Atonement -- that''s what she had been trying to seek by inflicting pain on herself.


    But only if it was so easy to have...


    "Want to have breakfast here?" Long Jie asked, ignoring the fact that she was lost in her thoughts again.


    "Here?" Zhenyi came out of stupid, and turned around to look at him, and asked in surprise.


    Long Jie nodded. "You seem to like this ce, so why not have breakfast here?"


    Zhenyi leaned against his chest, seeking warmth and tenderness. Lord knew how much she needed.


    "I''m sorry, Jie."She didn''t know if Long Jie heard his whisper or not.


    "Breakfast?" Long Jie asked with a smile.


    She nodded and he signed in relief. When Zhenyi was not looking towards him, he gave a thumbs up to his father-inw as if to drop worrying and he had got it.


    ---


    The breakfast was arranged on the table in the middle of the beautiful garden. It was nothing heavy but quite simple and healthy. Long Jie was sitting on the chair next to Zhenyi.


    He fed her thest remaining bite on her te and sighed in relief.


    "Try this," said Long Jie as he tried to serve her another healthy dish.


    Zhenyi held her hand on the te and shook her head. "I can''t. I''m really full."


    He scowled at no one. Zhenyi nced at him and she could swear that the scowl he had worn on his face looked too beautiful.


    "I swear, Love," said Zhenyi mimicking his recent nickname for her.


    "Zhenyi," Long Jie groaned.


    Zhenyi looked at him, slowly and very innocently blinking at him.


    "You aren''t eating enough," Long Jie said with aint.


    "I really am full. Seriously. "


    Long Jie sighed. "I still can''t win from you."


    He shoved another te in front of her.


    "What?" Zhenyi raised her brow.


    "Medicines."


    "Uhuh¡­" She swallowed them with great disgust.


    A genuine emotion on her face after so long, so what if it''s that of disgust.


    She stood up and said while looking at him," The patient is off to her room again."


    Long Jie ignored the patient''s remark and pulled her into hisp. She didn''t resist his touch instead she seemed to have been starved of it. He didn''t kiss her these days. Of course, he would drop numerous pecks on his face but they didn''t count in kisses.


    As she settled on hisp, he propped his head on her shoulder and circled his arms around his waist in possession.


    He inhaled her unique scent and calmed his senses.


    "I miss you, Cat eyes," Long Jie whispered as his lips moved to his neck.


    Her heart stretched tight as she heard the raw ache in his voice. She shouldn''t feel guilty then why was she? She had been trying to be a good wife to him these days but he would turn down all her advances.


    "Why? I have been in front of you all the time. Then, why do you miss me?" Zhenyi''s supposed to be neutral voice betrayed her. It was anything but neutral.


    "Yes, you''re. You are always in front of my eyes. I can''t even move my eyes from you yet I can''t stop myself from missing you. Why is it so, Cat eyes?" questioned Long Jie as he pressed a kiss on her hair.


    Silence. That''s how she answered him.


    She stood up from hisp and started walking frantically towards her room. Her current sanctuary. Her haven. When she heard him say," But why do I feel like that you missed yourself too. That you don''t recognize what you have be. That you don''t know what path to chose to walk home. That you want to walk home but something is stopping you. That you miss me too as much as I miss you even though we are still by each other''s side."


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 Chapter 181 - Liars

    "What happened?" Xin Yichen asked as Long Jie slumped on the sofa beside him in defeat.


    "I hurt her again," he said in a small voice and rubbed his hands over his face in exasperation.


    Just what the hell was he thinking when he pushed her emotionally all of a sudden?


    "I''m sorry, B¨¤," Long Jie apologized sincerely.


    Xin Yichen sighed. He knew Long Jie was sincerely sorry and wouldn''t do anything to hurt Zhenyi intentionally. He had been seeing how Long Jie had been taking care of her without anyint. Even on the hardest days, he had been by her side and refused to leave her alone at all. Though it infuriated Zhenyi, yet he didn''t move.


    "It''s not your fault, son. She has been over the edge for a while now. She either needs to fall or get a grip over herself," said Xin Yichen as he looked out of the window nkly.


    "I would rather have her fall this time, B¨¤, because I know I will be there to catch her with my arms open," Long Jie said in a resolution.


    She certainly needed to speak or else she wouldn''t be able to get rid of the weight that had been leading to her being sinking in the endless abyss.


    It looked like she was grieving, but what for?


    It was like a ck hole sucking her entire existence.


    She needed to fight back but she was epting defeat even without entering the battlefield.


    "I trust you, son. I just need my daughter back. That shell of a woman ain''t my daughter. My Zhenyi has that ever-burning fire inside her, the shell of a womandoesn''t even have a flicker of it in her. She is a pushover, but my daughter would fight back against whoever dares to challenge her," said Xin Yichen with a smile. He paused and looked at Long Jie in despair. " I don''t know how to get my daughter back but I trust that she will be back to us soon. I know my daughter, she will never leave us alone."


    Long Jie nodded. "She will be back, B¨¤."


    "Go to her and talk to her. She will listen to you."


    Long Jie looked at him and asked, "Do you think so?"


    "I know so," said Xin Yichen with a smile.


    Long Jie left the living room but he didn''t go back to their room but to the kitchen instead. He seemed to have learned to cook few dishes in these two months and of course, Zhenyi didn''t know yet. He had been nning to surprise her one day.


    He entered the kitchen and prepared a tea that he learned a few days ago from his father-inw. Xin Yichen was more than happy to teach him these things. Heck, he was even nning on giving music lessons to him but they never had time for that.


    Since the time Ryuu hadmented on Xin Yichen''s hobby of music, he had grown more stubborn, always attempting to infuriate Ryuu with his obsession with music.


    Long Jie prepared the tea and it took him few minutes. The aroma indicated that it certainly tasted as good as it smelled.


    He opened the bedroom door with one hand and entered the room. He looked around to find Zhenyi and finally he found her staring out of the window in a daze. She had been in a daze for so many days and he was still waiting for her toe out of it but she had yet toe out of her ever-long daze.


    "Zhenyi," said Long Jie with a smile on his beautiful face.


    She turned around only to find Long Jie staring at her with a beautiful smile and a tray in his hand.


    "Tea?" Zhenyi said in surprise. Wasn''t he who had banned her caffeine size? Never mind, she liked it so much that it was always weed.


    "Yup!" Long Jie moved ahead and put the tray in front of her.


    "Drink it while it''s still hot. It''s good for your health," said Long Jie as he upied a seat next to her.


    He saw Zhenyi wrinkling her nose as she heard the word ''healthy'' and quickly said," It''s not medicinal tea."


    "Oh," Zhenyi said and took a sip to check it herself.


    "It''s good." Zhenyi nodded in approval.


    "I''m sorry," Long Jie whispered.


    Zhenyi shook her head at him. "You have nothing to be sorry for, trust me. Jie, never ask for forgiveness when you have done nothing wrong. I know that I can be a handful sometimes but thank you for not giving up on me." Her voice cracked up but she smiled at him while her eyes started to burn. " I haven''t been myselftely and I really know it. Jie, I don''t need to fake being normal with you when I am clearly not and you can certainly see it. I know you have been trying to behave as if you don''t notice it too but you know your eyes betray you."


    Long Jie smiled as he patted her head gently. " It''s good that you know otherwise I will make a liar out of myself again."


    "Aren''t we all liars? Sometimes, we arepelled to lie and sometimes we choose to," Zhenyi retorted.


    "And sometimes we make it seem like we have no choice but we clearly do. We always do." Long Jie added and it halted Zhenyi''s movement.


    "Take your time, wife. I have all the time in the world for you but please don''t make me wait for you too long because I can''t seem to see you in pain. Seeing you hurting all by yourself pierce my heart," Long Jie said looking into her eyes.


    "Heart of steel?" Zhenyi tried to joke.


    "Absolutely, the heart of steel," Long Jie said and put her hand on the left of his chest where the heart was located. "See ites alive when you touch me."


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 Chapter 182 - Pyre Of Vengeance

    Location: The Tang Pce.


    Esma was grinning ear to ear as she looked at the iing figure of Lord Tang. She had many reasons to be happy today, but the biggest one was that she was getting free today. Finally, after months of going through hell, she would be leaving this haunted and dreadful ce.


    This, her delight knew no bounds today.


    "Seems like my staff didn''t treat you well during your stay at my house," Lord Tangmented as he watched the overjoyed expression on the brat''s face.


    He was adorned in his dark signature three-piece suit, looking like every fiber of his regal personality which he truly was. Though he was talking in a gentle voice, the authority beneath it couldn''t be hidden from the bystanders.


    "Ah, which prisoner won''t be happy to leave the prison? Especially one such as your haunted castle!" Esma raised her brow and raised the question very innocently. However, she was anything but innocent.


    Lord Tang ignored her sharp jibes as if he didn''t hear it in the first ce but behind him, the cold Feng Siyan was boiling as if someone had set him on fire.


    ''How dare she call his master''s house a haunted prison?'' He was ready to pounce on her and skin her alive but stopped himself when he saw his master''s indifferent expressions.


    "Esma, you know why you''re leaving the ''prison''. " Lord Tang stressed on the word prison in a mocking tone. He sat on the majestic sofa in a king-like pose and settled his eyes on her figure before continuing,"Ah-Jie may trust you but I am not him, my eyes are always on you no matter where you go."


    The threat in his voice was clear, ''screw this chance up and you will be dragged back here again.''


    "Why are you so interested in my life all of a sudden, Lord Tang?" Esma whispered his name in a very seductive voice but he was unfazed as usual.


    "Why would I be interested in the life of a miserable being, hmm?" Lord Tang propped his hand under his chin and asked her in a bored manner. "Of all the people, why would I be interested in your life when both of us know you don''t have many days left with you to enjoy it?"


    Wasn''t Esma really miserable? They say those who seek pleasure in others'' misery are the most miserable of all. And Esma was no different. She didn''t know what happiness and real joy felt like or meant.


    "Ah, for a second I forget your wicked tongue is still intact," Esma said, rolling her eyes but inwardly she was cursing him and his next seven generations for casting a jinx on her perfect life.


    Of course, she had a very perfect life that involved pleasure, pleasure, and pleasure.


    It didn''t matter where she sought that pleasure from.


    Esma twirled her long ck tendrils around her finger and looked at him with those raven-loaded eyes. "I''m not dying, Lord Tang. They all are." She stopped all of a sudden and cast a dirty look at Feng Siyan who was standing behind Lord Tang in a stiff posture."They all will die at my hands. " She saw Lord Tang was looking at her as if she was boring him with all her talks. Rage burned inside her chest."You don''t believe me? Don''t worry, I will send you their body organs as a souvenir. "


    Behind Feng Siyan two hidden cartoons: "Who the hell sends chopped body organs as souvenirs?"


    God up in the sky:"_"


    "We will see," Lord Tang replied to her curtly.


    He was not interested in making these small talks. He didn''t want to talk to Esma and neither was she a big fan of his. If one thing Lord Tang knew about her, it was her unwavering hatred for him. It was as if her special slot of hatred was separately and very specifically reserved for him.


    But for Long Jie''s sake, he wanted to show her the direction towards the new life which was waiting for her far from the cruel and violent life she had been leading till now.He wanted to tell her to give a new meaning to her life apart from hatred and revenge.


    Her hatred and desire for revenge were killing her inside every day. Revenge is like drinking rat poison and then waiting for the rat to die. She was trying to be their executioner when her thirst for revenge was bing her own extinction.


    "You still don''t believe me?" Esma shrieked. He was too familiar with her abrupt change in personalities. And he was not surprised to see her behaving like a madwoman right now either."Are you looking down on me? Do you think I am not capable enough of killing them?"


    Esma was on the edge these days. She had been so lost in her own woven utopia that she was failing to see the real world. She was forgetting the simple fact that she learned years ago at the cost of her life. How could she forget that the world didn''t run on the flick of your finger? Kismet is a big badass bitch!


    She needed to open her eyes and watch that she was doing nothing burning herself in the pyre of hatred and vengeance. Eye for an eye has made the whole world blind and she needed to get this little fact in her too pretty head but unfortunately, she had closed her eyes to it.


    But she didn''t need to worry about it. Lord Tang was here to make her understand this.


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 Chapter 183 - Puppet On His Strings

    Looking at her behaving like this, Lord Tang was getting a headache. He was definitely only looking down on her and why would he? "Esma, I am not looking down on you and neither do I have time to do so." He rubbed his brows in exasperation before continuing. " But let me tell you, the people you''re wanting to kill with your hands are not ordinary people. Do you know how many billion dors they are worth? The dangerous organizations failed to kill them and you think you can do it single-handedly?"


    Lord Tang was not wrong either. It was awful country where they were living. Killing the members of families like Xins and Longs was no child y. It was not like they could go and hire mercenaries to get rid of them. They were the people who consisted of the top members of the food chain. With a single flick, they could end millions of lives, and here she was obsessing about killing them.


    Esma''s eyes widened slightly as the realization finally dawned upon her but like always she refused to acknowledge it.


    "Why are you protecting them, Lord Tang? What rtions do you have with the Long family that you have been protecting them from the sidelines?" Esma pointed her fingers at him and raised the questions she had no right to in the first ce but for Long Jie''s sake, he refrained himself from cutting off her pointed fingers. Behind him, Feng Siyan was barely holding himself as she started allegations after allegations on his master. " Ah-Jie might be the puppet who dances on your strings but I am not him. You have been manipting him for years and¡­ Lord... he worships you like you''re his God." She paused and looked at him with naked hatred. "Don''t you fear that he will hate you once he sees your real colors?"


    "I have been manipting him?" Lord Tang let out a snicker.


    "Aren''t you?" Esma retorted.


    "So what if I am. It''s none of your business." Lord Tang didn''t deny it. She was a crazy woman and there was no reason in trying to make her understand the mighty discovery of logic and rationale.


    The luxury was for sane people and she herself admitted that she was not one.


    "I won''t let you. He is my family and I won''t let anyone hurt him ever." Esma imed.


    Bravo. Esma, bravo. How nice of her to finally admit Long Jie was her family when she was hellbent on destroying his.


    "Are you sure, Esma?" Lord Tang asked her, his chin still resting on his fist in a regal pose. " Because as far as I can see, you are the reason for the majority of his problems. His problem with his family is nothing big but you''re fanning it. He had been maintaining a distance from them for your sake but you are never satisfied and now that he has gotten married you are on the edge since that day." He nced at her and said in a mocking tone "Don''t you fear that he will hate you once he realizes how selfish and mean-spirited you are!"


    Lord Tang had expected her to kick and curse but she actually surprised him by taking the taunts very lightly.


    "I''m still better than you."


    Lord Tang smirked. "Of course Esma. Whatever you say."


    He didn''t care what she or any other people thought it said about him. It never affected what names they called him. He was his own critic and their criticism meant nothing to him.


    Esma could call him maniptor, shrewd, or whatever! He admitted that he was all those things. What was she gonna do about it? Could she even touch a strand of his hair? No, she couldn''t. So, she didn''t matter to him at all and neither did her lousy thoughts about him.


    "But remember one thing, the road you''re walking on, it will lead you to your own destruction." Lord Tang didn''t hold himself back. He was imparting the biggest lesson of her life and it was up to her if she wanted to take it or not. "Esma, the fire of vengeance you have set in your heart will pull you in its zing mes and you won''t be left unscathed. Did a grave for yourself too before leaving for this journey of vengeance you have been obsessing over all your life. Trust me, you will need it."


    "Thank you for your kind words, Lord Tang," Esma said and bowed in gratitude."I must leave this ce now. Heard I am leaving this glorious prison today?"


    Though her words were dripping with honey, they still were as sharp as any knife. Sarcasm was a part of her and no matter what she couldn''t abandon it. And with Lord Tang, it was all so natural to her.


    "Ah-Siyan, take my little prisoner to wherever she wants to go and do not leave her side for a master!"


    The message was clear in Lord Tang''s voice. She could leave his ce but not his surveince and what was a better pair of eyes than Feng Siyan? He was a man who waspletely immune to her art of seduction and Lord knew how much it infuriated her.


    "Master--"


    Before Feng Siyan could utter a word, Lord Tang''s sharp and chilling voice made him swallow his words back from wherever they came out.


    "You heard me!" It meant he had to go and there was no second thought to it.


    "Yes, master!" Feng Siyan had no option but to oblige.


    "Ah, another obedient dog, I see." Esma nced at Feng Siyan and wrinkled her nose in disdain.


    She hated both of them. And if she could, she would do the greatest owner to this great Earth by getting rid of both of them.


    But only if she could do such a thing.


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 Chapter 184 - Protect With Life.

    The look of sheer puzzlement on Feng Siyan''s expressionless face made it hard for Lord Tang to contain his chuckle. His fingers wrapped around the ss of Scotch as he cast a look over Feng Siyan''s shoulder at Esma. He could feel the wheels turning in her head but chose to ignore it for a moment and cast his attention on the man standing in front of him.


    "Master, you are sending me away from you? What about the task I am assigned to?" Feng Siyan asked Lord Tang, confusion and uncertainty written on his face.


    It was not hard to assume that Feng Siyan was not satisfied with his master''s sudden decision to send him to babysit a demon kid even the slightest bit. The woman imed to be a woman but she was nothing but a kid trapped in an adult''s body.


    "Why do I feel like I am sending a new bride to her inw''s home?" Lord Tang asked in amusement.


    "Master, my duty is to stay by your side and keep you safe from all the dangers." It was Feng Siyan''s branded reply. If Feng Siyan were to be a brand his one-line quote would be '' Serving my master only and keeping him from all the dangers!''


    The man didn''t give a shit about any other human in this realm. It was like instead of Lord Tang no one else mattered to him at all.


    "Ah-Siyan, do you think I am not capable enough of taking care of myself?"


    "Master, you worry about everyone, but you have no one to worry about yourself, so please let me stay by your side and take care of you." Imagine Feng Siyan pleading with that stiff expression of his and that''s why Lord Tang was having a hard time hiding his amusement. " And as for Miss Esma, we have so many capable soldiers to keep an eye on her."


    Fend Siyan was adamant about not babysitting that demon kid who God threw on the earth to make the life of poor earthlings hell.


    "You are not understanding the gravity of the situation, are you? Ah-Siyan." Lord Tang nced at him and sipped the drink slowly. " Esma is bigger trouble than I initially thought. She is blinded by the thirst for vengeance and she won''t stop until she gets what she wants." He paused and with a sigh, he continued, " She is not normal and people like her couldn''t be. She ims to care about Ah-Jie and I know she actually does in her own twisted way but what about the people Ah-Jie cares for? She doesn''t give a damn about them and she will not hesitate to hurt them if she had to."


    "She is insane, Master. The type of insane which can''t be treated with any medicine present on the earth" said Feng Siyan with a sigh. Finally, an emotion was revealed from him. " She is a liability. The one which will try to drown you with her too."


    "She will eventually get killed by Mrs. Long if she didn''t stop now," Feng Siyan added.


    "Right. You know Zhenyi well and what kind of person she really is. She won''t blink once before unloading her gun in her head if Esma dared to cause trouble in her life." Lord Tang was indicating that he didn''t want her killed. Yet. " You might be thinking that if Esma is killed, the majority of the problem will be solved?" Lord Tang stopped and looked at Feng Siyan who nodded in answer. Lord Tang took a sip on his drink and smiled before continuing. " No, it will be the beginning of the problem. " He paused and heaved out a long, suffering sigh. Esma is a top yer when ites to ying with the human psyche. She can kill you without touching the weapon. That''s how powerful she is."


    Feng Siyan was getting what his master was trying to tell him. He was a very intelligent ve in the first ce or that''s what he imed.


    Lord Tang let out a chuckle as he remembered something and said," Do you know how many maids she had hypnotized here? All those women harassing you all day and night, it has been her doing."


    Esma could hypnotize anyone and anywhere but it failed on trained men like Long Jie, Lord Tang, and Feng Siyan. Thus, she hypnotized the poor maids and sent them to Feng Siyan''s room naked. All those women have been salivating over his handsome face for years now and she just made their jobs easier.


    "She couldn''t infuriate you herself but she made someone else do the job. So, Ah-Siyan I don''t trust anyone but you when ites to this little demon."


    "Master, why can''t we get rid of her?"


    "Someone won''t let me and that''s how my hands are tied." Lord Tang said with a genuine smile.


    "Is it Long Jie?" Feng Siyan couldn''t help but ask. Esma was rted to Long Jie so it must be him who didn''t want to see her hurt. Everyone who knew him and Esma knew what she meant to him.


    However, that someone was not Long Jie. It was someone else who had asked Lord Tang to keep her safe as much as he could and so, he had been keeping her safe from the sidelines all these years.


    So, it was not just for Long Jie only.


    "No, he won''t let me either but it''s not him this time," said Lord Tang.


    Feng Siyan was left baffled by the hypothesis of who this person might be. However, he had his suspicions about that person but he kept it in his heart as he was aware of that person''s ce in his master''s heart and life.


    "So, what are we going to do with her?" Feng Siyan asked instead.


    "Protect her with life."


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 Chapter 185 - Unrequited Love

    ?You, do you remember me?


    Like, I remember you


    Do you spend your life, going back in yourmind to that time?


    ''Cause I, I walk the streets alone


    I hate being on my own


    And everyone can see that, I really fell


    And I''m going through hell


    Thinking about you with somebody else?


    Zhang Han''s voice was so mesmerizing and hypnotic that everyone present there was in awe of his voice. Their eyes were glued on his gorgeous face as if they couldn''t look anywhere but just at him.


    But his eyes were fixed on the only person who was sitting tables away from where he was ying with the band. She was the one he was singing for tonight but only if she knew.


    The chords elicited by the guitar sent a shiver down Fan Bing''s spine. The music was making people cry for the love that was left behind. And his voice? It was magical. It was hauntingly beautiful.


    Her eyes were fixed on her hands. She didn''t dare to look at him. Though she was not looking in his direction, she could feel his unwavering gaze on her face.


    Zhang Han''s and Fan Bingbing''s equation unbnced one night when she was drunk out of her mind.


    Fan Bingbing was not an alcoholic, but she could drink more than anyone else she knew.However, the current circumstances had been affecting her so much that drinking to oblivion that one night was the only option she could see as far as she tried. Zhenyi had taught her about every problem that could be drowned in a bottle of whiskey. So she drank to lessen the pain. To forget about all the problems. To forget, a second that life was not slipping out of her hands. To forget that her unrequited love would always be left unrequited.


    She always wanted to make Sam see that her feelings for him had always been real and very much seriousbut she failed to do it. Her story of unrequited love ended that night when Sam called and asked her out or it was what she had initially thought.


    And that moment, she felt that it was the happiest moment of her life but all her dreams and beliefs shattered once she met him. It was as if someone had hit the mirror.


    He was leaving and it was his final goodbye to her. He was noting back. Well, technically he would be returning to the country for his family but not for her.


    ?Somebody wants you, somebody needs you


    Somebody dreams about you every single night


    Somebody can''t breathe, without you it''s lonely


    Somebody hopes that one day you will see


    That somebody''s me


    That somebody''s me?


    Zhang Han''s voice broke her trail of thoughts. She finally nced at him and just like she had predicted he was gazing at her. The intensity of emotions in his eyes was bewildering.


    He was pursuing her as he had announced one day. Of course, Fan Bingbing immediately refused. She was not ready for a rtionship with anyone right now. But Zhang Han was a very persistent being but he understood where she wasing from.


    However, tonight he persuaded her toe out for dinner with him. She didn''t want to but she couldn''t refuse either as she owed it to him.


    Now call it cliche or whatever, drunk Fan Bingbing might have pounced on the poor Zhang Han, but like a gentleman he was, he saved her chastity from being stolen, and not only that he also took care of her drunken mess.


    She looked at him again and got lost in his voice. It was as if he was bleeding out his heart before her. His music was beautiful but equally sad too. She had never heard anything like it. Though her rtionship with him waspletely tonic yet she couldn''t help but get emotional as she kept on listening to him.


    The man was wearing his heart on his sleeves. It was dangerous and she was all too familiar with it.


    Once he hit thest note, a round of thundering apuse broke out in appreciation for him. People started surrounding him. Some shook their hands with him. Some patted his shoulder. And some just recorded his performance on their phones. Soon, their phones would be confiscated because he was a public figure now and his manager wouldn''t let him get in any kind of trouble.


    He returned the guitar to the original owner and thanked him and headed towards their table.


    "So?" Zhang Han smiled as he took the seat next to her.


    "Youreally have a very mesmerizing voice," Fan Bingbing returned his smile and took a sip of her wine.


    "Thank you."


    A waiter came and refilled their sses. None of them spoke for a few minutes. Fan Bingbing was trying to cut short the dinner but she didn''t want to make him feel that he was not deserving of having dinner with her but still she didn''t want to lead him on. She knew exactly how it felt like.


    "Stop overthinking," Zhang Han murmured as he looked at her fidgeting.


    "Umm..yeah?" Her eyes widened funnily but she managed to school her features immediately. Benefit of being Zhenyi''s assistant for years. She was not the one to ever get intimidated by anyone but the man sitting in front of her was affecting her in a very odd and confusing way.


    "Nothing," He said with a smile. He didn''t want to make the night more difficult for her than it already was.


    ''Why does he have to be so understanding?'' She inwardly thought. It was making her feel like an empathic bitch but what could she do about it?


    That Sam, the ultimate bastard, had ruined her good for any other man.


    Song: Somebody''s me by Enrique Iglesias


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 Chapter 186 - Time Is Precious

    "Let me drop you at your home."


    Fan Bingbing shook her head immediately. She didn''t want him to meet her after this dinner at all and so dropping her home was out of the question.


    "It''ste, Miss Fan, and I believe you won''t get any cabs at this hour," Zhang Han said, his gaze still fixed at her face.


    "Thank you for the dinner, Mr. Zhang but I really don''t want you to drop me. My apartment is just two blocks away from the restaurant." She politely declined. She was not lying. Initially, she agreed to apany him for dinner also for the reason that he had chosen the restaurant near her apartment.


    "Then, let me walk you." Zhang Han was not taking no for an answer.


    He removed his coat and grabbed a hoodie from his assistant. This way no one would be able to recognize him. He was now a famous celebrity, so he didn''t want to create trouble for his manager. Moreover, he wouldn''t want to give Fan Bingbing the impression that he was taking his security lightly as she was his boss''s assistant too.


    "You are really persistent, aren''t you?" Fan Bingbing muttered and wrapped her hands around her body. It was a cold night and she was only wearing a dress.


    Zhang Han grabbed the coat from his assistant''s hand again and draped it around her. Fan Bingbing looked at him through hershes as he wrapped his coat around her body for warmth. It smelt like him but didn''t say anything and started walking.


    They started walking towards her home but none of them spoke anything at all. Zhang Han was feelingfortable in her presence even though his heart was beating loudly against his ribcage and on the other hand, Fan Bingbing was not so rxed either.


    He hurled a stone with his shoes and smiled. And at that exact moment, Fan Bingbing looked at his cheerful face. To say he was handsome, would be an understatement. He was hauntingly gorgeous. She had never seen a man so beautiful. She was not exaggerating because it was true. He was an indifferent kind of beauty. It didn''t matter to him what the other person was doing as long as he was in his own created bubble. She didn''t know what he was thinking when he suddenly confessed his feelings for her. Surely, she was shocked but she tried to handle the situation like a big girl she sometimes was.


    "Aren''t you afraid that any paparazzi will record you with me?" Fan Bingbing asked him.


    He slightly nced at him and let out a chuckle. "Nah. My boss employed one of the best employers!"


    Hisment made her smile. He was indirectly pointing out that she would get his ass out of trouble if he ever fell in one because of her, and he was not wrong either.


    "Zhang Han?"


    "Hmm?"


    He didn''t look at her because he knew whatever she was going to say next would break his heart. He truly liked her. He liked her from the moment he had seen her in Zhenyi''s office and he didn''t shy away from confessing his feelings for her once he was given the chance.


    "You should not waste your time anymore."


    He stopped walking and so did she as she felt him still beside her. She saw him standing proudly beneath the street light looking at her with unmistakable emotions in his eyes.


    "Bingbing." Her name rolled off her tongue like molten chocte. "Any time spent on you is not a waste of my time. In fact, I am more than willing to waste it if that''s called my wastage of time."


    "Time is precious and you shouldn''t waste it. On anything or anybody," Fan Bingbing retorted.


    "And you are a treasure." He shrugged. "Tell me how am I wasting my time?"


    "Zhang Han, you are not understanding my point, are you?" Fan Bingbing asked with a sigh. " You''re a very good man but you''re not a man for me. I don''t feel anything for you in a romantic sense. So, you''re just wasting your precious time and energy."


    "Will you spend all your life crying for a man who feels nothing about you?" His direct question pierced her heart.


    "Zhang Han, it''s not in my hands just like having feelings for me is not in yours. I don''t know how deep your feelings are for me and neither do I want to, not because I am apathetic but because it will make me feel guilty knowing that I can''t do anything about it. I have been where you are today. Been there and done that. And trust me, it ain''t a good feeling at all. You have time, so please don''t repeat the mistake I made all these years. Zhenyi has always been clear about it. Like a good friend, she told me I was wasting my precious life and time but I didn''t listen to her then. So¡­ Take care of yourself!"


    "Bingbing--"


    Fan Bingbing bowed and said," Thanks for walking me home and for such a great dinner. "


    "You don''t have to be modest, you know?"


    Fan Bingbing didn''t reply to him.


    "Bingbing." He spoke again and when she looked up his eyes were filled with utter devastation but there was nothing she could do about it.


    " My home." She pointed towards the apartment. "It was nice seeing you, Mr. Zhang."


    She didn''t stop and he didn''t move. A


    He saw her retreating back until she escaped his eyes.


    He had not thought she would refuse him outright. Surely, he was of the opinion that it would be difficult to pursue her but he hadn''t thought till then about the man she was hung on and his impact on her heart.


    However, he refused to ept defeat. She was going to be his and he would make sure of it.


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 Chapter 187 - "Im Still Sick!"

    Long Jie was strolling outside his bedroom thinking if he should enter or not. And Xin Yichen was watching him in entertainment. Good, his daughter was not easy to please but who asked this youngd to sadden her in the first ce?


    Remembering her devastating face, he had an urge to kill anyone responsible for it.


    "Are you going to tell me what I should do right now?" Long Jie asked his father-inw who was leaning against the wall, and a ss of wine in his hand.


    Apparently, Tang Reine''s tradition of drinking away the problems was being followed by him.


    Xin Yichen casually sipped on his drink and shrugged. "Why should I tell you? It''s not me who has screwed it up in the first ce. Who asked you to hurt my daughter?"


    "She is my wife too." Long Jie reminded him.


    "She is my daughter first. Moreover, you can''t solve the problem by prancing outside the room. Go in and talk to her. If she yells at you, take it as a good husband."


    "Talking from experience, father-inw?" Long Jie said sarcastically.


    Xin Yichen pressed his lips in a thin line.


    "I think I have a perfect idea." Long Jie grinned as an idea came into his mind and he nced at Xin Yichen mischievously. "But, I need your help, Father-inw."


    Xin Yichen ced his drink on the counter and held up his hands in the air in sheer resignation. "Not going to."


    "Yeah...yeah... you''re¡­."


    ----


    A Few Hours Earlier¡­


    Long Jie approached Zhenyi and sat beside her. She was watching TV, however, she was not exactly watching it, just staring at it nkly. He sighed and took the remote in his hand to switch it off.


    Sensing him close to her, she nced at him in inquisitiveness.


    "Want to go out with me?" Long Jie asked her. He couldn''t bear to see her locked inside the same house for thest two months. They didn''t want her to lock herself in the same house for such a long period of time but there was nothing that could convince her. So, he decided to take the matter into his hands.


    "Why?" She sighed the word, her hands sweating profusely and her grip on the sheets tightened.


    "Let''s go out for dinner, what do you say?" He said and squeezed her arm.


    "Umm¡­ can we please go some other time?" She leaned away from his touch, keeping his eyes fixed on the television and to make it more real she switched it on again.


    "Love, don''t you think it''s time to get ''our'' time? We have been staying here for two months now and it''s the first time that I stayed at the same ce for more than a week in a decade. I don''t mind staying further if you like it here, but we really need to spend some quality time with each other."


    She chewed her lip because as much as she wanted to argue, he was right. They did need their time together but why did she feel like it was just an excuse? Indeed, Long Jie was just bluffing but he couldn''t let her know about it. Right now, he had to get her out of this depressing room.


    He propped his chin on her head and snatched the remote from her hand again and lowered the TV''s volume to get her attention. "What do you say?"


    "Can we please go some other time?" Her response was the same again. Sigh, what else was he expecting from her?


    "When?" Long Jie raised the question. Of course, her ''some other time'' wouldn''t being anytime soon.


    He hated how persistent he was being with her. Given the so-called circumstances, he didn''t think it was that big of a deal for her to stay at home and do nothing and he certainly should take her strange behavior for a while longer. But apparently, he had reached her limit. She may have been hurt beyond words , but she was also doing nothing instead of hurting herself by wallowing in self-pity, which meant he had to take the matter into his own hands and get her out of it.


    Zhenyi turned around and rested her head on his chest. He snaked his arms around his waist and let her rest in his embrace. "Umm...can we go after some time? Jie, I can''t go out now. I am still ill, you see."


    He broke out the embrace and paused the TV and threw away the remote before shifting his attention to her. He held her face in his hands and looked into her eyes before saying. " Now listen to me Zhenyi, you are not sick anymore. Just because you''re convincing yourself otherwise, it won''t change the fact." He paused and stroked her face gently. "Why are you doing this with yourself? You''re destroying yourself, can''t you see it."


    "I destroyed everything," She whispered back.


    "Zhenyi--"


    "I''m sick, Jie. I''m sick." She showed him her hands and spoke. " You see the proof of my sickness. Just because I didn''t die, it doesn''t mean I am well."


    "Zhenyi, you''re not sick anymore. They are just scars, nothing else. It''s proof that you survived the great battle against death. Look at you, see how brave you''re. These scars shouldn''t scare you, Love."


    He didn''t understand her. Nobody could and she knew it. These are not just scars. They are the proof like he said but not of her bravery, however of her cowardness. Each scar on her body was the reminder of her nightmares which were endlessly reminding her how she was the reason for the death of the people she loved the most.


    So, they were not just scars. They were the reminders.


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 Chapter 188 - Ugly Cries

    She removed his hand from her body and looked at him with mixed emotions. Her eyes were burning but she managed to halt her tears.


    "You don''t understand." She shrieked. "Nobody does. I am not well. I am not right in the head, why can''t you see it?" She leaned closer to him and shook his body in sheer force. Long Jie didn''t know how her weak body was able to drag him out of the bed, but she did. " Go out. I said go out. I don''t want to see you. I don''t want to see anyone at all. Leave me in my condition, please."


    She fell on the floor and looked at him through a tear-stained face. " I beg you. Leave me alone. Don''t console me. I don''t need it at all."


    It was not his pity that was piercing her heart, it was her own guilt. She knew he wanted to help her only but she couldn''t see him hurting because of her. She was hurting him so much and she was unable to do anything about it.


    He gazed at her stone-faced. He did not know what wrong he had done or what was wrong with him, but all he knew was that something was stabbing his heart so sharply that he couldn''t breathe. It was as if words were choked in his throat and he didn''t even dare to utter.


    What just had he done? This was what he was afraid of. He didn''t want to push her too hard. But he did and now look at the result. Hepletely broke her. She was crying an ugly cry. Xin Zhenyi never cried and even Xin Yichen was aware of it.


    But it was the second time, he saw her breaking down in front of him and worst of all, he couldn''t console her at all.


    He also wanted to shake her and ask her what had just happened to her? What was so powerful enough to shake her whole world? What was making her so weak? What had changed his Zhenyi? He wanted to know now more than ever.


    "You want me to leave?" A whisper escaped his mouth.


    She nodded slowly, the tears swimming in her lids, and she knew the moment she blinked they would stream down her cheek. She curled her mouth and looked away from him, trying to keep the tears at bay when she heard him whisper again. "Cat eyes, look at me." His voice sounded devastated as his whole world had shattered but it was not his world that truly shattered but hers.


    So, she had every right to mourn it however she wanted.


    "Zhenyi--"


    Before he could finish his sentence, Xin Yichen''s furious voice rang behind him. He saw Zhenyi sitting on the floor and Long Jie standing at a distance. His brows furrowed in confusion as to what had just happened to them. He was not nning on speaking between them but when he heard Zhenyi''s wail, he quickly ushered towards their room. He just felt like something was wrong.


    And his assumption was proven right when he saw Long''s devastated expressions, but looking at Zhenyi''s tear-stained face, he felt as if his world had stopped all of a sudden. A rage stirred inside his heart.


    He walked towards his daughter and kneeled on the floor in front of her. He wiped her face with his fingers and caressed her hair gently.


    "What happened to my princess?" He asked her, still wiping her face.


    The lump in her throat almost felt painful as she attempted to swallow. She shook her head and buried her face in her father''s chest. The familiar scent did something to soothe her nerves but not enough to get her back to sanity.


    "I don''t know. I''m not well. I just feel it sometimes," Zhenyi said, her voice cracking. "Can you all leave me alone please?"


    "I promise I will be alright." She added, her head still in her father''s embrace.


    "Baby, you''re scaring us. Do you know? Tell me who hurt you and I promise that I will hunt that person and then skin him alive." Xin Yichen''s heart was filled with devastation. These two months had been very difficult for his family. He was trying to be a strong father in front of Zhenyi when he was internally breaking down. "What do you say, princess? Do you want your dad to punish all the bad guys for you?"


    "I''m not a little girl. I am big now yet acting like five years old but I can''t stop it. What do I do?" asked Zhenyi in a very small voice.


    " So what! You can do whatever you wish. I won''t stop you to do whatever you wish to do unlike someone we know," said Xin Yichen. It was his attempt to lighten the gloomy surroundings.


    "Don''t talk bad about him. He is still the best in the world," Zhenyi said in aint.


    Xin Yichen smiled. He knew what Ryuu meant to Zhenyi. He was not just a big brother to her. He was someone who she could turn to every time she was in trouble, it didn''t matter even if she could solve it herself. But she would just turn to him for the sake of reassuring her heart that she had someone who could make her problems go away with a click.


    But now she needed someone who could make her realize that whatever had happened years ago, it was not her fault. There was nothing she could have done to change the fate of her mother, sister and knight.


    It was inevitable.


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 Chapter 189 - A Present For Her

    PRESENT¡­


    "Miss Xin?"


    "Just a minute," Zhenyi''s voice came from the washroom, and after a few seconds, she emerged from the washroom.


    It was almost time for dinner and she was of the view that the maid was knocking on the door because of the reason that she had brought the dinner for her straight to the room, given her straight up break down in the afternoon, no one would be daring enough to persist her to join them for dinner on the dining table.


    It was her first breakdown after that day in the hospital when she cried and passed out in her husband''s arms. It was easy that day with him around but today, it was tough and so hard that she didn''t wish to experience it again.


    They say breakdown leads to breakthrough, and here she was certainly longing for one...


    If you ask her why she broke down today, she still wouldn''t be able to answer the question. The monsters of her past were dancing in her head without any break, and it felt like her lips were sealed and crying was the only breakthrough at that moment.


    Honestly speaking, she was feeling guilty for causing unnecessary worry to her husband and father, but she just couldn''t control her emotions today. It was not like her at all, but then again, she was not like herself for many days now.


    Long Jie hadn''t tried toe inside the room or talk to her since noon, and now she was over the edge, overthinking if she had done too much for the day. She was prancing back and forth racking up her brain when she heard the voice of the maid again.


    "Wait a second."


    She was not hungry but still, she opened the door. However, she was surprised by what she saw next. Indeed, the maid was standing outside her door but instead of a tray full of food, there was a white rectangr box ced in her hands.


    "Come in," Zhenyi said and started eyeing the box curiously, which was not like her at all again.


    "That''s for you, Ma''am."


    "Is it?" Zhenyi''s eyes darted towards the girl who brought the box to her. She was a beautiful petite girl and it seemed she was newly appointed.


    The girl nodded yes.


    The white box was tied by blue-colored ribbon and like a curious cat that she was being right now, she undid it quickly. She removed its lid like an impatient kid waiting to remove the wrapper of his favorite candy, and directly her gaze fell on the yellow folded paper.


    ''Forgive me?'' It read.


    It was only two words. Nothing more. And nothing less.


    And all of the sudden, realization dawned on her. She just knew who had sent the box and why.


    ''Oh Lord, why was he asking for forgiveness? He did nothing wrong. In fact, it was her who couldn''t control her emotions and broke down.'' She thought to herself. She was feeling like a jerk suddenly.


    ''Screw you, Zhenyi.'' She cursed herself.


    She saw a white-colored something ced neatly into the box and gently, she took it out with her hands.


    She put one hand on her mouth in amazement as she realized what it was.


    A dress. A white-colored dress to be exact.


    ''What''s this man''s obsession with white color?'' She thought to herself. He had filled her wardrobe at their home with white color outfits. Surely there were other colors too, but white was still dominating the other colors.


    She stared at the dress for an exact five minutes. With a sigh, she put the dress back in the box and closed the lid. She couldn''t do it. She was being a coward again but who cares.


    "Miss Xin, aren''t you going to try it? " the youngdy asked Zhenyi.


    Zhenyi nced at her with narrowed eyes. "You are new here?"


    The youngdy nodded. "Just joined yesterday, Ma''am."


    It exined her different attitude than the rest of the staff. Zhenyi had decided to not look at the box again. She was not going out of her room so what was the meaning in trying it out.


    After a while, Zhenyi''s eyes darted towards the box again. She couldn''t stop thinking about it. Stop it. Stop thinking about it.


    "Ma''am?"


    "You''re still here?" Zhenyi asked impatiently.


    The youngdy shrugged. She actually shrugged and Zhenyi narrowed her eyes at the maid''s attitude. ''Did she know the staff was not supposed to behave like she was,'' Zhenyi pondered.


    "If I don''t convince you toe down with me, I''ll have to leave this job tomorrow." The Young Lady decided toe clean.


    "And how is this any of my business?" Zhenyi raised her brow.


    "Of course, it''s not yours. It''s not you who''s thrown out of her previous job and now badly needs one."


    "You''re not doing a brilliant job in convincing me, youngdy," said Zhenyi.


    Zhenyi ced the box on the table and turned her attention towards the TV. Out of sight. Out of mind. She needed some time alone. She didn''t know why she was avoiding everyone? Could it be that whenever she would look at their faces they would see her with guilty eyes like they hadmitted a crime when in reality it was her who was guilty? Could it be because whenever she would look at her father she would remember all the pain she had caused him? Or could it be because whenever she would roam in this cold mansion she would remember the warmth it once held? Or Could it be because she was the reason for the missingughter and happiness of this barren and luxurious mansion?


    Whatever the exact reason was, directly or indirectly it would always make her guilty.


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 Chapter 190 - Options.

    "Why do you need this job so badly?" Zhenyi asked out of nowhere, surprising the youngdy.


    ''Didn''t the other maids say she was akin to a she-devil?'' the young mused. '' But she doesn''t look like the rumors at all. Instead, she looks sad. And perhaps, broken-hearted too.''


    She remembered that Zhenyi actually asked her something. She mentally pped herself.


    "Actually, I want to attend college next year and to attend college I need money. So, yeah¡­ I need this job very very badly."


    Zhenyi went through the drawers as if looking for something. Once she found what she was looking for, she returned. She threw several cards and bundles of cash before the youngdy.


    She folded her arms over her chest and said," Take as much as you want and attend college this year. Why wait for a year? And please close the door on your way out."


    Zhenyi cast onest look on the box again and then sat on the bed. Of course, she was not so soft-hearted, she just wanted to get rid of this maid as soon as possible.


    Since that brief, screaming interaction with her husband, she had been trying to conceive a n to get over this all-consuming guilt trap that she had woven in her head by overthinking it a million times.


    She could talk to him. Or she could simply ignore him. However, she already told herself that she would do that, and look where it had gotten her: locked in her own room, striding back and forth, and no matter how much she halted herself to not look in the direction of the white box, it still went there all the time.


    The most feasible option was to pull out the contents of the box and wear it as he wanted her to. That might cause an issue in itself, but at least her mind and heart wouldn''t be against each other.


    The problem was, if this were possible, she would have already done it. She couldn''t face him or her B¨¤ without breaking down again. And if she did it again, he would be suspicious of her and she didn''t want to cause any more worry to anyone.


    Frustration drove through her, and she pulled her hair in exasperation.


    Her husband was unnecessarily getting mixed in her problem. He didn''t deserve it. She had already done a lot of damage to his mental health and don''t want to pose anything more threat to his peaceful life.


    So, she reached the conclusion: avoid him and problem solved.


    After all, she didn''t have so much faith in herself as her life and already been a soap opera. A motherless child, a single father, an ill grandfather, a mysterious brother, miserable her and her current marital life. What else she needed to add to make it more sappy?


    The sound of someone''s throat-clearing jerked Zhenyi out of her dreand and she nced forward to find the same maid again. Didn''t she already ask her to leave her alone?


    "Aren''t you leaving now?" Zhenyi asked as she wrinkled her nose in contempt. "What else do you want? Take whatever you want and nevere back."


    The maid gazed at the arrogant spoilt brat and inwardly shook her head. Earlier, she appeared kind of sad to her but right now, she was brooding for no reason at all.


    "Can I take the box?" She dared to ask.


    Something snapped inside Zhenyi. How dare she?


    The maid didn''t miss Zhenyi shooting a sharp re in her direction. She just knew she had hit the sore point of Xin Zhenyi and this was what she was hoping to try with an arrogant princess such as her.


    There was a murderous look inside her eyes. Those mismatched eyes of hers were burning as Long Jie once said they were like dormant volcanoes. You don''t know when they start simmering.


    "Look at the box again and I will pluck your eyes out with my hands."


    There was the real Xin Zhenyi, the girl thought to herself. No wonder, the poor maids were frightened around her.


    "Ma''am, you won''te down with me. You won''t give me the box either. Aren''t you being stubborn for no reason? Your husband is waiting for you downstairs for a long time. You may not care about anyone, but can you pleasee downfor a minute just for his sake?"


    She desperately needed the job here to support her higher studies but she saw how badly her husband was waiting for her downstairs. He had prepared such a meaningful and romantic surprise for her but the woman was hellbent on ruining it for him and herself too.


    Zhenyi clearly wanted it but God knew why she was fighting it.


    Zhenyi shook her head and let out a bitter chuckle as she sat on the corner of the bed.


    Of course, she was fighting her longing to go to him and hug him as tight as she could, but¡­


    Zhenyi side-eyed her with a mysterious expression as she took her face and asked in a very calm voice yet apathetic voice," What''s your name?"


    "Jin Ada, Ma''am."


    ''Jin Ada,'' Zhenyi repeated in her head. What an unusual name!


    "What course will you be choosing, Miss Jin?"


    "I''ve not decided yet."


    "Go for Law," Zhenyi suggested. She made a very good argument and since she would be now attending the college, she must decide which course she wanted to go for, right?


    Ada nodded her head in confusion.


    ....


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 Chapter 191 - Zhenyi On The Mission To Break Long Jies Self Control.

    "Why were you thrown out of your previous job?" Zhenyi asked her. She was not the one who made small talk but she truly found the youngdy fascinating. Ada guessed it right that Zhenyi would snap if she would ask for the box and she truly did.


    "I fell in love with someone and my sperm donor made my employer throw me out of the job," Ada replied bitterly. Remembering that heartless girl, Ada had an urge to beat someone else up.


    Zhenyi''s thoughts went to Fan Bingbing at this moment. One more victim to this love. She nced at the beautiful youngdy again and sighed. What a pity.


    She remembered that Sam was not in the country as the young man announced that he needed a vacation for a month-long hospitalization, but deep down she knew he was lying; however, she didn''t expose his little lies. Just because they were best friends, it didn''t mean they had to tell each other about every activity of theirs. She would wait for him toe clean.


    She fixed her attention on Ada and asked in curiosity. " Is it a crime to fall in love with someone, apart from the fact that it screws one''s mind?"


    Ada pursed her lips and stopped herself from making a sarcasticment. She now knew why the woman was called the devil. This wicker tongue of hers...


    "It is if you fall for a person belonging to the same sex." Herment caught Zhenyi''s attention.


    "Ah¡­ I get it now." Zhenyi chuckled mirthlessly." What a lucky girl!"


    "Well, the lucky girl ditched me after making me a fool in love with her." She grumbled.


    "Stop with this puppy love. Go enjoy your life and live your college life to the fullest. Not everyone gets the chance."


    "For that, you need toe out with me, Ma''am." The girl looked at with puppy eyes.


    "You are not epting the money, are you?" Zhenyi asked the question, but she knew the answer to it.


    Like expected, Ada shook her head.


    "Pass me the box." Ada passed Zhenyi the white box again and refrained from taking the gorgeous white dress out of it. It was so gorgeous that she found herself drooling over it and she wondered how her boss was not already running down the stairs wearing this piece of art.


    Zhenyi took out the dress again very gently as if she would ruin it if she pulled it any harder. It was very precious for her because of the meaning behind it.


    It was a white and light blue embroidered evening dress but in cheongsam style. If one looked at the upper portion of the dress it looked more like a cheongsam but when worn, it looked more like a western dress. The inner skirt reached her mid-thighs but the outer skirt touched the floor even with heels on. There was a slit in between the dress giving a perfect disy of her long legs.


    Ada watched how beautiful the dress actually loomed on her body. It was as if it was honestly made for her in the first ce. There was not even a spec of makeup on her face, but with the dress on, her face had an unusual glow.


    Her husband sure knew what to choose for his wife.


    White was truly her color.


    "Don''t get any ideas, youngdy. I''m not a kind woman and certainly not the type that you have just knitted in your tiny head." Zhenyi''s tongue was sharp as ever but only if Long Jie was here to watch it.


    "If not for my husband, I wouldn''t have stepped out of this room. Even if the world was burning in front of my eyes." Zhenyi added.


    And she was not lying either. She wanted to ignore him to avoid the problem. But how long could she avoid him and the pile of problems umting on her head?


    She just needed to enjoy the moment and she could do it, right for today at least?


    He was so thoughtful and always had respect for decisions. All these months, he had been by her side all day and night. There was not a time when she wanted him and he was not by her side. She was depending on her man now.


    Moreover, she didn''t want to act like a jerk again.


    He was just looking out for her. She really missed him. And that was the entire truth.


    "Ma''am, let me do your hair for you?" Ada asked Zhenyi.


    She was so excited to give a makeover to Zhenyi because she had the most unique facial features more than her ex-girlfriend.


    Ada scolded herself for remembering that damn girl. However, it was true that her girlfriend''s raven eyes were the most striking feature on her face. She stopped herself from going down thatne again. Don''t think about the heartbreaker.


    "You have really very long hair," Adamented as she started brushing Zhenyi''s hair.


    "They were not before. They have grown a few inches in thest three months and it seems like I have failed to notice it." Zhenyi''sment caused Ada''s eyes to widen.


    Ada didn''t meet anyone who didn''t notice their body changes. Because she was one of those people, who would measure her hair''s length twice a week.


    No wonder, Zhenyi failed to notice her pregnancy but she was only more than two weeks pregnant and so, it was not her fault either.


    Once Ada was finished, she nced at Zhenyi from top to bottom, and nodded her head in appreciation.


    "Your husband''s gonna have a hard time controlling himself tonight," Ada said and giggled.


    ''Someone remind her that she was here on a job.''


    "Trust me, he has got the worst self-control. He can live with this misery called self-control and even make me miserable if he needs to."


    How badly she wanted Long Jie to lose control tonight.


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 Chapter 192 - Title Is A Spoiler

    "I''m screwed!" Long Jie said to himself.


    Despite all his best effort and usible thought, he knew he had axed his own feet. No, he was one of those idiots who first bought the axe and then deliberately hit his own feet on it. But what else could he do when he was all ready to get hit tonight?


    He had be a clich¨¦ within seconds. Who had guessed that the man who was like a moon so far, so unapproachable, would be begging another star to borrow its light?


    He was the moon and she was his sun. Ugh. Another clich¨¦.


    He now understood what Romeo meant when he said, upon seeing Juliet, "Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight! For I ne''er saw true beauty till this night."


    Well, Long Jie was not seeing her for the first time in life, he watched her every day, every moment, and whenever he was given the chance.


    It was ridiculous, wasn''t it?


    He knew that she would be his damnation when he first saw her, but tonight and all the days and nights after it, she was and would be the only reason he was living in this world, not merely surviving.


    The bane of his existence was now the only reason he was breathing.


    She ignited a foreign feeling in his heart when he first saw her. Or the heart of steel as she had said. Was it love at first sight then for him?


    Of course, not.


    But when he met her as Xin Zhenyi, he didn''t even hesitate to sign the marriage contract. Was he in love with her then?


    Definitely not. Then, why did he prepone the marriage date?


    Was it because she was the most beautiful woman he had ever seen and he found himself helpless and powerless against her blinding beauty?


    Well...absolutely.


    Call him shallow, but he didn''t care. He wanted her and he got her. End of story.


    But the clich¨¦ didn''t end here.


    Here, he was finding him falling for her every day.


    And, today he found her even more beautiful than she already was.


    He saw her walking towards him, the white dress he specifically chose for her wrapped around her sinuous body, with every step she took towards him, she seemed like a fairy abandoning her heavenly heaven just to get a piece of his burning hell.


    Her long dark brown wavy hair was done into soft curls which reached below her breasts.


    Since he was a man first and her husband second, his gaze lingered on her breasts for a little more time.


    However, moving upwards, her neck was empty except for a ne which never left her body and then to her gorgeous face which was given a light makeover today.


    And just like the first time, it was not her face which held his attention, it was her cat-shaped eyes. So mysterious and so unpredictable that he didn''t know how to look away from them.


    Whoever had given a makeover to her eyes had done fantastic work.


    She was a sight to behold precisely.


    She was literally so beautiful that he was at a loss for what to think.


    One might call him insane, but all he could think about was the prose and poems he had once read in appreciation of the poet''s beloved. And how badly, he wished he could write one for her, so he could tell her what her beauty was capable of.


    As if it was less of a clich¨¦ already and then she smiled, holding his eyes into hers.


    And by any God in this damn realm, he could see her smile melting ciers and curing cancer and causing rain on a desert and every impossible thing...


    He found his legs moving towards her, meeting her halfway, his eyes still fixed in hers. Before he could think or do anything, he bent down and captured her lips with his.


    He knew he was moving too fast, but could he just for a moment stop all the thoughts causing short-circuit in his head, and do what he wanted to do all the time?


    He was dying to taste her cherry lips, now that he was, it felt as if his heart had just sighed in relief.


    He broke the kiss before his instinct took over and the date he nned with great difficulty would be left unattended and both of them on their bed.


    "I''m scared." She was the first one to break the silence between them.


    Something pierced his heart and when checked it was her nervous whisper.


    "Look into my eyes," He whispered back. His forehead connected to hers.


    "What am I looking for?" She whispered, staring deep into his eyes.


    "Shhh," He hushed her, making her think that he was doing his magic of making her fear go away like he always did. " Just keep looking."


    She stared into his eyes and he stared into her eyes. No words were uttered and no eyes were blinked.


    After an eternity¡­


    "Why are we staring into each other''s eyes?" Zhenyi whisper-asked him as all of her nervousness and second thoughts of backing out left her body.


    "Just taking in your eternal beauty, Love," Long Jie subconsciously replied, spilling cold water over her romantic thoughts.


    "You!" Her soft gaze turned into a ferocious re and she abruptly separated her forehead from his and pointed her finger at him.


    "Don''t be angry, baby," Long Jie said, biting her pointed finger.


    "Ouch! What are you? A dog?"


    "Nah, the love of your life." He announced with a mischievous grin and Zhenyi rolled her eyes at him.


    "Narcissist!"


    "Cute!"


    Perhaps, both of them didn''t realise how much power they hold in their hands as they were capable enough to affect each other''s mood. He could undo her and she could be his unbing.


    This night would change the course of their rtionship forever.


    The grievance, trust issues, misunderstanding, and every vile element in their rtionship would vanish in this starry night and love as great as we hear and read in books would be born.

 Chapter 193 - Romantic Surprise

    "Where are you taking me?" Zhenyi asked him for a million times and like every time he ignored her question as if he hadn''t heard her in the first ce.


    He had asked her to follow him as he had nned a surprise for her. A romantic surprise she assumed in her head. But her heart was trying to knock down the walls of her chest and striving toe out to see it for itself. That''s how she was feeling right now.


    However, the stubborn man who happened to be her husband was not telling her at all.


    "Tell me, Jie or I am not following you at all," Zhenyi threatened, but she was still walking behind him and her hand clutched in his.


    Long Jie turned around to look at her, even in dim lights, he could clearly see the curiosity in her eyes.


    His curious cat.


    "Curiosity got the cat killed, Love," Long Jie said with an amused smile.


    "I don''t know about the cat, but I will surely kill you if you don''t tell me within three seconds," He ignored her and kept walking ahead, showing her the way.


    "I didn''t know there were so many alleys in the mansion, howe I never knew of it?" Zhenyi muttered to herself in exasperation.


    "Come on, Cat eyes. Here I''m trying to be romantic and you are into the detective''s roley." Long Jie shook his head in amusement as he saw his wild cat was taking out the hidden ws.


    "Romantic?" She scoffed. "Aren''t you trying to be extra-romantic today, husband? First, you send me a dress with a note and then you send B¨¤ to apany me downstairs like a perfect British butler. And hell, he was so into the roley that I was seeing him as the eighteen century British Butler escorting the princess."


    "Thought my wife would appreciate a little roley," Long Jie said with a wink.


    "Trust me, I will always appreciate forey over roley," Zhenyi deadpanned.


    Dear Lord, howe she could forget that she had demanded that they stay celibate?


    "Zhenyi keep your dirty thoughts at bay. We are not doing any of the things you have been imagining in your dirty mind." Long Jie chided her and she pressed her lips in a thin line.


    "Then, I can go back to my room." Zhenyi was all ready to go back to her room.


    "No." Long Jie said immediately.


    He knew how difficult it was to get her out of that depressing room and the mourning mood she was in for months. She seemed a little like her normal self right now, so there was no chance, he was letting her go back to that dreadful room.


    "We have reached." He announced.


    Zhenyi looked around to find what was so special and romantic about this ce. To her disappointment, there was nothing but darkness and darkness as far as she could see.


    Seeing her aggrieved face, Long Jie chuckled. "What are you thinking?"


    "That I am proven wrong," Zhenyi retorted.


    "Huh?"


    "I was thinking you were once secretly married, given your over-the-top romantic surprises but no, you are even worse than me." Zhenyi''s answer caused Long Jie''s eyes to widen in shock.


    "Cat eyes, just what goes in this mind of yours?" Long Jie asked her.


    "A lot of things actually," She honestly replied.


    "I don''t have any hidden woman or worst of all a secret wife. For heaven''s sake, you are the only wife I have."


    "Chill, don''t take me seriously. Told you, I am not right in the head," she told him with a sad smile.


    He could make out her sad face even in the dark. He leaned closer and stroked her face gently, his breath fanning her face.


    Seeing him close to her, she closed her eyes in anticipation of another toe-curling kiss but¡­


    "Close your eyes," he whispered as he covered her eyes with his palm.


    One.


    Two.


    Three.


    Four.


    And five secondster.


    "Open your eyes," Long Jie said.


    Zhenyi flickered her eyes as yellow light attacked her eyes all of a sudden. She blinked once and then twice before her eyes adjusted to the light.


    "That''s¡­." She was at a loss for words when the scene before her registered in her mind. "Beautiful."


    "Not more than you," he said simply looking at her.


    She heard him fine but couldn''t seem to form words to reply. She wanted to reply but her gaze was fixed on the beautiful atmosphere he had created. It was gorgeous..no..no..it was mesmerizing. Heaven, could she say it was heavenly like it was a utopian world?


    He took her arm and led her over to the table which he had set on the side of an artificialke and pulled out a chair for her.


    To say he had put an effort in creating the atmosphere as romantic as he could have been minimizing how much he had done for her.


    "Thank you for agreeing, wife."


    " You sent such a beautiful dress even if I didn''t want to, I couldn''t resist the temptation of wearing it," She said with a heartyugh.


    "d you liked it," he said, pouring wine in the sses.


    "Though you could have just sent the flowers instead of racking up your brain for a dress."


    "I could have...but flowers wither and die with time. Their beauty fades, Love and it bes unmemorable¡­ so, I chose something that will remind you of me. For an evesting beauty, I chose a dress that I want you to see in ," he told her.


    Zhenyi looked at him as she ced her chin on her fist and solemnly asked, "Then again, won''t the dress end up on the floor before the night ends?"


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 Chapter 194 - A Rose For Devotion And Commitment

    "So, why are we here?" Zhenyi asked as she took a sip of wine. Surprisingly, she liked its taste. However, the question that remained unanswered was how this sometimes very difficult man was letting her drink tonight?


    She didn''t care for the answer as long as he allows her to drink to her heart''s content.


    "Love, stop with acting. I know that you are perfectly aware of the reason why we are here," said Long Jie and knocked her head with his finger.


    "Ouch!"


    He was truly enjoying how hard she was trying to pretend oblivious.


    "Do you like it, wife?" questioned Long Jie, half-teasing and half-seriously.


    She looked around again to take in the beauty of the ce. It was literally beautiful that she was at a loss for words. He did put a lot of thought into making their evening special.


    And she was touched beyond words.


    Zhenui nodded. Magic tumbled on those red cherry lips as she smiled a beautiful smile.His sun was as bright as a full moon under his starry sky.


    Long Ji was unable to move his eyes from her face. He was bewitched. End of story.


    But fortunately, it was just the beginning of their story.


    "Jie, thank you," whispered Zhenyi as she stood up to kiss his cheek and then upied her seat again. He deserved a reward, didn''t he?


    "Anything for you!"


    "Well, I''m thanking you for the wine," Zhenyi teased him as she held up her ss.


    "Still, I''m d you liked it."


    "Howe you''re giving in before me these days?" She asked him. "It''s boring, you know. Not fighting with you."


    Long Jieughed. "Then,e fight or argue with me every day. Your skills must be rusted as you haven''t used them for a long time."


    "Are you technically saying that I know nothing instead of arguing with you?" She gaped at him.


    Long Jie shrugged. "Well, I said you''re quite skilled in rendering me speechless with your impeachable talent of argument...but...whatever you say, Wife. Wives are always correct, B¨¤ taught me."


    "What are you two now? Best Friends?" Zhenyi asked him, referring to him and Xin Yichen.


    "Nah, best father-inw and son-inw pair."


    "Narcissist!"


    ---


    "Stop, Zhenyi, you can''t drink more," Long Jie scolded his wife who was tenacious on drinking the whole bottle by herself.


    "You are the one who brought me out for dinner, even though I didn''t want to, but I still came, didn''t I?" She questioned him with blinking eyes. " Now let me drink to my heart''s content. I haven''t had a drop of alcohol in these two months."


    "You know, it would be wiser not to take any risk with your health."


    "Didn''t you say I''m not sick anymore? So, why are you not letting me drink? Could it be because even you know I am still --"


    "Stop it, Zhenyi. I know you''re trying to piss me off but trust me, baby, it won''t work. I''m not letting you go back to that depressing room for now." Long Jie announced, closing every way for her refusal.


    "Don''t you think we should date each other?" Long Jie added, changing the course of conversation.


    "We are already married and married couples don''t date." Zhenyi scoffed. What married couple dates each other?


    "Says who?" questioned Long Jie as he took her cold hands in his to warm them.


    Zhenyi found herself unable to reply to his question and stared into his eyes.


    She opened her mouth to say something but closed it again as no word came out of it.


    " You are my wife and it''s natural that I will be trying to give our rtionship a chance to survive all the ups and downs that we will be facing. But Zhenyi, our marriage is not conventional. We got married in a rush and I know you still me me for it, but trust me, it was the only option I could think of then." Long Jie paused, he found Zhenyi''s attention on his words. "However, if I was given another choice to remain engaged to you for a year or more before marrying you, I still would have chosen to marry you as early as I can."


    "So, Zhenyi now that we are married and I am more than happy this way, would you allow me to date you?"


    Zhenyi gazed at him in astonishment as he dropped on his knees and brought out a red silk rose. She didn''t know what she should do right now or how she should react to this situation, but she did take that rose from his hand.


    "I will take it as a yes," Long Jie chuckled and stood up.


    Zhenyi gave him a grin as she smelled the silk rose. Surprisingly, it smelled good.


    Long Jie took the rose from her hands and adjusted it in her hair. It was looking more beautiful this way.


    "This rose signifies my endless devotion and affection to you, Mrs. Long." Long Jie circled his arms around her shoulder and ced his chin on her head." Wife, some days words won''t be enough to express what we feel about each other andI hope those days, I find something to express my words to you like I found this flower today. I know people choose real flowers, but I chose a silk one. It''s because I don''t want my promise to wither or die with time or any other circumstances. So, Zhenyi, I am giving myself to you,pletely. No more secrets. No holding back."


    "Jie." Zhenyi turned and embraced him tightly. She wouldn''t let him even if one day he decided that didn''t want her. She would cling on to him forever.


    "I am never letting you leave me no matter what the consequences," she uttered.


    "Too bad, I was not nning on it," he said and kissed her hair.


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 Chapter 195 - Spicy Fate

    For some people, perhaps rare people, the feeling of satisfaction is simple or sometimes just natural.


    But for the rest; it''s something difficult to attain or perhaps unattainable.


    Yet, it''s the most simplest and natural feeling a human being could experience. However, we overplicated humans insist on making everythingplex like ourselves.


    Satisfaction; a feeling of fulfillment, a feeling of happiness, an understanding that your heart is at ease.


    Satisfaction; heaven on earth.


    Satisfaction; euphoria.


    But for Long Jie, his Zhenyi was the walking and talking definition of satisfaction.


    He has a fullness in his heart when she is healthy. He is happy when she has this magical smile intact on her face. Holding her in his arms, his heart is at ease.


    This heavenly fairy is his heaven on earth. He doesn''t know what heaven feels like, he is a sinner and if by the grace of Almighty God he ever gets to see what heaven feels like, he is sure it won''t be more heavenly than her being in his arms.


    Xin Zhenyi is his most real-est euphoria on the earth.


    Under the starry sky, Zhenyi was embraced in his arms; the ce where she belonged. One of his arms was folded under his head and on another arm, Zhenyi had ced her head. She was gazing at the stars and he was gazing at his star, unblinking.


    When they finished dinner, Long Jie brought her to the other side where he had set up another surprise for her. He had arranged for a bed to set under the starry night.


    It was beautiful. It was more than she could ask for.


    And now they were lying in the same bed, stargazing.


    "Jie?" Zhenyi called out, still staring at the stars.


    "Hmm?" Long Jie responded subconsciously, staring at her.


    "We live under the same starry sky, then howe we never found each other before?" Zhenyi questioned him.


    Long Jie sighed and answered out loud, still staring at her. "Fate. You may think that we would have met each other before if we knew that I or you exist, but is it so simple? We can''t meet each other before the fixed timing and this cruel thing called fate is responsible for it."


    He leaned over and kissed the tip of her nose. "Fate is really cruel, isn''t it?


    " Cruel." Zhenyi repeated the word and made a reckoning expression. It was kinda cute, watching her thinking this way. She added," I won''t say cruel, but spicy."


    Zhenyi turned towards her husband and met his eyes, before saying, " You see hubby, fate is a spicy little thing. It adds spice to our lives. Just like food is iplete without spices in the same way life is iplete without it."


    "Your logic is weird, Zhenyi."


    "Weird maybe. But surely not irrelevant."


    "Whatever my wife says is correct --"


    "And B¨¤ taught you this." Zhenyipleted for him.


    He couldn''t help butugh. Her reply was kinda sounding jealous, even though it was immature of her to get envious of her husband bonding with her father.


    "You''reughing at me," sheined with a pout and swore to the lord, how cute she looked this way. It was not every day one gets to see this side of Zhenyi, it was the wine that was helping her in loosening.


    "I wonder how you''re getting jealous over this matter when B¨¤ loves you the most in this world," Long Jie said.


    "He really does," Zhenyi said with a smile. She tightened her arms around his chest and snuggled against him like a kitten." Jie, I wanna give him all the happiness in the world. I''ll do everything I have to do to see a smile on B¨¤, Y¨¦y¨¦ and Ry--"


    Before she could say Ryuu, a hup escaped her mouth.


    "You''re officially drunk, Wifey." Long Jie said with a shake of the head.


    "I wanna give all the happiness to my family, Jie." She sing-songed. " And you''re my family too, aren''t you?"


    Zhenyi looked at him in anticipation.


    He nodded. " You''re my only family, Cat-eyes."


    "And I wanna give you everything you ever want or need," Long Jie added, kissing her temple. "What do you want the most, Zhenyi?"


    Zhenyi didn''t think before answering. "My mama. I want my mama back, Jie." She tightened her arms around him even harder. "If I ever get her and my sister back I won''t ever ask for anything."


    Long Jie kept on hugging her body. He had no idea that the cold and indifferent Zhenyi was longing for her mother all the time. She never talked about her and didn''t even mention the word mom ever except for the war she raged against his mother when song Lily called her mother names. And the little sister she mentioned. He didn''t know that she had lost a sister before. It must have been hurting her.


    "You had a sister?" As the question left his mouth he wished he could take it back, but only if you could take back the stone after it was thrown and the word uttered.


    He saw her eyes blurring again. He was about to apologize but she just nodded instead.


    "She was a baby, Jie, and was still in mama''s stomach when she left us," she said in almost a whisper.


    As he heard her whisper, realization knocked on his head as to why Xin Yichen was so hell-bent on hiding her miscarriage matter from her. He still didn''t agree but was dying it because he was already afraid of her vulnerable condition. So, he decided to not tell her for now.


    "I''m sorry, baby." He kissed her cheek.


    "Fate is really cruel, isn''t it?" Zhenyi gave a crooked smile.


    "Nah, Love, it is spicy!"


    And a smile bloomed on her face hearing him tease her.


    This was everything he wanted and needed. Satisfaction.


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 Chapter 196 - Die For You

    To say Zhenyi was drunk would be a lie, but the wine did lose her a bit. She chose to share her secret with him. She chose to trust him like he had said-- no more secrets and no holding back.


    Tonight, she needed someone who could lessen her emotional baggage and there he was like always.


    She told him the most painful truth of her life and he didn''t seem to hate her like he should, but how would he when he had yet to know that she killed her mother and sister?


    "Where are you lost?" Long Jie''s voice brought her out of her all-consuming thoughts.


    Everything fades when he is with her. The world is just a background with her in it, and she is the only focus.


    He nuzzled her neck and she gasped in a tingling sensation.


    "Attention on me, Mrs. Long," Long said, sucking her neck.


    "Always on you, Mr. Long."


    "Things you do to me," murmured Long Jie, nibbling her neck flesh. The nket was draped over their bodies, his legs enveloped hers and his chest hugging her back.


    Zhenyi turned to face him, her fingers now caressing the outline of his lips. She said in a whisper," What do I do to you?"


    "Everything."


    "You can kill for me?" She asked the startling question out of nowhere.


    Even if the question was odd to him, he didn''t react the slightest bit. His reply came," I can die for you."


    And he said she made him speechless.


    She blinked her eyes and leaned over to drop a kiss on the space between the two eyebrows.


    They say, ''Judge a man by what he''s willing to die for, not by what he''s willing to kill for. What a man dies for makes the man."


    She made him.


    Shepletes him.


    She makes him whole.


    And she didn''t doubt her ce in his heart.


    However, she still asked. "What''s my ce in your life, Jie?"


    "You''re my life," came the instant reply.


    He stared into her eyes, unblinking. "You''re my life, Zhenyi," he repeated, leaving no chances for misunderstandings.


    She sighed.


    This amazing, beautiful man just called her his life. What was the need for a ce in his life when she was his whole life instead?


    "Don''t deny it, Cat eyes," Long Jie''s voice came.


    "I''m not. I''m just...confused and perhaps overwhelmed too," said Zhenyi, her eyes fixed on his lips. She was dying to bite them.


    "Why are you confused?" questioned Long Jie, brushing the tendrils off her face. It was the second time since he saw her, she had kept her hair open. Both the times for her. Once at their wedding and then today. They were sacred to him, only he could touch them, admire them and pull them when¡­


    " An hour before the ident, we were on the verge of separating. Only the contract was binding us then and now, look at us. We are inseparable, unwilling to live apart."


    "That was two months ago. Let''s not talk about it now."


    "But still¡­"


    "You have all the reasons to be overwhelmed, Zhenyi. Our life is changing before our eyes, but for the first time in life, I don''t want to stop it. I like this change." He gazed at her lovingly." In fact, I love this change."


    Zhenyi nodded, not knowing what to say further.


    He pulled her closer to him, more than she already was and her head rested on his chest. He was addicted to her scent and she was addicted to his warmth. His heat. It made her feelfortable and homely. He would always hold her like this. It was sort of their thing; not holding her closer seemed foreign and strange to him.


    "We have be a cliche, Jie. Remember how we didn''t want to marry each other but now, look at us. Crossing every river of fire to save this marriage. I had never thought that I would be dependent on a man who is not from my family. Well, you''re now, but Jie, family is made from the heart not by connecting rtions. I was always of the view that if I ever got married it would be a political marriage and I would be stuck in that swamp forever, but look at me now, I am willing to be lost forever if our marriage is that sticky swamp."


    Long Jie chuckled." Don''t forget a swamp brought us closer."


    It was true the swamp brought these two hearts closer. She chose to give him a real chance when he saved her that rainy night on the mountain where she was stuck in the muddy swamp.


    "So true," Zhenyi agreed.


    "Did you want to marry me, Jie?" Zhenyi asked the question.


    "No." Long Jie answered with a sigh. He was being honest with his wife." I didn''t want to marry Xin Zhenyi ever. She was a noose around my neck. A way to control me. A means to bind me to the Long family."


    "Then, why did you marry her?" Zhenyi asked as if she was talking about somebody else.


    Long Jie didn''t hesitate to answer her questions with all honesty.


    "She became a necessity. Evil necessity.She became a means to the end. An end I wanted to achieve at any cost. My father is a smart man, Cat eyes. He knew if I didn''t get the throne, I would flip and all his ns for the future would be destroyed by his own son. So, he chose a middle ground. He gave me what I needed so desperately. He gave me the powers, but with limitations and that limitation was Xin Zhenyi. A reminder that my own family was limiting me. "


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 Chapter 197 - The First Woman He Loved

    "That''s understandable." Zhenyi nodded.


    She was a boss herself. She understood that as a head of the outfit and the family whose roots went back centuries ago, controlling became a necessity. Someday, if she were to have children, she wouldn''t let them destroy what she and her ancestors created at the cost of their blood and sweat.


    She was aware of the fact quite well that in their world women were proven to be a man''s damnation and ruination. And Long Jie was a man first, a leader and son to the mafia boss second, there was no way Xin Yichen would let him destroy what he had envisioned for the future. Son or not. Familyes first. And the outfit was their family.


    "Have you ever liked another woman except for Xin Zhenyi?" Zhenyi asked curiously as if she was not Xin Zhenyi.


    "I never liked Xin Zhenyi," came the blunt reply. "There was a day I cursed her for entering my life. Maybe, I could have killed her if the families were already not at war and she was not Xin Yichen''s daughter."


    Zhenyi shut her eyes but didn''t move away from his chest. Her heart was running rampant inside her ribcage but she didn''t dare to say anything. Why was it hurting so much? She shouldn''t be worried as he said she was his only woman and he also told her that she was his life.


    She didn''t question his devotion to her, but his words indeed hurt her.


    Long Jie continued." That was the day I met that woman. She knocked my world off its axis. The first time I saw her, I felt like there was something worth living for in this ck and white world. Her eyes were the only color I needed and wanted in my life. Imagine, those were my thoughts when I firstid my eyes on her. I haven''t even spoken a word to her, but her eyes, they told me the cautionary tales of what would ur if I chose her."


    "Why didn''t you choose her?" Zhenyi found herself asking him the question.


    Long Jie flipped Zhenyi and now he was over her. His chest touching her breast. He stared into her eyes and said," Because she was a weapon. A lethal weapon capable enough of killing me with her. I needed a meek and submissive wife and my brain told me to go with Xin Zhenyi as I can''t afford that woman. I, Long Jie, had a moment when I thought I was undeserving of that woman. It was that I was undeserving, it was just that she was dangerous not just for me but for herself too. I could have gotten her killed by choosing her over Xin Zhenyi. So, I let her go even though I know she will never leave my mind, heart, and soul."


    Zhenyi blinked her eyes at him but he had pinned her arms over her head and leaned over to capture her lips when a question escaped her mouth.


    "Did you ever meet her again?"


    He found himself smiling, but she found her insides burning. She couldn''t recognize this vengeful, shallow, and loathing woman she had be. Howe she, Mrs. Long was jealous of another woman who was now nothing to her husband but just his past?


    "Yeah," Long Jie said with a loving smile.


    The smile which was supposed to be reserved only for her, but now her man was smiling for another woman like this. However, she couldn''t do anything about it as she had once told him that his past meant nothing to her as long as she was the only woman in his heart, but why couldn''t she stop this jealousy burning her soul.


    "I met her again on the day I was supposed to meet Xin Zhenyi. The day I and Xin Zhenyi were going to sign the marriage contract." Long Jie added.


    And Zhenyi just found her world crashing down.


    "But when I asked Xin Yichen to call his daughter. My cat eyes appeared on the door where Xin Zhenyi was supposed to be, dressed like hotva to burn my insides and remind me what I could have gotten if not for my father and Xin Zhenyi. But, baby, the cliche of my didn''t end just there, then all of a sudden, realization graced me and I get to know that the woman who was tormenting me by not letting my brain forget about her sweet scent, the woman whose lethal eyes were branded in my mind forever, the woman I was dying for every second, and the woman who shouldn''t be mine was none other than Xin Zhenyi, my wife to be."


    Zhenyi looked at him wide-eyed. He has given her the shock of her life. What did all of this happen and where was she?


    "Unbelievable, right," Long Jie asked and Zhenyi nodded in answer. "But that''s the truth. I never meant to look down on you, Love, but I was angry when I got to know that the woman who had be a treasure to me in a single moment was involved in the outfit and no less than the boss of it. I was of the view that if I provide for everything to you and you remain at home, I will be protecting you from all the dangers but that was shallow of me. It was me caring for you in a twisted way."


    "You still need to learn to express yourself, Jie. It''s not enough but yeah, since you got the most understanding and beautiful wife, she will take what you''re willing to give for now," Zhenyi announced with a smile.


    "You were jealous," Long Jie said instead.


    "I don''t know."


    His hands caressed her forehead, then like trailing a line it passed from her nose to her lips, his touch lingered on her lips for a little longer and then a trail initiated from her lips to her neck, and from her neck to her belly button inside her dress.


    His touch was producing a tingling sensation on her skin. He massaged her belly button for a minute and then, his hand went lower and lower to the sacred region.


    "Jie," she gasped as his fingers reached her core.


    "Do you know what''s my favorite thing to do?" He asked her in a whisper. His eyes fixed on hers.


    "What?" She found herself asking him the question.


    "To do you," he said and picked her up in his arms all of a sudden. And just like this, she knew she had lost.


    A bet with Ada.


    But why did she feel like she was the winning one?

 Chapter 198 - R-18

    [The following chapters are filled with heavy smut words. As you know that the book is tagged R-18, but I know not every one of you is 18 yet so please skip the chapters because I don''t want your parents to curse me for corrupting their kid''s mind. Thank you. And if you still didn''t skip, you''re my loyal reader. ]


    Long Jie and Zhenyi were back to their room. Heid her in the middle of the bed and immediately stripped,tossing his clothes on the floor and then, he assisted Zhenyi out of her dress. Hewas about to do the same with her dress what he did with his own, when he heard her say.


    "Hey. Hey. Don''t throw my dress on the floor, it''s precious."


    "I''ll buy you a thousand more like this one," said Long Jie and his mouth came crashing to hers. His mouth moved like ocean waves washing the shores, urgently and crucially. She melted against him like she always did. He tasted like sin, divinity, depravity andbliss,all in one.


    Heat and satisfaction rolling off his body as moans escaped her mouth.


    His lips moved from her mouth, traveling along her jaw until he reached the side of her neck. He dropped kisses as light as feather over her neck and corbone and as she started moaning as loudly as her lungs could allow, the light kisses started turning into bites. He was biting, nipping, and sucking at her skin.


    She tilted her head to the side, and he pushed her hair away, kissing and sucking and nipping at her skin.


    "Do you still care about the dress?" His voice rang in her ears and a jolt of sanity hit her.


    "You--" The next word didn''te out of her mouth as he tightly gripped her ass in his hands and she knew his hand had left his marks there.


    She was still wearing the lingerie, and he was still in his boxer briefs. How badly she wanted to get him out of the remaining piece of cloth as soon as possible but only if he would get both of them out of this never-ending misery.


    He smiled at her and pecked her jaw. "I wanted this since the day you refused to let me touch you and now that I have got you, I''m going to take my time, baby."


    Baby. She loved hearing him call her nicknames when they were intimate with each other.


    But she had to admit she loved it more when he called her Cat eyes. Hearing him call her Cat eyes was her undoing as she now knew the story behind the nickname.


    "I want it too, Jie but please don''t torture me by slowing." She was pleading with him to end his game of teasing. She wanted him now. So badly. So urgently.


    It had been a long time but only if he would listen to her.


    Long Jie moved his body over hers and lowered himself to his knees in front of me and removed the bra from her body and threw it on the floor too. He trailed kisses from the throat to the middle of her breast and finally to her stomach.


    His fingers caressed her thighs, sometimes gripping the flesh. Something pulled on her stomach from the inside as the heat of his palms burned through her skin. Every squeeze, every caress, and every pinch sent a tingling sensation between her legs, begging to settle the empty ache. Her breaths came out rough and shallow while he remained voiceless and noiseless, as though what he was doing deserved his full concentration and attention.


    A moan gushed out of her when his hand working on her things slid further upward and one finger pushed inside of her without warning but the touch was more than wee.


    As if heaven had heard her begging to settle the empty ache, his hand fucked her unhurriedly, in and out. It was not close to what she needed but it was doing for now as the pressure unknown to her built between her legs.


    Her insides were burning hot, but the heat was pleasurable and more wee than the one that burned him months ago. As his fingers went in again, her nails dug into his flesh, creating another trail on his shoulders and back. He hissed as her nails pierced into his flesh and slight blood oozed out but she didn''t care. She loved ying bloody. Always.


    He punished her by thrusting two more fingers insider her and her whole body trembled as he increased his pace and it was not more than a minuteter, she came on his fingers.


    He gave her a seductive smile and licked his fingers and brought his mouth closer to kiss her lips.


    Holy shit. She didn''t realize until this moment how dirty it appeared. She tasted herself on his lips. She was appalled. She was stunned. But most of all, she was turned on by his actions.


    Before she could know, his mouthtched on her breasts giving it one slow suck while dragging his teeth across the nipple. She fisted his hair and pulled hard when he nipped on the nipple.


    She cried in response as he did the same on the other one too and the next thing she knew, he had shoved another two fingers inside her again but not before palming and teasing her clit.


    Back and forth. In and out. Back and forth. In and out. Lazy and fast. Over and over. He slowly tormented her with his fingers.


    He knew she needed him but he wanted her to feel what he felt for thest two months; afraid of touching her. The so-called celibate phase she had announced did nothing to ease his body''s reaction to hers. She had made him miserable and scarce of her, and now he would be doing the same.


    "Jie." She screamed his name as she gripped his shoulders tightly and the pressure built inside her sent her to ecstasy.


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 Chapter 199 - Mature Content

    Long Jie parted her legs as she was high on the orgasm. He gazed up at her and smiled a wicked smile when his eyes connected with hers. He didn''t break the contact, not even when he leaned forward and licked her in a long and upward stroke.


    His soft, wet and velvety tongue was licking her, his gaze still fixed on her. Watching him, licking her core was erotic and a major turn on for her


    "You taste divine," he whispered in a hoarse voice, his gray eyes dark with visceral desire.


    She poured out a deprived moan.


    "Don''t close your eyes," he said and she realized she was mewling with her eyes closed.


    He licked again but this time he started small, biting licks against her clit. His velvety tongue glided up and down through her clit, sometimes hitting that sensitive spot at the top. His tongue increased his pace and all of a sudden she couldn''t take it anymore. She came again loudly and proudly against his tongue, but he didn''t stop pouring out his magic.


    Abruptly, he stopped and she cried out wanting -- no--needing him to begin again like it was centuries ago when she couldn''t take him anymore but now she was begging for it. She spread herself apart even more because she wanted to feel more. She needed more.


    "Jie." She cried out wanting for more.


    "Easy, Zhenyi." Heughed wickedly.


    "Please, stop this torture." She begged him. She didn''t recognize this woman. This starving and mewling woman.


    "Then, promise me no matter what happens you won''t prohibit me from touching you again," said Long Jie.


    Even if he had asked for God this time, she would have then what was a promise in front of it?


    "I promise you." She whimpered.


    "Good, but your punishment doesn''t stop here." He flipped her on the mattress. Her stomach against the bed and ass facing his face. He pped her ass and holy shit, it hurts.


    "Say you''re mine." Possessivenessced through his thick voice. His eyes were loaded with lust and desire.


    "Yes, yours," she breathed as her desire, hot and thick, surged through the bloodstream, making her forget her sanity. Her heart was pounding, trying to leave her chest, the blood thrumming in her ears.


    "Don''t move," hemanded through gritted teeth as he kneeled, forcing her legs wider, and took out a condom. There was no way he would be forgetting it after experiencing the consequences of their first unsafe intercourse. He rolled the condom down over his hardness.


    Her cheek was resting against the pillow, and she knew it was so she wouldn''t touch him. It was her punishment, but it was a major turn-on for her. Not watching him thrusting inside her. Not watching his clenched teeth as he came. But she had seen him doing it to her numerous times so that she could rey all of his expressions in her head like a movie.


    Her hips moving up to meet him-- needing him inside me, like this--- regardless of how he was giving to her.


    With one swift thrust, he was fully inside her. She moaned out loudly and throatily. His hand on her hair--pulling and yanking subconsciously. He was so full inside her that she couldn''t feel anything else other than her. She was imprisoned. He moved quickly and hardly inside her.


    "Jie." She couldn''t hide the plea in her voice. He was so hard and thick inside her, so deep she could barely catch her breath.


    "You feel so good." Closing his eyes, he murmured, relishing the feeling of her tightness against his hardness.


    She was amazing.


    He moved hard inside her and she wriggled in response. The more she was shaking, the more pressure he would build. He lifted the thumb to his mouth and licked the pad, then reached between us, rubbing her clit and hasten the already built pressure. On one side, he was moving and on the other, he started rubbing her.


    She was screaming and it was music to his ear. Just what he needed.


    She had been wanting it all night but now she couldn''t take it anymore but at the same time, she didn''t want him to stop either.


    She was confused. She was overwhelmed. She was dominated. Completely. Utterly. Thoroughly.


    She climaxed in a sizzling surge of pleasure, her sex spasming in hard, desperate sps. His growl was a sound of pure sexuality, his hardness swelling in response to the desirous milking of her body.


    One.


    Two.


    Two.


    And unountable orgasm after, he came and his hardness softened inside her, before getting hard all of a sudden.


    She was facing him now. Her eyes were heavy and drunk but couldn''t move from his face. She wrapped her legs around his waist and he slid inside her again. This time they were not just fucking. They made love. Slow and sensual.


    He kissed her lips in a very unhurried manner as if he had all the time in the world to unsolve this mystery.


    "Oh. My. God. " she moaned, tightening her core and squeezing him.


    "Cat eyes." He shivered,ing. He grunted into her mouth, his hands palming against my scalp, his lips battling against her. Battle of who would find heaven first.


    She felt him bursting inside her, filling her, and her body throbbed with another orgasm, the pleasure pulsing severely through her.


    He fell on her body, gasping. Her legs went loose against her chest. She closed her eyes. Exhausted and weary.


    He knew she had overdone today. He was so lost in pleasure that he forgot about her, but it was what she needed. A shut down from the whole world.


    He removed himself from her body, gathering her in his arms, he brought her to the washroom to clean her up.


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 Chapter 200 - A Morning So Happy

    The Next Morning.


    Zhenyi was sitting in the dining room along with Ming Jia who was cutting apples for her, and Fan Bingbing who seemed like she hadn''t had a peaceful sleep for a long time.


    Xin Yichen and Long Jie were in the kitchen cooking special handmade breakfast for thedies, though Long Jie couldn''t even lit the stove, still, he was apanying his father-inw who insisted on giving cooking sses to him so that he could cook edible for his daughter if she ever craved to eat her husband''s handmade meal.


    Zhenyi insisted on joining the two men but she was straightforwardly refused by both of them. There was no way they would be letting her enter the kitchen ever. Even when hell freezes over.


    However, they were over the moon today as Zhenyi came down by herself and seemed to join them for breakfast. It appeared like God was on their side as Ming Jia popped at their doorstep unannounced but it was more than wee because Zhenyi was enjoying herpany today.


    She didn''t ignore anybody like she was doing for a while. Instead, she took the initiative to greet them.


    "Well done, son." Xin Yichen, who had a high chef cap on his head, patted Long Jie''s shoulder in appreciation. It looked like he was mixing batter in a bowl. His batter bowl was about to slip from his hand but Long Jie caught it on time.


    Of course, Xin Yichen was not praising him for catching the bowl.


    "Thank you, B¨¢." Long Jie grinned and puffed his chest proudly as if he had won a medal.


    He didn''t know what to thank for?


    His extra sexual energy or the spicy fate.


    If he had any idea that he would be able to see such a genuine smile on her face just after a night full of hot and hard sex, he would have used the tactic months ago. However, it would be a lie if he said that he was not deliberately keeping their physical intimacy out of reach for Zhenyi.


    He had noticed that Zhenyi usually drank whenever something was on her mind. Alcohol was kind of coping mechanism for her and so was sex. She would use it to shut down herself from the real world and he was not wrong, she truly would.


    "She looks genuinely happy today," Xin Yichen said with a smile. "I''m going to make special pancakes for everyone. It''s such a joyous asion."


    There couldn''t be a happier moment for a father than seeing his children happy and healthy and Xin Yichen was no different.


    Xin Yichen went back to the kitchen and also dragged Long Jie with him. He was going to train Long Jie as a chef until they went back to their house.


    Thank goodness, at least one of them would be able to cook for their life.


    ---


    "What are you doing?" Zhenyi frowned as Fan Bingbing took a piece of apple from Zhenyi''s te. As if she hadn''t heard her, she started munching on the apple.


    "Spill," Zhenyi said with an eye roll. Something was on her assistant sh friend''s mind and that was why she was here so early in the morning.


    "Huh?" Fan Bingbing funnily nced at her.


    "Come on, tell me what''s on your mind. I know something is bothering you," Zhenyi said while chewing.


    "Sam and I officially broke up." Fan Bingbing sighed.


    The knife in Ming Jia''s hand dropped and she looked at Fan Bingbing wide-eyed. How dare he? Ming Jia was seething. The damn brat got such a good girl but he was hell-bent on going after that boy. Let hime back then, she would teach him a harsh lesson.


    Zhenyi blinked twice to make sure she heard it right.


    "Wait. What? What did I miss?" Aria came, a tea cup in her, another massaging her aching head. She was shocked to hear that Fan Bingbing and Sam broke up. Just when did they decide to get into a rtionship?


    "Yeah. When did you get into the rtionship? Did he said he would rather --"


    Before Zhenyi couldplete her sentence, Fan Bingbing threw an apple piece at her head.


    "Stop salting my wounds. We never came into a rtionship. He said that he was going and would never return. So, I should drop all the fantasies that I have woven into my head regarding him. And, I should move on and get a nice man to wed and breed."


    "The brat!" Ming Jia cursed.


    "Narcissist!" Aria grumbled.


    "Thank God!" Zhenyi sighed in her heart.


    She had always known that Fan Bingbing''s love for Sam would always be unrequited. Although she felt bad for her, kidding. She didn''t feel anything but relief. Still, she was relieved that at least now she would move on.


    "That''s why you''re here?" Zhenyi asked Fan Bingbing. Since Zhenyi was not going to the office, Fan Bingbing''s workload increased all of a sudden, and it didn''t matter how much she tried, she just couldn''t get enough time to get to meet her.


    Fan Bingbing shook her head. "Do you know Zhang Han?"


    "The handsomew protector?" Zhenyi asked. Why would that officer be going after Fan Bingbing?


    She recalled that Lu Xinyi apanied her that day at the club, not Fan Bingbing. Then why?


    Aria spit out the tea she was sipping on once she heard the name. She looked at Fan Bingbing and then at Zhenyi as to how both of them knew the man.


    But, how Aria knew the man was a mystery to be solved for another time.


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 Chapter 201 - A Family Breakfast

    "Aria, where are your manners?" Ming Jia admonished her. Why on earth did she get two brats as her children? Why couldn''t she get one as cute and obedient as Long Jie? She really liked the boy.


    "Sorry, Mom," Aria said in a low voice.


    "And why on earth are you drinking ginger tea when you hate ginger to death?" Ming Jia asked.


    "I was nauseous and Auntie Su said thatit would help with it."


    Ming Jia frowned. "Okay, but don''t drink too much. I can''t stand its smell now. I used to drink it when you were in my stomach but now I even hate its smell. So, go away if you wanna drink."


    Aria pursed her lips and went away with her cup of ginger tea.


    "What happened to Aria, Auntie?" Fan Bingbing asked. "She had been acting strange these days. Always losing her temper and eating weird things."


    "God knows!"


    "You didn''t reply to my question, Bingbing." Zhenyi reminded her.


    "No. Not officer Zheng. I''m talking about that handsome musician that you signed months ago. Remember?" Fan Bingbing said.


    "Oh yeah. What about him?" Zhenyi remembered him too well.


    He acted as her spy a few months back and now he was back to Moonlight entertainment. She had heard that many of Du cooperation''s projects were canceled and the artists that left for the Du cooperation came back to Moonlight entertainments. Of Course, they epted back. But with more stricter and effective contracts. It was as if the artists had sold their souls to the Moonlight entertainments and it was still less of a punishment if you ask Zhenyi.


    "Well, he asked me if he could pursue me." Fan Bingbing''s reply shocked Zhenyi.


    "Well...that''s¡­. Great." Zhenyi had no words to say. It was...alright.


    "Great?" Fan Bingbing scoffed. "What''s so great about it?"


    "You can getid now. If you say yes to the guy, you will getid every day. What''s not so great about it?"


    "Girls!" Ming Jia said in a warning.


    "Of course, the glow on your face clearly tells me that you''re freshly fu--"


    "Complete the sentence and see how I punch your face." Zhenyi gave her a warning look.


    Fan Bingbing turned towards Ming Jia and gave her a funny look. "Mrs. Qin, have you noticed Zhenyi''s unusual attire today? I wonder what happened--"


    Zhenyi attire was not unusual, it was just too simple for her liking. She was wearing a full sleeve top and jeans. So simple andfortable. But Fan Bingbing didn''t need to know.


    "Come on, Bingbing, let''s not tease Sis." Aria''s voice rang. "By the way, did you know that bro nned a date night for Sisst night. Damn, it was romantic."


    "No wonder!" Fan Bingbing muttered and Zhenyi gave both of them a murderous nce.


    "Stop teasing her." Ming Jia chided both of them. She curiously looked at Zhenyi and asked with a smile. "Child, tell me how was your date night."


    "Godma." Zhenyi groaned.


    "Come on, aren''t we like best friends? You can always share the details."


    "Now. Now. Everyone. Get ready for breakfast." Xin Yichen appeared with a long line of servants and cooked dishes.


    Zhenyi thanked her father for rescuing her from such an awkward situation.


    "B¨¢, isn''t it too extravagant for a simple breakfast?" Zhenyi asked her father in astonishment.


    "Nonsense!" Xin Yichen immediately reacted.


    Ming Jia rolled her eyes at his childish behavior. He didn''t change at all even after so many years.


    "Where is Jie?"questioned Zhenyi, she looked around but didn''t find her husband.


    "Oh, he said that he will be back in a moment," said Xin Yichen, and upied a chair beside his precious daughter.


    "There he is." Somebody said and Zhenyi turned over to find Long Jie pushing her Y¨¦y¨¦''s wheelchair.


    Her grandfather was sick and so he rarely came out of his room, but since today everyone was anticipating a family breakfast, he thought of inviting her grandfather too. It would be a change of scenery for the sick old man.


    "Good morning, Y¨¦y¨¦. " Zhenyi stood up and kissed her grandfather''s cheek to greet him.


    "A good morning indeed," her grandfather said, and his dull eyes shone with contentment as he looked over Zhenyi and Long Jie.


    ''That brat was right. No wonder he was willing to trade for anything for these two to tie the knot.''


    Heughed in his heart for what he had nned in his heart for his grandchildren.


    Just wait and watch.


    Everyone greeted the elder Xin and then started the breakfast. It was such a beautiful and peaceful atmosphere for the Xin family. However, it wouldn''t stay for long, but for as long as it kept up, they must enjoy it.


    "Brother Yichen, your culinary talents haven''t rusted a bit even after so many years." Ming Jia was all praises for Xin Yichen and so was everyone.


    "Howe I haven''t eaten dishes made by Uncle Chen before?" Aria wondered out loud. Her nausea disappeared suddenly.


    "Because he don''t cook too often." Ming Jia informed Aria and then mustered in a low tone. "Well, he used to serve a queen and that queen was too possessive of his talents.So, he don''t cook for us humble people."


    Long Jie, who was sitting between Zhenyi and Ming Jia, nced up when heard Ming Jia''s loud enough muttering.


    He leaned towards Zhenyi''s side and asked her in a whisper who apparently had heard Ming Jia''s muttering as well, but didn''t respond.


    "Who''s the queen?" questioned Long Jie.


    "My mom."


    "Oh." Long Jie didn''t ask anymore. Xin Yichen once told him that the topic of Tang Reine was a sensitive subject in this house. So, he didn''t ask any further.


    All of a sudden, the servants of the residence started running here and there, some in shock and some in confusion, but most of them in astonishment.


    "What''s the noise?" Xin Yichen asked.


    Everyone''s attention went to themotion, but no one noticed Zhenyi''s appalled body. She saw that thing again.


    The thing that she sawst time at the mountain.


    It was real. As real as her. She was not wrong.


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 Chapter 202 - The Return Of Tang Yuzhang

    "What''s themotion about?" Xin Yichen walked over to the direction where a few of the old staff members were standing. Their bodies were stiff, and their eyes fixed on the person who had entered the mansion with his own army. He narrowed his eyes against the group, trying to see past the wall created by the human flesh.


    "Master!" Startling everyone, Cao Kung, appeared out of nowhere. His breath ragged, appearing as if he had run a mile.


    "We have a situation," Cao Kung said, his eyes stealing ncing at the already appealed Zhenyi.


    Xin Yichen raised his brows at him doubtingly but refrained from asking.


    "Tang Yuzhang is here at your residence, Master."


    Xin Yichen''s eyes focused on Cao Kung, who still was in bewilderment. He wasn''t sure when Zhenyi appeared next to him, or what anyone said after that.


    All he could hear was the words that Tang Yuzhang was in his residence. Under his roof. He watched as themotion disappeared and the face of two men in traditional Chinese robes came before his eyes, but none of them belonged to the man or the tempest called Tang Yuzhang.


    Why was he under his roof after more than a decade?


    What was left here for him to belong here anymore?


    He needed answers. Fast and urgent.


    "What happened B¨¤?" The voice didn''t belong to Zhenyi but instead, it was Long Jie who touched his shoulder and brought him out of stupor.


    "The ghosts of our past are here to collect the toll, son. I wonder what I would have to pay this time." His answer sent a jolt of tremor in Zhenyi and Long Jie''s heart.


    Xin Yichen was a straightforward man. He never talked in riddles. However, today he was at a loss for words.


    People belonging to the Tang family had a thing for rendering him speechless quite often.


    Tang Yuzhang didn''t belong here. He must go back to the cave he returned from. There was no ce for him in their lives and Tang Yuzhang made sure of it years ago when he asked for his departure from the family. He said it was not permanent, but he didn''t return either. For more than a decade. But now he was back. And the question was why?


    Also, the most important question was who was he?


    "Go back, Zhenyi. Finish your breakfast. I have a matter toplete. I will join you soon." Xin Yichen patted her head gently.


    Long Jie started counting up to five in his heart.


    One.


    Two.


    Three.


    Four.


    Five.


    Boom.


    "Master Yichen, should I call you this?" Zhenyi folded her arms over her chest. Her eyes aze, ready to burn anything and anyone who stood like a wall in her way "How long are you going to hide the matter of my mother''s family from me? You broke the conduct and I let it slide for the mere fact that you''re my family, my father, but no one gets to hide the information from the boss. Not even you. No one at all. Period. "


    Explosion. Long Jie was anticipating one. He had seen it in her eyes. Xin Yichen may not have looked down on his daughter but he did something she despised the most -- Hiding matters from her.


    It didn''t matter if his intentions were pure and for her well-being, he was not allowed to hide such information from her. It was like breaking her trust that was akin to misleading.


    "Zhenyi, I didn''t lie to you." Xin Yichen didn''t feel guilty for hiding it from her. If he was given a choice, he would still choose to do what he did earlier. He was not wrong. This was what Xin Yichen was thinking.


    "But an error of omission is also simr to lying, father." She walked over and gave him a wicked smirk.


    Long Jie was too well familiar with it. The smirk didn''t belong to his wife but to Xin Zhenyi. The boss of the outfit.He was amused but, most of all, he was relieved.


    "Where is Tang Yuzhang?" Zhenyi threw a questioning look at Cao Kung.


    "In the hall, Miss Xin," came the reply.


    "What do you know about the family, Zhenyi?" Xin Yichen asked, worriedly. She didn''t remember everything, did she? He hoped that she did not.


    As if Zhenyi could decipher what was going on in her father''s head, she said, " Enough to know that something is definitely going on."


    "Go ahead. I''ll be waiting for you inside the bedroom." Long Jie leaned over and whispered in her ear.


    She looked at him dumbfounded.


    ''This man is so shameless!''


    "What can I do watching you in your element turns me on?" Long Jie grinned and went back to finish his breakfast. He didn''t wish to join them. It was a matter concerning her mother and he didn''t want to make things awkward for them. Moreover, he was not very interested, if he wanted to know he could always ask Zhenyi and there was no way she wouldn''t tell him, well, except if the matter was overly confidential.


    "Shall we leave, B¨¤?" inquired Zhenyi as she cast a look at her father who was looking rather hesitant, but still nodded.


    "Who is Tang Yuzhang, B¨¤?" asked Zhenyi as they started walking towards the hall where the point man was waiting for them.


    A disgruntled growl rumbles through his chest.


    ''Just how many shocks I have yet to receive, God?'' Zhenyi wondered.


    Since Xin Yichen knew that there was nothing that could change Zhenyi''s mind, he decided to answer her question as much as he could.


    However, it still was not the time to reveal everything at once.


    "He was adopted by yourte grandfather. Your mother''s father," said Xin Yichen, warily. " He was an orphan, Reine had saved and taken him as her sworn brother, but Tang Yuzhang never considered your mother as his sworn sister ever."


    This truly shocked Zhenyi. Who on earth wouldn''t want to be rted to people from the Tang family? They kind of held a simr position in the country like the royal family in Britain. The only difference was that Tang family was not given the status of royalty in the Constitution of the country. But, it was verbal.


    "A traitor then?" Zhenyi couldn''t help but think of other terms to define Tang Yuzhang. It seemed like he had quite a personality and not to mention personality too.


    Xin Yichen scoffed. "Traitor? He put his life at risk many times to save your mother''s life. He gave Tang Reine his unwavering loyalty. He used to say thathe was the most loyal employee of Tang Reine, and so he devoted his life to Tang Reine."


    He paused and heaved out a long-suffering sigh. It was overwhelming to talk about him and Tang Reine for Xin Yichen. Tang Reine was a sore point for him. He couldn''t talk about them without getting nostalgic and emotional.


    He remembered something else and went on, " He had nothing to do with the Tang family even though yourte grandfather gave him his family name. Many people associated with the family didn''t approve of this as the family name was the most sacred and valuable in the whole of the country, but your grandfather was of the view that it was the least he could do for Tang Yuzhang."


    Xin Yichen''s voice grew warm and soft all of a sudden, and Zhenyi knew that he''s looking back at the time when his wife was still alive. She felt a disturbing pang of what could only be described as grief.


    No. It had to be guilt. She had no right to grieve her dead mother when she was the one behind her untimely death.


    "If there was a man on this earth, Tang Reins would go to ask for aid, it would be Tang Yuzhang, no one else," said Xin Yichen, enviously.


    He was not ashamed to admit that he was envious of Tang Reine''s rtionship with Tang Yuzhang. But at the same time realization hit him and reminded him that the man he was envious of was the closest thing to a friend.


    The anguish he was feeling right now was so crushing that he had to force himself to breathe through it so he didn''t sh the person outside into pieces and then ask him why couldn''t he save Tang Reine like always, when he, Xin Yichen, failed.


    "Not even you B¨¤?" The question asked by Zhenyi broke his trail of thoughts. Her question was mocking him.


    He nced at her and smiled tirelessly. "Not even me. He paused and then said, " Not even you or Ryuu even if she was alive."


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 Chapter 203 - Shocking Letter

    A man was standing near the window, his gaze was fixed on a bird soaring high in the sky. He was apanied by his own troops, though only two of the men d in ancient robes followed him inside.


    It seemed like many of the things about this residence had changed, why wouldn''t it be, when the man only took a second to change his own soul then why couldn''t a house make up of bricks and stone change? There was nothing homely about this ce anymore like it was many years ago.


    Tang Yuzhang had never thought that a woman as wild and unbridled as Tang Reine could make a home as she made with Xin Yichen. It was a shock to the Tang family too, but he was so used to living with her that these shocks didn''t shock him anymore.


    Even after years, no one stopped him from entering the threshold of this mansion. Although they were vetted at the entry gate, seeing their identity the guards specially led them to an archway leading to the inside of the mansion.


    True to his words, Xin Yichen never closed the door to his house for Tang Yuzhang and no one more than him knew how serious and literal Xin Yichen took his words.


    He wondered if he would wee him today too, especially after knowing the reason for his visit.


    "Tang Yuzhang!" The voice rang in his ears and he turned to find Xin Yichen standing with his assistant and a youngdy.


    "Master Yichen!" He gave a slight bow out of courtesy.


    Xin Yichen''s lips twitched. He hadn''t changed at all except a few of his gray hair transformed into silver on his head, indicating his real age. They have grown old. Sigh.


    Tang Yuzhang bowed to Zhenyi too. She was busy assessing him.


    "I wonder what brought the mighty Tang Yuzhang to my humble abode." Sarcasm dripped from Xin Yichen''s words, but the other man chose to ignore it.


    "Wee home, Master Yichen." Tang Yuzhang was not the one to hold back either.


    Of course, Xin Yichen returned to China after so many years.


    Xin Yichen narrowed his eyes at him, but Zhenyi was slightly amused. Well, matters rting to her mother always end up amusing here these days. She shut down the thoughts that came with Tang Reine''s name. It was not the time to dwell in guilt and remorse.


    "Well, my mistress had nned something for the Master. She had given it to me years ago and said that if something happened to her, I have to give it to you. She had arranged everything, Master Yichen, you are supposed to follow it ording to my mistress''s wishes."


    Xin Yichen was seething. If something happened to her. She knew all along she was dying. Of course, she would, given her actions. But she didn''t think about him for a moment, and now her letter came yearster after her death. He was so angry and hurt right now that he couldn''t think straight.


    Tang Yuzhang passed the scroll containing the letter to Xin Yichen, but his hands were trembling as the letter slipped from his hands, Zhenyi caught the letter in a swift movement.


    "I hope Mr. Tang won''t mind if I read it for my father?" Zhenyi cast a look at Tang Yuzhang who found himself at the young girl''s sharp tongue. What else was he expecting from Tang Reine''s child?


    "Go ahead."


    ---


    Ah- Chen,


    Stop getting furious over a little matter. It''s not good for your health. I heard getting angry in old age leads to severe high blood pressure. You must treasure your body. Remember our body is our temple.


    However, let''s drop the pleasantries ande straight to the point. I''m not good with words. Sigh. It was the reason I failednguage in school. But you must fare with whatever this now-dead person is giving you.


    Ah-Chen, my death must have affected my children, didn''t it? I hope Ryuu and Zhenyi are doing good and living the life we never get to. Away from chaos and blood. Tell my children not to me anyone but me for my death. I won''t let any of you take the me for it especially when it was fixed even before my birth.


    Ryuu is thirty-two this year, isn''t he? You can imagine how it breaks my heart to think about the possibility that I can''t see my boy grow up before my eyes, but who can fight with fate? I have fought many battles, but only fate was the one that left me defeated. Worse, I wasn''t even considered a worthy opponent in its eyes.


    Ah-Chen, if you get this letter which I fervently hope that you don''t, Tang Yuzhang must have delivered it to you. This letter apanies a package which contains several more letters, but they won''t be opened till the due date.


    My empire needs a queen. I''m no longer there, tell Ryuu to marry the woman I had chosen for him if he hadn''t already. Whatever his decision will be I won''t be there to ept or reject it.


    But, it''s time my empire gets its deserving queen. The profile of the woman is attached with this letter, and I hope you will act on it.


    As for our daughter, don''t coerce her to marry if she doesn''t wish to. Always give whatever she needs. I hope she experiences the love which I once witnessed and experienced myself. A love so beautiful and remarkable.


    I am carrying your love with me Ah-Chen to the other side of the world. I''m sure even after crossing fire and water, your love still ignites the ze in my heart.


    Awaiting for you on the other side.


    Always yours,


    Tang Reine.


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 Chapter 204 - Bride For Ryuu

    Once Zhenyi ended reading the letter written by herte mother many years ago, her eyes stopped on her father''s face, whose emotions were hard to categorize.


    His face was empty, devoid of any emotion, no one could decipher what he was thinking right now.


    "By the decree ofte Tang Reine, the previous head of the Tang family, Xin family is bestowed with the task to arrange the wedding of the current head of the family with the bride chosen by the mistress herself," announced Tang Yuzhang, his eyes on Xin Yichen''s face." Xin family is connected to the Tang family by matrimony, therefore, the Xin family is nearest to the Tang family apart from the three other families. And for this reason alone, the Xin family must arrange the wedding on the day specified. The information pertaining to the bride is kept protected and hidden till now ording to the orders of my mistress, Master Yichen."


    "Your mistress wants her only son to marry the girl she chose decades ago?" questioned Xin Yichen.


    Tang Reine was using only a letter to insinuate something much moreplicated. The matter of Ryuu''s marriage was not so simple as she was trying to make.


    As of yet, Ryuu had shown no interest in getting married to anyone, the family had tried to arrange for her. He was of the view that marriage was not for the wanderer such as him and now Xin Yichen was caught in a dilemma, how toy forward the matter before his son rting to his marriage, the matter Ryuu despised the most.


    However, much to her father''s distress, Zhenyi was of a different opinion, she had this feeling in her gut, which was telling her that there was something very cynical about this matter, it was not as simple and honorable as her mother was seeming to insinuate, but her doubts would be confirmed with whatever Ryuu''s answer or reaction would be based on.


    She had another feeling in her heart that was clearly telling her to start epting the fact that she would be getting a sister-inw despite Ryuu''s opinion. And that too soon.


    " My mistress wants the current head of the family to take the bride," came the answer.


    "Very well," Xin Yichen sneered.


    She was not arranging a bride for Ryuu''s wedding but the head of the Tang family. So, Xin Yichen and no say in this matter as Ryuu had never taken Xin as his surname. And why it was so, it was the matter of another time.


    "What''s your opinion, princess?" Tang Yuzhang''s attention shifted to Zhenyi, who was too quiet for the storming circumstances.


    Zhenyi found the name he used to call her as odd but didn''t speak anything, because she knew it was Tang Yuzhang giving her the respect ording to her status, but it appeared he seemed to have forgotten the fact that the country had no legitimate royal house.


    "Mr. Tang, I don''t think the former head of the Tang family added anywhere in her letter that her daughter''s opinion can change the aftermath of the matter that holds the high prestige in the Tang family presently," said Zhenyi.


    "Your opinion matters a lot to her, princess," was his humble reply.


    "I will have to trouble you to call me either Miss Xin or Mrs. Long, Mr. Tang." Zhenyi smiled.


    "Of course, Miss Xin." Tang Yuzhang was as capable as they had said.


    "I apologize for being thest one to congratte you on your wedding. I pray that heaven blesses you with a long and blissful marriage." Tang Yuzhang added, sincerity naked in his eyes.


    Zhenyi nodded. "Would you like to join us for breakfast, Master Yuzhang?"


    Xin Yichen''s eyes snapped towards Zhenyi, who just smiled in return. "Wouldn''t want my mother''s only sworn brother to leave our house without food." She smiled and then nced at her stone-cold father, "Or would we, B¨¤?"


    "No." Xin Yichen grunted.


    Zhenyi turned to Tang Yuzhang who was standing stiff at the same ce. Zhenyi gently smiled at him and so he just couldn''t refuse her offer.


    "Sure, princess!"


    ----


    At the breakfast table.


    Everyone who was once familiar with Tang Yuzhang felt their appetite disappear away. Elder Xin, who was busy plotting a move against his grandson had a suspicion that all his ns wouldn''t function now that the not very anticipated guest was here.


    Why was he here? He was just thinking about it throughout the breakfast.


    "That''s my husband, Master Yuzhang." Zhenyi introduced him to her husband, Long Jie." And Jie, he is Master Yuzhang. My mom''s sworn brother."


    Even if Tang Yuzhang didn''t like the way Zhenyi introduced him to her husband, he didn''t show it on his face. He knew the brat was seeking revenge on him for calling him the princess.


    "It''s a pleasure meeting you, Master Yuzhang." Long Jie respectfully greeted the man.


    He was surprised by the way Zhenyi had shown him respect. As her husband, he had seen that only a few persons on this were capable enough of getting Zhenyi''s respect. Seeing this, he greeted him sincerely.


    Tang Yuzhang just nodded. He didn''t care about the top aristocratic families of the country, nor did he ever respected them, given their status. He always felt that whoever was deserving of his respect, would get it, irrespective of their status. However, the man before him was Zhenyi''s husband so he was polite and somewhat gracious.


    After breakfast, Tang Yuzhang and Elder Xin were talking over tea and Xin Yichen was busy seething, even his son was not picking his calls today.


    He had all the reasons to be angry. His wife was such a person who would leave no stone unturned in making their lives stormy. He wondered how could he fall for such a person, who even after so many years of her death was making his life difficult and problematic.


    Nheless, he was not angry at her. He was just angry at his circumstances. He was always aware of the dangers lurking around them. He knew that their lives had no guarantee for tomorrow. He had always wished that if something had to happen, it must happen to him rather than his family.


    But he forgot that fate is a cruel little thing.


    Yet, he had an idea that the wedding was just the rm for the iing storm that was going to hit this family.


    But, he was so wrong, the move Tang Reine nned many years from now would not affect one family but several and they wouldn''t be able to stop the destruction awaiting for them.

 Chapter 205 - Shadow Cult

    On Ryuu''s side.


    "Young man, where are you?" Xin Yichen''s furious voice almost pierced Ryuu''s ears.


    Ryuu kept the phone away from his ear and asked, bewildered, "B¨¤, what''s going on?"


    "Come home now!" Xin Yichen demanded.


    Ryuu, who had justnded in Tbilisi, was stunned by his father''s unusual behavior. Just what was going on? He messaged his assistant immediately to get the information as to what was going on in Xin mansion.


    "B¨¤, at least tell me the reason for your sudden outburst?" Ryuu sighed.


    "Why don''t youe home and see for yourself?" came the sharp reply.


    Ryuu handed his suitcase to his man and exited the airport. One man opened the door to the car and another came with hisptop. Once he settled inside his car, aptop was ced on hisp. The event which caused Xin Yichen''s odd behavior was on the lit screen.


    He sighed inwardly and prayed to heaven for mercy.


    His tes were already full and he had no time to deal with Tang Yuzhang. When was thest time he met Tang Yuzhang? Ryuu didn''t remember. There were matters more important than this one which required his attention and that too immediately.


    "Ryuu--"


    "B¨¤, take a deep breath," said Ryuu softly. He waited for a moment and then let out, " Is it rted to mom?"


    "Who else!"


    "Okay. Give me time, B¨¤. At least a week. I will be back in China." He knew he had to go back sooner this time, but couldn''t go as soon as his father wanted.


    Themitment he had in Georgia was much more important than anything else right now.


    "I''m afraid son, you don''t have any other option but to return this time," Xin Yichen sighed." It seems you have gotten the information that Tang Yuzhang is here. Under my roof. And nothing reasonablees out of meeting ghosts who appear once in a while. The matter is quite sensitive and crucial, Ryuu. You have toe back sooner."


    "I know but someone needs me more than anything else right now. It''s urgent, B¨¤," said Ryuu, his attention on theputer screen. " As for Tang Yuzhang, what does he need? Or is he back to meet his best friend?"


    Xin Yichen gripped the phone tightly and said angrily, "Who is his best friend?"


    "You, B¨¤," came the rxed reply.


    Xin Yichen chuckled bitterly. "Haha...Best friends don''t leave when you need them the most. They also don''t be strangers as time passes. His actions proved that he was there only for Tang Reine, and once she left us, he left too, leaving all of us behind. Son, he never turned back, and now why should we wee him when he was the one abandoning us?" So, in short, he was not his best friend at all.


    There were people around him twenty-four/seven because of who he was. But none of them were even close to being called a friend. It was not that he didn''t want to talk to Tang Yuzhang but the person himself had closed all the lines ofmunication many years ago.


    However, it seemed like Ryuu had apletely different opinion than his father as he said, "He must have his reasons. He was loyal to the family. If we were grief-stricken, so was he. His only family in this world left him alone. Perhaps, leaving everything behind was his way of coping with the circumstances."


    Hearing what Ryuu was trying to say, Xin Yichen''s body became cold and the taste in his mouth was bitter.


    After everything that had happened to their family many years ago, Tang Yuzhang had chosen to leave them instead of staying with them. They would have be each other''s support in that hard time.


    Xin Yichen was not a shallow man and neither did he hold grudges. Instead of holding grudges, he would rather retaliate to his heart''s content.


    However, he still couldn''t get this grievance out of his heart that the person who was so nearest to him left him when he needed them the most.


    Could it be because he had considered him a friend?


    Yet, Xin Yichen was livid," He was loyal to his mistress, Ryuu, not to her family. We were nothing to him than his mistress''s family. Well, it didn''t matter anymore. However, one of my questions is still answered and no one other than you can answer it."


    Ryuu frowned but didn''t say anything.


    His father was adamant on this topic. He knew his stand wouldn''t be changed anytime soon, but he was sure that one day it definitely would.


    "Tell me, son, how is he still associated with the Tang family? Especially when Tang Reine made clear that after her death he is to serve no one. He will be free of every duty and obligation with her death. Then, why is the soldier''s belonging to the Tang family still obeying him?"


    This matter was sensitive and Ryuu hadn''t expected his father to ask him this question.


    Ryuu took a deep breath. He closed theptop and ced it beside him and ordered the driver to put on the partition. His destination was still miles away.


    "Tang Yuzhang is themander of the shadow cult," Ryuu answered heavily heartedly.


    "Shadow cult?"


    Although Xin Yichen was married to Tang Reine, still there were many things he was not aware of. Tang Reine used to say that the Tang family was a bunch of greedy wolves who wouldn''t wince before tearing their own flesh apart. They were ruthless and merciless when it came to capturing power.


    So, keeping the Xin family away from the dirty politics of the Tang family, was Tang Reine''s way of protecting them.


    Because she knew if Xin Yichen was aware of the prevailing situation he would try to step up and help her, jeopardizing the lives of their kids too.


    And this was the same reason Xin Yichen was not aware of the dynamics of the Shadow Cult.


    However, he knew what the shadow cult was.


    The members of the Shadow cult are martial arts geniuses. They possess talents which existed only in the legends and the myths. It was said that when the Shadow cult came into being, the then members of the cult had sworn their unwavering and undying loyalty to the crown, and until this day even after so many decades after the crown was revoked from the country, their loyalty was still with the family, unwavering and undying as forever.


    "It is also said that the Shadow cult disappeared after the abrupt and brutal death of mom," Ryuu added after a long time.


    "Since when did you start believing in the rumors?" Xin Yichen couldn''t help but frown.


    "Well, it''s notpletely a rumor," came the reply.


    Xin Yichen let out a long-suffering sigh.


    "B¨¤, do you know why the cult was formed?" Ryuu couldn''t help but ask.


    "I do, son. If notpletely, but I do know a little."


    "Then, you must know that the head of the family had no powers to control the cult. They work on their own resources and leadership. It is controlled by an element that I or none of the members of the Tang family possess right now."


    "Then, who possesses that element, son?" Xin Yichen asked.


    "Only Tang Yuzhang knows it."


    It was a matter of concern for both of them. If Ryuu had no idea about the situation, it only meant one thing -- threat.


    "Come back soon, Ryuu. Then, you will know what actually is happening here," said Xin Yichen, his voice defeated. "You asked for a week and I am giving you two. Complete your task ande home."


    But only if it was so easy.


    "I''vemitments, B¨¤. I am afraid I can''te back soon. I believe there exists no matter that you or Zhenyi can''t handle. Wait for me toe home."


    Ryuu was right to arge extent. Xin Yichen would never let anyone or anything harm his children. However, he still didn''t know how to open up to his son about the issue of his uing wedding.


    Ryuu was getting married for sure but none of them knew who the bride was.


    What was even more stunning was that even the family of the bride didn''t know that someone named Tang Reine had arranged the wedding of their daughter with her son.


    It was not just stunning, it was terrifying.


    A wedding that neither the groom nor the bride is aware of.


    Nheless, we would let the Xin family be the judge of it once they were known of this fact.


    ------


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 Chapter 206 - A Bride For Ryuu

    Inside Xin Yichen''s study.


    Zhenyi was sitting on the chair, a ss of alcohol in her hand, and another messaging her aching temple as she watched her father scowling at Tang Yuzhang.


    Well, he had all right to break down all the tangible things in the house, but he just preferred to scowl. Very well. At least one of them was sane enough to handle the situation non -violently because she had an urge to shoot anyone straightaway.


    However, the ss of whiskey was it currently.


    "Care for a drink?" Zhenyi asked casually.


    Xin Yichen gave her a look which said it was not good for her to drink alcohol but she just rolled her eyes in return.


    She needed one and so did he.


    "Actually pour for two," the answer came from Tang Yuzhang, who was looking as pissed as Xin Yichen.


    He upied a seat beside Zhenyi while a servant poured drinks for them.


    Xin Yichen grunted in annoyance. He was in a poor mood all morning. Coming to think of it, his anger started to surface since the phantoms of his cruel past appeared in his not so merry present. Right about the time the woman who he loved more than himself, even after more than a decade of her death, had written a letter for him, telling him that she had fixed their son''s marriage with a girl who along with her family didn''t have any inkling that someone with a face of angel and mind of the devil had arranged the wedding of their daughter many years ago.


    This was heightening his pissed mood even more.


    "Master Yuzhang, did mom ever talk about my future sister-inw''s family?" asked Zhenyi, half curiously and half-amused, but worry toppled both the forenamed feelings.


    Tang Yuzhang pressed his lips in a thin line. Tang Reine had yed him this time.


    Of course, he had no idea that the marriage was unterally fixed by her. If he had known, he would have at least talked to her, but then again, she was who she was and wouldn''t change her mind. Moreover, if she had nned such a bizarre situation, there must be something to it. Something hidden from their eyes.


    They just needed to see the bigger picture.


    However, where was the bigger picture?


    "She indeed talked about the girl''s family, but never said anything rted to the marriage pact, " said Tang Yuzhang, messaging his temple. " I was of the view that the mistress had signed the pact with that family. However --"


    "However, your mistress yed her shot again, Tang Yuzhang." The impatient voice belonged to Xin Yichen.


    Tang Yuzhang kept quiet, he had nothing to say.


    Zhenyi turned towards her father and asked a question that had been in her mind for a few minutes, but she was waiting for her father to stop sulking before inquiring. "B¨¤, is this family the same Ming family as Auntie Ming Jia''s?"


    It seemed that the girl.who was supposed to marry Ryuu was from the Ming family.


    Xin Yichen nodded and went on to exin the whole situation to his daughter. "It is, but Ming Jia''s father had little or no rtion with the Tang family before he married his wife." He paused for a moment and let Zhenyi sink the information in her head before throwing a heavier one. " She was yourte grandfather''s maternal cousin and Jie''s grandmother is rted to the Tang family as well. Both of them were close to your grandfather as he had no sisters.You may not know but there were no female descendants in the Tang family for many generations before the birth of your mother. So, when Ming Jia''s mother married into the Ming family, her husband and your grandfather became close, but not as close as the main Ming family.


    Xin Yichen waited and Tang Yuzhang filled a ss for him. Quite a symmetry for the two hostile.


    After taking another gulp of the drink, he said " Ming Jia''s great-grandfather was the ally of the then King. He had contributed a lot then which increased his superiority among others and then he married the woman arranged by the Tang family, and from his marriage, he got two sons. Both of them, capable and enviable. As they grew up, people were of the view that the incredible Ming family will be scattered apart due to the growing animosity between the two brothers as both of them were more than capable and inclined to fight for inheritance but nothing of that sort happened as the younger son left the family position to start his own business. " He paused and then went one, "Though this step of the younger son caused a rift between the two brothers as people of such position used to frown upon the traders because they were beneath the aristocratic pedagogy. The second son was your Aunt Ming Jia''s grandfather and the elder son was the bride chosen by your mother for Ryuu''s great grandfather."


    "B¨¤, isn''t it unusual for a mom to arrange Ryuu''s wedding with that branch of Ming family when she is closer to aunt''s family? Is there a story to it?" inquired Zhenyi.


    If Tang Reine wanted Ryuu to marry into the Ming family, she would have chosen Ming Jia''s family as she was closer to this branch of the Ming family, but she didn''t and it was quite suspicious to Zhenyi.


    "Why don''t you ask your mother''s loyal soldier about the back story?"Xin Yichen snorted.


    Zhenyi could feel another headacheing her way if her father insisted on behaving like a kid at this age.


    Tang Yuzhang ignored Xin Yichen''s attitude as if he hadn''t seen it in the first ce.


    He was back for his mistress not for his friend this time and he wouldn''t be until he achieved what he wanted to.


    "Miss Xin, the rtions between the two families be sour when mistress helped Mrs. Qin, in eloping from the wedding arranged by the main Ming family," said Tang Yuzhang. "It not only soured the rtionship between both the branches of the Ming family but also with the Tang family. They turned against thete Lord''s decision of handing over the empire to the mistress as they had exined that she was unbridled and extremely wild."


    When they had said that Tang Reine was wild and unbridled, they were not wrong. She was born to her parents at a veryte age and so she was spoiled and pampered beyond words which examined her vicious attitude and brazen personality.


    "Master Yuzhang, please if you are thinking that mom is trying to soften the resentment between the Ming family and Tang family by arranging Ryuu''s wedding with this nameless and faceless bride, think again," Zhenyi scoffed. Hadn''t she heard enough about her mother''s personality that she would believe the nonsense Tang Reine was expecting them to acknowledge. " She was an extremely vengeful woman and she wouldn''t bring a woman belonging to the family which once went against her, to her home, especially as her daughter-inw."


    Both the men present there couldn''t refute Zhenyi''s words.


    "Miss Xin, that''s what I asked my mistress years ago, but she just said ''do not worry about something that has yet to happen'' and I never questioned her again."


    Huh.


    "What''s the girl''s name?" Zhenyi asked them. She had yet to know about her sister-inw''s name.


    "Ming Xiuying."


    Zhenyi snorted. "Congrattions to my brother for getting a new flower to be decorated in his garden."


    "Zhenyi." Xin Yichen chided her. How could she joke about someone''s name?


    "Come on, B¨¤, first Ryuu won''t be easily convinced and even if he does for the wedding, he won''t be very weing to his new wife. So, the beautiful Xiuying will be ced in his mansion as a beautiful flower in the garden like her name as a decoration piece. I suddenly pity the young girl who is going to marry my brother."


    "Zhenyi!"


    Zhenyi zipped her mouth and emptied the ss in one go.


    "So, now who is going to talk to this Ming family about this not so anticipated wedding of the season?" Xin Yichen asked.


    All eyes turned to Tang Yuzhang who avoided their eyes as he said. "Well, there seems to be a little hitch."


    "What?"They said simultaneously.


    "The girl already had a fiance."


    Well, it seems quite fun.


    ----------


    The second female lead will be entering the story soon, but you just have to recognize the right person.


    This Volume will mainly focus on Ryuu and Tang family and the next volume will be on the Long family. All the secrets rted to Xin family and Tang family will be revealed in this volume.


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 Chapter 207 - Stealing Another Bride?

    "Please, tell me that I am still stuck in my never-ending dream and this one is a little more funny than the rest," said Zhenyi, cing the ss on the table, she stood up and walked to where the file on Ryuu''s to be bride was kept.


    This had to be a dream because all these weird things didn''t happen in real life. She was right, wasn''t she?


    Of course, she had to be. Who in hell marries someone who was already engaged to someone else?


    Absolutely not...Ryuu.


    Who despised the institution of marriage more than anyone on this not-so-pleasant.


    "I''m afraid Miss Xin, it''s not a dream but a true circumstance," Tang Yuzhang spoke. He had nothing more to say.


    It appeared someone had rendered him speechless. Reducing his normally higher IQ to the number of his shoe size.


    Xin Yichen held up his hand in resignation. "I don''t know what to do with this situation anymore."


    Obviously, any sane man would avoid this situation at any cost. But who was the sane among these insane dignitaries?


    Apparently no one...


    At the first nce, Zhenyi''s eyes went to the girl''s picture and the details penned below it. Thankfully there was a picture of the beautiful flower that was going to be her sister-inw but she didn''t know how to till now. To tell the truth, the young woman was truly very beautiful but so were many other women out there. She still couldn''t understand the difference between her and others.


    In the picture, she was holding a paintbrush in her hands, and judging from her posture, it seemed like she was painting on a canvas. Her eyes were absorbed by what her hands were creating.


    She was beautiful and... nothing else.


    If someone asked her to define the girl in a single word it would be -- in.


    With a sigh, Zhenyi turned to the other page, and the information about the girl''s fiance came into her view.


    Huo Yusheng. That was the boy''s name. It looked like he was the same age as the girl and were engaged to each other since they were born.


    ''Very well!'' Zhenyi cursed in her brain.


    "What?" asked Xin Yichen as he saw a scowl marred on her forehead.


    "He is not kidding," Zhenyi said with a sigh. "The girl really has a fiance and it seems they will be getting married soon."


    "It appeared like Ryuu will be stealing another bride very soon." She added.


    "Another?" Xin Yichen frowned and Tang Yuzhang almost fell from his chair as he heard what Zhenyi said.


    Zhenyi nodded. "Just a few months ago, he ambushed a church in New York and helped his so-called friends in stealing a mafia don''s daughter."


    "I can''t believe this hypocrite son of mine really stole a bride and that too by ambushing a church. Dear Lord, and here he was seething when your wedding was ambushed." Of course, Xin Yichen was surprised. This son of his was totally following her mother''s footsteps, but he forgot that he was no less in his younger days.


    "Chill, B¨¤ it''s no big deal."


    Tang Yuzhang looked at Zhenyi in bewilderment. Was stealing a bride no big deal? It seemed like there would be another stealing case soon.


    "Zhenyi, I will never allow my son to steal this Ming girl and then marry her. God forbid, she may be in love with this fiance of hers! " Xin Yichen scolded his daughter. "And are you sure she already has a fiance? Your mom is not so unreasonable to separate two lovers."


    Zhenyi handed her father the file and pointed at the page he had ignored in his rage. "See, Ming Xiuying and Huo Yusheng are getting married soon and as the file says, they are childhood sweethearts."


    Xin Yichen rubbed his temple and said in exasperation," Just what your mom was thinking then?"


    He had been proven wrong again.


    "I have no idea, B¨¤. She is your wife first, and you must know about what transpired in her brain," Zhenyi retorted.


    "Master Yichen, if you allow me to point out?" Tang Yuzhang''s voice boomed.


    Xin Yichen grunted in reply.


    "Miss Xin, can you please show Master Yichen who is the mother of Ming Xiuying?" Tang Yuzhang asked her.


    She took back the file from her father''s hands and opened the page which contains Ming Xiuying''s mother''s information.


    "It''s someone named Song Yunxi."


    "What?" Xin Yichen took the file from her daughter''s hand, his eyes wide. "It can''t be what I am thinking, could it be, Tang Yuzhang?"


    Tang Yuzhang refrained from making ament at this moment. It had taken him years to understand this connection between the mother of the girl and Tang Reine.


    To say the truth, he was appalled when he noticed that.


    "B¨¤, what happened?" Zhenyi asked the wide-eyed Xin Yichen. She still couldn''t get what had stunned his father so much.


    Xin Yichenughed mirthlessly."Zhenyi, your mother outwitted everyone again. Here, I was thinking all along that she had forgiven her years ago on my ount but, no...you can''t change the core of a person. What a wicked woman I had married!"


    "B¨¤, what happened?"


    "This Song Yunxi is Song Lily''s sister," replied Xin Yichen.


    "What?"


    "Yes. She and I were friends before Song Lily and Tang Reine came into the picture." Xin Yichen smiled bitterly.


    She sighed before asking, "B¨¤, what''s the feud between mom and my mother-inw?"


    "Princess, I would rather you not intrude in this matter. It''s something very sensitive that no one will want to talk about. So, don''t try to dig these past skeletons, it will just harm the people we love."


    After hearing Xin Yichen''s reply, Zhenyi decided to not ask about this matter anymore. Once Grandmother Mian said the same thing to her and she understood that time. But she could decipher that the matter was not a simple one.


    "So, what''s the deal with this Song Yunxi?" She asked instead.


    This novel is a contracted work with W e b n o v e l. c o m (remove spaces). If you''re not reading ''The Typhoon''s Dangerous Wife '' on W e b n o v e l, it has been stolen. It''s very heartbreaking to see pirates profiting from my hard work. Please support the original author,(tanu_sam).

 Chapter 208 - Dynamics Of The Main Families

    [The following two chapters will be exining the rtionship between the Tang family, the Xin family, the Long family, and the Song family three decades ago. Therefore, if you don''t wish to know the core reason for animosity between these families, you can skip it. But do note that it will be from Xin Yichen and Tang Reine''s POV. ]


    Xin Yichen narrated the story as to how Song Yunxi was rted to him and how she had caused the rift between his and Tang Reine''s rtionship during the days when they were still in high school.


    He saw his wife in high school for the first time.


    It was said that Tang Reine was a brat that no ordinary man could tackle and out of distress, thete King had sent her to the hostel, the only child of the Tang family was sent to the same school where the children of other aristocratic families were studying. It was the most thete King could do, given the type of person his daughter had be.


    Thete King was of the view that once she would go to school, she would beg and plead him to take her back to her home tutors whom she had tortured beyond words with her antics, but it seemed that he underestimated his daughter. She was given the freedom to leave the pce she hated to the core for the first time in her life.


    Tang Reine was over the moon when her father admitted her to the school of brats as she had called that school filled with brats (kids of most pretending ss) because she had her two best friends Ming Jia and Long Ah -Shaan, and other minions to bully. She was younger than many freshmen, but her antics were out of the world even for those slightly older students. The teachers were tired of her everyday drama and so they eventually stopped scolding her because she was incorrigible.


    Xin Yichen was the campus bad boy, his reputation was quite heightened when the kids of his nemesis joined the same school, resulting in frequent fights between the two camps. There were two camps in the school; one camp used to follow Long Ah-Shaan and another was the ardent follower of Xin Yichen.)


    And then came Long Ah-Shaan''s best friend who had never yed ording to the rules: Tang Reine, who was obviously in her best friend''s camp until she had met her best friend''s biggest enemy.


    They said that when Tang Reine had seen Xin Yichen for the first time, beating the shit out of her best friend, she had given her heart to him. Though it was against the rules of friendship, but then again, when had she ever followed them? Later, she imed him in front of the whole school.


    However, it was what Tang Reine had thought, she didn''t know that the man she had just imed had already given his heart to her the moment he saw her bullying the teachers. It was love at first sight for him.


    Such a cliche, love story was theirs.


    Even though Long Ah-Shaan hated Xin Yichen to the very fiber of his being, he never came between Xin Yichen and Tang Reine, because his best friend truly loved his enemy to the death.


    He had known that Tang Reine could kill anyone anytime but for the first time, he saw her willing to die for somebody.


    This was the reason why the Xin family never became the reason for her cutting ties with the Long family.


    Xin Yichen had never asked her to leave the Long family as he belonged to their rival family.


    And now one would ask how Song Lily and Song Yunxi came into the picture.


    Song Yunxi had always followed Xin Yichen as he was her first love even though the Song family was not friendly with the Xin family as they were the ally of Longs, but Song Yunxi never ended her friendship with Xin Yichen and neither did he. It was not his fault that the two families (Xin and Long) were always at war with each other.


    And when Song Lily came to the same high school, she was already betrothed to someone from the Long family and so how could she let her sister destroy her life over a man who would never be hers?


    Moreover, Tang Reine was a problem for both the sisters. Because she was rted to both Xin Yichen and Long Ah-Shaan, gaining the hatred of both the sisters.


    When Tang Reine appeared in the picture, Song Yunxi lost her calm. How could she let a girl who just appeared snatch the love of her life? Song Yunxi did so many things against her morals just to create misunderstandings between Tang Reine and Xin Yichen and had almost seeded, if not for Tang Reine''s sudden pregnancy in the senior year of high school.


    It was sudden news for both the couple who were on the verge of separation. (Apparently, she loved angry sex )


    That''s how Ryuu came into this world and she loved her son to death who saved the perishing rtionship of his parents.


    Due to her pregnancy, Tang Reine disappeared from high school and never appeared in the social circle of Beijing for many years and Song Yunxi was of the view that she still had a chance with Xin Yichen. It was one of the reasons the identity of Ryuu was kept hidden. But it was only a tiny reason, not the entire one.


    As to why Tang Reine disappeared, thete King was already old when Tang Reine was born to him and his wife and when the news that his daughter was pregnant with his grandson, he was unexpectedly overjoyed, but he hadn''t chosen Xin Yichen for his daughter and neither did he ever wanted to, because his background was chaotic and not to add the constant war between Long and the Xin family.


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 Chapter 209 - Dynamics Of The Main Families(ll)

    *Continue*


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    Moreover, thete King already had rtions with the Long family as one of his cousins (Grandma Mian) was married to the infamous Long Yuhan(Elder Long.)He was already in his sixties when seventeen years old Tang Reine was impregnated with Xin Yichen''s son.


    He ordered her daughter toe back and leave the school, where she was doing nothing but a wastage of her time. Also, it was not safe for her to carry the heir to his throne in public eyes.


    The birth of Tang Reine was already a miracle in his life and the news of the arrival of his grandson was adding more joy to it.


    But he was not happy with the man his daughter had chosen, he was of the view that royal blood such as his daughter should marry one within the family in order to maintain the purity of their lineage, but he also knew that his unruly daughter was not the one to follow the rule.


    Further, his daughter was his pride, though she was rebellious but she was the greatest warrior he had ever seen and so, he didn''t want just any man to marry his daughter. It was also true that not many people in this world could control her, but Xin Yichen could control her willful behavior and at the same time, he had epted how she was, not wanting to change a single thing about her.


    What else he could ask for!


    Nevertheless, thete King was in a superior position as his young and minor daughter had gotten impregnated and Xin Yichen had to ept whatever the conditions of the King would be. And so he did.


    His first condition was that no one could know that Xin Yichen had married a woman who was the sole descendent of the royal house. And this was the reason, not many people knew that Tang Reine was the heir of the great Royal house, apart from few others who had heard of this but never saw what she looked like.


    His second condition was that irrespective of the gender of the first child of Tang Reine, he/she had to forsake the inheritance of the Xin family. He/she would have no rtions with the Xin family except with the parents and grandparents. It meant that naturally, the kid had to take the Tang surname, and apart from Xin Yichen and his parents, no one in the Xin family would be rted to the child.


    It was quite an unreasonable condition, but the Xin family was in no situation to negotiate.


    Naturally, Elder Xin was not happy with the condition of Tang Reine''s father, but he bowed his head as it was his son''s mistake to impregnate a minor girl, and that too the girl with royal affiliations. Also, Matriarch Xin was a kinddy who loved his son a lot and when she got to know that his son was in love with the girl, she persuaded her husband to ept the conditions. She gave the excuse that the Xin family was a very small family; there were only three members in their family at that time and there was no point in elongating the matter.So, he epted all the conditions.


    This was the reason Ryuu was a Tang and was never announced as a son of the Xin family.


    True to his character, Xin Yichen never asked for a single thing from the Tang family and gave the best possible upbringing to his son, winning the heart of thete king. Thete King then realized that there was no better man for his daughter than Xin Yichen and he hadter epted him wholeheartedly.


    Xin Yichen and Tang Reine got married a little after getting pregnant as the Tang family wouldn''t want their next heir to be born illegitimate.


    Giving the throne to a bastard was frowned upon by the royalty. Even though they were no royal now, their lineage still signified what they did decades ago.


    These were the few reasons why Ryuu was not a Xin but a Tang.


    However, when thete King allowed the couple to announce their marriage and the child they were blessed with, his daughter refused as she had said that it was not the time.


    Thirty-two years had passed and her time still had note. And it seemed like for about many more years, no one would know that Xin Yichen had a son with his wife.


    The reasons, still unknown. Courtesy to Tang Reine''s scheming brain.


    And as to what happened to Song Yunxi when her schemes were exposed. Tang Reine forgave him.She actually forgave him as her husband had asked her to leave her on ount of their decade-old friendship, but Song Yunxi never gave up on Xin Yichen until her sister married to the Long family, because it was a universal truth that Xins and Longs couldn''t be rtives.


    Later, Song Yunxi married the elder son of the Ming family who was ten years senior to her and had children with his first wife. It was all thanks to Song Lily that her sister married into the Ming family as she had persuaded her family to arrange Song Yunxi''s marriage with the eldest son of the Ming family whose wife had recently died, leaving two sons behind.


    The eldest son of the Ming family''s name was Ming Juting. He had taken a liking to the young and beautiful Song Yunxi in the wedding event of the Long family.


    After a few years, the couple gave birth to a daughter known as Ming Xiuying.


    Though Song Yunxi had married a very affluent man, she still didn''t appear in the social circle of Beijing.


    Song Lily was despised by her sister as she was the reason for getting stuck in the wedding she never wanted. To smooth the rtionship between the two sisters, Song Lily arranged for a fiance for her niece with her cousin-inw''s son, namely, Huo Yusheng. And to a great extent, it helped in softening the rtionship between them.


    A point should be remembered here: Song Lily was married twice into the same family but to different men.

 Chapter 210 - A Palace Of Paradoxes And Backstabbers

    "So, B¨¤, you''re saying that it is your wife''s way of seeking revenge of this ex-lover of yours?" Zhenyi asked the question as a joke but she surprised herself by meaning it.


    Xin Yichen sighed softly. "Stop talking like it. You make it sound like she was an extremely vengeful soul."


    "Wasn''t she?" retorted Zhenyi.


    Although Zhenyi''sment was displeasing to both of them, they couldn''t refute her words.


    Xin patted the ce near him and asked her to sit there. When she sat near him, he went on to exin to her. "Princess, your mother has spent the first fifteen years of her life locked in a pce surrounded by paradoxes and backstabbers. She used to say that the people who pretend to be loyal to her were actually scheming to get rid of her, once given the chance."


    He seemed to have paused for a moment and his eyes turned almost watery as he remembered Tang Reine''s sweet face. Thisne of memories was not easy for him to walk.


    He added in a bittersweet voice, "She had a very hard life, and so, it was quite difficult for her to trust anyone. You''re just like her and so is Ryuu. She would rather kill a person mercilessly than leave the serpent to bite her in the future. The streak of vengeance that everyone says she carried, was actually her way of protecting herself and the people she loves. Including all of us."


    This Zhenyi could understand. To rule an empire such as the Tang empire, one needs to be cruel and vicious. The Tang empire was not a family with royal connections and old money only, it was something veryplicated and significant that all the members of the Tang family were ready to kill the current head to get hold of its vast fortunes.


    Thus, it was not a hidden secret that there were people scheming to kill her.


    So, Zhenyi didn''t say anything at all because she knew her father was right to some extent. Also, he wouldn''t allow anyone to badmouth histe wife. Not even his precious daughter.


    However, Tang Yuzhang couldn''t stay quiet. He still couldn''t get one the fact that his mistress had yed him this time. It was not something abnormal, but still...


    "Master Yichen, you''re trying to say that this marriage is not out of revenge but for some other reason?" questioned Tang Yuzhang as he turned to Xin Yichen.


    Xin Yichen nodded. He couldn''t agree anymore. Indeed, his wife must have plotted something many years ago and today, they were experiencing the consequences of her scheming and plotting.


    "Tang Yuzhang, you were the closest to her. You know your mistress might sound unreasonable but she had an eye for unforeseen


    future."


    It was funny how Xin Yichen turned to Tang Reine''s side after narrating the story of their past endeavors when he was the one who was the most furious with his wife.


    ''Sigh. How love screws one''s mind and body!'' Zhenyi said to herself. ''You better stay away from this deadly virus they call it love.''


    Only if Long Jie could hear her thoughts¡­.


    If he could, he would havemitted suicide thrice till now.


    Pushing down all of her thoughts, Zhenyi veered toy down all of her concerns to her father, but she realizedter that it was a mistake on her part.


    "B¨¤, could it be that the reason mom died was rted to all of this mess? And, this surprising wedding between the two families rted to people she hates the most, is her way of rming us. Maybe she wants us to dig into the real reason for it."


    Xin Yichen felt shivers down his spine as he heard what Zhenyi said. He looked at her distrustfully. Did she remember everything? No, it couldn''t be. He couldn''t let her remember everything about that unfortunate ident. He still remembered how Zhenyi tried to take her own life after she came back home.


    She wasn''t able to get over the fact that she had caused the death of her mother and unborn sister. When it was not the case. How could he me his daughter for something she was not responsible for?


    That''s why he let her forget everything. Perhaps, it was for the best.


    But now...did she remember.


    He looked at her in anguish and turned down her words as he said, "Zhenyi, your mom died in an ident there is no way she would be rted to all of this." He paused and said much to her disappointment. "You''re just thinking too much."


    She smiled bitterly. ''Just how long B¨¤ you''re gonna hide it from me?''


    But she said instead, "idents just don''t happen, B¨¤. She was Tang Reine, not an ordinary citizen who died in an ident."


    "Princess, you''re talking too much." Of course, Xin Yichen refuted her words. How could he not?


    "You don''t have to lie, B¨¤." Zhenyi had almost spoken the truth about her remembering the truth but she didn''t say it now.


    ''One day, B¨¤, you have to ept it.''


    "Zhenyi--"


    Before Xin Yichen could say any further, Tang Yuzhang decided to intervene. "Master Yichen, I think Miss Xin has a point. In my opinion, we should let this wedding take its own course."


    Let the wedding take its course? Woah. It had to be a joke. But jokes on you Xins, if you think it was just a simple wedding function. A certain queen of serpents was looking for a moment to hiss you anytime.


    "Master Yuzhang, you must remember if this wedding happens and Ming Xuiying bes Ryuu''s wife, she will be one of us," said Zhenyi meaningfully. Who knew if she ended up bing Ryuu''s wife and what if she had ill intentions? And there was a rule among these families that they couldn''t kill the one belonging to their family. " We would have to protect her from every danger no matter how much we don''t want her in our family. She will be one of us and all of you know what it means."


    Xin Yichen sighed and said," Let Ryuu be the judge of it. If he agrees to marry her, the wedding will happen and if he doesn''t, then it won''t."


    "Then, we all know the answer to it. Ryuu will never agree to marry anyone."


    However, they didn''t know how wrong they would be proven this time.


    One thing had to notice here, both father and daughter pair failed to notice a strange expression on Tang Yuzhang''s face. There was a certainty in his eyes about a certain matter. And only, Lord knew for now what it was. And sure enough, it had to be baffling and astonishing.

 Chapter 211 - A Secret Discussion With Tang Yuzhang?

    Once the talk with Xin Yichen and Tang Yuzhang was over, Zhenyi came out of her father''s study and went to stroll in the garden to cool her heated brain, because if she didn''t, her brain might short-circuit with the number of thoughts running inside it.


    Tang Yuzhang emerged behind her, an ambition clear in his eyes. Zhenyi veered around to find him standing behind her, looking intently at her face. She didn''t stop him and let him read her all he wanted. It was obvious to everyone that he reached her with a clear motive.


    "You remember everything." There was a conviction in his voice and so, Zhenyi neither denied nor epted and just gave him a meaningful eye look.


    "Then, we need to talk," said Tang Yuzhang coldly, his arms crossed behind his back.


    Zhenyi nodded. They indeed needed to have a talk. And so, they talked for more than three hours.


    Tang Yuzhang left the mansion after that again and it was not clear if he would be back or not and neither did Xin Yichen asked, though Ming Jia invited him for a meal at her home, and he couldn''t refuse her, after all, they were very old acquaintances.


    On the other hand, Elder Xin was ced in a dilemma when he learned why Tang Yuzhang was here. He still clearly remembered thest conversation he had with his grandson and how he flipped against everyone when they tried to arrange his grandson''s wedding with a girl of his liking. It was thest conversation that he had with his grandson.


    Arranged marriages were not umon in their world, it was just that Ryuu despised the institution of marriage the most. Zhenyi''s wedding was arranged and so would be Ryuu''s. It was clear to everyone from the very beginning.


    ___


    When Zhenyi entered her room, it was almost evening but she didn''t find her husband anywhere.


    Actually, Long Jie had to go for an important meeting that he couldn''t cancel, just a little after the breakfast was over and he was yet not back.


    Her mind wandered to the conversation she had with Tang Yuzhang and unconsciously she touched her heart-shaped locket. And it didn''t take a genius to guess that whatever the contents of the discussion were, they were not very pleasant if not worse.


    She went inside the washroom and poured cold water over her face. The stress was getting to her head again.


    When she entered the bedroom, the sound of the opening of the door was heard and she swiveled to find Long Jie entering the room. She sighed in relief.


    "Jesus, what happened to you Zhenyi?" He asked her, his hearting out of his chest in panic. "Did you take your medicines?"


    She blinked at him in confusion. What happened to her? She didn''t even know.


    He held her by her shoulder and made her sit on the bed. He opened the drawers to check her medicine box. As expected, she hadn''t taken her medicines.


    When he had entered the room, he panicked seeing her as pale as a sheet of paper. Also, she was clenching her hands and was sweating profusely. It was a sign of anxiety.


    He was so angry at her for being careless. Did she not want to get better? And why the heck no one checked if she had taken her medicines or not.


    "Stop bothering, Jie. I was just too busy today to even think about the medicines. It has been a very hard day." She said with a long sigh.


    She swallowed her medicines and looked at him in apology. ''Okay. She had been wrong. She admits it.''


    But the proud peacock she was...so, wouldn''t admit it out loud.


    Zhenyi grabbed his hand and made him sit beside her. She moved a little, cing her head in hisp, and began fiddling with his suit jacket''s buttons.


    ''What is he gonna do with her?'' He cursed himself for being soft when it came to her.


    "You can''t repeat it," said Long Jie. He didn''t have the heart to scold her for being careless when she was behaving like this. Also, he knew she was stressed and was trying to calm herself down.


    He wondered what had happened which stressed her to this extent. She was doing better in the morning than she had been in these months, and now she was back to how she was yesterday; withdrawn and lost. The only silver lining was that she was not pushing him out like she was doing before.


    He kissed her forehead and asked in a very soft voice as if he was talking to a kid. "What happened today?"


    He knew her mood was certainly poor due to the happenings of today. It was a pity he was not there to see it for himself.


    She closed her eyes and narrated the story to her husband. Indeed, minus the Ryuu was her brother.


    "Jie, how can someone marry someone who he had never seen or talked to? Of course, we got the picture of the girl but still¡­ and not to mention the fact that the girl has a fiance already."


    Why did this situation seem familiar?


    Long Jie was shocked, baffled, and then amused at the outrageous situation. "But Cat eyes, I wasn''t given your photograph either. Your father is a stingy man, you must see the information he gave me about you. I will say that guy is still better than I was, he is at least getting a profile made on the girl." He took a temporary pause to add," But, this girl has a fiancee part is quite baffling. As you say that they are childhood sweethearts,won''t it be hard to marry the girl?"


    "That''s what I am thinking about...But, what my mom says, my mom gets," was the reply Zhenyi gave to Long Jie.


    "But, you didn''t tell me who the guy is that you''re so worried about?," questioned Long Jie." And how is he rted to your family?"


    He wouldn''t admit the fact that he was simply jealous of whoever the man was. Who was this man and why was he capable of making Zhenyi worry about him so much?


    "He''s someone from the Tang family," replied Zhenyi softly.


    Long Jie''s hands which were caressing Zhenyi''s hair stiffened as he heard what Zhenyi had said.


    "T-Tang family?" He let out the word with great difficulty.


    Even if Zhenyi had noticed the change in her husband''s bodynguage, she didn''t speak.


    "Which Tang family, Zhenyi?" He amassed the courage to ask her the question.


    She met her eyes and in his eyes, she saw shock, fear, and...secrets. But everyone was entitled to have some secrets of their own, weren''t they? She had hers and he had his. Even if she wanted to share it with him, they were not hers to share. So, she told him what she could.


    "The Royal Tang family," Zhenyi whispered.


    Long Jie sighed in relief as he heard her say. But, after a moment, his face was covered with shock.


    ''The royal Tang n? How on earth was she connected with it? Even a great family like his had no ess to the Tang family as they were too private.''


    ''Whatever! Royal family or not. He has no good impression of those people!''


    Long Jie didn''t mean to be nosy but he was so shocked and worried that he fired the question that was burning his intestines because the Tang family was worse to have acquaintances with," Zhenyi, why will B¨¤ arrange the wedding of someone belonging to the Tang family? Plus, they may sound majestic and grand as they are the descendants of the royals but none of them could be considered good allies. In fact, they are not even fit to be called human beings. They are even worse than us."


    Zhenyi chuckled at her reaction, "Jie, are you worried about me?."


    "Of course, "came the instant reply.


    His response made her smile, and so, she was smiling widely at him.


    " But they are royals. Like real royalty. And imagine the old money." Zhenyi tried to lure him with the vast wealth of Tangs.


    Perhaps, Zhenyi didn''t notice that money was not a temptation to Long Jie. He had more wealth than anyone could fathom.


    "They were royals, Mrs. Long." Long Jie bit her nose and she red in return." But not anymore. If you haveforgotten, then let me remind you that now the country is a republic." He paused for a moment and then added," And what old money? My family had old money too. Perhaps, I am even richer than this so-called royal family."


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 Chapter 212 - Getting Help

    Zhenyi wrinkled her forehead before murmuring, "It means you hate the Tang family."


    "Why would I?" Long Jie questioned her instead." They are not safe people, Cat eyes. You may not know about them like your father does, that''s why you''re not calling them all the names you know."


    Of course, Zhenyi didn''t know much about the Tang family as she had spent the majority of her life abroad, and when she came back to the country she had no idea about this royal family until a few months ago.


    If not for her dreams, she wouldn''t have known that she was directly rted to this family.


    "You still didn''t tell me how you''re rted to this so-called royal family?" Long Jie asked her again.


    Zhenyi sighed and met his eyes." My mom was Tang Reine."


    Long Jie''s eyes widened in shock. "She was someone from the Tang family?"


    She shook her head lightly and replied," She was the only child of thete King."


    Long Jie blinked at her and Zhenyi had a hard time controlling herughter, seeing his perplexed expression.


    "Jesus!" He felt as if someone had just said that Queen Elizabeth was his mother-inw, however it was far from being true. "You never told me."


    "Well, I didn''t know until a few months ago about my mom''s real identity," said Zhenyi with a light shrug. " To be honest, I was of the view that she was a gangster my father fell in love with and married her."


    "She is your mom, Zhenyi," Long Jie reminded her.


    "I know but you know nothing about her past actions screams royalty,''''. Zhenyi gave a simple yet honest reply.


    She was right to some extent.


    Recalling the way she killed tens of men with a sword, she knew that her mother didn''t need a title to be called a warrior. Perhaps, she didn''t know how her face changed expression but Long Jie sure did.


    A big part of him understood that her personality change had something to do with her mother because for two reasons: 1) She never talked about her mother before the ident and even if someone would try to, she would just change the topic. But after the ident, she not only talked about her, but a strange pang of pain and sadness was always present in her eyes whenever she talked about her.


    2) His intuition was telling him so. That''s why now he was going to clear this matter once for all.


    He needed to push her out of her depressed world. She needed to get rid of the unhappy thoughts she had cooked in her mind.


    But he knew better. He had been where she was today. The emotional meltdown, the dark clouds of despair, and everything gloomy were too familiar to him.


    There was a time in his life when he had no ambition, no desire, and no fondness for life. He was not drowning as he had already fallen in the depth of the endless abyss, but there was somebody who grabbed his hand at the end moment and brought him back to the light; to life. And for that, he would always be under Lord Tang''s benevolence.


    Now all he knew was that he had to be the anchor and light for Zhenyi which Lord Tang was for him many years ago. And he knew too that if he didn''t give what she needed the most right now; his assistance, she would fall prey to the demons that reside inside her head, they would destroy her more than she had already done to herself. They would rip apart the tiny part of her soul that still ze as glowing as ever if not a little dim, but was still there. And he just needed to protect it.


    "All right," Long Jie said, patted her head, and didn''t speak for a long time.


    Zhenyi was lost in her thoughts again when Long Jie called out his name.


    " Zhenyi?"


    "Hmm?"


    "You need to see someone." Long Jie''s words caused Zhenyi to look at him. She looked at his face as if she didn''t know this man at all. No, she knew him quite well. The man in front of her was not the husband she was living with for about two months, but the one before these two months.


    She just could feel the change in his bodynguage.


    "Who?" She didn''t know how the word escaped her lips, but she knew the answer to the question even before she pushed out.


    "A therapist, Zhenyi."


    She froze. Her hands and feet went cold and numb. Her eyes felt like they were... burning.


    "You''re getting me wrong, Zhenyi." Long Jie added.


    He knew what she was thinking in her mind. It was truly not like what she was thinking. He just wanted to help her. And he would.


    "You think I have some issues that I need to resolve?" Zhenyi said with a self-mockingugh. She removed her head from hisp and moved farther from him. She even refused to look at him.


    ''She can''t believe that he said that. How could he?''


    She would be alright if she was not already. She did not have any mental problems for heaven''s sake. She neither had any suicidal thoughts, then, why did he tell her to see a therapist?


    Did he think he was living with an emotionally unstable person? She agreed that she had been suffering these months emotionally but it''s just because of what she had done years ago.


    Perhaps, Zhenyi had not realized how much her thoughts were affecting her mental and emotional health. Sometimes, getting help doesn''t mean you''re weak and vulnerable, it just means that you''re strong enough to recognize and ept your vulnerabilities, and only after epting and acknowledging your weaknesses, you can strengthen yourself.


    Long Jie caught her arm and made her look at him. She red at his audacity to make her listen to him.


    "Don''t you?" Long Jie retorted. He had enough of her depressing days and it was finally the time to take action. "Don''t you have issues to resolve, Mrs. Long?"

 Chapter 213 - Off To Europe

    "Don''t you?" Long Jie retorted. He had enough of her depressing days and it was finally the time to take action. "Don''t you have issues to resolve, Mrs. Long?"


    "You don''t know anything," said Zhenyi, turning her face away from him.


    "I do know something." Long Jie gripped her chin in his hand and forced her to look at him again. "I do know something if not anything. You think I don''t know that you''re avoiding your father these days? I know it and I also know about the looks you give him when you think no one is watching you; the looks of guilt, it appears that you do have something that makes you so guilty that you can''t breathe now." He seemed to have taken a momentary pause to add. " I also know the nightmares that haunt you all night. And Zhenyi, I also know the cigarette you have hidden behind the bathroom sink. So, Zhenyi, I do know something."


    She stared at him with guilty eyes and tried to avoid looking into it but only if she could...


    "I can''t see a therapist, Jie." She sobbed like a baby." I can''t¡­."


    Long Jie sighed. He didn''t know what to do with this situation but he had to, starting from convincing her to check in with a psychiatrist.


    "You have to. There is no way I ampromising your mental health," said Long as if his words were ultimate. "You have been hurting Zhenyi and you need to get yourself help."


    "I can''t, Jie," Zhenyi screamed as she looked into his eyes. Her eyes aze. "Do you think I can? I can''t. I just can''t. I have been reaping what I sowed. I killed my mother, Jie. I killed my mother. I killed my sister too¡­" and that''s how she told him about her dreams. About her forgotten memories.


    He paused. His lips parted but no words came out. What could he say now? He did know she had been hurting all along but didn''t know why. Now that he knew why...he had no words to utter; to console her.


    For the past few months, it had been like she had been existing but somehow not being fully alive. Most of the time, the only thing that she had done was ming herself for something which was quite inevitable.


    She was drowning and needed to find the shore fast.


    In the end, Long Jie was not able to persuade Zhenyi to see the therapist.


    ____


    Many days had passed since Long Jie watched Zhenyi having another meltdown. After that day, Zhenyi had changed overnight. She was just like what she was before her ident; cold, mean, and...workaholic.


    To everyone else, she was healing but to Long Jie, she was pretending.


    However, he didn''t expose her act, and neither did he stop persuading her to see the therapist. She needed one and the end of the story.


    It was another night just like many others they had spent in the Xin mansion.


    In the dead of night, Long Jie and Zhenyi were sleeping when the knocking on his door was heard.


    Zhenyi was a light sleeper and so she woke up first. She was about to get out of the bed when Long Jie caught her hand and shook his head.


    "Don''t, I will check who is out," said Long Jie and got out of the bed. He opened the door and out he saw a gasping Gu Tian apanied by the maid who was definitely urging him to not disturb them. But from the looks of the panicked and gasping Gu Tian, Long Jie just knew something was wrong.


    "Master, we have to leave now!"


    Although Long Jie was trying to appear calm andposed, still his demeanor betrayed him.


    "Who is in a grave situation, Gu Tian?"


    "Lord Tang. Feng Siyan addressed me a few minutes ago and he informed me that Lord Tang has beenflown to London for immediate hospitalization, "said Gu Tian. " Master, it seems that his condition a quite serious."


    Long Jie didn''t look at Gu Tian and sprinted back tohis room when his voice rang.


    "Get the jet ready. We are leaving without wasting any time."


    Long Ji was only wearing boxer briefs and as he returned to his room, he directly went to the closet to get a suit to dress up.


    Zhenyi heard him fumbling through the closet. Initially, she just wanted to go back to sleep but when she saw his anxious expressions, she just couldn''t.


    "Zhenyi?" Long Jie called her in an anxious voice.


    Draping the sheet over her body, she walked towards him. She found a stool near the closet and sat on it.


    "What''s the matter?" She asked in a sleepy voice.


    "I have to leave for Europe now, Love," Long Jie said. He wanted to say something else too but didn''t say it.


    "When will you be back?" She couldn''t help but ask.


    He was trying to button his shirt buttons when she raised the very innocent question that she could in her sleepy voice. In the end, he failed to button his shirt.


    Zhenyi yawned and rubbed her eyes as she saw him failing to button his shirt again. Why was he so in haste?


    Letting the sheet fall, she stood up and walked ahead, and started buttoning his shirt.


    "You gotta take care of yourself seriously," uttered Long Jie in concern. He didn''t want her to take her health lightly.


    Zhenyi just nodded, still buttoning her shirt.


    "You will see the therapist I told you about," Long Jie added.


    Zhenyi nodded again.


    "You must not break your promise," Long Jie again spoke.


    And Zhenyi again nodded.


    Did he ever tell you that his wife would be as silent as a ghost if she would wish to?


    If he didn''t...then, he was telling you now.


    As she locked thest button, he gripped her chin by his index finger, and spoke," I don''t know when I will be back. I don''t even know if I coulde back empty-handed or not..." His voice cracked. " I was acting strong for a long time now...but it seems it was nothing but a way to hold myself together....He means the world to me, Zhenyi. He was my anchor and saviour during my hard and dark days and hearing that he is battling with death right now is breaking my heart..."


    "Jie, he will be alright. You gotta believe in your faith. As long as your prayers are with him he will be alright...Go, Jie. He needs you more. And I will wait for you here," Zhenyi spoke as she wrapped her body against his.


    "Wait for me okay? I wille as soon as possible," Long Jie whispered onest time and left...

 Chapter 214 - Phantoms

    After a few hours, Long Jie reached London airport where Feng Siyan''s subordinates would be taking him to the hospital where Lord Tang was getting treatment. He had left Zhenyi in the bed with a heavy heart but what could he do when his soul was leaving his body bit by bit.


    Two of the most important people to him had been injured in just a short time. First, Zhenyi and now his brother¡­


    He just prayed for Lord Tang''s well-being.


    "Young master Jie," Feng Siyan uttered as he saw Long Jie approaching him, followed by his loyal assistant, Gu Tian. He nodded at Gu Tian in greeting after Long Jie.


    Long Jie left all the subordinates - senior courtesy and hugged Feng Siyan. They were brothers first. They had seen each other''s bad days more than anyone.


    Feng Siyan didn''t avoid the brotherly embrace. He may not know it before but he really needed it.


    When he heard of Lord Tang''s hospitalization, he was hamstrung. He didn''t know what to do and who to call for help, and then Long Jie''s name rang in his mind. And he didn''t disappoint him.


    "Ah-Siyan, how is brother?" Long Jie asked him in concern.


    Long Jie had now reached the hospital. They had entered the private wing of the hospital. It was constructed by the team.of Lord Tang in the name of public welfare but only some knew the real reason behind it.


    "He is now out of danger but his injuries are quite serious. He won''t be conscious for the next few hours," said Feng Siyan in a monotonous voice but Long Jie could feel the trembles. He paused and the invisible trembles became naked. "Ah-Jie, it was close...so close. We could have lost him¡­"


    They could have lost him, and it was enough of a thought to send all of them into the pit of despair.


    "He is fine, isn''t he?" Long smiled a sad smile. "Ah-Siyan, he always ys. He has always been like this for thest fifteen years, hasn''t he?"


    The men had known Lord Tang for about fifteen years of their life and it was enough of a period for them to build a connection which no-one would break.


    Feng Siyan nodded. "We need to have a serious talk right now."


    Indeed, a serious conversation was needed, but it was not the appropriate ce.


    Long Jie gave a look to him and Gu Tian, who followed them to an empty room in the same wing of the hospital. They entered the room and were surprised to see that the ordinary-looking room had a secret suite built inside it. Perhaps, Long Jie didn''t know what wonders this ordinary-looking room was capable of.


    "Who was behind the attack, Feng Siyan?" Long Jie asked the question without wasting any seconds. He knew that the story behind the attack was not as simple as it seemed.


    Hearing Long Jie''s question, Feng Siyan''s face darkened and a vicious look entered his eyes.


    "The Phantom council. "


    The name was enough for causing Long Jie and Gu Tian''s eyes to widen in disbelief.


    "How is it possible?" Gu Tian asked the question in horror.


    "Exactly. No one knows what Lord Tang looks like. They don''t even have any idea about his gender. Then, how is it possible that they sent assassins to assassinate him?" The question came from Long Jie. Lord Tang was an enigma and a real phantom.


    How could you kill a ghost?


    Therefore, it was quite startling for both Gu Tian and Long Jie to ept the uneptable.


    Feng Siyan let out a sigh, resigned that it was what it was. He initially thought the same when he had heard that his master was taken to London for treatment, and when he inquired about the one behind the attack, he was more than just startled. However, his doubts were resolved when he came here and met Cyrus.


    Cyrus was a feared and respected name in their world. He didn''t work for anyone. His infamous slogan was ''I''m my own boss''. So, it would be astonishing for Long Jie, and other men to know that Cyrus was aware of Lord Tang''s identity.


    "And Cyrus saved Lord Tang," added Feng Siyan as if the information he first dumped on Long Jie was less of horror.


    Long Jie sighed a long sigh and rubbed his hands all over his face in exasperation. "Cryus? Are you kidding me, Ah-Siyan? Since when did he start working for brother? He was at war against Longs for as long as I can remember and for whatever reason only he knew."


    Long Jie nced at Feng Siyan again and asked," He really worked for brother?"


    "Everyone works for Lord Tang," was the only reply Feng Siyan could give.


    Behind Gu Tian snickered inwardly at Feng Siyan''s narcissism.


    "Alright. I get it," Long Jie reacted, a suspicion jumped into his head. "How did The Phantom Council figure out the infamous Lord Tang?"


    "They didn''t," Feng Siyan replied. "And they didn''t send assassins to end him either, they wanted someone else and...master cherished that someone more than anything else in the world. He went to save someone, Ah-Jie, but got injured in the process."


    One must be wondering what The Phantom Council was? It was an organization that was ruling the underground market of Europe for thest six decades. The people from the organization were really like the Phantom as the name itself suggested. They were in the government organizations, the terrorist organizations, and also in the elite ss. They consisted of the rich and there was no scarcity of poor either.


    They had no real motto for existing other than creating trouble for the peaceful world. These people were the same who would take initiatives for protecting the environment and these people were also the same who would nt bombs in any developed country and cause an economic problem for their own entertainment.


    No one knew how they ruled and what they were ruling exactly. But it could be said that Phantoms (members of the Phantom council) were a group of sick twisted people thinking for the welfare of the world or it was what they were telling its members for as long as they existed.


    The Phantoms considered themselves as the true patriots but it was far from true. The mentality of the people joining the organization was that they were serving their respective countries and people but just differently from the rest.


    For instance, many years ago a case was made public but it never reached the true public as it was suppressed before it could reach the public domain by the Phantoms itself. The reason for its suppression was that one of the core members of the council was killed by the army of that country. And why he was killed?


    Well, it was a story of another time.


    The Phantom council was untouchable. But only until the White Knights didn''t emerge.


    The White Knights originated in China with a different name around three decades ago, it dominated Asia in the first decade, and in the next decade, it slowly started spreading to East Europe. The Phantoms were of the view that it was yet another mob, but they failed to track down its real history and records. It was the biggest mistake on the part of The Phantom Council as there came a day when The White Knights became a force to be reckoned with.


    They were undefeatables now.


    Long Jie along with many other core members of the organization called The White Knights had no idea about its founder, but they did know that a teenager emerged out of nowhere iming to be the next Lord of the organization known as Lord Tang led the organization fifteen years ago to the position where it was now.


    Both of the giants had many bones of contention between them but the current unresolved issue between the two organizations was proving to be more fatal with each passing day.


    "Is this someone rted to brother''s family?" Long Jie asked. He had heard about Lord Tang''s family.


    Feng Siyan nodded. "Phantom''s got wind of our German project. Unbeknownst to us, they have nted a spy among us, and the spy managed to leak some of the major and sensitive information, especially the one no one was aware of."


    Shit. It was more serious than he could fathom. Long Jie knew what the German project meant and if Germans got the information about it...then, it meant that the sick group of so-called patriots were ready to destroy another country.


    They were no saints either, but still, destroying a country for nothing meant a sin to them, sinners, too.


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 Chapter 215 - Treasure Of Lord Tang

    "I will get Wei and Yuan to assist you in this matter. Ah-Siyan, don''t leave brother alone even for a second, and I and the rest of the team will handle all of the other things," said Long Jie solemnly. " Phantom''s will get a quick and brutal reply. They touched our leader, and the consequences for touching the untouchables should be tattooed on their minds."


    The attack on Lord Tang was also the attack on the prestige and image of the White Knights. If they could dare to assassinate Lord Tang, what could they dare not to do?


    "Don''t¡­" Feng Siyan looked at him with an unpredictable and indescribable emotion. "I can handle the rest¡­.but there is something only you can do. Especially now¡­"


    Feng Siyan understood that what he was going to ask Long Jie was selfishness on his part, but what could he do?


    Long Jie looked at him anxiously. He knew something was surely not right, particrly the way Feng Siyan was gazing at him.


    "You want me to do something else?" Long Jie asked Feng Siyan who seemed rather uneasy and troubled for some reason.


    "Ah-Jie." The usually cold and indifferent Feng Siyan was on the verge of breaking down. His voice was cracking, though it was unnoticeable but Long Jie, who had known Feng Siyan for as long as they had first met, could notice it with a single nce.


    " Have you ever heard of the story in which a king''s life was in a parrot?" Feng Siyan asked him after a long pause. He appeared to have calmed his raging emotions or perhaps, it was what he was showing.


    Long Jie nced at him as if to where the conventional silent Feng Siyan was going with this newly found talent of riddles.


    "Master is just like that King whose life exists in something like that parrot," said Feng Siyan. ".I have no authority to make decisions on his behalf, but it appears that I have finally epted the talent of finding loopholes, and I am going to use it for my master. " He took a momentary pause before adding,"He asked me to save that someone before anything else in this world, even before him. So, Ah-Jie, will you guard my Master''s life at the cost of yours? "


    Long Jie froze. Just what was this Feng Siyan bbering? Had he forgotten his brain cells in China? Or was he too shocked because of Lord Tang''s hospitalization that he had lost his sanity?


    The Lord Tang, he was talking about, was as powerful as an omnipotent. What was there he was not capable of doing?


    Long Jie''s trail of thoughts broke when he heard Feng Siyan saying,"He will never allow me to ask you for such a huge favor, but I am afraid that I have to ask you for this. Not just for my Master but for that someone too because if there is somebody who can protect Master''s life that''s you." Feng Siyan paused and looked at him as if begging, which was shattering his heart like no other thing. " Will you grant this act of kindness for my Master? I am ready to pay you back with my life-- "


    And the sentence of Feng Siyan was enough for Long Jie to snap.


    "Feng Siyan, I dare you to say it again," Long Jie shouted, red with anger. He gave him a sarcasticugh " You think so lowly of me? You think that I won''t sacrifice my life when ites to my brothers? You¡­ " Long Jie had no words to say to him. True, he was hurt but he was also aware to what extent Feng Siyan was willing to go for Lord Tang. "Esma was right...you''re indeed an alien species which got lost on the ins of this earth. "


    Although Long Jue understood his logic, it still was not enough to soothe his burning rage.


    He red at Fang Siyan," Damn you, Feng Siyan."


    None of them spoke for a few minutes before Gu Tian decided to intervene between the two stubborn men.


    "Masters, Feng Siyan!"


    Both of them looked at Gu Tian as if something happened again.


    "I think Lord Tang is more important than anything else right now."


    Long Jie huffed and puffed for a few moments beforeshing out.


    "I am not doing it for you. I am not doing it for my brother. I am not doing it for a favor either. You know why?" inquired Long Jie. Seeing that Feng Siyan didn''t react, he uttered. " Because I won''t grant you this so-called act of kindness. Ah-Siyan, we four came together because of fate but we chose to stay together because we know we belong with each other. Just because you call yourself brother''s subordinate doesn''t make you less of a brother that you''re to us" He took a pause to stop his emotions. "Brother''s don''t ask, they demand. And yes, you have every right to demand me to do anything. Even when my life is the cost."


    ----


    Feng Siyan pressed on the door handle a little too tightly, and in a swift moment, an electric screen appeared on the door. It was asking for a password to unlock it. The simple looking door was actually a masterpiece created by the world-ss architects and hackers.


    Sigh. Wonders of science.


    Long Jie was no stranger to technological miracles. But this simple door was quite startling to him. He told himself that it was because of the science behind its creation, not because of the curiosity as to who was residing behind the door.


    There was not one password protected door but several. One door led to another, and the other led to one more door. If he remembered correctly, they opened four doors in total till now.


    When all the doors were unlocked by Feng Siyan, a final door came into view, and as usual he assumed that it was password protected too, but after walking for a few distance, he unlocked the door just by twisting the handle.


    To tell the truth, Long Jie was counting seconds to meet that ''someone'' who Lord Tang was ready to give his life to. Was that someone his family? Or was someone a woman his brother was in love with? But whatever the answer was he was quite curious about it.


    Who was this someone? This question was running in Long Jie''s head.


    On the other hand, Feng Siyan was aware of the thoughts bouncing in Long Jie''s head, because he was of the same sort when he first met the treasure inside.


    If the life of Lord Tang was valuable, then, the person inside was invaluable in worth.


    Feng Siyan opened thest door to the point room, and looked at Long Jie whose stomach was flipping with anticipation.


    Long Jie held his breath as he watched the door open. In slow motion, the scene inside the room flipped his world upside down.


    Unbelievable. No...it couldn''t be...


    He watched as Feng Siyan entered the room, and gave a huge smile to that ''someone'' and patted that ''someone''s head very lovingly and gently as if he was not Feng Siyan at all.


    Long Jie blinked as if he had seen a scene out of this world, and blinked his eyes again as if to assure himself that he was not dreaming.


    He watched how Feng Siyan said something to that ''someone'' with another of his smiles, and how she returned it with a blink.


    The person Long Jie was referring to as ''that someone'' in his head was a little girl of not more than five years.


    He wondered what Feng Siyan was talking to the little girl. He was smiling and caressing her hair, but she didn''t give him a single smile in return, and neither had she spoken a word. He couldn''t believe that the person he was weaving his head was someone who was not like that at all¡­ instead it was a little girl.


    Just a five year''s old girl.


    Who was she? Long Jie raised the question in his heart.


    As if she could hear her silently question her, she nced at his direction. Their eyes met and the first thing he noticed was her green eyes.


    So unique, so unusual.


    Her nose was a little familiar to him and so was the air surrounding her.


    It didn''t take him more than five minutes to conclude that she was his brother''s daughter.


    Lord Tang''s daughter. Precious than any treasure in the world. His niece.


    Many emotions were swelling in his heart right now but the most naked one was wonder.


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 Chapter 216 - FAYE: The LITTLE PRINCESS

    Long Jie didn''t know why Lord Tang hid this matter, but if there was one thing that Xin Zhenyi taught him, it was to keep their children protected at any cost. And so, Xin Yichen had protected his daughter by never announcing her birth and keeping her identity hidden.


    Therefore, he could understand the reasons behind this action of Lord Tang if notpletely understood it.


    The little girl was staring at him¡­ no, she was examining his intentions. No wonder, she was Lord Tang''s daughter.


    Long Jie took a few steps towards them, still not breaking their eye contact. She was still examining her.


    Long Jie gave her a nervous smile. He didn''t know how to behave with kids of her age. Heck, he didn''t know how to behave with kids at all.If he could protect his child, who knew she would be as beautiful as her one day.


    ''No. No. Just don''t think about it.''


    Nevertheless, he went near her and sat on the stool next to her bed. He blinked his eyes at her and she blinked back. Her green eyes were nk except for curiosity and a little spec of interest too.


    What an interesting child!


    "Hello, angel," Long Jie said in his usual husky voice. "I am your Uncle Jie, but you can call me Ah-Jie as your dad does."


    Feng Siyan nced at him and a look of marvel present in his eyes. He knew Long Jie would have figured it out once he had seen her face to face because the little princess was the exact replica of her father except for her eyes and the chin cleft.


    "Little princess, that''s your uncle Jie as he said now," Feng Siyan said with a soft and soothing voice. If Gu Tian was there to see the scene, he would die out of shock. "Remember, I told you that you will be spending the vacation with your Uncle Jie?"


    She finally gave a response other than blinking. She nodded at Feng Siyan''s words.


    "Miss Xiya will be packing all of your favorite stuff for the vacation. You know where your Uncle Jie lives, there is a lot of sunshine and ocean. You love the ocean and sun, don''t you?"


    She nodded again.


    Feng Siyan asked her a lot of questions and talked a lot about Long Jie too.


    She nodded at all the questions in response.


    Long Jie didn''t know if the nod was the answer to all of the questions asked or she didn''t know any other reply.


    No. It seemed she did know someone different from her nod.


    It was the shake of the head as in no.


    "Would you like to ask your Uncle Jie another question?" Feng Siyan asked her.


    She shook her head.


    Well...very good.


    Long Jie turned to Feng Siyan as the little princess ran out of the bed to assist Miss Xiya with packing. "Ah-Siyan, why isn''t she talking to me? Did I do something in a wrong way that she hates me?"


    Long Jie was worried sick. He didn''t know what to do if this little princess started hating him. He had fallen for this little princess the moment he saw her inquisitive green eyes. He didn''t like children before but this little princess was different from many children he had encountered.


    Most of all, she was his only niece. Lord Tang''s daughter. It was natural her status in his heart would be sacred and high.


    He didn''t know what''s with eyes and him!


    He fell for Zhenyi because it was her eyes that drew him towards him, and even in this case, it was her nk green eyes filled with curiosity which had drawn his attention.


    "No. The little princess doesn''t hate you." Feng Siyan''s answer did nothing to soothe his growing tension.


    "Then, why did she only answer the questions you asked, not by me?" Long Jie retorted.


    Feng Siyan gave him a sad smile. "She doesn''t speak to anyone else either."


    Long Jie froze. It meant¡­No, God couldn''t be so cruel, could He be?


    "She can''t...speak?" Long Jie stammered. He knew the pain of not being able to express himself in words. He had experienced it quite well. All he could say, it was not a good experience at all.


    So, he would never wish for the little princess who had captured his heart with her nk look, to not know how to utter the world. He had been there once and he knew the pain of not being able to speak more than anyone.


    What an irony! Lord Tang helped him in finding his words, and today after so many yearster, his own daughter was forfeited from this gift of the Almighty God.


    Feng Siyan nodded his head. "She can...but she doesn''t¡­"


    Seeing Long Jie''s perplexed expression, Feng Siyan hurried to exin.


    "She chose not to speak at all. We all have been waiting to finally hear the words spoken by her, but it seemed like our little princess really wanted us to wait for it."


    Feng Siyan''s way of talking was showing how much he loved the little princess. His manner of speech didn''t show his usual behavior. The Feng Siyan he knew was withdrawn and cold to the bones, but the man who was conversing with her was the epitome of warmth and tenderness. That''s not how one treated their master''s child, itpletely showed what that little girl meant to him too.


    "If she wants us to wait...then, so be it. Whenever she is ready to share her words with us, we will be there for her."


    It was a vow. And perhaps, the little princess didn''t know yet what his uncles would be willing to do for her sake. She would be loved and cared for by Long Jie as if her own, and there was nothing and nobody who could change it.


    "Ah-Jie, you can''t stay in London for long with the little princess, and you shouldn''t return to China soon either," said Feng Siyan with a warning. " Moreover, I will appreciate your brother''s assistance until I don''t clean the organization of all the rats."


    Pest control was needed. Again.


    Long Jie nodded. "Wei and Yuan will be at your service. Don''t worry, they won''t ask you any questions that they shouldn''t. Don''t go easy on Yuan, you may not know what he is capable of. "


    Feng Siyan agreed.


    "Make sure Cyrus and Yuan don''te face to face. If they did...I dare not fathom what will be the oue¡­"


    Feng Siyan grunted. Who didn''t know the rivalry between? the infamous Long Yuan and mysterious Cyrus.


    "Mr. Feng?"


    Both of the men turned to find an elderlydy who had clutched the little princess''s hand in hers calling Feng Siyan.


    Long Jie assumed her to be Miss Xiya which Feng Siyan was talking about.


    "Little Princess''s luggage is ready?"


    "Yes, Mr. Feng, I have gotten everything ready as you askedst night."


    Long Jie nced at Feng Siyan and asked," You knew I would agree even before asking me?"


    Feng Siyan pressed his lips in a thin line.


    Long Jie shook his head, striding forward he kneeled on the ground leveling equal to the little princess''s height. He rubbed her head and kissed her temple.


    "What''s our little princess''s name?" Long Jie asked. Although the little princess suited her, still he couldn''t keep on calling little princess.


    "Faye," the answer came from the elderly woman.


    Long Jie had never heard this name before so obviously he didn''t know what it literally meant.


    Perhaps as if Feng Siyan could hear his thoughts, he answered. "Faye, meaning a form of faith."


    Long Jie nodded. He wrapped his arms around Faye''s body and picked her up. He then nced at Feng Siyan and said, "I assume that I can''te back to Europe now?"


    Feng Siyan said," You must note to Europe as long as little princess is with you. Ah-Jie, please keep her safe. She is master''s life."


    "Don''t worry. I will stay with her myself as long as Brother is unwell. I shalle back to China once he returns."


    Yes. This was the n Feng Siyan had in mind. Once Lord Tang was ready to go back, Long Jie would return to China with Faye too.


    "Fia, we are leaving for vacation. Lots of ocean and lots of sun," said Long Jie, smiling at the little princess. "What else do you like?"


    Faye blinked at him. He ruffled her hair as he found her too adorable.


    "We are leaving, Ah-Siyan."


    Faye waved goodbye to Feng Siyan who blew a kiss in return, and then, she wrapped her hands around Long Jie''s neck and rested her head on his shoulders.


    And like this, Long Jie and Tang Faye left.


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 Chapter 217 - The First Feeling Of Love

    On the other side of the globe.


    Zhenyi hadn''t been able to sleep peacefully after Long Jie left her to find apany with the cold bed. Sigh. There was nothing to be dramatic about it, but what could she do? It had been his fault solely as he had not left her alone for thest two months. He would stick to her in one way or the other. At that time, she used to find it annoying as she hadn''t had time for herself but now, look at her. Now that she got the ''real'' alone time, she didn''t want it anymore.


    ''Why don''t you call him?'' the angel on her right shoulder asked.


    Zhenyi pondered for a moment as she was about to nod, just then the devil sitting on the left side of her shoulder spoke.


    ''Why should you call first when hadn''t bothered to check on his wife?''


    Zhenyi again contemted for a moment before nodding.


    ''Dont listen to this ckie!'' The angel on her left shoulder whispered.


    ''Shut up! Why should she call him first? He had been gone for a whole day now and hadn''t called her. So, you shut up!'' The ckie opps devil eximed.


    "Shut up, both of you!" Zhenyi shouted.


    "Zhenyi!"


    "Sis!"


    Fan Bingbing and Aria who was sitting near her looked at her in confusion. They were just talking then why was Zhenyi asking them to shut up?


    Zhenyi realized what she had done because of two brats sitting on he shoulder. She red at them inwardly and muttered a sorry to Fan Bingbing and Aria.


    ''I''m going crazy! It''s just happening because of you, Jie.''


    Zhenyi was so lost in her thoughts that she didn''t notice Aria and Fan Bingbing looking at her in certainty. They just knew what was going on with her.


    The mournful expression on her face exins it all.


    "Zhenyi?" Fan Bingbing called her out.


    "Hmm?"


    "Where is your husband?"


    Zhenyi pressed her lips in a thin line.


    If she had known where he was, hadn''t she already asked him toe back sooner.But deep down in her heart, she knew wherever he had gone, his presence was needed. Even more than with her.


    She didn''t know much where he was, but he did tell her that his sworn brother was seriously injured.


    Failed assassination.


    Back to Fan Bingbing''s question, Zhenyi replied," My husband has gone to a very important conference. I''m afraid he won''t be able toe back soon."


    Indeed, Long Jie had gone on a very important meeting (vacation in Faye''snguage).


    "Sis, you''re missing BIL badly?" Aria asked, but a flicker of certainty present in her eyes already.


    "BIL?" Fan Bingbing asked.


    "Brother in Law." The reply came from Zhenyi. Who knew better than her about Aria''s fetish for nicknames?


    "Could you be in love with your husband?" The ever bbering Aria uttered out followed by a very dramatic gasp.


    "Oh, my dear Lord!" Aria again. Sigh.


    .


    Zhenyi looked at her as if she was an idiot." Just what do you know about love?"


    "Well...more than you, Sis. I mean, I have been in love before, remember?" Aria said, arching her brow.


    "Oh really?" Zhenyi crossed her arms over her chest and looked at her intently. " In love with that dumbhead who couldn''t even stand for his woman? Or the man who questioned your years-long love?"


    Aria pursed her lips and bowed her head in embarrassment as she didn''t have words to refute because she knew that Zhenyi was right. She still questioned her feelings for her ex-boyfriend. Was she really in love with him? Or was she really in love with someone else?


    "Sis!" Aria said looking up at her in a sulking voice. "I am talking about you and BIL. Tell me, are you so in love with him that you can''t survive these few days without him?"


    Aria, who was gazing at her with curious eyes, received a light hit on her head.


    "Ouch!" Aria eximed, rubbing her head.


    "Stop talking nonsense!"


    "And you!" Zhenyi pointed her finger at Fang Bingbing. "Why aren''t you at the office?"


    Fan Bingbing shrugged her shoulders. "It''s the weekend if you forget. Moreover, my boss has given me unlimited holidays."


    "Who the hell said that?" Zhenyi reacted immediately.


    "My new boss."


    Zhenyi pressed her lips in a thin line as she realized the meaning behind Fan Bingbing''s words.


    "Where is Cao Feng?" questioned Zhenyi.


    "He had been dealing with all the mess Du Zheng had created for us in the past few months. Du Cooperation had suffered a huge blow after your ident,and the one behind the scenes was no one else but your husband," Fan Bingbing informed her.


    Zhenyi nodded. She didn''t know. She had no idea about the happenings outside the Xin Mansion.


    "Who is taking Alexander''s job?" She questioned after a long time.


    "You knew?" Fan Bingbing''s eyes widened in shock.


    Zhenyi scoffed. "What do you think I am? Huh? I have not seen or heard of him in a while. I can guess what had transpired."


    Of course, Zhenyi knew from day one. What she didn''t know was that the man she considered a loyal ally was actually an ally of people who wanted to end her. To say Alexander''s betrayal didn''t sadden her would be true. She had long epted the fact that the people she believed were loyal to her wouldn''t always be loyal.


    Humans are fickle creatures and so is their loyalty.


    Ever heard '' some people are not loyal to you...they are loyal to the need of you...when their need changes...so do their loyalty''.


    And that''s what happened in Alexander''s case!


    "Cao Feng is taking Alexander''s jobs until he promotes someone else. It seems that he is taking time to look for the correct person to appoint for the job."


    Alexander was the head of Zhenyi''s security team. His betrayal influenced the whole organization. If their boss could be attacked in broad daylight then what about them?


    Zhenyi nodded but didn''t say anything about it anymore. She would see this matterter on. Now time to focus on her dear husband.


    As if he could hear her calling him in her heart, her phone rang, and his name pooped on the screen, delighting Zhenyi.


    She gave a warning look to Aria and Fan Bingbing and retired to her room.


    "Hey!" Zhenyi spoke in a low voice.


    "I miss you," was the reply she received, much to soothe an ache in her heart.


    "Then,e home soon," Zhenyi said sweetly.


    She heard him sigh. "I wish I could."


    "How is your brother, Jie?" Zhenyi found herself asking him the question.


    "He will be fine." Zhenyi heard him say. She could also hear his hopeful voice.


    "And how are you?"


    "I guess...I will be fine too," answered Long Jie honestly.


    "I am sorry, Love, I couldn''t call you sooner. It was just that I was engaged in one thing after another."


    "It''s okay as long as you don''t forget you have a wife waiting at home for you and if you dare to forget me--"


    Long Jie chuckled," And here I was thinking, where did my aggressive wife get lost?"


    "Shut up!"


    "Whatever you say, wifey!"


    None of them spoke for the next few minutes, then, Zhenyi decided to break the silence.


    "When are youing home?"


    "Why? Are you missing me?" Long Jie decided to tease her for a moment but was left stunned by her blunt reply.


    "Of course, I do. Do you even have any idea how many times I have looked at the phone waiting for my husband to call his only wife?"


    Lord. Why did he forget that his wife was a piece of work? Her bluntness was not a surprise to her.


    "When are you returning, Jie?" She asked again.


    "Cat eyes, I am really sorry to disappoint you but I really can''te soon. It may take me a little more time here. I have my brother''s only treasure with me right now. I must protect it until hees to take it. Are you getting what I am trying to tell you?"


    "Take your time. I won''t tell you toe back soon," said Zhenyi. She paused and then added in a warning tone. "But you must promise to call me every day."


    "I promise that I will call my only wife every day first thing in the morning."


    Zhenyi knew that Long Jie was teasing her by using her words.


    None of them spoke for a long time...


    "How was your day?" Zhenyi inquired.


    "Tiring," Long Jie said with a sigh. His gaze fell on Faye who was napping on Long Jie''sp and gave out a smile. "But it will be better now."


    At the exact moment, Faye opened her eyes and stared at Long Jie''s smiling face which reminded her of her father''s gentle face. Her spirit dampened.


    Noticing a sudden change in Faye''s demeanor, Long Jie said to Zhenyi. "Gotta go, Cat eyes. I will call you soon and take care of yourself. Miss you, Wife!"


    Before Zhenyi could reply, he hung up the call.


    ''Get yourself together, Zhenyi! You are on your own."


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 Chapter 218 - MING XIUYING

    Far away from the violent and vicious lifestyle of Xins, a young girl was feeling the sea breeze against her skin. It was calming and soothing.


    The sea was silent like her disposition right now, but deep inside like her, it was stirring in turbulence just like her heart.


    She was dressed in a pastel pink-colored summer dress, standing on the very rim of the deck on the cruise ship. Her hands were tightly holding the railings. She seemed as if she was a graceful goddess drawn on the canvas.


    Her name was Ming Xiuying. The to-be bride of Tang Ryuu aka Xin Ryuu.


    As Zhenyi had said that she was beautiful, it was absolutely true and her beauty was just very ethereal.


    "Yingying!"


    A voice suddenly called her out of a dream. She turned back to find her agent, Su Nia, standing near her. Su Nia''s hands were ced on her hips, a scowl marred on her perfect brows. Xiuying could tell that she was angry with her, and in all honesty, she had all the reasons to be.


    Inside, the exhibition of her paintings was held and here, she was away from all the people, enjoying the sea breeze.


    What was worse, her body was drained of puking whatever she had eaten in thest twenty-four hours. She was seasick, and the not so mere fact was not hidden from anyone, but they all still insist on an exhibition on water. And now it was not her fault that she had spent the majority of her time vomiting her guts out rather than inside with the clients.


    "Yingying, do you even remember that inside your paintings are exhibited?" Su Nia asked angrily.


    Indeed Su Nia was angry. Just because Ming Xiuying was a famous artist, she had no right to act all arrogant and haughty.


    However, the reality was far from it.


    "I do, but trust me, you don''t want me puking inside on the guests, do you?" Ming Xiuying causally asked her agent.


    "Ming Xiuying, do you have any idea how much struggle I have to do to take you to this position? I made you what you are today and now you''re talking like this to me!" Su Nia was enraged. How dare she!


    Surely, It was because of Su Nian, Xiuying was now a renowned figure in her profession, but it would be wrong to say it was solely because of her and Xiuying''s talent had nothing to do with it.


    Xiuying was a talented painter and there was no denying it.


    "Really Sister Nia?" Xiuying snorted as if she had heard a joke. "You didn''t make me, my art did. My talent did, not you. I would have gotten famous even without you."


    "Xiuying, you have to go inside. You can''t let Anning take all the care of the clients, and where is your fiance?" Su Nia changed the approach. She hadn''t expected the ever-numb Xiuying to speak to her like she did today. "Your mother won''t be happy."


    She reminded Xiuying.


    Chen Anning was Ming Xiuying''s cousin who was like a friend to her. Chen Anning was theplete opposite of her. Where Xiuying was reserved and a little introverted, Chen Anning was a social butterfly. She was always the life of every party and event. So, it was not a surprise to both of them that Anning was handling her clients.


    And to speak of her mother...she was quite a specimen.


    ''When has my mother ever been satisfied with me?'' It was on the tip of her tongue but she refrained from asking.


    Xiuying nodded and went inside to take care of her own matter.


    A few hourster, the exhibition ended and the sun was almost due to settling when she came out with her agent.


    "I still can''t believe this exhibition was even more sessful than thest one. Your hard work has been paying off." Su Nia said excitedly and hugged her.


    "Well...earlier you had a different opinion," XiuYing said, rolling her eyes.


    "Yingying, whether you ept or not, but I have used my sweat and blood behind you all these years and I can''t bear to see you distracted from your real goal. "


    "My real goal?" Xiuying asked her. " What''s my real goal, sister Nia?"


    "To be always on the top," came the reply.


    "Of course," Xiuying said with a meaningful smile.


    She still couldn''t believe she had sold all her paintings. This exhibition had been one of the most sessful trips this year for Xiuying. Her poprity was growing every day. She had never imagined even in her wildest dreams that the hobby she chose to escape the real world would one day make her world-famous. But here she was living her dream, and not only this, people who live halfway across the world wished to purchase her paintings.


    What else she could ask for!


    People didn''t know her because of who her father was, but because of her. She was topping her industry and that''s what she needed. Always be on the top. By hook or by crook.


    She left Su Nia outside the exhibition room and came to one of the public washrooms to freshen herself up. She was not feeling too well right now. She was exhausted. Mentally and physically.


    She was rinsing her face when another figure entered the washroom. It was a tall figure she could detect in the shadow. She turned to find that the figure belonged to a woman who was washing her hands next to her.


    The people on the cruise were mainly her clients, and it seems she was one of them. So, she gave her a small smile, and the other woman smiled in return.


    And when she returned her smile,she noticed her features.The girl had forest green eyes and a dimple on one of her cheeks. But what was so catchy about her was her hair and her clothes.


    ______


    OUR SECOND FEMALE LEAD IS FINALLY HERE! YAAAY! WE GONNA HAVE LOTS OF TWISTS AND TURNSSSS!

 Chapter 219 - Viper On The Ship

    The talldy had tinum blonde hair, and the tips of her hair were dripping with red dye. It was weird but Ming Xiuying didn''t say anything.


    Well, it was not her ce to tell the woman that she was the weirdest creature!


    And as to what she was wearing... if there was an Asian Billie Eilish, that would be this girl. However, the tall woman was half Asian and a half she didn''t know.


    They moved and the dripping red dye fell on Xiuying''s pink clothes,pletely dirtying them.


    "Oh, it seems I dirtied your clothes." The girl said in ented English.


    Xiuying who had watched numerous English movies could recognize that it was neither British nor American.


    "It''s okay." Xiuying was exasperated as it was thest clean dress she had right now, but she didn''t want to make a scene as someone else had done.


    "No. No. It''s not okay," the talldy whose wet red hair tips were still dirtying Xiuying''s clothes eximed. "Please,e with me. I willpensate you with another dress."


    The situation Xiuying was stuck in was insane! Who walks in public washrooms with dripping red dye?


    Thisdy was very strange!


    And now she was trying topensate with another dress. Whatever! She didn''t want it.


    Xiuying also didn''t want her topensate as she didn''t share the same fashion sense like her.


    Who would want to wear bright and catchy baggy clothes?


    "Please, Miss, it''spletely fine." Xiuying held up her hand to stop her from further insisting on her." I really don''t want you to insist onpensating me further."


    She just wanted to leave this ce with her fiance and get a good night''s sleep in his arms. When things got hard, he was always there tofort her!


    Remembering the sweet smile on his face, she just wanted to leave everything right here and now, and return to him.


    As Xiuying was about to leave the washroom, a hiss was heard and as she looked below at her feet, a snake was sitting proudly on its coiled body.


    The color drained from Xiuying''s face as the snake hissed again.


    Where did ite from?


    And why was it rxing before her?


    It looked like it was a poisonous snake. Obviously it was a poisonous snake.


    "Rogor movida ak?" The question in a foreignnguage was uttered by the weirddy behind her.


    ''Where did ite from?''


    "What?" Xiuying asked her.


    "Where did ite from?" thedy asked her in English.


    It seemed that thedy didn''t know how to converse in Chinese.


    "How would I know?" Xiuying wanted to snap but her aristocratic training didn''t allow her that so she softly asked.


    "Well...you''re right too," the woman spoke casually.


    "By the way, why are you shivering? Isn''t it just a Vipera?" Thedy asked her again.


    Xiuying had an itch to turn back and shake thedy to ask her what she was made of.


    It was a deadly snake for God''s sake. Wasn''t she afraid of it?


    But who she was asking! Thedy was already too weird for her sanity!


    Thedy yanked Xiuying beside the sink and then grabbed the snake from its head so casually that it appeared that it was a regr affair for her. Lord knew where she got the polythene from but she did and tossed the deadly snake inside and captured the snake in a flick of an eye.


    Then, she pulled out a small bottle from her pocket and dropped the contents of the bottle in her hands, and began washing her hands nonchntly as if she hadn''t dealt with a snake just now.


    "What?" Thedy asked the astonished Xiuying. "Haven''t seen ady washing her precious hands with sanitizer?"


    ''Ladies don''t use their perfect hands to catch a deadly snake.'' Xiuying wanted to ask but refrained from asking.


    Instead, she said, "Thank you for protecting my life miss. I have no words to describe my gratitude. Please tell me what I can give to repay your kindness."


    "You can give me your life when the timees and we will call it even," came the nonchnt reply.


    Xiuying froze.


    "Ah, no need to react like this. Just change into the new set of clothes," thedy said with a smile.


    Xiuying sighed in relief.


    "Sure."


    They left the washroom, and were on the way to thedy''s private room when Xiuying asked," Are you gonna kill it?"


    Thedy frowned. "Kill who? The Vipera?"


    Xiuying nodded. "Are you going to kill the snake?"


    Thedy looked at her as if she was crazy. "Why would I kill it? Such a beautiful species. It''s not every day you get to find Vipera Kaznakovi near a bathroom sink. So, I will take it as a souvenir from this memorable trip to China. I found something belonging to my home country in your exhibition."


    "What do you mean by something belonging to your home country?" Xiuying asked her in confusion.


    "Ah, it''s Vipera Kaznakovi." The woman spoke with a gentle gaze. "It is endemic to Turkey, Georgia, and Russia. So, I was quite startled when I saw it hissing before your feet, but the surprise soon transformed into mirth as I realized which species it actually belonged to."


    "Then, how on earth did ite on this cruise ship?" Xiuying asked in shock. Her body on the verge of copsing.


    "God! Are you really slow or pretending to be slow?" The woman asked. "Isn''t it obvious that the Vipera was ced inside to kill you? It can''te to the ship on its own and none of the people who entered the washroom before you encountered it so it''s as simple as a periodic table that it was ced specifically here for you."


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 Chapter 220 - Cursed Painting And Cursed Painter

    Ming Xiuying looked at the foreign woman in shock. What did she mean by it? Who wanted to kill her? No. No. It had to be a coincidence only.


    Therefore, she chose to not say anything and kept on walking. They finally reached thedy''s private room and she gave Xiuying a dress to change.


    Ming Xiuying was relieved as she saw a normal piece of cloth thedy had given to her to change.


    "Thank you, Miss." Xiuying thanked her and both of them came out of her room.


    As they exited the room, they were shocked to see amotion that had risen outside the washroom which Xiuying earlier came out of.


    "Xiuying!" Su Nia''s anxious voice was heard.


    "Are you alright?" Su Nia asked in concern and examined her body up and down to see any injury. She was relieved to see her alive and well.


    "What happened?" Ming Xiuying asked in perplexion. Why were these people gazing at her weirdly?


    "We heard you were bitten by a snake in the washroom and came to look for you." One of the ship staff spoke. He was a man who would probably be in histe fifties but was kind enough to give her medicine to treat her seasickness. Though the medicines didn''t work, still she was d to receive them.


    However, his words did shock her to the core. What did he mean by his words? And most importantly, who told them that she was bitten by the snake?


    As much as she remembered, neither she nor the weirddy talked about the snake incident with either of them. Then, how did they know about the snake incident?


    "Did you forget the snake in the washroom?" Leaning behind, Xiuyinga asked the weirddy the question in a whisper.


    Thedy grunted at her idiocy. "The Vipera is still with me. If you want I can show you."


    Xiuying shook her head. There was no way in hell she was going to be that damn snake again. If not for this weirddy, the snake would have sent her to hell by now.


    It didn''t matter what the snake would have done to her or how these people came to know about it. However, it was now crystal clear that she was indeed schemed against.


    "Could it be true that the exhibition was indeed cursed as they were saying in the tabloids?" Another one whispered.


    "Did you hear about it too? Initially, I thought someone was throwing mud at her name but now it seems everything that the tabloid said was true¡­"


    "I think we should return the paintings we purchased."


    "You''re right! "


    "Let''s boycott Ming Xiuying!"


    "Yes! Yes!"


    "Let''s boycott the cursed Ming Xiuying and her cursed paintings!"


    Everyone standing there had something to talk about her and unfortunately, all of them were talking ill of her.


    Ming Xiuying who originally didn''t want to dwell on the fact that someone was conspiring against her, now was confident that someone was certain behind this matter. Firstly, someone sent a deadly snake to the same washroom she went to and now they were talking ill about her.


    And as for the tabloid, from thest few months, someone was deliberately making things difficult for her. Every week there would be one or two tabloids present about her. Sometimes calling her paintings cursed and sometimes calling herself cursed, but she never cared as fame came with enemies.


    This time that person has crossed all the limits and was actually daring to send a snake to kill her. She wouldn''t remain silent like earlier.


    "Are you even hearing what you are saying?" Ming Xiuying nced at them, a look of disgust present in her eyes. "Cursed painter and her cursed painting. Woah. Do you know how much money these gossip channels earn by spouting nonsense?"


    "Miss Mo, aren''t you a model? questioned Xiuying. "You must know yourself about the reality behind these gossip channels. Just because someone is fanning the rumors doesn''t mean they are always correct. Try looking at the big picture behind it."


    Everyone present there felt ashamed. Certainly, what nonsense were they sprouting about?


    "Miss Ming, even if we agree that the tabloids were nothing but rumors then what about the deadly snake that was found in the bathroom?" One of the clients asked her.


    The young man who raised the question was no one else but Fang Qiu. He was the young master of a second-generation rich family who was quite fond of art apart from his usual squandering ways. He was one of the top customers of Xiuying and so she felt like giving him a little exnation.


    "Mr. Fang, that''s what I have been wondering about," said Xiuying as she nced at him.


    "Firstly,you all raised amotion here about a snake, and secondly, where is the snake you all are talking about? I have yet to see it."


    Fang Qiu threw her a questioning gaze. "Are you saying that there was no snake in the washroom?"


    Ming Xiuying scoffed. "Of course...if there was, wouldn''t I have seen it as well?"


    Beside her, the talldy who was watching the entertainment snow snickered.


    "Then why were we told that you were bitten by the snake?" Feng Qiu asked.


    There was no way she would admit that there was indeed a snake inside the washroom. She has yet to find the culprit behind the conspiracy.


    "Well...I didn''t say anything about it." She shrugged her shoulders. " It''s you people who are talking about the snake. I don''t even know what it looked like. "


    "All of you have heard that Miss Ming is fine and actually doing pretty well. So, please return to your room and we will be reaching the shore within the next hour. "


    Su Nia took the initiative to send the people back as she didn''t want to fan the matter anymore. And so everyone went back to their rooms leaving the threedies behind.


    Xiuying turned towards Su Nia and spoke. " Who on earth was giving rise to such rumors?"


    "I don''t know about it either. I was looking for Anning when I found out you were bitten by a snake. Trust me, I was truly shocked to hear that," answered Su Nia.


    "Speaking of Chen Anning, where is she?" Su Nia spoke with a frown. " It''s quite strange that she was not the original one to raise amotion about this matter first. "


    Xiuying found it strange too and looked at Su Nia in bewilderment. It was indeed shocking.


    "Where is Yusheng?" Xiuying asked her.


    Huo Yusheng and Ming Xiuying were childhood sweethearts. They were engaged to each other at a very young age and like other childhood sweethearts, they were very much in love with each other. He would always support her no matter what. There hadn''t been a show where he didn''t apany her.


    "Sister Nia, why don''t you look for them?" Xiuying asked her in concern. Could it be that the person who wanted to harm her decided to target Yusheng and Anning too?


    God. Please save them.


    "Don''t worry, Yingying. I will look for them. Why don''t you stay here and wait for me to call you? You look quite pale and weak right now." Su Nia suggested.


    Although Xiuying wanted to go after her, she still nodded.


    She walked backward and collided with another figure which reminded her that there was still anotherdy who was present there.


    "What happened?" Thedy asked her indifferently, her tall body leaning against the wall. As Xiuying looked at her closely, she noticed that thedy''s tongue was pierced.


    "I feel like my life is suddenly changing," replied Xiuying. She didn''t know why she said that but her heart was convinced with the words her mouth uttered.


    "Little girl, life keeps on changing. You must wait for the surprises or shocks that are waiting for you in the future," the tall woman told her as she tossed chewing gum in her mouth.


    "What are you? A psychic? " She couldn''t help but ask.


    The womanughed at her question. "In your case? Yeah. I can predict your future. "


    Xiuying blinked at her. Indeed, she was a weird woman but whatever she was...she sure was interesting¡­ There was something about her forest green eyes...they looked beautiful, sure...but they also looked poisonous just like.. that Vipera.


    "Then, I will have to trouble you to predict my future."


    Thedy stood straighter and stared at her meaningfully. "For that, you have to answer my question first. How would you punish the woman who dared to covet your man?"


    "Death. Her death in the most brutal way possible," the reply came from Xiuying. She didn''t know that such thought existed in her heart but...she just said it aloud and that too to aplete stranger.


    Thedyughed at her response and shook her head in amusement. Although her clothes were odd, still the elegance in her actions was still not hidden.


    "Then...your stars show me a woman¡­ No, two women. One of them is surely your greatest enemy and the second one with the most unusual eyes...she would either be your greatest savior or your greatest enemy...the choice is up to your actions."

 Chapter 221 - Twists And Turns In Xiuyings Life.

    ''What?!''


    ''What on earth was this woman talking about?''


    Ming Xiuying''s eyes widened in fear and shock as she heard what the otherdy just said.


    She was just joking when she asked if thedy could read her future too, but she didn''t expect the otherdy to utter nonsense. Wasn''t she ready weird enough?


    To Ming Xiuying, thedy was not worthy of causing a headache to herself.


    Sure, she saved her life and that was it.


    Ming Xiuying took a deep breath, forcing the frustration and exasperation out of her, and responded in a very polite tone.


    "Then, I must thank the Miss for rming me beforehand. Who knows if I would end up offending either of these women?"


    Although she asked the question very solemnly, yet thedy could sense the sarcasm in her words, but chose to ignore it.


    Thest shook her head in amusement and said, "You''re very wee, Miss Ming. Who knows when my warning cane in handy?"


    Xiuying was about to retort when thedy spoke, not letting her speak. "As for offending those women, you have already offended one as far as I can see in your stars, and your future actions will determine whether the second woman will be your friend or foe."


    Lord Knew who this woman was talking about!


    Ming Xiuying had no interest in hearing these riddles that thedy in front of her was uttering. She had more important tasks to do right now. One of them, being knowing about the whereabouts of her fiance and cousin.


    However, the amusement never left thedy as she added," All the best, little girl. I hope you are prepared for the twists and the turns your life has prepared for you."


    With this thedy shoved her hands in her pocket and began walking, humming a tune that Xiuying was not familiar with.


    "Wait!"


    Xiuying tried to stop her but she kept on walking. Like a very good human being she was, she gave a warning to this girl, but¡­.it was up to her...what she wanted to be...it waspletely up to her.


    Forgetting about all the aristocratic education she had received all of her life, she shouted. "At least tell me who the viin is in our lives. Me or those two women?"


    Xiuying wanted to know who ording to thedy was the viin, she or those two women?


    Thedy turned, a smirk intact on her face. "Aren''t we all viins in someone''s life?"


    Xiuying was as confused as hell right now. Why was she listening to this weird woman''s bbering?


    "Well...thank you for saving my life," she sincerely thanked her. "By the way, you didn''t tell me your name."


    "I will...if we meet again. Until then, goodbye, Ming Xiuying!" Thedy said and holding up two fingers, she touched it to her forehead in a saluting manner and left.


    However, Xiuying noticed one thing on her wrist. She didn''t know whether to be afraid or¡­


    A tattoo.


    A tattoo of Medusa to be exact.


    But, Xiuying was wrong. Very wrong. Though the tattoo resembled Medusa --a face covered with a snake...but in reality, the tattoo denoted something else.


    "Ma''am?" A voice called Xiuying out of her stupor.


    Xiuying turned around to find a staff member holding an envelope in her hands.


    "That''s for you¡­ ady just asked me to give this to you," the staff member said.


    "Who was thedy?" Xiuying asked her.


    "Ummm...she was in a very weird costume."


    Xiuying just knew who thisdy was. She took the envelope suspiciously and opened it immediately.


    She unwrapped it to find an A4 sheet written with two words.


    ROOM NO. 20.


    She nced at the staffdy and asked, "What''s in room no. 20?"


    The staffdy looked at her in bewilderment as if to see if she was crazy. Yet, she spoke politely. "Ma''am, it''s your room."


    Xiuying blinked her eyes in realization. Just what was thatdy getting at?


    However, her heart asked her to check her room first. And so, she walked towards her room.


    "Oh my god! Yusheng ¡­" She heard a sudden exmation.


    Hearing this familiar voice, Ming Xiuying stiffened and turned to look inside the door.


    Immediately, she saw the face of a person she had never thought even in her wildest dream that she would do something like this...


    An innocent face that people would never suspect...


    It was her cousin, Chen Anning!


    Her cousin and fiance were naked on her bed!


    "Yusheng, I have been waiting for this day forever!" Chen Anning, who was covered with sweat, said in a sweet and sickly voice.


    Xiuying who was standing at the door saw the scene unfolding before her eyes in bafflement. Her heart still was not ready to ept the fact that the fiance who she had loved all her life actually cheated on her with her cousin.


    She couldn''t help butugh at her fate. She was one of those heroines in novels where the scumbag would cheat on the heroine with trash step sisters and cousins.


    However, looking at the two naked figures intertwined on her bed, she has an urge to beat both of them into pulp, but her aristocratic training that her mother had embedded in her veins didn''t allow her to do such a thing. She wanted to cry but she held back her tears.


    A gust of strong breeze opened the for further and the sound didn''t escape the ears of two naked figures.


    Chen Anning nced at the door and was shocked to find Xiuying standing there frozen. She didn''t expect to see her there.


    Wait¡­


    How was she here?


    Didn''t she¡­


    No. No. It couldn''t be...


    "Thinking how I am still alive?" Ming Xiuying snickered in disgust.


    Chen Anning had no words to say, but...it was now or never.


    "Yingying, please you are misunderstanding us--"


    "Oh? I''m surely misunderstanding my fiance who is half inside my cousin right now and not to mention the fact,pletely naked!"


    Chen Anning lowered her eyes, looking at her hand. This time, Xiuying didn''t miss a flick of malice and jealousy in her cousin''s eyes.


    Wow. Just this was what she had yet to see.


    Xiuying then nced at her so-called fiance who hadn''t spoken even a single word till now.


    "Wow, Huo Yusheng, even you proved to me that men are fickle creatures. I really thought you''re different but no...you are just a lying and scheming scumbag!"


    Huo Yusheng who was initially crimson felt like breath left his body as he heard her usations.


    "Ah Yusheng, are you alright? Are you okay? Please, don''t scare me!" Chen Anning sweated anxiously. She saw that Xiuying''s usations were affecting him. He was as pale as the sheet of paper. She wouldn''t let that bitch snatch this man ever!


    "Woah. What a love story! If you both were so in love with each other why didn''t you ask me to leave? " Xiuying shouted with all her might.


    Xiuying left the room in anger. She felt tears burning her eyes. God. Why was she crying? She shouldn''t cry for that cheating scumbag! She actually loved with all her heart and she really thought like an idiot that someone on this earth could truly love her.


    No. She was not loveable at all. Her own mother hated her existence. Then, how could he love her?


    She had spent the past two decades loving him and caring for him and looking at what she got in return.


    She didn''t deserve to be loved. How would someone love her, who was a product of rape? Her mother hated her father to the core. Her mother was his second wife and married when his first wife died leaving children behind.


    It was said that he had taken a liking to her mother even before his first wife died but didn''t pursue her as he was a married man with kids.


    But he got the chance when his first wife died. Her mother was so in hate with her father that she never let him touch her until one unfortunate night...when she was conceived...binding her mother to the Ming family forever.


    It was enough of a reason for her mother to hate Xiuying''s existence, and the only reason she was tolerating her daughter was because of her engagement to Huo Yusheng, which didn''t know wouldst now or not!


    Although Xiuying had lost everything in a single day, she still was left with thest shred of her dignity and pride.


    She would never let a man trample upon her pride and dignity.


    However, she was quite well aware of the fact that her mother would never let her walk out of this wedding that was fixed many years ago.


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 Chapter 222 - Vicious Mother

    *p!*


    Song Yunxi pped her daughter, Ming Xiuying with all the might she had in her. She still couldn''t believe that the girl she carried in her womb for nine-month would one day talk to her in such a way?


    Truly, Ming Xiuying had never raised her voice at her mother.


    "I dare you to repeat what you said!" Song Yunxi spoke, looking at her with clear hatred and disgust.


    Song Yunxi felt her whole world slipping away when her daughter suddenly showed up at the main Ming ancestral house and demanded to break off her engagement with Huo Yusheng.


    Such a dumb girl she had raised!


    She dared to think that she could break off her engagement with Huo Yusheng?


    "Mom! He cheated on me with my cousin," Ming Xiuying now had no control over her emotions. "Tell me how will I live with such a disgusting man?"


    Xiuying had never raised her voice at her mother before, but today she just wanted to let her emotions flow that she had blocked in her heart for many years.


    Sometimes, it''s better to let our emotions out than to block them...


    Xiuying had left the cruise ship in a rush when she saw Huo Yusheng and Chen Anning together. The sight of their intertwined naked bodies was still etched in her mind like an unforgettable and tormenting nightmare.


    She didn''t even wait for Huo Yusheng to give rification and left as soon as the ship reached the shore.Not that it would change anything...but still he didn''t even bother to say anything.


    Was he so fed up with her?


    If he hated her so much, why didn''t he break the engagement then?


    She had simply been dumb. Too dumb to not see iting!


    She had given up everything for him.


    Who knew he was just acting that he was so in love with her?


    He had been with her for an ulterior motive. It was now clear to her.


    The elegant and noble Ming Xiuying that Song Yunxi had raised was nowhere in sight. The one standing before her was a disheveled and shabby woman who even Ming Xiuying didn''t recognize. Her hair was scattered, eyeliner was leaking from the corner of her eyes, her lipstick was messed up, and the clothes she was wearing were hanging on her frail body.


    Such a sorry state she was in right now!


    "Ming Xiuying! Do you think I care what that boy did? If I say, you have to marry him then you will marry him at all cost!," Song Yunxi looked at her daughter and uttered. "The Huo family has a name in our society. I got you the best avable man in our society, and now that you are engaged to him, you suddenly decided to back off for such a trivial matter? Shame on you. I curse the day I gave birth to you."


    Ming Xiuying closed her eyes in despair, and a bitter snort left her throat. She just wished to die at this moment.


    Only if death was so easy!


    "What have I done to deserve all of this?" She whispered.


    "Isn''t it enough that you came into this world to make our lives hell? Or you want to do something else too?" Song Yunxi spit out.


    What mother talked to her daughter like that?


    Ming Xiuying who now had copsed on the floor felt like nothing mattered to her anymore.


    Song Yunxi walked ahead in her direction. Lowering her body, she caught Ming Xiuying''s hair in her hand and made her forcibly look at her as she said,'''' You will apologize to Huo Yusheng tomorrow, and within this week, you will be married to him. As for Anning, Lily will deal with her.``


    Song Yunxi eased her hold on Xiuying''s hair and was about to leave the living room when she felt another figure approaching the living room.


    In the darkness, only a few steps away from them were standing a man who appeared to be in his thirties.


    The man''s expression was grim. His hostile gaze didn''t escape Song Yunxi''s cunning and aged eyes.


    Behind him was another woman d in a nightdress.


    They must have heard the yelling¡­


    "What is going on here?" The man asked. He was no one else but Ming Ze, the eldest son of Ming Juting(Song Yunxi''s husband) and the current head of the Ming family.


    "Yingying?" Thedy behind him spoke as her gaze settled on the disheveled Xiuying copsed on the floor. She was Ye Manman, wife of Ming Ze.


    Seeing that Ming Xiuying wasn''t talking or replying to the couple, Song Yunxi shook her daughter''s body to bring her out of daze.


    "I asked you a question,Auntie, what has been happening here and what have you done to Xiuying?" Ming Ze asked her.


    As Song Yunxi was about to open her mouth, suddenly Xiuying spoke.


    "Brother?"


    Ming Ze''s cold eyes settled on her frail figure. The rtion between these siblings was hard to describe.They were not close to each other but they never made things difficult for each other.


    "Mom is forcing me to marry Huo Yusheng," She whispered. "He cheated on me with Anning. I don''t know how long they have been betraying me¡­"


    Ming Xiuying was now not afraid of her mother at all. Her heart had given up on everything .


    Ye Manman strode towards Ming Xiuying and consoled her as the other woman started crying. She was not crying because the man cheated on her but because even her mother supported the one who betrayed her.


    Just how much she hated her existence.


    "Auntie," Ming Ze scowled. "How can you force your daughter to do something she didn''t wish to? The boy from the Huo family cheated on the girl from our family with a daughter of your rtives, instead of standing up for your daughter, you are supporting the cheater?"


    Ming Ze had seen vicious and horrendous people...but never had he ever encountered a mother as vicious as Song Yunxi.


    "As you said Ming Ze, she is my daughter and naturally, I know better than anyone what''s better for my daughter," said Song Yunxi, self righteously. " Moreover, since when did you start caring for my daughter?"


    Ming Ze felt like nothing in this world could change Song Yunxi''s ck heart. Just what his father saw in this cruel woman?


    A woman who was ready to sacrifice her own daughter.


    "I may not care for your daughter, but I do care for the name and reputation of our family," said Ming Ze. "So, a boy who doesn''t have the guts to say in front of her face that he doesn''t want to marry her, doesn''t deserve to be the son-inw of our family. He insulted our family by cheating on Ming Xiuying."


    The Ming family would never continue this marriage pact as it was clearly written in it that infidelity of any kind wouldn''t be tolerated. It was an insult to Ming family.


    "Auntie, look at Yingying''s condition. She is having a clear meltdown before all of us. How could you be so stone hearted?"


    These words were were spoken by Ye Wanwan but Song Yunxi answered Ming Ze.


    "She is my daughter so I know what''s good for you! Stop making decisions that you shouldn''t make, Ming Ze. "


    "Don''t forget, Auntie, the authority to decide who Xiuying will marry apart from herself, rests with the head of the family and currently that''s me...so, you should think about what you are saying."


    Song Yunxi decided to leave the matter here as her dumb daughter was not in right condition to speak in her favour. Moreover, she didn''t wish to involve in any kind of verbal battle with Ming Ze for the time being.

 Chapter 223 - Blooming With Love And Care

    The Next morning at Xin Mansion.


    "Zhenyi?"


    Xin Yichen found Zhenyi watering the nts in the garden, a smile blossomed on her face.He was naturally happy to see his daughter smiling more often these days. However, he was not very happy to see her soiling herself with mud.


    In short, she shouldn''t do this dirty work. After all, she was his precious daughter.


    "B¨¤, look at how beautiful this nt looks!" Zhenyi sing-song.


    She was grinning ear to ear. It was as if she had aplished something great by nting this nt.


    Xin Yichen saw that Zhenyi had nted a new flower nt with the help of the gardener. But he still couldn''t understand why she had to do this by herself!


    "Why are you soiling your clothes, Zhenyi? You could have just asked the gardener to nt it instead of doing it by yourself," said Xin Yichen with a frown.


    Honestly, he wanted to scold her but didn''t have the heart to do so.


    "This beautiful Camellia nt was sent by my husband this morning," said Zhenyi with a huge smile. Two of her dimples on exhibition. "How could I let someone else touch it when it belongs to me?"


    Zhenyi put forward the question, lifting her brows.


    Xin Yichen was rendered speechless at his daughter''s possessiveness. It was just a flower nt not her husband that she was so possessive about!


    Imagine someone coveting her husband¡­


    Simple...next morning, that someone''s corpse would be found floating in the river outside her mansion.


    "Very well," uttered Xin Yichen. " By the way, why did Long Jie send you the flower nt? I have heard and seen people sending their wives flowers, not the nts."


    Zhenyi pouted, what was wrong with sending flower nts? Her father must see the logic behind it.


    "B¨¤, why don''t you see his pure intentions behind sending the flower nt?" Zhenyi nced at him hopefully, as he narrowed his eyes at his daughter who he had spoiled rotten. "Once he said that flowers wither and die with time and so he sent the flower nt instead. It won''t wither but blossom further with my care. So, isn''t it thoughtful?"


    ''This way we both will remember each other...'' But didn''t add further.


    With narrowed eyes, Xin Yichen knocked her head. "Where is my daughter and what have you done to her?"


    "Stop being dramatic, B¨¤." Zhenyi couldn''t help but sulk.


    Xin Yichen shrugged his shoulders. "Whatever!"


    He nced at the flowers again and sighed. " Kiddo, do you think you can keep these flowers alive?"


    Zhenyi stared at the flowers again and smiled a sad smile. "Maybe, if I try." She turned her gaze to her father and said," How would I know if I can keep them alive or not, B¨¤, if I don''t even dare to try?"


    The flower nt that Long Jie sent didn''t grow in their country at this time of the year. And from the looks of the nt, it seemed like it had been taken out of the soil from the ce where the climate andnd are suitable for its growth and was in stages of blooming. The buds have yet to bloom, and it still was not sure if it would bloom or not, given the absence of a special kind of climate, it required.


    What was the benefit of all of her wealth if she couldn''t keep the nt given by her beloved husband alive?


    Little did Xin Yichen know that his daughter would move heaven and hell to keep this single nt alive.


    "When will your husband be back?" Xin Yichen asked.


    Xin Yichen was aware of the fact that Long Jie''s job required him to be busy often, and for thest two months, he had been by Zhenyi''s side day and night. It was finally the time he went back to his work.


    Zhenui shrugged, trying to be nonchnt, but the heartache in his eyes was visible. "Who knows! He said it may take him more than a week."


    To be honest, she was lying. She didn''t know when he would be back, but she was willing to wait for him.


    "Have Ryuu contacted you recently?" Xin Yichen asked as he remembered why he was looking for her in the first ce.


    Zhenyi frowned and nced at her father. "No. He hadn''t since Master Yuzhang appeared."


    Xin Yichen heaved out a long-suffering sigh. He folded his arms behind his back and stared nkly.


    "He has sent a message. Well, to be exact, his assistant contacted us, and informed us that we should proceed with the matter rting to the Ming family."


    Zhenyi froze. She blinked her eyes.


    "What does it mean?" She managed to utter out. In her heart, she knew quite well what it meant.


    Xin Yichen sighed. "It meant your brother agreed to marry Ming Xiuying and had informed us to settle the negotiation."


    "For the love of God, B¨¤, it''s the marriage of my brother. Not some business deal we have to negotiate," Zhenyi told her father. "Just what''s going on in his head?"


    If Xin Yichen could know what actually ran in his son''s head, wouldn''t he have conquered the world already?


    "If you want to know what goes on in your brother''s head, you will have to ask him," Xin Yichen gave a simple reply. "And as for agreeing to marry Ming Xiuying, your brother has a track record of doing what nobody has fathomed in their wildest dreams. So, my dear daughter, stop running your brains behind what Ryuu wants to aplish by doing this because you won''t be able to know and if you could know, he won''t be the great Ryuu! "


    Zhenyi pressed her lips in a thin line as she knew how right her father was.


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 Chapter 224 - Typhoon Grandson

    After spending the day trying to burn her brain cells as to what was going on in Ryuu''s wicked mind, Zhenyi finally decided to leave this matter. It was not as if she was getting anywhere with her case. So, she video called her husband in the night. Talking to him for the next thirty minutes, she decided to hang up the call.


    On the one hand, Zhenyi slept all night peacefully and on the other hand, Ming family felt sleep was thest thought on their mind right now.


    Xins had a peculiar talent. They often slept peacefully after disturbing the sleep of others.


    The following morning, Xin Yichen met Ming Ze and had a long conversation with him, shocking thetter.


    Although these two indeed had a very shocking conversation, it still was not clear as to what they had talked about.


    Something even more shocking happened that day.


    Zhenyi, who was busy appreciating the beauty of the new present she had received from Long Jie that morning, got a call from her mother-inw.


    It was a point to be noted that Song Lily called Zhenyi.


    Zhenyi frowned when she saw Song Lily calling her number. She wondered as to who gave her mother-inw her mobile number.


    It was no secret between the two women that they were not a fan of each other. They could be categorized as enemies.


    However, Zhenyi still picked up the call.


    "It''s Song Lily. We are having a gathering at Long Mansion and Long Jie''s grandmother insisted on inviting you," Song Lily''s chilly voice came through the line.


    No pleasantries...Nothing!


    Not like she was expecting from her nasty mother-inw but still...it was Song Lily they were talking about...the epitome of the real aristocratic woman of modern time.


    Zhenyi had no mood for bearing her mother-inw''s nonsense. Song Lily could go to hell for all she cared, but she did care for Grandma Mian.


    "When did it start?" Zhenyi directly asked. Tell her when the function started, she would be there. This was what Zhenyi actually meant.


    "You''reing?" Song Lily''s surprised voice reached Zhenyi''s ears.


    Zhenyi smirked. Couldn''t she pretend anymore? What a lousy actor!


    "Of course, Mother-inw," Zhenyi said in a very sweet and gentle manner. "What kind of a daughter-inw will I be if I refuse your constant insistence? Since you really want me to attend it, I will certainly be there."


    Song Lily had an urge to vomit hearing Zhenyi''s gentle tone. Did she not know this daughter-inw of hers?


    She was anything but gentle and sweet!


    And when did she insist? She was merely informing.


    To be honest, Song Lily didn''t want Zhenyi toe and merely informed her as a formality. Who would have thought that the damn girl would end up epting her invitation!


    Huh¡­


    Suddenly, an idea came into Song Lily''s mind.


    "As you wish!" Song Lily smirked. "And the function starts at 11 a.m. I hope my elder daughter-inw won''t disappoint me. "


    With this Song, Lily cut the call.


    Zhenyi cursed her loudly. How could a woman so despicable give birth to a man so great as her husband?


    It seemed Zhenyi forgot that her husband became great after marrying her. Before the marriage, he was arrogant, selfish, bigoted etcetera ording to her.


    She checked the time it was 10.30 am. Only thirty minutes were left.


    She knew Song Lily deliberately made things difficult for her but she wouldn''t be Xin Zhenyi if she didn''t show her sweet mother-inww who was the queen of the game which Song Lily was trying to y.


    She picked her phone again and dialed a number.


    "Get the chopper ready we are leaving in ten minutes!"


    With this she tossed the phone on the bed, and loudly called someone out.


    "ADA!"


    In the blink of an eye, Ada appeared before Zhenyi.


    Ada was still not dressed in maid''s uniform as her position was yet not permanent in Xin residence.


    She was wearing faded jeans and a ck T-shirt, resembling no less than an abandoned teenager.


    "What happened?" Ada asked wide-eyed. She appeared as soon as she could once she got the decree that the queen of capitalists had called her.


    "Why are you so shocked?" Zhenyi asked her instead.


    "Shocked? Huh...You cruel capitalists won''t understand the pain of us working ss," Ada replied with a pout.


    Zhenyi ignored this silly girl. She actually found Ada adorable so she didn''t treat her coldly.


    She spoke as she again saw the time. "Choose a showstopper dress for me and get me ready in ten minutes and then...we can discuss your employment contract as to how a poor worker like you will work for a cruel capitalist like me."


    Ada had no time to celebrate her new job as she engaged herself in getting Zhenyi ready for whatever show she was going to stop.


    Zhenyi nodded in appreciation as she saw herself in the mirror. Ada was really good at assisting her in time-consuming and irritating tasks like giving her a makeover. She didn''t regret appointing Ada for such tasks.


    After all, she was a very wealthy capitalist!


    Today, she was going to make a show of it.


    A knock was heard on the door.


    Ada turned to find another maiding inside with a dress. She nced at Zhenyi to know what she needed another dress for.


    "Get ready, you areing with me," said Zhenyi while leaving the room. "And you have two minutes for it."


    Sob! Sob! Cruel capitalists!


    ---


    Ada was shocked to see a chopper waiting for Zhenyi at the personal helipad of Xin residence. She stared at Zhenyi in astonishment and asked," Where are we going, Miss Xin?"


    A/N: Hihihi. Ada is gonna get the extent of cruelty of capitalists such as Zhenyi.


    __


    On the other side, Song Lily was happily chatting with Liu Shishi, and otherdies she had invited for the function.


    It was a very intimate gathering. Only the immediate family members were invited. The function was held for Wei and his wife as they were weing their first child after a few months.


    Initially, Song Lily and otherdies of the house had no n to invite Zhenyi but when grandma Mian got to know that they had deliberately left Zhenyi behind, she was furious.


    She demanded a rification from Song Lily.


    Song Lily who was afraid of her mother inw used Zhenyi''s health as an excuse for not inviting her but Grandma Mian insisted on having Zhenyi there at any cost.


    Therefore, Song Lily was left with no other choice but to invite Zhenyi. She just called her for formality. Who didn''t know inside the Long family how much Zhenyi despised the Long residence?


    However, it seemed Song Lily was thinking too much. It was not Zhenyi who didn''t want to reside with them inside the Long mansion but Song Lily''s own flesh and blood: Long Jie.


    But Zhenyi surprised her by actually epting the invitation. She was furious but an aristocratic woman like her didn''t show their erratic emotions on her face.


    They were always gentle and serene like her. Not wild and brazen like that lowly birth Tang Reine.


    Song Lily''s habit ofparing herself with Tang Reine was incorrigible.


    Since her daughter-inw wasing, she would show her that she, Song Lily, was not the one to trifle with.


    Song Lily was lost in her thoughts when the sound of a chopper was heard. A very foreign helicopter wasnding on the helipad.


    She froze when she saw a smiling Zhenyi walking towards the entrance of the house, a petite woman following her.


    "Mother-inw." Zhenyi greeted Song Lily with a respectful bow.


    Song Lily cringed when she heard Zhenyi calling her in a gentle voice. However, she maintained the smile on her face and greeted back.


    Before Song Lily could keep her distance from her so-called daughter-inw, Zhenyi shocked her by hugging her.


    Song Lily yed the role of loving mother-inw in front of her friends and otherdies belonging to their social circle by returning the embrace with a loving smile,but inward she was seething.


    As she was about to pull away, she heard Zhenyi whispering in her ear." Two can y the game, Song Lily."


    There she was. The real Xin Zhenyi.


    "Wee home, Zhenyi," Song Lily said sweetly.


    Grandma Mian who was sitting on the sofa nearby was actually enjoying the show with fruit juice in her hand. She sipped on the juice and eximed," Woah! What an entry!"


    Zhao Meilin who was upying the seat beside Grandma Mian sighed. This was what she was afraid of! She didn''t want her special day to be a battleground for Song Lily and Zhenyi.


    "Grandmother, why don''t you stop both of them?" Zhao Meilin asked, surrendered.


    "Stop who?" Grandma Mian feigned ignorance. "Sweet Meilin, we don''t say no to free entertainment. And that''s my precious Zhenyi you''re talking about. She married a typhoon grandson of mine. Do you think you could stop her?"

 Chapter 225 - Claiming Her Man!

    Song Lily felt her cheeks aching from all the smiles she had maintained on her face because of that damn girl! Why couldn''t she just die and spare their lives?


    Zhenyi had greeted everyone by now. Instead of sitting beside Grandma Mian, she took a seat next to Song Lily, her lovely and sweet mother-inw.


    Of course, it was clear to everyone who knew the reality of Zhenyi and Song Lily''s rtionship that Zhenyi was deliberately making things difficult.


    "Lily, is this your elder daughter-inw?" A woman who happened to be Lily''s friend asked. She had heard rumors about Long Jie being married. She knew better than anyone how much it hurt to hear that the ideal son-inw she had in her mind was married to someone else.


    That too to an unknowndy!


    Thedies were still not ready to believe that Long Jie was actually married.


    Before Song Lily could say anything, Grandma Mian spoke proudly, "Hmph! Can''t you see my precious granddaughter-inw sitting before you?"


    How... How could this be?!


    Thedies stared at Zhenyi, their expressions aghast.


    In their minds, they were still of the view that their daughters still had a chance with Long Jie despite the fact that he had once refused all the daughters of these power-hungry women.


    Zhenyi was rendered speechless at the audacity of thesedies!


    He was only her husband! Okay! Only hers!


    ''Time to announce to the world, Zhenyi!'' She said to herself and stood up, gaining the attention of everyone sitting in the living room.


    " I apologize to everyone who couldn''t attend my and Jie''s wedding ceremony. It was solely my fault as I insisted on having an intimate wedding," Zhenyi spoke with a certain elegance that Song Lily and the rest of the Long family members hadn''t seen before. She was speaking in a gentle and slow tone. " But we will certainly hold a wedding banquet soon and you all are invited then."


    One must be thinking that Zhenyi was being thoughtful by inviting thesedies to her wedding banquet, but in reality, the shallow and possessive Zhenyi was marking her man.


    Zhenyi''s statement attracted everyone''s attention. They couldn''t help but feel aghast!


    Long Jie was really taken!


    Set your eyes somewhere else!


    They all nced at Zhenyi again. What was so special about this woman anyway?


    She was unusually beautiful, d in a red dress. The dress looked really simple, but if one saw clearly they would find the refinement of the dress!


    It reached three inches above her ankle. Although she wore full sleeves to hide her fading scars, still the sleeves were quite stylish.


    The dress was showing off her curves and edges beautifully!


    Not to mention the killer cleavage on disy! She had carried the dress so gracefully that it didn''t look vulgar at all which would have looked on anyone else.


    In short, the dress was simply made for her body!


    Everyone would have to agree that Long Jie''s wife was very beautiful! More beautiful than any girl in their social circle.


    However, her mismatched eyes were the only defect on her perfect face.


    "Why don''t we start the ceremony?" A voice belonging to Zhao Meilin''s mother-inw said. She could sense what was going on in thedies mind right now.


    And she knew Zhenyi''s temper quite well too!


    Therefore, it was better to change the subject.


    This was how the ceremony started. It was mainly adies'' function and men were not allowed. After doing a few rituals, the ceremony ended, and then came the time to give gifts to the baby and to be mother.


    Ada, who was watching the ceremony from a distance, came to Zhenyi and whispered," We haven''t prepared a gift."


    "That''s why the proletariat can''t be bourgeoisie!" Zhenyi''s reply rendered Ada speechless.


    So, Ada went back to where she was standing moments before like she hadn''t got insulted by her new boss at all.


    "Zhenyi?"


    Zhenyi turned around to find her mother-inw calling her. Song Lily was standing with Liu Shihinext to her. What a pair of mother-inw and daughter-inw!


    Zhenyi felt her eyes teary at such a scene!


    Liu Shishi was standing proudly and had a gift in her hand and by the looks of the box, it looked something quite expensive. It seemed she was here to watch Song Lily embarrassing Zhenyi, but only if she would get such a chance.


    "Zhenyi, meet Liu Shishi''s cousin¡­"


    As Song Lily was about to introduce someone to Zhenyi, thetter''s gaze directly aimed at the person standing beside Liu Shishi. Her gaze turned cold as recognition hit her.


    "...Chen Yuling."


    Chen Yuling was staring at Zhenyi''s face and Zhenyi was staring at Chen Yuling, no one willing to break eye contact.


    "That''s...Brother Jie''s wife, sister." Liu Shishi added after a pause, resulting in Chen Yuling''s severing their eye contact.


    Chen Yuling tightened her grip on the phone, nearly breaking it, however, still smiled at Zhenyi. Only she knew how badly she wanted to rip the smile off Zhenyi''s face when she had uttered Long Jie''s name earlier.


    She was thest one toe, but she had heard Zhenyi announcing her wedding banquet alone. Did she even ask Long Jie about it?


    She still didn''t understand what Long Jie liked about her!


    She hated Zhenyi! She had hated her the moment she saw her for the first time insulting her in the club! She hated her, even more, when she got to know that this woman was married to Long Jie.


    "Miss Zhenyi!" Chen Yuling greeted Zhenyi politely.


    These two-faced aristocratic women!


    "Mrs. Long," Zhenyi uttered, ncing at Chen Yuling, and didn''t even bother to say it with a smile.


    "Excuse me?" Chen Yuling froze.


    "I would rather appreciate you to call me Mrs. Long instead," said Zhenyi, this time with a smile intact on her face.


    However, Chen Yuling swore she saw a mocking smirk on her face.


    "You!" Song Lily snapped. She couldn''t watch Zhenyi insulting Chen Yuling in front of everyone. "How can you talk to Yuling like that? She is our guest and as the young madam of the Long family, isn''t it your duty to treat our guests well?"


    Zhenyi had an urge to ask her when did she treat her like one!


    "As the Young Madam of the Long family, isn''t it proper for a guest to call me Mrs. Long?" Zhenyi raised her brows and questioned the threedies.


    Chen Yuling took a deep breath trying to curb her anger. She nced at furious Song Lily and motionless Liu Shishi and said," Then, I must call you Mrs. Long from now on as you urged."


    Chen Yuling was actually telling her that she was calling her Mrs. Long because Zhenyi was begging her to.


    It was also a way to infuriate her. She has heard from Liu Shishi that Zhenyi was quite a short-tempered woman.


    It was right that Zhenyi was a short-tempered person but at the same time, she was partly thick skinned too. She could rip off your tongue for calling her names at one time and other times, she could just close her eyes to insults thrown at her.


    Well...it depends upon the person who was calling her names.


    Right now, she ignored what Chen Yuling was meaning to say not because she was too thick-skinned that her words didn''t affect her but because she wanted to enjoy Chen Yuling''s end.


    After all, Chen Yuling had a debt to pay to Long Jie''s wife.


    In the end, it was Chen Yuling who was so infuriated that she wanted to p Zhenyi across her face. She has never seen a woman so haughty and arrogant like Xin Zhenyi.


    On the other hand, Song Lily was delighted. Everything was going ording to her n. Knowing that Zhenyi''s temper had been inherited from the witch of her mother, sheid a trap for Zhenyi, and unknowingly she fell in it too.


    People like Zhenyi and Chen Yuling gave the most importance to their pride. Zhenyi had intentionally hurt Chen Yuling''s pride and there was no way thetter would let her leave unscathed.


    Song Lily knew quite well that Zhenyi was aware of Chen Yuling''s feelings for Long Jie. Though she had been suppressing those feelings for a long time, Zhenyi''s entry acted as a catalyst. Now Song Lily was going to use Chen Yuling''s hatred for Zhenyi as a means to make her chase after Long Jie.


    So what if Chen Yuling''s love for Long Jie couldn''t make her chase after Long Jie, her hatred for Zhenyi would surely do it.


    With an evil smirk, Song Lily announced, " Zhenyi must apologize to Chen Yuling for her rude behavior. It''s not how thedy of our family behaves with our esteemed guests!"


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 Chapter 226 - Chanting Gods Name Three Thousand Times A Day

    As the words left Song Lily''s mouth, the surroundings hushed all of a sudden. Everyone felt as if a new show was about to start, and all the aristocraticdies which Song Lily had invited for the function were now gazing at both of them, holding their breath anticipatedly.


    Zhenyi''s aura grew intimidating all of a sudden. She threw one nce at Chen Yuling and another one at Song Lily before uttering out loud," You want me to apologize to this distant rtive of yours?"


    Her words made everyone clear that Zhenyi didn''t consider Chen Yuling as a guest except for the fact that she was invited by Song Lily as she was her distant rtive.


    This was insulting to Chen Yuling.


    Chen Yuling clenched her hands to curb her growing anger. She repeated in her heart that she didn''t want to create a scene here as a white lotus bitch.


    "Even if she is a distant rtive of mine, you just can''t disrespect her," Song Lily said, agitating Zhenyi even more. " As your mother-inw, I must teach you well. My dear daughter-inw, I know you''re a motherless kid so I am letting this matter slide with just an apology."


    Song Lily''s words meant to everyone else that as a motherless child, Zhenyi was not given proper upbringing, demeaning her position as Long Jie''s wife even more.


    Zhenyi seemed to know what games Song Lily was ying. Therefore, she stood there expressionless and motionless.


    Thedies started whispering among themselves. They were curious about which family Zhenyi belonged to, but they didn''t expect her to be amoner. They were already looking for ways to embarrass her and now that Song Lily had given them the chance they were waiting for...how could they let it go?


    They calcted that the twodies were not as close as they were pretending minutes ago which meant their daughters still had a chance.


    That was how like a typical fiction book, badmouthing the female lead started.


    "No wonder, we couldn''t find who married Young Master Jie even after so many inquiries." One sneered.


    "I heard she got pregnant, and Young Master Jie was forced to take responsibility for her." Another woman whispered.


    "She sure has guts to actually pin the responsibility to Young Master Jie!"


    "Have you seen her face? She ain''t anything special and still Young Master Jie had to marry this defective woman!"


    They were considering the mismatched eyes of Zhenyi as a defect on her face.


    A woman whose daughter had been crying all day and night since the day she had heard the rumors about Long Jie being married to a mysterious woman, stepped forward and announced. " He will get rid of her one day! Even my daughter is a better-looking and well-mannered girl!"


    Grandma Mian, who was watching the show crafted by Song Lily from a distance, pondered if she should intervene or not. If she intervened right now, Zhenyi would not get to showcase her ability to shut the mouths of these pretentiousdies. But if she didn''t intervene, her petty grandson was gonna hold a grudge.


    Sigh. The old woman was stuck in a dilemma.


    However, the urge to see Zhenyi again in action and face pping these pretentious bitches won in the end.


    "Lily," Liu Shishi''s mom said at that time. " I don''t know how this woman offended my niece, but I must get her justice at any cost. What kind of aunt would I be if my niece suffers in my inw''s house?"


    Thud.


    Zhao Meilin felt her heart giving up!


    This was what she was worried about! She didn''t want to invite so many guests for this intimate function but when Song Lily insisted, she just couldn''t refuse her. Later, Grandma Mian demanded to invite Zhenyi at any cost. She just knew then that if Zhenyi and Song Lily came under the same roof something explosive would certainly happen and now look at the mess both of them had created.


    Anyway, Song Lily got the desired result in the end. She angered Zhenyi and Chen Yuling at the same time. She turned both of them, enemies, by her sinister brain as if they were not before.


    ###


    On the other hand, Grandma Mian couldn''t take it anymore. She was ready to hit Song Lily with her walking stick.


    How dare she cause trouble for her precious Zhenyi?


    Grandma Mian loved Zhenyi to the bones, perhaps even more than her own grandsons.


    Before Grandma Mian could take action, themotion started once again as two people entered the hall.


    Those two were Long Wei and Long Yuan.


    As Long Yuan''s gaze fell on Zhenyi, his eyes widened in a very dramatic way. He then turned his usatory gaze at Long Wei and uttered, "You knew the She-devil will be here, that''s why you dragged me to this awfuldies''s function?"


    ''She shot him for God''s sake. His arm still hurts!''


    Long Yuan was not worried about getting shot again by meeting her but because he would be shot dead by his own brother. If his brother got to know that his devilish wife was here, and there was no one to keep an eye on their mother, he would shot him there and then.


    At least Zhenyi shot him in the arm, but Long Jie¡­


    He would shoot him dead for failing his duty.


    And he had failed his brother again¡­


    By the looks on his Grandma''s face, it was clear that his mother had already stirred trouble for Zhenyi once again.


    ''Sob. Sob. God save me from my bro, please. I will chant your names three thousand times a day.''


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 Chapter 227 - Revenge Sweet Revenge

    ''Sob. Sob. God save me from my bro please.''


    ''This time he will surely send him to Antarctica to hunt penguins!''


    He threw one gaze at Zhenyi who was standing quietly in the middle, the bloodthirsty women encircling her, and another gaze at his mother who was secretly gloating as if won a battle. She had sort of won a battle.


    ''Why must my brother marry her of all the women present in this world? I wished I had epted when Long Jie said he wanted a meek and submissive wife.''


    ''She might look like an angel but she was a devil. The kind of devil that rules the hell.''


    Destruction dark contrast wit!


    He looked at the walking and talking definition of the phrase '' destruction dark contrast wit'' and heaved out a long and very painful sigh.


    "Stop sighing like a dog!" The voice came from the person standing next to him.


    "You asshole, you just dug graves for both of us," Long Yuan grumbled, throwing an usatory re at him.


    Long Wei shrugged and walked to his wife''s side. He kissed her temple and whispered something in her ear, making her blush seemingly.


    Long Yuan had an urge to smash his cousin''s face on the wall.


    After throwing him under the bus, he dared to openly flirt with his wife now!


    However, he suppressed this thought into the depth of his heart and stepped forward.


    He stood behind Zhenyi, and nced at everyone coldly, especially at his soon-to-be mother-inw, who had her finger pointed at Zhenyi.


    She didn''t know yet how costly her pointed finger at Zhenyi would beter!


    "Then, I must have to trouble Mrs. Liu to ask my sister-inw as to what she had done which offended Miss Chen?" Long Yuan said, shutting down the whispers. He turned towards Chen Yuling and said viciously," I have heard that Miss Chen, who is also the number no.1 socialite of Beijing, won''t be petty enough to hold grudges against a nobody like my sister-inw?"


    Zhenyi, who was seemingly ignored by everyone despite the fact that she was the reason for themotion earlier, gazed at Long Yuan.


    Was he standing up for her or was he taking revenge on her for shooting his arm?


    Chen Yuling watched Long Yuan in astonishment, he wasn''t so cold to her before, so why was he talking to her like this today? It was just because of this bitch! She has an urge to kill Zhenyi.


    At this time, Liu Shishi had taken her steps backward. It appeared that she was not a part of this scheme at all, but Long Yuan knew better than to trust her innocent face.


    Chen Yuling opened her mouth to retort Long Yuan''s usation, but before she could speak, Zhenyi had already spoken.


    "Actually she is."


    Everyone looked at Zhenyi in astonishment.


    She dared to call Beijing''s number no. 1 socialite, petty and shallow!


    It was newsworthy of headlines.


    It was a pity that families like Xin and Long were only mentioned in financial and political news!


    "You--" Liu Shishi''s mom opened her mouth to admonish Zhenyi, but before she could, she noticed her daughter''s warning look.


    "Zhenyi, how could you call the young miss from Chen family shallow and petty?" The strict and reprimanding voice belonged to Grandma Mian." Just because she refused to call you Mrs. Long, you will call her shallow and petty?"


    Grandma Mian was actually adding fuel to the fire.


    The women, who were previously talking ill about Zhenyi, froze. They didn''t know what the matter actually was, but insisted on badmouthing her.


    "You all were calling names to my sister-inw because of this trivial reason?" Long Yuan felt his temper ring up.


    Thedies bowed their heads in shame. They were just badmouthing her because they hated her existence. If not for her, one of their daughters would be the wife of the great Long Jie.


    "It''s no trivial matter," a chilly voice belonging to Zhenyi, uttered out loud. She nced at everyone one by one and then her gaze settled on Long Yuan. " It might be a trivial matter for anyone, but it is no trivial matter for me. A woman today dared to refuse to call me Mrs. Long which is legally my right. My husband and I know the severity of this trivial matter quite well." She paused, her eyes boring into Long Yuan''s. "Yuan, Jie is my husband, and hearing someone call me Mrs. Long is a matter of great pride for me. But someone openly hurt my pride today, and you of all the people know how we, Xins, give importance to our pride."


    Thud! Thud! Thud!


    ''Long Jie married a Xin!''


    Everyone felt their eyes popping out. How was this possible?


    ''Could this woman be the granddaughter of legendary Xin Yanmo?''


    ''Lord, what had they just done!''


    ''She was nomoner but a daughter of the wealthiest family of the country?''


    They haven''t heard about the heir or heiress of Xin family, and now that she was standing before them¡­


    They hadmitted a great sin. Thedies knew that their husbands would surely me them if the Xin family decided to retaliate against them.


    Who didn''t know how merciless Xins actually were when it came to revenge?


    Zhenyi didn''t know about the thoughts that were going on in the mind of Song Lily''s friends but she did know that the sweet and slow revenge she had nned for Chen Yuling would be quite entertaining for her. It would at least help her with spending days without Long Jie by her side.


    As for Song Lily, she was born to make her life hell and right now she just had an excellent idea in her head.


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 Chapter 228 - YUANS GETTING PUNISHED

    Long Yuan massaged his aching temple. He just knew this time it would be Long Jie who would shoot him instead of Zhenyi.


    He was sweating profusely.


    Zhao Melin, who was being fed pastry by her dear husband, felt Long Yuan''s anxiousness as she asked," Hubby, what is wrong with Yuan?"


    Long Wei removed his gaze from her wife''s beautiful face and nced at Long Yuan as he said," Nothing, baby. He is just worried about not obtaining six feet ofnd for setting up his tomb."


    "Ouch!" Long Wei eximed in pain as he was suddenly hit by a cane.


    "You stinky brat! How dare you talk about your brother like that?" Grandma Mian hit Long Wei again.


    "Ow!, Beauty Mian, both of us know what I said is correct to some extent. Aunt stirred trouble again with Zhenyi, and Yuan was instructed by Jie to keep an eye on her. He failed, and ording to the conduct set up by Jie, Yuan will receive the harshest punishment."


    Zhao Meilin frowned. She quite liked her brothers-inw a lot. Both of them were respectful and considerate towards her.


    Therefore, she couldn''t see Long Yuan suffering for any reason.


    She was a very kind and soft-hearted woman but these qualities of hers never became Long Wei''s weakness, instead, it encouraged him every day to do better for her sake.


    "Hubby, isn''t it quite unreasonable?" Zhao Meilin asked him in a soft voice. " It is not Yuan''s fault entirely. He didn''t know something like this would happen."


    Grandma Mian grunted.


    Don''t get her wrong, she liked Zhao Meilin a lot but she still was not used to her level of kindness. It was something else. It was solely because of the fact that she had spent her life with families involved in violence and chaos that she didn''t see herself kind like Zhao Meilin.


    "Baby, it''s still counted as Yuan''s fault. He must have to be prepared for the task assigned to him all the time. He thought that Zhenyi hadn''t been to Long Mansion in months so she won''t be here today as well. It was his assumption proven wrong that would get him punished this time."


    "Who doesn''t know how much Song Lily loves insulting Zhenyi!" Grandma Mian said angrily. "I think she sleeps peacefully every time dreaming that she finally threw my precious Zhenyi out of the Long family. But I will remind this vicious witch that it will only be true in her dreams!"


    Zhao Meilin still didn''t know the reason for the source of Grandma Mian''s hatred for Song Lily.


    So, she sighed. Praying for God to save her special day!


    "Grandma, if Aunt Lily was responsible for arousing the scene today, it can''t also be ignored that Zhenyi had been provoking her since the moment she stepped inside the Long Mansion," said Zhao Meilin.


    "It''s not like I don''t want her here," added Zhao Meilin when she noticed Grandma Mian''s cold re. "It''s just that the day I have nned with great expectations for me and the baby was messed up because of Aunt and Zhenyi''s hatred for each other. I and the baby are just coteral damage."


    "Then why didn''t you say this before?" Grandma Mian asked Meilin who had turned sad all of a sudden.


    "Because that''s her home too and she is one of us. I want my baby to receive her blessings," said Zhao Meilin with a sad smile. " It was presumptuous of me to assume that Zhenyi and Aunt Lily will forget their differences for a day for my sake. It seems like I have been proven wrong."


    Long Wei hugged his wife and said in a soft voice," That''s not your fault, baby. It''s just that their hatred for each other is so deep-rooted and ancient that nothing in this world could undo their feelings for each other. But it doesn''t mean that they can drag everyone in their fights." He paused and hugged her even tighter as he added," I apologize Wifey. But I promise next time I won''t let anything of this sort happen. You don''t have topromise with your happiness ever again."


    "Wei is right, Linlin. It was your special day, and we just spoiled it for you," Grandma Mian added. "Please forgive me."


    Zhao Meilin shook her head. "Both of you, please don''t apologize." She turned to her husband and said," If you are really sorry, Hubby, then don''tlet Brother Jie punish Yuan this time."


    Long Wei held up his hands in the air as resignation. "Ask me for my life, Wife," Long Wei said in a romantic tone. "But don''t ask for it. He deserves it."


    Zhao Meilin red at him.


    He ced his chin on her shoulder and said," You gotta understand it, Wife. What Yuan did today deserves punishment. He was not asked by a brother to take care of his sister-inw, but as a subordinate by the boss to protect his wife." He paused and heaved out a sigh before saying further," You know what we do for a living, right? When we leave home at any time of the day, we are not certain if we will be back for sure or not. Our lives along with the lives of our family are always in danger. That''s why Jie had asked Yuan to protect his wife at any cost. So, it''s not in my hands if Yuan will be punished this time or not."


    Zhao Meilin saw theplicated look in his eyes and shook her head as if she was understanding what he was telling her even when hadn''t grasped a single thing.


    Long Wei thought back to the time two months ago when Long Jie had caused the mayhem in the city. He knew to what extent his cousin was willing to go when it involved his wife.


    He imagined what his reaction would be when he would learn about Zhenyi attending Meilin and their baby''s function.


    He was sure that Zhenyi didn''t know about her miscarriage because Long Jie had forbidden him to talk to her about it at all. He couldn''t imagine how it felt like losing his child and wife all of a sudden.

 Chapter 229 - The Real Mrs. Long

    On the other hand,


    Chen Yuling couldn''t take the insults thrown at her silently anymore. She hadn''t been humiliated like this ever. She was unmistakable about the stories thedies were cooking in their minds. Just a moment ago, they were against Zhenyi, and how all of the sudden, they shifted their questions to her?


    They were gazing at her, their eyes holding usations.


    She was burning with rage. However, her face didn''t show any of her emotions even after her brain processed the usations their gazes were throwing at her.


    This time if Chen Yuling was burning with rage, then, Zhenyi was ready to destroy the world just to cool off her mind.


    Zhenyi didn''t know the reason for sudden anger. It was unexpected and unwee. She was fine just a moment ago.But now...


    As if Zhenyi''s rage was less destructive, Chen Yuling spoke skyrocketing the former''s fury," Mrs. Long, it''s not like I didn''t call you ''Mrs. Long'', it was just that there were four of you with the same surname so I was just confused¡­"


    "Miss Chen, there is only one Mrs. Long. The Mrs. Long," said Zhenyi as she crossed her arms over her chest and intensely gazed at Chen Yuling. " You may not be aware but in our Long family, only the wife of the current head of the family can be called Mrs. Long. My mother-inw who was previously called Mrs. Long, is now called Elder Young Madam and my grandmother-inw is the Matriarch Long and Meilin is the second Young madam. And if Liu Shihi marries Yuan she will be the third Young Madam, Not Mrs.Long. I hope that I cleared your confusion."


    Chen Yuling nodded with a polite smile.


    Her reply not only exploded Chen Yuling but also Song Lily whose smirk slipped.


    Everyone now knew the real status of Zhenyi inside the Long family. She was the ''Mrs. Long''. They hadn''t realized before that the woman they were bad-mouthing was actually the most powerful woman in the country right now.


    ####


    The guests invited by Song Lily left one by one after the matter was taken control by Grandma Mian and Long Yuan, when Zhenyi sat peacefully beside Song Lily after giving a piece of mind to Chen Yuling.


    To be honest, her hands were itching to put a bullet inside Chen Yuling''s empty skull.


    However, she ignored the dire urge and focussed on something else.


    Everyone had given the gift to Zhao Meiling except for Zhenyi who had not prepared a gift for her.


    Long Wenna, Long Jie''s aunt, came after some time. She was thest one to arrive, as she entered the door, her gaze directly fell on Zhenyi. She clenched her hands but remained quiet as she was scared of making a scene again like she had createdst time. She was severely punishedst time by her mother.


    Zhenyi respectfully gave the seat beside Song Lily to Long Wenna and went out of the room to take the call. Her father was calling. She moved toward the garden and talked to her father for a few minutes and after assuring him that she was alright andfortable, he hung up. Her father had grown quite a worrier but she didn''t me him.


    Zhenyi was about to go back when her gaze fell on something in the garden. It thrilled her. It was a flower nt, the same kind that Long Jie had sent her, and by the looks of the nt, it appeared that it was growing finely without any difficulty, unlike her nt which was withering away.


    ''How is it growing here without any problems?''


    She wanted to ask someone, but who?


    Grandma Mian.


    She turned around only to bump into a hard chest.


    "F.u.c.k!"


    Long Yuan caressed his bleeding nose and red at Zhenyi as he saw how she was acting all surprised when she broke his nose.


    "God! Who asked you to appear like a ghost. It''s not my fault I broke your nose," Zhenyi said as a matter of fact.


    Long Yuan snickered. "That''s how you repay one''s kindness? By punching them?"


    "Do I ask you to appear behind me like a ghost?" Zhenyi''s face distorted as she narrowed her eyes at Yuan.


    "You dare to call me a ghost?" Long Yuan asked her furiously. That was how Xins repay kindness?


    Zhenyi put her hand on her mouth, acting like she was actually scared by seeing his furious galre. " Please forgive me for calling you a ghost."


    As Long Yuan was about to smirk in victory, just then Zhenyi added, " But you must fare with it because I don''t know the correct word for Witch''s son."


    "You!" Long Yuan was at a loss for words. But he still said, " By calling me a witch''s son, you''re calling your husband the same."


    "Trust me, he knows better than anyone that his mom is a rare mixture of witch and a bitchbined."


    "Instead of throwing insults at me, you should have thanked me for saving your ass!" Long Yuan said righteously.


    "Saving my ass?" Zhenyi snickred. " You just saved your sweet cousin-inw''s ass by arriving at the scene. Next time, don''t intervene in the matters that belongs to me."


    "I shouldn''t havee after you to make sure you were okay!" Long Yuan sneered.


    "Nobody asked you!"


    "You sure are ruthless!"


    Zhenyi crossed her arms over her chest as she intently looked at his face. Long Yuan returned her intense gaze equally. "You have a problem with me?"


    "Excuse me?" Long Yuan asked her in confusion.


    "I said you have a problem with me," said Zhenyi. This time she didn''t ask but said as a matter of factly. Even a blind could see that Long Yuan''s polite attitude towards Zhenyi was because of the mere reason that she was Long Jie''s wife.


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 Chapter 230 - Bombing The Long House!

    Long Yuan was actually surprised to see that Xin Zhenyi had the guts to say the words he never dared to utter out loud to his face. He didn''t like her and there was no denying that he was behaving with courtesy with her because she was his brother''s wife. But his dislike for her had nothing to do with the family rivalry¡­ She was just too troublesome for his brother.


    "You''re thinking too much!"Long Yuan huffed, breaking the moment of silence.


    "Maybe, I am," replied Zhenyi as she walked ahead and touched the blooming flower. "Or maybe I''m not."


    Looking at the blooming flower was much more soothing than looking at the long face of Long Yuan!


    "How did youe to that conclusion?"


    " I saw a flicker of apprehension in your eyes when you talked to Chen Yuling," said Zhenyi as she touched the flower petals with her hands. Such a beautiful scene. She needed the same gardener for her nt too. Still looking at it, she spoke in a soft tone,"You didn''te to stand up for me because it was the right thing to do, you stood up for me because you were asked to. And who will ask you to take my side in this family?" Zhenyi turned to look at him, with a lifted brow she raised the question." My husband?"


    Of course, Long Yuan wouldn''t admit it aloud. He didn''t want to get killed by his brother!


    "Either you''re too idle to weave bizarre thoughts in your mind or the ident has screwed up your brain. I can''t think of another reason why someone like you would be so interested in knowing what opinions I hold about you," Long Yuan said with a flicker of indifference.


    Zhenyi cackled at his response, " My dear brother-inw, let''s get it clear that none of us like each other ande to the main point."


    "Main point?" recited Long Yuan as he deciphered her words. She was talking to him because she needed something from him, not because she was interested in hearing his opinion about her. What an insatiable woman!"What main points should be brought out, Sister-inw?"


    "This." Zhenyi pointed her finger at the nt and said, " I want to know who tends these nts?"


    Long Yuan didn''t reply instantly, he looked at her as if she had lost her brain.


    "Are you not gonna speak now?" Zhenyi asked the sudden mute Long Yuan.


    "Can you start talking like normal people?" Long Yuan said, walking away from her.


    "Wait! Where are you going?"


    Long Yuan turned back to give her ast nce before walking," None of your business as you said none of us like each other so what''s the point in talking to each other?"


    Zhenyi was seething. She remembered how Sam told her that these Longs were not reliable and it really was proved right. Damn! None of them coulde to her advantage when she needed it.


    She suddenly missed her best-est hubby in the world!


    However, she looked at his back with a bone-chilling gaze as she said," Long f.u.c.k.i.n.g Yuan, I dare you to walk a step further away from me."


    Long Yuan stopped walking and turned back to look at her.


    "What are you gonna do about it?" Long Yuan retorted quite childishly. He didn''t know why he was behaving in such a manner but he couldn''t stop this when it came to this infuriating woman, his brother had married. But he was not gonna give in before her. He was a Long and she was a Xin, so, it was clear who was better and greater.


    "You wanna see what I''m gonna do if you didn''t answer my question?" Zhenyi gave him another bone-chilling gaze.


    However, she knew violence was not gonna get her the answers, so she took a different approach.


    Long Yuan folded his hands over his chest and looked at her viciously and said," Then, I''m standing right here. Get the gun out, Xin Zhenyi. What else do you know in spite of killing and spreading your fear?"


    Zhenyi strode in his direction and stood before him quite arrogantly. As a tall girl she reached above his shoulders and so it was easy for her to stare into his eyes. She pulled out her phone from her pocket and held it in her hands.


    Long Yuan, who saw Zhenyi arrogantly pulling out her phone, was startled. A thought came into his mind just then.


    "You ruthless human creature!" Long Yuan eximed loudly. "You''re bombing our Long family house!"


    He couldn''t take it anymore. This woman always came here to look for trouble. No. No. This time she was there to blow up everything and everyone.


    He would not let anyone destroy his family house!


    He would make every Long proud by saving their ancient family home! His name would be written in history books with golden letters for such an action of bravery.


    Therefore, he acted on his thoughts and tried to snatch the phone from her hand.


    The time bomb must be connected to her cell phone. So, he must get the phone from her hands.


    If Long Yuan acted on his thoughts, then, Zhenyi acted on her reflexes. As he touched her to snatch the phone out of her hands, Zhenyi startled and punched his already broken nose.


    His nose was bleeding but he didn''t care.


    "I will not let you bomb our century-old family home!" Long Yuan had forgotten all shreds of sanity till now.


    *click!*


    He failed to protect his home as he closed his eyes when he heard the click and waited for the mansion to explode.


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 Chapter 231 - Re Entry Of Vixen

    One.


    Two.


    Three.


    Four.


    Five.


    He opened his eyes after counting up to five but didn''t hear the sound of an explosion. He looked at the unscathed mansion and then at the She-devil who was typing something on her phone.


    He blinked once, twice, thrice¡­


    "You despicable and cheap man! You dare to touch my boss!"


    And then, thud.


    An angry girl came out of nowhere and attacked Long Yuan with a pen. Yes, someone actually dared to attack Long Yuan with a five bucks pen.


    Breaking news: The top assassin and shooter Long Yuan was attacked by someone in broad daylight with a cheap five bucks pen.


    This angry girl was no one but, Jin Ada.


    When Yuan recovered from the shock, he twisted the hand of the little girl who attacked him with a cheap pen. Coincidentally, she attacked the same arm which Zhenyi had shot once.


    Likeemployee, like boss!


    "You vile human being! You hypocrite dog! Just a moment ago, you were standing up for your sister-inw, and now where did your Oscar-worthy acting go?" Jin Ada said furiously. She just got employed by Zhenyi today. There was no way in hell anyone or anything woulde in her way to take this great opportunity away from her.


    She knew from the very moment she saw this despicable human being that he was merely acting.


    "Hey, little kid!" Long Yuan said with subtle scorn. "Keep your cheap pen away from me." He nced at the pen in Ada''s hand whose tip was dipped with his blood, and then at his arm which was bleeding. He turned his angry stare at the courageous girl who dared to attack him and threatened," I can bury you in my garden if I wish to for attacking the Young Master of this prestigious Long family. And trust me, no one would dare to question me."


    Jin Ada swallowed but managed to appear brave. " You-You don''te near me." As she uttered the words, Long Yuan came near her, step by step. " I''m telling you I will hurt you once again."


    "With this pen?" He said mockingly and took steps nearer to her.


    Ada was shaking like a leaf. He was a real evil and she knew it. So, she turned her eyes towards the other evil to silently ask for help.


    They said, lesser of the two evils, right?


    But Zhenyi refused to give them her much-needed attention as she was lost in her phone.


    ''Ada, you gotta save your ass first!''


    "I''m t-telling you Young Master Y-Yuan...I will hurt you...Have you not heard that a pen is way more powerful than a sword?"


    Long Yuan devilishly smirked at her," Nah, failed high school twice. Got my daddy to buy a Havard degree for me."


    Ada cursed her sperm donor in her heart for disowning her when she needed him the most.


    Just as Long Yuan was about to take revenge on Ada, a smoky feminine voice spoke from a distance.


    "Never had this humble human ever thought that she would see the great Young Master attacking a woman half of his size in the broad daylight."


    Ada froze after hearing that feminine voice.


    Zhenyi shifted her attention from her phone to the sudden intruder.


    And Long Yuan, he just stared at the odd woman in fascination, awe, shock, and finally in pain as he felt a heel digging on his feet. Thank God, he was wearing shoes.


    He sent a re to Ada," Woman, you''re courting death!"


    "You stinky Young Master! Why are you ogling that woman!"


    Long Yuan blinked his eyes as he realized that he was indeed staring at the unfamiliar face but he sure was not ogling.


    Zhenyi threw an exasperating look at Ada and Yuan simultaneously, and then took in the woman standing before them from head to toe.


    ''A third-grade bad girl'' Zhenyi said in her head and went back to what she was doing with her phone.


    The woman was d in ck. She was wearing tight skinny ck pants, and a strapless blouse of simr color, styled with strange jewelry. And not to mention, her ck high boots paired with an all-ck outfit was screaming --bad girl.


    Her kohl-loaded eyes were shouting from the distance not to fuck with her!


    Well,dies and gentlemen, let''s wee our Esma. Again.


    "You are?" Long Yuan ignored Ada and paid all of his attention to the sinister beauty in front of him. How could a great yboy like him not ask for her date of birth, ce of birth, her zodiac sign, her name, and most importantly her number?


    But to his surprise, he felt no sexual attraction to her,instead fascination and urge to know her more. It was not like him but who cared?


    He suddenly wanted to know more about her. Who was this beauty? And what was she doing in his garden? Was she a fairy descended from heaven?


    Little did Feng Siyan knew the brat he called a demon escaped from hell, was today called a fairy descended from heaven!


    This had to be the end of the world.


    His heart started beating rapidly as she gave him an alluring smile and started walking towards him. He blinked his eyes again and again like a lovesick teenager. His gaze settled on her alluring face.


    She was about a foot away from him when she spoke," A knight. Saving a damsel in distress."


    Long Yuan took a moment to process the meaning of her words.


    As he was about to answer her, a petite figure stood in front of him, her hands trying to cover his eyes.


    "What the hell are you doing, mad little girl?" Long Yuan shrieked as someone blocked his view.


    He was going to kill this troublesome little kid!


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 Chapter 232 - Esmas Wondrous Tongue

    "What the hell are you doing, mad little girl?" Long Yuan shrieked as someone blocked his view.


    Zhenyi who had now left her phone was watching the scene urring before her eyes with an amused smile. There was a look of certainty in her eyes. Her cat eyes were saying that she knew something which no one else was aware of!


    Therefore, she decided to watch the entertainment show taking ce before her eyes silently.


    One must not say no to free entertainment!


    He held Ada by his waist and threw her on the ground as she was blocking his sight of view.


    He cursed Ada in his heart for being so infuriating. Since when did help start bing so irritating?


    "Young Master Yuan, it seemed that ssy bit--" Esma swallowed the word and said again with a subtle hint of anger," It seemed your mother didn''t give you proper manners. It''s not how a Young Master of a prestigious family as yours should behave with a poor woman."


    Thanks to Almighty that she didn''tplete the word otherwise her plotting and scheming would go to waste.


    Esma neglected Long Yuan''s shocked look and gave a hand to Ada to help her to stand up but she was mercilessly rejected.


    "Miss, I don''t know who you are and why you are trying to help me, but let me make it clear to you that I, Jin Ada, am no poor woman or a damsel in distress as you called me. I have lived twenty years of my life with great dignity even if I nowck money, I am still not so easy to trample on. So, please offer your help to those who honestly need it. Thank you!"


    Zhenyi had an urge to p for Ada''s outstanding big words. Woah. So much hatred at anger at the new woman.


    "Hey, you! Mad girl! Don''t you dare talk to this beautiful girl like this!" Long Yuan wouldn''t let this damn girl talk to his beauty rudely.


    The girls who were addressed as ''mad girl'' and ''beautiful girl'' looked up at Long Yuan with contempt.


    "Say sorry to her," He ordered Ada.


    Ada nced at Esma with hatred and stood up from the ground in a single try. The clothes given to her by Zhenyi were dirty now and she felt awful as she wouldn''t be able to return these to Zhenyi, even if she would not ask for them. Her pride was not ready to ept any gifts from these rich people. She knew better than anyone how these people actually were.


    She bowed her head in front of Esma and said," I''m sorry, Young Miss. As a maid, I have no right to refuse your kindness. Please forgive me."


    Instead of getting offended by Ada''s rejection of her help, Esma was more offended and hurt by Ada''s apology. She threw a dark look at Long Yuan as he was the one responsible for it.


    "Miss!"


    Esma turned to find the source of the voice which called for her. Her eyes found Zhenyi who was standing with her arms crossed her back. A bored and indifferent expression on her face. Her posture was suggesting her arrogant and bold personality.


    ''So, she is Ah-Jie''s wife'' Esma said in her mind. "Hmm, what a superficial man! He is crazy for her slightly beautiful face, no wonder he had forgotten about the caucasians beauties he used to like in the past."


    Esma would never admit out loud that there was something different about Zhenyi. After all, she was one of those bitches who had taken her Long Jie away from her.


    The sunlight was falling on Zhenyi''s figure, her face was looking sun-kissed and her heterochromatic eyes were appearing bright brown at that time. But as a cloud came before the sun, the real color of her eyes appeared out, startling the shit of Esma.


    It was not her eyes which were startling Esma, but her face. She has seen it before. Not her face, but someone resembling her, minus the mismatched eyes.


    But she buried that face deep in her heart because if there was indeed a connection between the two of them, many lives and rtionships would be at stake.


    Perhaps, Esma didn''t notice herself standing stiff and reading Zhenyi''s face, but Ada and Zhenyi sure did. The flicker of surprise and fear present in Esma''s eyes was clearly apparent to Zhenyi.


    "What''s your name?" Zhenyi asked her directly. She didn''t have time to waste on small talks.


    "Excuse me?" Esma said in confusion.


    " I asked you your name, Lady."


    "My ears are fine by the grace of the health system in your country." Esma being Esma said out with a roll of eyes. " Just wondering why Mrs. Long would be interested in knowing the name of an insignificant person like me?"


    Zhenyi gave her a knowing smile," If you were half an insignificant person like you im, I would have ripped off your tongue by now for using this sarcastic smart mouth of yours."


    "Trust me, Mrs. Long, you don''t want to rip off my tongue without experiencing the wonders it is capable of performing," Esma said with a sensual smile. " But too bad, you won''t get to experience it."


    As the sentence left Esma''s mouth, Ada spoke," You shameless girl! Scram before Imit your murder."


    Zhenyi watched how furious Ada was trying to punch Esma if not for Yuan stopping him. He had caught her by the waist and her short legs were hanging in the air, trying to reach Esma.


    Zhenyi ignored Ada''s sudden outburst and said to Esma," You should put a limit to your wondrous tongue. And get the hell out of here before she loses her sanity."


    "I don''t need someone like you to impart me knowledge. "


    "Too bad, I will be giving a dose of knowledge to a third-grade bad girl like you!"


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 Chapter 233 - A Photograph Equaling Bomb

    "You shouldn''t have talked to her like that!"


    Long Yuan had a dire urge to kill his wicked sister-inw right now. She had chased his beauty away along with that mad girl.


    "Like hell, I shouldn''t! Do you have any idea who she is?" asked Zhenyi in a loud voice.


    Suddenly it hit him as he knocked his head with his palm, God! I was hypnotized!"


    It was true that Esma''s beauty was hypnotizing, but there was something in her eyes that made it difficult for Long Yuan to look away from her. Earlier he thought it was because of her blinding beauty, but now that Zhenyi had pointed it out, he was astonished to realize that he was indeed hypnotized.


    It was almost impossible for someone to hypnotize her, given the harsh training he had received all his life.


    Then how could she manage to hypnotize him?


    Zhenyi smirked at him knowingly and pulled out her phone to show something to Long Yuan. "Have a look here."


    Long Yuan came closer to her to have a look at the phone screen. His eyes popped out after reading the information on the screen.


    Name: Esma Dermott


    Age: 28 years old.


    Nationality: British.


    And the list went on¡­


    However, he stopped skimming when he reached the line mentioning her educational qualifications.


    "S-she..."


    Just how many psychology degrees she held?


    "I can''t believe how someone who can''t even resist a simple hypnosis is the top assassin of the organization?" Zhenyi said in displeasure. " Even a simple foot soldier in my outfit could withstand it!"


    Zhenyi merely needed a picture of Esma to get a profile made on Esma. And she had her phone in her hands when Esma emerged. Therefore, it was easy for her to get their information on someone in minutes as long as that someone existed in the records of any country.


    And it was mainly the reason why Zhenyi only got some information on Esma. Or someone could say information that Long Jie let her see.


    "How did you figure it out?" Long Yuan asked with a sigh. He still couldn''t believe that he had been hypnotized by a girl half of his size.


    "Excuse me?" Zhenyi raised her brow.


    "How did you reach the conclusion that I have been hypnotized?" Long Yuan looked at Zhenyi in bewilderment.


    "None of your business," Zhenyi said.


    "What the hell do you want?" Long Yuan had an urge to pull out his hair to deal with this infuriatingdy. Couldn''t she talk normally to him for once?


    "This." Zhenyi again pointed her finger towards the flower nt.


    "I''m not giving you my precious collection at any cost."


    These nts were his babies. He had grown them with utmost care and tenderness.


    "Oh?" Zhenyi lifted her brow and asked," So, you''re the one tending to this nt?"


    He pressed his lips in a thin line, refused to reply to her, but Zhenyi noticed the red tips of his ears which


    "Say immediately or--"


    "Or what?" Long Yuan uttered the words with disdain. " You gonna shoot me?" He pulled out a gun which was hidden beneath his shirt and handed it over to her. " Shoot me. I''m not afraid of you!"


    ''What a kid!'' Zhenyi said in her mind.'' Coming here was really not a very good idea.''


    "You don''t deserve to die at my hands! A cheap pen is enough to kill you!"


    "You--" Long Yuan was at a loss for words.


    "I have a deal. Help me in keeping my nt alive and I will get your ass out of trouble."


    "You will get my ass out of trouble?" Long Yuan repeated in perplexion. " When did I get in trouble?"


    "Just now." Zhenyi showed him her phone and winked at him.


    On the phone, the screen was a photograph of Zhenyi. One would ask what was so unique about the picture that was capable ofnding Long Yuan in trouble?


    In the picture, Zhenyi''s sun-kissed face could be found smiling gently in the camera. But behind him, a man was trying to embrace her. The man was no one else but Long Yuan.


    Power of photoshop.


    "XIN ZHENYI!!" Long Yuan shouted with all the power he had. "What the hell is it?!"


    He would kill this damn girl! Sister-inw or not!


    "The bomb!" was the only reply Zhenyi gave to Long Yuan.


    And with ast smirk, she sashayed away...


    ---


    On the other side of the globe.


    "The quarterly profit¡­."


    Long Jie was having a conference call with the higher-ups of Long cooperationte in the night. He had been sitting on the same chair for five hours now. He had spent the day with Faye on the beach, soaking in salty water and sunlight.


    Since Feng Siyan was handling the situation of White Knights, for now, Long Jie decided to hold the meetings with his staff for the time being.


    He had to call Zhenyi in a few hours but was surprised when he heard a ding on his phone.


    He held up his hand to stop the other person on the Conference call and nced at his phone only to find a message from his dear wife.


    His lips lifted to form a beautiful smile. The Higher-ups were astonished to see such an expression on the President''s face, but it onlysted for a moment as their screens went ck.


    His eyes fell on Zhenyi''s beautiful smiling face. Her dimples were on disy. He caressed the phone screen lovingly. She was truly a goddess in her red dress.


    But, the gentle look in his eyes turned into something ferocious as he finally noticed the background of the picture.


    "LONG YUAN!"


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 Chapter 234 - Long Yuan Becoming Zhenyis Gardener For The Rest Of His Life

    In the Long Mansion.


    Song Lily was not there with her minions when Zhenyi entered the living room. Grandma Mian had gone to somece as it was time for her afternoon veneration. Since Zhenyi didn''t know what it meant, she took a seat near Long Wei who was throwing loads and loads of dog food at her.


    She has a desire to drag her husband from whatever secluded corner of the world he was in. So, she could at least getid. Perhaps, he didn''t know how difficult it was for hertely.


    A momentter, Long Yuan arrived pulling a long sulking face.


    "Brother Yuan, what happened to you?" Zhao Meilin asked in a sweet caring voice.


    Long Yuan gave a sneer to Zhenyi as if saying,'' See that''s how a sister-inw should behave!''


    Zhenyi rolled her eyes and refused to give him her attention. Such a waste of time!


    All of a sudden, Long Yuan''s phone rang, terrifying him to the core.


    He had set a special ringtone for Long Jie. Hence, he knew it was Long Jie who was calling him.


    His hands were shaking as he picked up the phone. ''Lord, save me please!''


    "B-bro--"


    "LONG YUAN, HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN WHAT''S IT LIKE TO BURN IN SAHARA''S SUMMER?" An ear-piercing voice was heard.


    Everyone turned to look at Long Yuan who was on the verge of crying. He threw a hateful look at Zhenyi and ''help me'' look at his cousin.


    He shuddered at the thought of going back to the Sahara again. No. No. He wouldn''t go back to hell again.


    Since no one was willing to help him, he took a deep breath and started coaxing Long Jie on the phone, "First brother, it''s not what you think. I was not trying to embrace your wife. I swear on your head." As Long Yuan realized what he said, he bit his tongue and apologized again to say, " Sorry. I swear on my own head, First brother." Long Wei snickered as he saw how Long Yuan had ced a hand on his head as if swearing sincerely. " She is my sister-inw and how could I have indecent thoughts about her."


    "Yuan! Do you think everyone is like you?" Long Jie asked.


    "Like me?" Long Yuan repeated hai words.


    "Dumb!"


    Augh escaped Zhenyi''s throat as she heard what Long Jie said.


    Long Yuan threw a re at her.


    "I will pluck your eyes out for ring at her. Consider it your first andst warning!"


    "I didn''t!'' Long Yuan pinched his neck and said.


    " So, you are saying that the video camera footage is lying?"


    Long Yuan had an urge to bang his head at the wall. "I will not do such things again."


    "And as for embracing --"


    Before Long Jie couldplete his sentence, Long Yuan spoke, "I was not! I was not! I swear on everything that''s dear to me that I was not embracing her. I was just trying to snatch her phone. I didn''t know when she captured that picture."


    "What the hell do you need my wife''s phone for?"


    Long Yuan threw a pleading look at Zhenyi to talk to Long Jie herself but she just shrugged, increasing his animosity for her even more.


    "Say!"


    Long Yuan decided toe clean. He didn''t know this Nazi brother of his at all!


    "First brother, I thought she was going to bomb our centuries-old Long house just because she was insulted by Chen Yuling--"


    Snap. That was it. End to Long Jie''s patience.


    "You are saying that Chen Yuling insulted my wife in front of everyone?" Long Jie was seething. How dare she?


    Long Yuan realized what it meant to ax his own feet. He had not chased the trouble away, instead, he had invited it with open arms.


    "First brother--"


    "You disappoint me, Yuan." Long Jie was seeing red right now. He was so angry that he threw theptop on the floor.


    Long Yuan could hear the breaking sound of theptop, and bit his tongue. He knew that he had failed but hadn''t realized the intensity of the matter until now. He didn''t know since when his brother started caring so much for Zhenyi.


    "Give the phone to Zhenyi!"


    "First brother --"


    "Yuan, I do not wish to talk to you. So, please do not force me. Because if you do, I may say something which both of us will regret all our lives. So, do both of us a favour and give your phone to Zhenyi. Or you can disconnect the call and I will call her myself."


    "No, brother. I''m handing the phone over to her," said Long Yuan as he walked towards her in a rush and handed the phone to Zhenyi but not before whispering," I ept your deal. Cool him down and I will be your gardener for the rest of my life."


    Zhenyi just shrugged and took the phone from Long Yuan''s hand. She smiled as she heard Long Jie muttering to himself.


    "Hey!" She said in a soft voice.


    All the other three felt their eyes popping out, seeing the gentle look in her eyes. Where was Xin Zhenyi and what had this girl done to her?


    "Are you alright? Do you want me toe back? Why did you go there? Did my mother go overboard again? Did Yuan behave rudely with you? Why are you silent? Say something!"


    Zhenyi shook her head at his anxiousness. "Jie, calm down. And please, one question at a time."


    "Sorry, Cat eyes. It''s just that I''m feeling too helpless right now. I wish I coulde to you instantly."


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 Chapter 235 - Zhenyis Special Gift To Zhao Meilin!

    "You know that''s not your fault,"Zhenyi consoled him gently. It felt like it was Long Jie who was bullied by a bunch of Song Lily''s minions rather than Zhenyi." To be honest, I have expected something like this to happen. Your mom sure went a little overboard this time by bringing my love rival here."


    Chen Yuling did nothing but red her temper just by existing.


    "I will talk to her," Long said.


    "That''s up to you. But don''t worry, my lovely husband, your beautiful wife was not bullied at all," Zhenyi announced proudly. It seemed like she had forgotten that she was sitting in thepany of three other humans." However, we must thank Yuan for standing up for me. He even spoke harshly to that stic beauty''s mom for my sake."


    Long Yuan coughed when he heard Zhenyi calling Liu Shishi stic beauty. He wanted to tell her that she was not a stic beauty. She just had her nose and eyelids done, and nothing at all.


    "Zhenyi!" Long Jie groaned." You sent me the picture deliberately, didn''t you?"


    He understood his wife had yed him again. Lord knew where his brain went,whenever it came to this woman!


    "Uh huh¡­"


    Was she even ashamed? He was sure she had made a certain deal with his brother.


    "What am I gonna do with you?" Long Jie said in resignation. "I left you at Xin mansion, thinking B¨¤ will keep an eye on you. But here you are,creating all sorts of troubles."


    Very Well. She chose silence now. He didn''t know what to do with her. He felt his temples aching.


    "Did you incite Chen Yuling to a verbal battle?" Long asked after a pause.


    "Of course." Zhenyi had no shame in epting what she had done. " How could I not, hubby?"


    Long Jie felt heart-shaped arrows hitting his chest as he saw on theputer screen how Zhenyi was blinking her eyes and softly calling him ''hubby.'' All of his anger suddenly vanished into the thin air.


    "I wanted to rip off her ugly mouth when I saw her standing with your mom. And that sinister mother of yours, she thinks by making Chen Yuling hate me, she has achieved something. But, let me tell her that her fantasies of chasing me away from your life will always be her dreams. And if she dares to n and scheme behind my back, I will show her what a nightmare, Xin Zhenyi, actually is!"


    "Zhenyi!" Long Jie felt his head aching." You are not allowed to fight with anyone for the time being. Let mee home first, then I will apany you. But before that, you are not allowed to engage in any verbal battle with anyone. Not even my mother, do you get it?"


    "I really miss you, Jie."


    He felt his hard expressions soften at her pitiful tone. And just like this, he forgot what he was trying to make her understand.


    "I also miss my Cat eyes a lot."


    "Maybe. But not more than me," Zhenyi confessed.


    On the other hand, Long Yuan felt like vomiting. Initially, he was of the view that Long Wei''s and Zhao Meilin''s dog food was worse, but it seemed he had realizedter that his other brother and She-devil were on another level.


    And just like this, Zhenyi and Long Jie talked with each other for about an hour.


    ___


    "Hey! Come to Xin Mansion with me. I fulfilled my part of the bargain and now it''s your turn!" Zhenyi said to Long Yuan once she hung up the phone.


    "What bargain?" Long Wei chimed in.


    "I made a deal with a devil!" Long Yuan said in displeasure.


    Zheni ignored his sulking face and asked someone to call Ada.


    Once Ada came, she gave a wooden box to Zhenyi and disappeared once again.


    Zhenyi took the box in her hand and walked towards Zhao Meilin who was still sitting in the same spot. She smiled at her and the other person smiled in return and asked her to sit next to her.


    Long Wei was watching the scene unfolding before his eyes with curiosity and so was Long Yuan.


    "Well, I must apologize for spoiling your special day," said Zhenyi sincerely. "Trust me, it was not my intention. But¡­"


    "You couldn''t control yourself when you saw your love rival, right?" Zhao Meilinpleted her sentence.


    "Yeah. Something like that."


    "Then, I must ept your apology," Zhao Meilin said, putting forward her hands to take the box from Zhenyi''s hands. This action of hers quite put Zhenyi in confusion.


    "What?"


    "This box is for me," Zhao Meilin said with a smile. " So, I''m taking it from you. I want to see what my baby''s aunt is gifting to him."


    "Oh!" Zhenyi was put in an awkward situation. To tell the truth, pregnant women always made her ufortable. She was looking for every chance to stay away from Zhao Meilin earlier as she didn''t know how to behave with her. "Well, it''s not a gift for the baby or his Mommy." Seeing that Zhao Meilin was confused and watching the box with skepticism, she added, " Xin family has two boxes like this one. It''s usually given to pregnant women by the elders of the family. Since Jie is older than Wei in age, so as his wife I''m older than you in rtion if not in age. This makes mepetent to give it to you."


    Zhao Meilin realized the value of the box which Zhenyi was giving to her to some extent.


    "Meilin, it will bless you and your baby with health and fortune. It belongs to my grandmother so I will ask for you to keep it safe with you."


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 Chapter 236 - Zhenyis Kind Heart

    Zhao Meilin nodded at her. "Thanks for your blessing, Zhenyi. It means a lot to me. Can I open it?"


    She was curious and excited to see what Zhenyi had gifted her. Everyone knew Zhenyi''s temperament quite well, so it was kind of a big deal as she brought something for her.


    Zhenyi shook her head. " Open it separately with your husband. Keep it at a sacred ce and don''t let any non-pregnant woman look at it at any cost."


    "You don''t have to give it to me if it holds so much meaning to you, you know right?" Zhao Meili said. She felt a little conflicted holding the gift box.


    Zhenyi smiled. "I have one of the same kind. It belonged to my mother. My grandmother specifically prepared one for her when I was born. That one means the world to me as it belongs to my mom. Moreover, it''s not deemed fortunate to keep two pieces of it. So, I passed one to you."


    "Thank you so much," said Zhao Meilin, hugging the gift box. " I will protect it with my life."


    Zhenyi chuckled. "Protect you and your baby. The box can protect itself."


    "Where is the gift for the baby''s father?" Long Wei came to hug his wife. He had been watching the scene unfolding before his eyes. He had to admit that Long Jie''s woman was charming when she wanted to be. But above all, she was scheming.


    "Here." Zhenyi held a booklet in her hand and showed it to Long Wei. "I got someone to arrange a babymoon for both of you. That''s an exotic private ind, away from the busy and chaotic city. I can ask Jie to give you some days off if you want."


    Zhao Meilin''s eyes lit up as she held the booklet. It was such an exotic ce. She wanted to go there but...


    "That''s the best gift ever!"


    Long Wei felt his lips lifting up as he saw his wife''s sparkling eyes. He had been nning one but cancelled at thest moment as he had to go to London tomorrow. He didn''t know how to tell this to his wife without breaking her heart.


    Zhao Meilin looked at Zhenyi and thanked her again and again.


    "But we have to postpone the babymoon ns for a few days, " Zhao Meilin said to Zhenyi. Long Wei looked at his wife in surprise. She sped his hand in her tightly. " Wei has some important work that he can''t say no to at thest moment. So, we can''t go now but if given the chance, we will surely go thereter."


    "You know I can ask Jie for--"


    Zhao Meilin still declined. "I know you can and he will agree too, but my husband is a little strange," She said with a chuckle. "Wei won''t be able to enjoy thinking that he had left his brothers alone to deal with the workload. It doesn''t matter if we go now orter as long as he is with me, everything is chocte and roses for me."


    Long Wei ced a kiss on his wife''s temple and whispered," Thank you for understanding, baby. I will make it up to you."


    They turned to Zhenyi as Long Wei said," As Meilin said we will have to postpone the n for now. "


    Zhenyi nodded. "That''s up to you. Just inform me whenever you want to go. "


    She just wanted to give them the gift and the rest was up to both of them.


    Long Wei left the living room after a few minutes with Long Yuan, leaving bothdies in thepany of each other.


    "Where is grandma? I have to leave for home early, otherwise, my B¨¤ won''t stop worrying."


    Zhenyi had been waiting for Grandma Mian for a long time now, but thetter hadn''t appeared for a long time.


    "Oh, she said that she would be back in an hour or so."Zhao Meilin informed Zhenyi. " She asked me to inform you not to leave without meeting her."


    "Oh." Zhenyi naturally would wait for Grandma Mian. She would not leave without meeting her. She looked here and there to find another source of entertainment for the time being.


    She asked as she didn''t find anyone, "Where is everyone?"


    "Aunt Lily is with others inside as she has invited a special guest. And¡­"


    Zhenyi frowned. She looked straight into Zhao Meilin''s hesitating eyes and said," And?"


    Zhao Meilin was a little conflicted. She didn''t know how to say it to Zhenyi without hurting her heart. But she couldn''t lie to her either.


    The soft-hearted Zhao Meilin was put in a dilemma.


    She thought for a moment and suddenly thought of telling her the truth. "Chen Yuling is still inside with Aunt Lily and others. It seemed like she favors Chen Yuling a lot." She paused and gave aplicated look to Zhenui before continuing," Zhenyi, I don''t know why the rtionship between you and Aunt Lily is sour, but if you both try to cultivate your rtionship, all your misunderstandings about each other could be solved. " She then added in a very soft voice," Aunt Lily is not a bad person and neither are you. It''s just that you don''t know how to express your feelings. You have a very kind heart and maybe one day Aunt will see it too."


    "¡­" Zhenyi tried her best not to crack up at Zhao Meilin''s words and managed to speak, "You are too kind, Sister Meilin."


    Zhao Meilin''s imagination was clearly vivid.


    She had a kind heart.


    She should cultivate a rtionship with that witch?


    Oh! she would when the hell freezes over!


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 Chapter 237 - A Relationship Between Ada And Esma

    Zhenyi was enjoying the tea when Ada appeared again. Zhao Meilin had gone to her room to rest as it was not good for her to sit for a long time.


    "Boss!"


    "Hmmm?"


    "I''m a little confused," Ada said, scratching her head. "You gave that box to Miss Zhao even though it held great significance to you. It confuses the hell out of me thinking why you did so? "


    Zhenyi continued sipping the tea while hearing the question raised by Ada.


    Slowly and gracefully, Zhenyi ced the cup on the table and nced at Ada," It could be because I have a kind heart as Zhao Meilin just said now."


    Kind heart and Xin Zhenyi? The same words couldn''t be said in the same sentence.


    A snort escaped Ada''s throat. Her eyes widened as she realized what she just did. "I''m sorry. I wasn''t--"


    "Where is she?" Zhenyi asked her instead. Truly, she has no time to waste and came directly to the point.


    "W-who?" Ada stammered and clenched her hands.


    Zhenyi crossed her legs intently looking at Ada. There was a trace of coldness emitting from her body. "Ada, where is that woman?"


    Of course, Zhenyi knew the rtionship between Ada and Esma. Although she had no evidence to prove it.


    "Boss, are you talking about E-esma?" Ada asked, as she walked over to her and squatted near her chair as if begging. She joined her hands in a prayer posture and looked at Zhenyi through somber eyes.


    She could beg to Zhenyi for Esma.


    "Please, don''t take her words to heart. She may be brazen and outspoken, but she has the kindest heart I know--"


    "Jin Ada!" Zhenyi called out and Ada shrank in horror. "Is she here for you?"


    Ada shook her head. "No. We have nothing to do with each other. She had announced her decision that I was nothing but a mere mean to pass her time." Her voice turned into a whisper," I have served my purpose to her, and now I''m no one of importance to her."


    "Stand up!" Zhenyimanded.


    Ada stood up stiffly before her.


    "Your personal life is none of my business, but if she used you in order to reach me, I won''t spare you, Ada. She will die naturally and so will you."


    Ada nodded. She had no idea why Esma would use her to reach Zhenyi. However, she chose not to know right now.


    "You were right about one thing though," Zhenyi said after a momentary pause. Her eyes boring into Ada''s. "I''m indeed cruel. Perhaps, even crueler than you think. You asked me earlier why I gave that box to Zhao Meilin?" Ada didn''t know how to react but she did nod." It was not out of my kind heart but my sharp brain. Zhao Meilin is a soft-hearted woman who loves to show her kindness to everyone. Doesn''t matter if that person is a family member or a stranger. She is a modern Mother Theresa. I could have given her precious jewels but I didn''t because I came here to make allies. She is the ally I will use in the future against my rivals in this family." She paused again and intensely nced at Ada before adding," If I can use her for my benefit, do you think I won''t kill you for screwing up my ns with this love story of yours? Again, I don''t care about that woman, but make sure she stays out of my life."


    "Boss, aren''t you worried that I will tell everyone about your scheme?"


    To protect Esma, Ada was ready to threaten Zhenyi.


    Zhenyi looked at the frail body of the young girl standing before her. Her expression turned cold and dark.


    Truly, love screws up one''s sound mind.


    "Will you?" Zhenyi asked her instead. "I can just cut off your tongue and make you serve me for the rest of your life. So, will you dare to tell anyone?"


    Zhenyi''s mismatched eyes were burning like hotva. She had indeed sensed something wrong with the way Esma was looking at her earlier. And understanding the rtionship between Ada and Esma, she just knew she couldn''t trust Ada and neither could she keep Ada away from her.


    And as for Esma, she will deal with that third-grade bad girlter.


    Ada snapped back to her senses, quickly shook her head as she said, "Boss, I have given you my loyalty. I and my sperm donor don''t have a very good rtion. In fact, we don''t have any rtion at all. But he undoubtedly taught me what it meant to give someone his loyalty. If I say I will be loyal to you, I will naturally be loyal to you. That''s my promise to you."


    "You better be. Otherwise, I will kill your Esma with my own hands. I don''t mind dirtying my hands and you should get it inside your pretty little head."


    Ada just nodded. She had heard a lot about Xin Zhenyi so she dared not to test her patience.


    At the same time, Grandma Mian emerged Song Lily and Long Wenna following her.


    "Zhenyi!" She called out loud.


    "Grandma." Her cold aura disappeared and a smile bloomed on her lips.


    Ada, who was still not used to Zhenyi''s sudden change in temperament, was astonished. Where did Xin Zhenyi go? The woman standing before her now was Mrs. Long, not Xin Zhenyi.


    "I have informed the housekeeper to clean Long Jie''s bedroom. You just have to notify him if you want to add something of your choice. Why don''t I show you the way to Long Jie''s wing so you can rest for a while?"


    The words uttered by Grandma Mian startled Zhenyi along with the three otherdies.


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 Chapter 238 - Zhenyi Was Slapped

    Grandma Mian deliberately emphasized the words "Add something of your choice" and said, "Rest for a while."


    Zhenyi, who understood her intention, said," I would love to, but B¨¤ is waiting for me at Xin Mansion. I have promised him that I will be back before dinner."


    Her words actually meant, "I''m not nning on staying here."


    Long Wenna was the first to react. She already disliked Zhenyi so she just needs an excuse to ridicule her.


    "Do you forget that you are now married to our family''s son? A married woman stays at her marital home, not with her father. Don''t you know how people will talk? What a foolish woman you''re!"


    "Wenna!" The scolding voice belonged to Grandma Mian.


    "It''s okay, Grandma," Zhenyi said, putting a hand on the elderlydy''s shoulder. She then turned to Long Wenna. "Mrs. Zhang, where is it written that a married woman can''t live with her father? And as for living at my marital home, it''s where my husband is. Since he is not here, I can stay here for a few days. What do you think about it, Aunt Wenna?"


    Zhenyi called out Long Wenna''s name in a very soft voice.


    Long Wenna frowned, as did the others.


    She would live there? Song Lily''s eyes widened.


    Among all thedies, Grandma Mian was the happiest.


    Song Lily was obviously on the verge of breaking down. She hated Zhenyi. She couldn''t tolerate Zhenyi for a few hours. How was she going to tolerate her for a few days? She had an urge to p Long Wenna. Why did she provoke Zhenyi? Did she not know thetter''s temperament?


    "Good girl!" Grandma Mian pped in happiness." I will talk to Xin Yichen, you don''t have to worry at all. Come with me, I will show you your room."


    To say Grandma Mian was excited would be an understatement.


    ----


    Song Lily, who was standing behind Long Wenna said angrily," How many times did I tell you not to provoke her? She seeks pleasure in our misery. Wenna...Wenna...Youmitted a blunder."


    "How would I know she would suddenly change her mind?" Long Wenna scowled. "Didn''t you say that she didn''t like to stay here?"


    Song Lily didn''t intend to be polite to Long Wenna. She walked out of the room in anger." Don''t cause more trouble than you already have, Wenna."


    Long Wenna harrumphed and took her handbag to leave the Long mansion.


    ___


    Zhenyi unlocked the bedroom door with a click. As she entered, her gaze fell on the elegant decor of the bedroom. It was perfect. But she didn''t like it at all because it was too perfect that it clearly showed that the bedroom was anything but personal. Everything seemed like it was picked from those Pinterest aesthetics.


    The million-dor paintings on the wall gave the impression that someone had spent millions for the decoration of the particr bedroom.


    The imported carpets, the expensive ceilings everything was just too outstanding.


    Zhenyi''s gaze fell on the painting that was hung behind the majestic bed and she froze. Her eyes widened and her heart stopped beating.


    A maid who was appointed by Grandma Mian to Zhenyi noticed the change in her demeanor.


    "Mrs. Long, are you okay?" She asked the frozen Zhenyi.


    "Who decorated this room?" Zhenyi didn''t know how she managed to utter the word.


    The maid frowned as she looked around to find faults in the decoration. Obviously, she didn''t as the decoration was perfect.


    However, she replied as honestly as she could," Young Master Jie''s mother specifically decorated the room."


    ''How can a mother be so cruel?" Zhenyi said in her heart.


    Zhenyi was so enraged that she didn''t care about her image at all and pulled the painting off the wall.


    The maid was shouting behind Zhenyi as to what she was doing but she didn''t listen to her at all.


    She wished she could kill Song Lily right now. She was not afraid of consequences but she sure was afraid of her husband''s image. She didn''t wish to harm him in any way more than those people had already done.


    She reached the garden area and threw the million dors painting on the ground.


    "Ada! Matchbox!" Zhenyi roared. The angry tigress would tear apart anyone who woulde into her way right now.


    Her roar was heard by everyone inside the mansion. They came running towards the source of the angry roar.


    When they reached the garden area, all of them were stunned by the scene unfolding before their eyes. The million dor painting was burning in front of them.


    Song Lily was fuming with anger. She wished to tear apart Zhenyi but only if she could. She walked towards Zhenyi furiously and grabbed her arm to force her to look at her.


    "Pa!"


    A loud p was heard.


    Zhenyi held her cheek and looked at Song Lily stunned. She actually hit her.


    "How dare you burn this painting? Do you even know why it was hung inside Long Jie''s room? Father gave him this particr painting on his 21st birthday. But you, damned girl, you burned it. A leopard never changes its spot and today you proved to everyone that the blood flowing inside your veins is dirty and lowly. Like mother, like daughter!"


    "What did you say?" Zhenyi asked, boring her eyes into Song Lily''s. "I dare you to repeat your words, Song Lily!"


    "You heard me loud and clear! The dirty and lowly offspring of Tang Reine!"


    Zhenyi took a step backwards all the way, staring at Song Lily. "I will never forget this day, Song Lily. The day you called my mother dirty and lowly. There wille a day when you will regret your words the most, but the time that has passed won''te back. And trust me, one day I will know your secret. The secret why you hate my mother so much. She is already dead but you never let her exist in peace. Note it down Song Lily, I, Xin Zhenyi, am here to make your life worse than hell. If hell truly exists, I will show you what it felt like."

 Chapter 239 - I Fear Becoming You

    With this said, Zhenyi left the scene and after a while, she returned with several more art pieces.


    She burned all of them before their eyes and there was no flicker of regret in her eyes for turning millions of dors into ash.


    Song Lily stood there with all the other family members and watched Zhenyi burning the art pieces before her eyes.


    "Xin Zhenyi, just what did you aplish by burning these paintings? Don''t you fear that one day you will turn ash on the pyre of hatred? Do you know how much suffering Father has to go through to get all of these pieces? You sure are ruthless!"


    Zhenyi suddenly stopped and turned around to look at her.


    Song Lily sounded self-righteous as she looked at Zhenyi. When Zhenyi turned to look at her, she was shocked by the change in her appearance. Zhenyi''s eyes were burning as she stared right into her eyes. If looks could kill Song Lily would be ashes now.


    She saw Tang Reine in Zhenyi''s eyes mocking her for still being a weakling. This was one of the reasons why Song Lily hated Zhenyi.


    Zhenyi smiled coldly. "Do I fear anything? Yes, I do. I, Xin Zhenyi, am actually afraid of something. Do you know what it is?" She walked around Song Lily in a circle and then suddenlyughed," I fear bing you. "


    "You¡­"


    "You said that I have low and dirty blood in my veins. What about the blue blood flowing in your veins which still can''t make your ck heart noble?"


    Long Yuan who was seeing both of them fighting moved forward to intervene but felt a hand on his wrist. He turned to find Long Wei shaking his head. Long Yuan sighed and took a step backward.


    After Zhenyi said that, she turned to walk back to her room but not before saying," Remove me from this mansion if you can because I''m going to stay right here."


    _____


    It was the middle of the night. The lights inside Long Jie''s bedroom were still on. Zhenyi was sitting on the edge of the huge window. She was staring at the rain. The sky was thundering as if apanying her silently.


    She was still not over the fact that Song Lily could do anything like this to her own son.


    A tear leaked from the corner of her eye but she didn''t bother to wipe it.


    Once she was in the safety of the thundering sky, she let herself fall apart. Her soul was bleeding. This was a pain she had never felt before.


    What she said to Song Lily was true, she feared bing her. She feared that one day she would be the source of pain for Long Jie like Song Lily was now.


    Somewhere along the way, she started caring for the man she swore never to feel anything¡­


    Those paintings burned a hole in her heart. She could not understand why Long Jie never removed them. Song Lily said it was hung on the wall after his twenty-first birthday, it had been a decade and he never asked anyone to remove those paintings.


    Others might not know but those pieces of art were the biggest taboos of Long Jie''s life. The story behind that particr piece of art revealed that it was ced inside Long Jie''s room to mock him for his shorings and abusive childhood.


    Instead of begging for his forgiveness, Elder Long was asserting that whatever had happened to Long Jie, he deserved it.


    She wanted to know how Long Jie deserved to be abandoned by his mother? How he deserved to be treated as a gue since his childhood? How he deserved to be openly mocked as a mute and dumb? How he deserved to be chased out of his home at a young age? And most of all, how he deserved to be abused by his own grandfather?


    Elder Long''s barbarity left no stone unturned in leaving a permanent scar on Long Jie''s mind and soul. He lost himself because of two monsters.


    She has no words to describe the barbarity of these two people -- Song Lily and Elder Long. They were the real monsters.


    Zhenyi touched the check where Song Lily had pped her and sighed. There woulde a day when Song Lily would beg for her son''s forgiveness but she wouldn''t receive it. She knew her husband''s character quite well. He had been tolerating her mother for his father and brother''s sake. If not for both of them¡­


    *Ring! Ring! Ring!*


    She heard her phone ringing and received a shock when she saw the caller.


    Ming Jia.


    She pondered for a moment before picking up the call. Why was Ming Jia calling her sote in the night?


    "Hello?"


    "Zhenyi, I heard you are at the Long mansion." Ming Jia was not asking her, rather indicating something else.


    Zhenyi frowned. "Yes, Godma. Is everything alright?"


    The booming sound of thunder could be heard in the background.


    "Can you do something for me?" Ming Jia asked Zhenyi hesitantly.


    "Godma, you''re nning something, are you?" Zhenyi blurted, shocked hearing thetter whispering through the phone.


    "Please, don''t ask me any questions. We don''t have much time for it, Zhenyi. The night will be ending in a few hours, thus, giving us the perfect timing for the raid."


    "Raid?" Zhenyi repeated in astonishment.


    "Will you do this for your Godma?"


    Zhenyi blinked. What just she got herself into?


    "I know nothing about theyout of the Long residence, so why don''t we postpone or raid ns for tonight?"


    "Check your mail. I just sent you one," Ming Jia''s voice came.


    "How on earth did you get ayout of the Long mansion?" Zhenyi whisper-shouted.


    "It belongs to your mom."


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 Chapter 240 - Long Ah-Shaan

    "You think it''s the best idea?" Zhenyi asked when she came out of the room. The rain was pouring on her body.


    She had asked her men to keep an eye and inform her immediately if things went south.


    "That''s the best idea I have right now," Ming Jia said, not happy about it at all.


    "Who does that part of the mansion belong to?"


    "I have no idea . . ."


    "I''m not doing it if you are not telling me the truth."


    "No. No. It''s now or never. We won''t get the chance again. If we are dyed I''m worried we won''t find anything at all." Ming Jia was desperate. She knew the character of Longs quite well.


    This n wasn''t ideal. Zhenyi was behaving like a thief in her own house. Technically, it was her house, right? Whatever belonged to Long Jie would be hers naturally.


    If she were to be caught red-handed, the image she had formed in the minds of Longs would vanish. She would end up bing aughing stock.


    As soon as she made it to thepound, a vi came into her view. It was dark and so she could not see it clearly but at the same time, a bright sh of light broke out in the sky, making the Vi before her visible.


    She walked further and when she reached the entrance door, she turned the knob. It was locked, she realized then.


    "The door is locked."


    "Ten steps to the left, you will find a creeper. Look for the key below it," Ming Jia informed her.


    "There is no creeper, Godma. It''s a haunted house for heaven''s sake--"


    Her eyes go wide.


    Holy fucking shit.


    ess would no longer be a problem.


    "Zhenyi! Zhenyi! Are you alright?"


    On the other hand, Ming Jia was anxious. It was a very bad idea to send Zhenyi there. But she had no other choice. She didn''t want people to reach that thing before her.


    Thanks to Zhenyi, she now would have Long Shaoming by his balls.


    "I didn''t find the creeper but I did find something," Zhenyi''s voice soothed Ming Jia''s, anxious heart.


    She found the key where the creeper was supposed to be. She had no idea why no one before found the key. Such negligence was dangerous.


    "Did you find the key?"


    "I did."


    It took her a few minutes to unlock the door.


    "Who does this vi belong to?" Zhenyi questioned her again.


    "Ah-Shaan," Ming Jia whispered the name.


    Zhenyi froze.


    "Long Ah-shan," Zhenyi repeated.


    No wonder her mother had theyout of the Long mansion. Although it was old, the core of the Long Mansion was still not changed.


    "Go inside, Zhenyi. We don''t have much time."


    Obviously, they didn''t have the time to waste.


    The Long soldiers would be here soon if they heard any rm. She just prayed that there wouldn''t be any rm system installed. Although her husband could help her, she still didn''t choose to involve him in this matter. After all, he had asked her to stay away from trouble and she had done nothing but cause troubles all day.


    She entered the Vi but the darkness made it impossible for her to see anything. She pulled out her mobile from her pocket and turned on the shlight.


    A loud thunder rang along with the lighting making the insides visible to Zhenyi. It was visible just for a few seconds but it was enough for Zhenyi to know that the interiors of the Vi were no less than the decorations of a pce, from the expensive chandeliers on the ceilings to the carpets spread on the floor. It was as if she had entered the pce.


    Although the decorations were expensive and beautiful, the Vi was appearing as if it hadn''t been cleaned for years.


    "I''m inside. Tell me where to head next?"


    Ming Jia stood straighter as she heard what Zhenyi said," Ah-shaan''s bedroom is the third room on the right side of the vi. Don''t touch anything, Zhenyi. It may get you in trouble."


    Zhenyi understood. She walked towards the right side of the vi, she stood outside the third bedroom.


    She turned the knob and shockingly it opened with a mere turn. "It''s unlocked."


    "Go inside."


    As ordered she entered the room. She looked inside it with the help of her phone light. She found that the majority of the things inside the bedroom were covered with white cloth, especially the pictures and the paintings.


    She didn''t think much about it as it was not suspicious because Long Ah-Shaan was already dead.


    "Open the almirah. It won''t be locked. You will find a wooden box. Take it out with you."


    Zhenyi opened the Almirah but surprisingly it was locked.


    "It''s locked, Godma."


    Ming Jia sighed. "It seems that I really underestimated my best friend."


    "Should Ie back?" Zhenyi asked her after a while.


    "The key will certainly be present in the room, Zhenyi."


    Zhenyi checked all the drawers but didn''t find anything.


    "There is nothing. All the drawers are empty. It''s as if someone had taken everything out."


    "It means someone else was looking for the key too. Did you find anything weird with the room?" Ming asked, looking for some clues. It''s been more than twenty-five years since she had been in that room.


    "Apart from white sheets that are covering the pictures, nothing. And why would someone have switchboards behind the bed? "


    "Switchboard! Yes! Zhenyi squat beside the bed and see if you find a switchboard!"


    "Wait what?"


    "Just do it."


    "Holy shit. There is one switchboard hidden from the eyes of people."


    "Press it hard."


    Zhenyi pressed it hard as Ming Jia said. Her eyes went wide when it automatically opened and a key fell on the ground.


    Dear God...


    "I found the key.."


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 Chapter 241 - A Wooden Box Holding Darkest And Deepest Secrets

    Ming Jia froze for a second. She took a moment before asking, "Are you sure the key can unlock the almirah?"


    Zhenyi, who was squatting down near the bedpost, stood up with a jerk and wiped her clothes which were now shaded with dust. "Someone had burned down his brain cells for hiding a little key. It can''t be for nothing. Let me check if it can open the almirah."


    Truly, someone wouldn''t go to such an extent for nothing. The key was really a key to something of someone''s darkest secrets.


    Ming Jia agreed. She just hoped that the key could unlock the almirah. However, she was not ready to unlock Ah-Shaan''s deepest and darkest secrets, though she knew of them.


    Zhenyi inserted the key inside the lock and stared at the old almirah before twisting the key. She had to agree that the n Ah-Shaan used was perfect. Or too perfect to be real. No ordinary person would be able to find faults in the switch board if not for the fact that the ce where it was situated was a little odd. It wouldn''t be normal to someone else but it was to Zhenyi who had seen a number of bizarre things in her life. She found it unsettling as it wasn''t every day one would find a switchboard behind the bedpost where a normal person couldn''t reach. And she wondered if thirty years ago the technology was so developed.


    "I wonder who designed the switchboard. If a person came up with this idea then,I wonder what he would be today. I wish to meet this designer once," Zhenyi pondered out loud.


    Ming Jia sighed. "You can''t meet him. He died a long time ago."


    Zhenyi stopped. "You''d met the genius behind the switchboard?"


    "Yes, he was no one else but Ah-Shaan himself. He was a genius, Zhenyi. The mafia life never suited it and when he left--"


    "When he left then what?" Zhenyi asked her immediately.


    "Nothing." Ming Jia didn''t wish to disclose anything.


    Zhenyi was exasperated. Just how many mysteries surround the name Long Ah-Shaan?Then again, the people close to Tang Reine couldn''t be normal ones.


    "Godma, Can you at least tell me what is inside this almirah that you are ready to put my life in danger just to get it?" Zhenyi directly asked Ming Jia.


    "Zhenyi! There is nothing I want more than for you toe unscathed," Ming Jia retorted."I trust you more than my son. That''s why I asked you for it. I couldn''t control my emotions when Brother Xichen told me that you are now staying at the Long mansion."


    "What''s inside that box?" Zhenyi questioned again. She needed answers.


    "Something that could destroy the peaceful lives of many people associated with Reine and Ah-Shaan."


    "I don''t want to engage in a riddle contest right now."


    Why did everyone around her love to talk in riddles?


    "Just remember Zhenyi that Ah-Shaan''s death was the biggest regret of Reine''s life. Until herst breath, she med herself for his death. She said it was because of her that he was not with them."


    Zhenyi was trying to twist the key inside the lock but it was not moving. When she heard Ming Jia''s words, she stopped," How is it mom''s fault?"


    Ming Jia let out a bitter smile," That''s what I told her that time. But she said if she hadn''t left him alone that day, he would have been alive. If she didn''t leave he would be with them. That''s what she used to say."


    "She didn''t know that something like that would happen," Zhenyi spoke thoughtfully. "Moreover, death is inevitable. We can''t stop someone from dying whether we are with them or not."


    Zhenyi''s body froze when she realized the words she had uttered. She was doing the same thing, wasn''t she? ming herself for her mother''s death?


    "You know when Ah-Shaan died, Reine had lost her sanity. She was ready to end the Long family," began Ming Jia, sad smile on her lips.. "She would have... if not for your father. She said he died because of the conspiracies inside the family."


    "How close were you and mom with Long Ah-Shaan?" Zhenyi questioned.


    "As close as you are to Ryuu."


    Zhenyi stared at the old almirah wide-eyed as she processed her words. It meant the three of them were closer than she initially thought. No wonder, Ming Jia knew about the nook and corner of Long Mansion. And not to mention theyout which Tang Reine had with her. It was all because of their rtionship with Long Ah-Shaan.


    Did Long Shaoming and Elder Long know Tang Reine had them by their balls? If she could get theyout of the entire Long mansion, what she couldn''t do?


    "Did the key unlock the almirah lock?" Ming Jia questioned, bringing Zhenyi out of her thoughts.She was now getting nervous. She needed that box ced inside the almirah at any cost.


    "I''m trying--" Zhenyi swiveled the key inside the lock forcibly in the opposite direction.


    And it unlocked¡­


    "It''s done!"


    "Wow!" Ming Jia stood up abruptly and eximed. "Quickly see inside if you find arge wooden box. It''s brown in color. It will be quite heavy."


    As Ming Jia had said, Zhenyi undoubtedly found the box. She took it out with her hands. It was heavy and so she gently ced it on the bed.


    She looked around the room and wondered if it had any hidden cameras. Nheless, there was nothing she could do now except for praying that there shouldn''t be any cameras installed.


    "Let me first clear any evidence that indicates that I have been to this room."


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 Chapter 242 - The WOODEN BOX

    Zhenyi locked the almirah again and in the same way, she got the key, she ced it there again. The key had served its purpose and so it would be a waste to take it with her. With the exception of the box, the Almirah was empty. So, it was not a problem to leave it there.


    Her gaze fell on the box which she had ced on the dirty bed and realized the box again needed a numericalbination to unlock it. Wasn''t searching for keys a headache already that now she had to look for the code too?


    Sigh.


    Perhaps, Ming Jia knew about it.


    "Godma, it needs a numericalbination to unlock. Do you have any idea what it is?" Zhenyi questioned, rubbing her aching temples.


    Remembering the way the three of them used to open the box back in those days, a smile bloomed on Ming Jia''s face. Of course, she knew the code for the box. After all, the box was meant for her and Reine. If Long Ah-Shaan wanted to tell them something before his death, he would have definitely ced something inside the box. It had been many years since shest talked to him and what was more unfortunate was that he had left and a few years after him, Tang Reine left the world too, following her best friend to the other side of the world.


    "Try 0911," Ming Jia softly said to Zhenyi.


    Zhenyi frowned. However, she entered the code. But the box didn''t unlock.


    "It''s not working.."


    "Try 1008."


    "It could be wrong, Godmaa which will result in permanently locking the box. I''m afraid if we try to break it, we won''t be able to get the content resting inside it."


    "Don''t break the box. It''s thest thing Ah-Shaan


    had left for us. The code had to be someone''s birth date. Ah-Shaan was a genius but he was worse when it came to remembering passwords. Most of the time, his password would be a simple number which makes it difficult for a normal person to assume. So, try 1008."


    "Really?" Zhenyi was intrigued by the fact. That''s why people called genius weird. "Do you think it will work then?"


    "Of course, it will. Trust me."


    Zhenyi was surprised to hear her confident tone, "Let me try it first."


    She still couldn''t believe she agreed to Ming Jia''s bizarre n. If she got caught, her husband wouldn''t forgive her for prying into the personal lives of his family members.


    God forbid if someone were to pry about Ryuu''s life, she would chop the head off of that person.


    Zhenyi took a deep breath and inserted the code once again and once again, it was incorrect, "It''s incorrect again, Godma. Do you think it''s the correct box?"


    "Try another--"


    "Godma, we can''t take the risk of inserting another wrong numberbination. You don''t want this box to permanently get locked, do you?" Zhenyi asked her calmly.


    "One more try, Zhenyi. Remember even in movies the protagonist gets three tries for defusing the bomb. It''s just a simple box. So, I think we have one try left with us."


    Zhenyi had an urge to bang her head against the box. Could her day get any more ridiculous?


    "A simple box which may consist of secrets belonging to three powerful ns," Zhenyi said. She recalled that Long Ah-Shaan was an unparalleled genius. " So, there was no way he would leave this box without any security measures. It can also st like a bomb if try to insert too many incorrect codes."


    Ming Jia remembered that once Ah-Shaan told her something like this but she couldn''t recall what exactly he said at that time.


    However, she still said," Let''s try this one. If it didn''t unlock, youe out with the box. I will keep it with me no matter if it unlocks or not. It''s not safe for it to stay there."


    Zhenyi paused when she heard her words. Just what does this box consist of? She wanted to know about it too. Curiosity was getting the worst of her right now.


    "2409. Just try it once."


    "Isn''t it my husband''s birth date? I remember his birthday is on September 24." Zhenyi frowned.


    "Who knows! I''m just firing the arrows in the dark."


    "Godma," Zhenyi groaned.


    "Did you manage to unlock it?" questioned Ming Jia as she anticipated to hear the words that the box had been finally unlocked.


    Outside, the rain was pouring heavily. Many trees had broken and fallen on the ground. The storm had destroyed almost everything. However, the great Long mansion still stood against the natural cmity proudly.


    Inside Long Ah-Shaan''s vi, Zhenyi finally inserted thest code, pressing the doubts that had taken birth in her heart.


    *Click!*


    "The box is unlocked, Godma." Zhenyi couldn''t believe her eyes.


    Her heart was beating loudly inside her heart. She didn''t know what to think about it. Her heart was heavy and her brain was running at a fast speed.


    The Bluetooth positioned in her ear was notifying her that it would be out of battery in a few seconds. Well, that was not what she needed right now.


    "Disconnect the call , Godma. I will call you when Ie back to my room."


    "Are you sure you will be alright?" Ming Jia couldn''t help but worry.


    "Don''t worry, I have memorized the way back to my room. Stop worrying it''s not the first time I have raided a ce all alone."


    Ming Jia pressed her lips. Of course, it was not the first time. She still remembered the great theft of 2011 which happened in country B. Her previous Zhenyi was the one behind it. She had single-handedly looted a museum worth billions of dors.


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 Chapter 243 - Familiar Grey Eyes

    "I can''t talk to you now. Bye, I will call you once I will be back in the safety of my room." With this Zhenyi cut the call.


    Meanwhile, Ming Jia stared nkly at the phone in her hand. She forgot to tell Zhenyi not to look inside the box. Who knew what she might find inside it?


    ''To be honest, I don''t want Zhenyi to look inside the box. It will bring nothing but unnecessary chaos into her life. I will never let her be another Tang Reine. The end of my sister already shook her soul, I was not ready to lose Zhenyi."


    Alex Qin walked up to his wife and held her shoulder, startling Ming Jia, "Wife, what are you doing with the phone at this time?"


    He didn''t notice when Ming Jia left him alone on the bed.


    Ming Jia turned around and snuggled into his embrace. "I had a very important call scheduled just now. You know I''m still not used to this country''s timezone."


    He let her lie to him and tightened his hold on her waist. "Don''t stay upte, okay?"


    She nodded in reply and went back to bed with her husband.


    She would call Zhenyi in the morning.


    ''What trouble have you stirred, Jia? I hope it won''t bring another storm to our lives!''


    ____


    On the other hand,


    Zhenyi who was now trying to take this box out with her without leaving any evidence was finding it hard.


    Outside, the rain was pouring heavily. The lighting was making it difficult for her to go out. She who was afraid of nothing was today apprehensive of the dire lighting that was striking in the sky.


    ''The Sky God is angry it seems!''


    As Zhenyi said the words in her head, the sky thundered louder.


    She grabbed the box in her hand along with her phone. She moved two steps when a sudden jolt of lighting frightened her, making her phone fall on the floor.


    She squatted down to pick it up as she was about to rise, her head hit something hard and a loud sound of the crash was heard.


    She tried not to let the box fall and walked ahead. But as she stepped forward, her footnded on the hard thing which had hit her head previously.


    In the dimly lit room, she could make out that the thing was square which meant it had to be a painting or a photograph. The white clothes which were draped around the photograph blew away when a sudden gust of wind came out of nowhere, making Zhenyi shiver in cold.


    ''Why is everything so strange today?''


    The sky lit up in the red color for a second, making the face on the photograph noticeable to Zhenyi.


    Gray eyes very familiar to her were staring back at her. A face which was the exact replica of her husband was looking at her through the picture.


    Her mind was ying tricks on her, wasn''t it? It had to be pure physical exhaustion that caused her to see things which didn''t exist at all. Or perhaps, she was missing her husband too much.


    She looked at her phone and tried Long Jie''s number but he didn''t pick it up. She called him again and again, but only to have no response at all.


    ''Where are you, Jie?''


    She then dialed Ming Jia''s number and thetter didn''t pick her call.


    Realization dawned upon her like pouring rain. Why was she calling Long Jie? What would she tell him? Could she tell him that she had just raided his uncle''s vi who just looked like him?


    She didn''t nce at the picture again and left the room in the same way she entered it earlier.


    ''Is it the fear that I''m currently feeling?''


    ___


    On the other hand,


    "Doctor, will she be alright?" Long Jie, who was worried sick after knowing that the little princess unexpectedly got sick, asked anxiously. When was thest time he cared about anyone aside from his wife?


    "Mr. Long, have you noticed something odd about the little princess?" The doctor asked. He was the special pediatrician who would always fly with the little Princess. His sole purpose of living was to take care of Faye''s health.


    "No, she had spent the day with me ying in the seawater. Could it be that she has been soaking in seawater for a long time and then ying with the sand which led to her sudden health issues?


    The doctor frowned. " Does something unusual happen today? Although her body is burning, she has no fever. It''s quite strange to see a body turning as hot as the little princess with no fever symptoms.''


    "I still don''t understand what you''re trying to say, Doctor. Faye''s health is our priority right now. I would rather have you not to talk in riddles."


    Long Jie couldn''t understand Faye''s situation at all. Perhaps, Feng Siyan could be of any help but he wasn''t able to reach him right now.


    Lord, he was stuck in a problem.


    "Mr. Long all you need to know if that little princess is not having a fever. She is a special case so I insist you talk to Mr. Feng, who is also her guardian."


    ording to people who were not aware of Tang Faye''s real roots, she was the kid Feng Siyan was fostering. It was done to protect her from the enemies which wanted Lord Tang and his bloodline dead. And unfortunately, Lord Tang didn''tck enemies.


    ____


    Let''s have a little sneak peek at the future chapters. Lots of thrills are waiting for you my beauties!


    [The scenes that were written may not be the exact scenes you will find in the future chapters. However, the core will be the same.]


    __


    ''XIN ZHENYI, you were told not to dig up the skeleton of the past. Especially the ones that have nothing to do with you.


    The skeletons of the past are buried for a reason.


    I have my eyes on you. Always.


    Since you love ying games so much then this Young Master will tell you how they are yed.''


    Zhenyi''s eyes widened in shock as she read the words written on the yellow note. Throwing the note on the bed, she ran towards the door to see who dropped it there. And when she returned, she found the words on the yellow note vanished as if it were never there.


    ___


    "Feng Siyan , Faye''s body temperature is not lowering at all. It''s been three days. Even doctors couldn''t figure out why her fever is not lowering."


    On the other side of the line, Feng Siyan trembled hearing Long Jie''s words.


    "She is angry," Feng Siyan whispered."Calm her down at any cost, Ah-Jie. She might lose herself to the wrath that has taken ce inside her heart."


    ''Master, wake up soon or the princess may burn herself.''


    ___


    "I have taken Ming Xiuying as my wife. She is thedy of the Tang household." Ryuu announced it to everyone.


    Someone far¡­


    "I told you little girl that you have made a deadly enemy. She won''t spare you. She ising for you, Xiuying. You have summoned her wrath."


    ____


    "Ah-Jie, I have bad news. Lord Tang is gone."


    "Nooooooooo!"


    Long Jie couldn''t control himself. He couldn''t lose his brother. No. No. No. He would have toe back to him.


    "I want to see him, Ah-Siyan. I have to see him with my own eyes."


    "I''m afraid you can''t meet him, Ah-Jie. You may never be able to meet Lord Tang. He has served his purpose. He is gone and you have to ept it."


    "Ah-Siyan, what will I tell the little angel?" Long Jie said, tears rolling down his face." How will I tell her that the father she is waiting for is gone?"


    "I will take Lord Tang''s position until the real sessor takes the throne. You must take the little princess''s responsibility until her motheres back."


    "Who''s her mom?"


    "It''s forbidden to take her name, Ah-Jie."


    "Why?"


    Feng Siyan looked at him with sad and angry eyes," Because she annihted Lord Tang."


    ____


    "Oh, my God! My Jie ising!!" Zhenyi jumped on the bed with the biggest smile blooming on her face.


    "Finally, I am going to tell him how much I love him."


    ___


    "Zhenyi!"


    Long Jie called out while watching his wife''s retiring back. With each passing moment, she was distancing herself from him. It was killing him but he couldn''t stop her.


    After all, it was him who destroyed them.


    "Don''t leave me, Zhenyi. You promised me that you will never leave me. Don''t go back on your words, Zhenyi."


    She turned back, giving him a sad smile. She was no longer angry, just exhausted.


    "You destroyed us, Jie. You destroyed mepletely with your lies. Good Bye, Jie."


    ___


    Author Note:


    Y''all got a clue about what you would be seeing in the near chapters. But let me inform you that we will uncover many mysteries, after all the core of the book is untangling mysteries. We have seen many things from Zhenyi''s pov. Now it''s time we see Long Jie''s and Ryu''s life.


    Ming Xiuying and Ryuu would be seen in the uing chapters.


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 Chapter 244 - A Mysterious Yet Familiar Woman

    Zhenyi could feel her heart loudly beating against her heart as she stepped inside the bedroom.


    ''The balcony way is no longer safe. I need to find or make secret ways if I wish to reside here permanently.'' Zhenyi was thinking in her head.''I pray that no one finds anything wrong with the video footage.''


    She tossed the dead Bluetooth on the table and called one of her men with another phone.


    "Erase all the evidence which shows that I have been out of my room. Keep an eye on Wei, he is my husband''s eyes and ears right now. If Wei notices anything suspicious, report me."


    After saying this she threw away the phone too.


    If Long Jie ended up knowing that she had been to Long Ah-Shaan''s vi, she would just simplye clean. He wouldn''t be so cruel as to kill his wife, would he?


    ''Sigh! Jie, I wish you were here. But it''s better for you that you are not here. I can''t be selfish enough to hurt you with half truth. Who knows, maybe it will hurt you more than the real truth!''


    If she remembered it right, Ming Jia said that someone else was also aiming for the box and thetter didn''t want someone else to get it. She had no idea if Ming Jia wished to keep the box or discard it. After all, Long Ah-Shaan left it for Ming Jia and Tang Reine. And neither did she care. She could burn the box for all she cared.


    If she cared about anything to anyone, it''s just her husband and his heart. Although he said it was made up of steel, she had to say it was still more fragile.


    As for the box...


    ''Should I open it? Ugh...Why are you such a tempting wooden box?'' Zhenyi said in her mind, her eyes examining the box''s outer design.


    It seemed like a genius had designed it. It may look like an ordinary wooden box but it was not.


    Zhenyi sat on the edge of the bed, her eyes still examining the box. She heaved out a long sigh of agony.


    Xin Zhenyi was stuck in a dilemma. Her curious heart was urging her to insert the code and open the box to feed the knowledge which her heart was craving so much right now. However, the Mrs. Long inside her didn''t wish to open it as it was against the actions a married woman should do. Her husband and his family had to be her priority right now. If they wanted a secret buried then she must do the same.


    Long Ah-Shaan was a secret buried by his husband''s family and so she was supposed to do the same.


    Yet, the inquisitive heart of Xin Zhenyi won(a character inherited from the meddlesome Tang Reine.)


    "Yeah, it sounds good," Zhenyi said in her unusually excited voice. "I put my life in danger for you wooden box. I will certainly be right if I open you first, right? Let me see what kind of secrets you are hiding!"


    With this said, Zhenyi instantly inserted the numerical code which Ming Jia told her earlier.


    When the box epted the code, it opened automatically just like earlier.


    Her eyes widened as she saw numerous colorful paper-like items inside the box. What were they? She took it in her hands to examine it only to find they were photographs.


    Every photograph was painted in different colors. Some were in blue, some in green, many in red and¡­


    She found a scroll-like item¡­


    She unfolded it to discover that it was a painting of a woman.


    Green eyes.


    Celestial nose.


    Bow shaped lips.


    Cleft Chin.


    There was no doubt that the woman staring at her was a beauty. The artist had poured his soul into imprinting the woman on the paper as if she was a living being.


    She was always of the view that her mother was the most beautiful woman she had ever seen. It was not that Tang Reine''s beauty was pale inparison to this woman...It was just that the mixed woman in front of her was just something else.


    If she was a man she would have married this woman in a heartbeat, given how beautiful this beautiful yet petite woman looked.


    However, it was not this woman''s beauty which caught her attention.


    She didn''t know why but this woman whom she had never met before felt familiar to her.


    ''Was she Long Ah-Shaan''s lover? Or a foe? No. She couldn''t be his foe. If she was, he wouldn''t have protected her picture so safely.''


    ''Who are you? How are you rted to my Jie? I don''t know why but I can feel a connection between you two. Don''te back to gue our lives whoever you are!''


    She folded the picture again in a roll and put it safely inside the box. She was about to close the box when her gaze fell on something.


    Another photograph.


    She picked it in her fingers. When her fingers touched the body of the photograph she realized that the photograph was dipped in ck ink. She couldn''t see any face in the photograph as it was dyed ck.


    She took out a coin and started scratching the thick dried ink on the old photograph. The more she scratched the dried ink, the more the original picture came into her view.


    Once she was done¡­


    A view like this came before her eyes¡­


    Song Lily was d in a white wedding dress. Her eyes were twinkling with happiness. There was something different between the Song Lily of that time and the Song Lily of today.


    As her eyes shifted to her hands which were tightly holding an arm¡­


    Zhenyi felt likend slipping before her feet. If she was not sitting down, she would have fallen by the intensity of the shock which Zhenyi received.


    "Song Lily was married to Long Ah-Shaan!!"


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 Chapter 245 - Roleplaying The Ideal Daughter-in-law

    The Next Morning.


    ''Why having family breakfast was never so hard before?''


    Zhenyi was now sitting beside Grandma Mian on the dining table. The seat next to her, which was also the seat of the head of the family, was empty. It belonged to Long Jie. Since he was not there to upy, it was kept empty.


    Zhao Meilin was telling her something about a childcare center that she wanted to include in her big phnthropic list. By the looks on her face, Zhenyi could conclude she was excited.


    Good for her.


    "Would you like toe with me? The kids need us. Once you see them, trust me, you will want to bring them with you. They¡­"


    ''Since you like children so much why don''t you ask Wei to fill your tummy with one more after you deliver this one?'' Zhenyi thought it in her mind with a gentle smile on her face.


    "You know I love kids¡­"


    Zhao Meilin kept talking and Zhenyi maintained a look on her face which was saying that she was very much interested in her story when she was clearly not!


    She cringed at the thoughts of bringing children home. She didn''t like kids at all.


    But she wouldn''t mind if the kids were her and Long Jie''s. Those kids would be beautiful and intelligent like their parents, right?


    Perhaps Ryuu''s kids too. She wouldn''t have to bring herself to love Ryuu''s kids as they would be like her own, weren''t they?


    Only if he would have one in the future. Just because he agreed to marry that pretty flower didn''t mean he would have children with her.


    That''s Ryuu for Pete''s sake.


    Anyway, it had only been almost fifteen minutes since she sat at the dining table. Zhao Meilin had eaten her precious ears. However, it was okay as long as she was on team Zhenyi instead of that vicious witch''s team.


    Honestly, Zhao Meilin was trying to lighten Zhenyi''s mood. Yesterday, Song Lily had pped Zhenyi in front of everyone. So, they were afraid that Zhenyi would retaliate in a terrible way. It was not her who was saying this, it was her husband and Yuan who gave her a little hint of how Zhenyi once shot Yuan when he did something to trigger Zhenyi''s anger.


    ''She shot Yuan for angering her. What would she do to Aunt Lily who openly pped her?'' Zhao Meilin shivered at the thought.


    Everyone who was deep in their thoughts looked up when they heard someone approaching them. Long Shaoming joined them for breakfast, behind him Song Lily wasing timidly.


    ''Oh? The vicious witch could y a timid wife''s role?'' Zhenyi said in her mind. ''Although I prefer forey over roley always¡­ but since my Jie is not here¡­ Song Lily, let''s see how can pull off the role of ideal daughter-inw better?''


    As Long Shaoming was about to sit on the table, his gaze fell on Zhenyi. His eyes flickered with surprise and satisfaction. To be honest, he wasn''t expecting her here at all.


    At the same time, Zhenyi stood up to greet Long Shaoming. She greeted him with a slight bow.


    Her father-inw was satisfied with her attitude.


    "Howe I was not informed that my daughter-inw is here to visit us?" questioned Long Shaoming, looking at everyone present there.


    Although the question was asked in general, yet in actuality, it was directed to his wife. A few months ago he had told his wife to bring his son and daughter-inw back home by hook or by crook. And like always, Song Lily failed.


    "I''m sorry to disappoint you, father-inw, but I am not here to visit you," said Zhenyi softly. Actually, Zhenyi was too tired to speak like her normal self. She hadn''t had a wink of sleepst night. So, she was not ying the role of her gentle daughter-inw yet. She had to save up the ace forter.


    Long Shaoming''s shoulder slumped in disappointment. It was not hidden from Song Lily who was seething inside.


    Just why did her husband give too much importance to this lowly girl?


    Long Shaoming nodded. It seemed that he had epted whatever her decision was as he still was guilty of the fact that he failed to protect Zhenyi from that ident a few months ago. Especially when he had promised Xin Yichen that he would take care of his daughter. He was about to sit on his chair when Zhenyi spoke again.


    "I''m here to take care of my responsibilities, father-inw. I have been away from my duties as the madam of this house for too long. It''s time I return to where I belong," said Zhenyi to Long Shaoming. " Jie and I just wanted some time for us initially. And we got it. Thank you for understanding. Now that he had gone to fulfill his duties, I realized that I have been dying mine for a long time. I would havee back sooner, if not for the ident that made me bedridden for several months."


    Zhao Meilin gave her a tight smile. Clearly meaning-- I sympathize with you.


    Long Shaoming blinked in surprise. It looked like Zhenyi and Long Jie had nned toe back to Long Mansion originally. He was beating himself over and over because he thought that his son had abandoned the ce which was his true home for the hatred that had taken ce inside his heart for his home. It seemed like he was worrying in vain. His daughter-inw was not a bad woman. Just a little aggressive. As long as she kept her temper in control everything would be alright.


    But only if people from the Long family wouldn''t push her too much.


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 Chapter 246 - Throwing Song Lily Out Of Long Mansion

    "Zhenyi, I''m d that you are back to your rightful ce. I don''t me you for abandoning your duties when I''m the one to me," Long Shaoming said, shocking everyone including Zhenyi. "I promised your father that I would protect you at all costs. We failed to protect you from that unfortunate ident which happened two months ago. I deeply apologize for that."


    To say Zhenyi was touched would be a lie.


    [Roleying the ideal daughter-inw began¡­]


    Still, she maintained the expression that she was deeply touched by her father-inw''s heartfelt apology. He could go to hell for all she cared!


    "Father-inw, it was not your fault. Stop beating yourself for something which was not your fault in the first ce," Zhenyi said to him genuinely. Oh, she meant, faking genuinely.


    Long Shaoming nodded. "You''re a Long now. Keeping you safe is our duty. Wee to the family, Zhenyi. I didn''t get to say it before, so I''m saying it now. You are Long Jie''s wife. So, your role in society and the family is higher than anyone else. If you need anyone to do something, you have to order them. No one will say no to you as long as it doesn''t hurt any family member."


    To say Xin Zhenyi was the most powerful woman in the whole country wouldn''t be wrong. She had three major families supporting her -- Xin family, Long family and the Tang family.


    ''Too bad, I was thinking of unloading my gun in your wife''s head, father-inw.'' She said in her head while maintaining a gentle smile on her face.


    ***


    "Wow! What an interesting family I''ve got!" Grandma Mian said sarcastically. "Father-inw is apologizing to daughter-inw for getting her hurt when it was not even his fault in the first ce, and the mother-inw is leaving no chance of hurting the same daughter-inw."


    If Song Lily thought Grandma Mian would leave her for hitting her precious Zhenyi, she has another thing waiting for her.


    ''Song Lily, you have so many debts to repay me. I was alone in the past. I couldn''t stand against the injustice that you have done to my family. I will give you as much pain as you have inflicted on my Ah-Shaan. He died yearning for one thing he loved the most. I will make you yearn for everything that you hold dear to you. It''s time, Song Lily. Pay your debt.''


    "What are you talking about, mom?" Long Shaoming asked with a frown, though in his heart, he knew that his wife must have done something to hurt Zhenyi. Her hate for Zhenyi was not hidden from him.


    Right now, Zhenyi was enjoying the special delicacies that the chef had prepared for breakfast. Everything cooked was ording to her taste and presence. She liked spicy food even though it was difficult for her to digest it. She didn''t even look up from the te when Grandma Mian snitched on Song Lily.


    Her dear mother-inw deserved it. End of the story.


    "Yesterday, your wife crossed every limit. She pped Zhenyi in front of everyone just because Zhenyi didn''t like the decoration she had done for Long Jie''s room," Grandma Mian said directly. As usual, she spoke her mind without caring about her so-called aristocratic manners. She was sharp and unapologetic. Also, she hated pretentious women like Song Lily who despite their noble origins were not noble at their hearts."Tell me Shaoming does my precious granddaughter-inw have no right to decorate the room where she will be residing for all of her life ording to her taste? She found the paintings offensive in that room and so she removed them. Is it too big of a crime in your wife''s eye that she pped Zhenyi, the new mistress of the house in front of everyone? Was it not being disrespectful? What will you say to Long Jie when hees back only to find that your wife is physically abusive to his wife? He already didn''t want to share the same roof with us, do you think he would let his wife breathe the same air you all do?"


    Zhenyi, who was swallowing the soup down her throat, had a dire urge to p for Grandma Mian''s mind-blowing usations.


    Long Shaoming flinched at everything his mother had said. He didn''t even know how to look straight into Zhenyi''s eyes. She hadn''t retaliated; it only meant that she wanted him to provide her justice. She was testing him on whether she should trust him or not.


    What else could he expect from Tang Reine''s offspring? Both were too smart for their own good.


    Well, there was nothing wrong with it. One couldn''t and shouldn''t trust anyone blindly. But he didn''t know what to do with Song Lily. He had been turning a blind eye to everything she had done till now. However, it seemed like now he had to teach her a lesson that she would never forget.


    "Pack your bags, Lily. I''m sending you to the Song family," Long Shaoming told his wife. If there was something Song Lily despised with every fiber of her being, it was distancing herself from the Long family.


    "What do you mean, Shaoming?" Song Lily was too shocked to move. He wouldn''t throw her out of her own home, would he? No. No. She would never let him do anything like this ever.


    "It means you will stay with your parents until you reflect on your mistake. I can''t hit you to put some sense into your brain, so I''m sending you back to your parents to learn the manner they apparently forgot to give you," Long Shaoming said with an exasperated sigh.


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 Chapter 247 - The QUEEN OF SERPENTS POISON

    "I will not go away from my home," Song Lily refused him outright which was as expected. Pointing towards Zhenyi, she added," You are sending me away from my home because of this damned girl. She has already eaten her mother, now you will let her swallow my Long family?"


    Song Lily lost her sanity when Long Shaoming asked her to leave the Long family temporarily.


    Ah...Song Lily''s weakness was leaving the Long family.


    Zhenyi''s chest tightened as she heard what Song Lily said about her again. Why did she have to drag her mom in every conversation she had with her?


    She wanted to kill her right now and right there. However, her bloodlust settled as she felt a hand on her shoulder which apparently belonged to Grandma Mian.


    "Wong!" Long Shaoming called out loud. Wong was his most trusted employee and also the assistant.


    Wong magically appeared a whileter.


    "Master," Wong said, his head hanging low in respect.


    "Send my wife back to the Song family," Long Shaoming said. To tell the truth, to earn Zhenyi''s trust he gave away the biggest weakness of his wife to her. He had taken his chances and so he didn''t regret his choice of punishing his wife this time."If she didn''t agree, tell the Liu family that the marriage between Long Yuan and Liu Shishi had to be postponed for the time being due to some family issues. Given how long the Liu family had waited for the wedding to happen, I believe that they won''t mind waiting for a year more."


    Song Lily, then, went silently away with Wong because she knew her husband''s threats were not idle. She needed Liu Shishi as Long Yuan''s wife in this house at any cost.


    ''Today you won, Xin Zhenyi. But tomorrow will be mine. I will defeat you and throw you out of Long Jie''s life. He is my son. My son. My son will listen to me, not to you. Your family broke his family once and I won''t let you break my son again."


    *****


    "Did I just hear that my wedding with the st--" Yuan ticked his tongue. "I mean Liu Shishi just got postponed again?"


    Long Yuan looked surprised. He was not expecting this. However, the news didn''t affect him.


    "You heard wrong," Long Shaoming said. "You arete for breakfast. You must have woken upte again. Is this how a man of your age should behave?"


    Long Yuan looked embarrassed. Yes, he usually woke upte. But not today.


    Grandma Mian chuckled at him. It wouldn''t be a lie to say she was practically glowing with happiness for getting rid of Song Lily for a few days." Come join us for breakfast."


    "Thank you for asking, Grandma," said Long Yuan. "But I just had the tastiest pancakes in the whole wide world specially made by Uncle Yichen."


    "Since when did you start calling Xin Yichen as Uncle?" Long Shaoming asked with a frown. He didn''t like the way his son had addressed his nemesis.


    "You went to Xin residence?" Grandma Mian asked at the same time.


    Long Yuan nodded. "I went to Xin residence this morning as Zhenyi assigned me a task."


    "Call her sister-inw," Grandma Mian corrected him.


    Long Yuan inwardly rolled his eyes but agreed. "Sure. Sister-inw asked me to do her a favor. So I have to leave for Xin Mansion earlier this morning as I will be leaving for Londonter."


    Zhenyi didn''t correct the "favor" thing. "Thank you, Yuan. And please call me Zhenyi. As long as you respect me as your sister-inw in your heart, you don''t have to call me by the title."


    Long Yuan smiled at her, though he had an urge to retort.


    "Zhenyi is right," Long Shaoming said, turning towards her. "And you should call me father now as Long Jie does."


    Zhenyi''s smile vanished.


    "Do you have any problem with calling me, father?" Long Shaoming asked.


    Zhenyi shook her head. "No, I don''t, father."


    ''It''s just that my B¨¤ is going to be jealous.''


    ****


    On the other side.


    "Mr. Feng, Lord Tang''s condition has deteriorated all of a sudden." A doctor came running towards Feng Siyan, beads of sweat forming on his forehead.


    "What do you mean?" Although Feng Siyan raised the question, he was running towards Lord Tang''s room even faster than the doctor.


    When Feng Siyan reached Lord Tang''s room, he was startled by the view of the doctors trying to revive Lord Tang.


    "How does this happen, doctor?" Feng Siyan managed to ask.


    "Poison. He was injected with an unknown poison. We can''t treat him unless we know what he has been injected with."


    Su Yi came forwards with his team of men and fell on his knees before Feng Siyan.


    "Kill us, Mr. Feng. We deserved to die. We failed to protect our lord."


    "How did you fail, Su Yi?" Feng Siyan''s cold voice full of authority.


    "We were stationed on night duty when all of a sudden we fell unconscious. We didn''t smell anything suspicious in the air. Yet, someone managed to knock us out. It was poison.it knocked us out for a whole ten minutes."


    The answer was given by Su Yi.


    "Feng Siyan!"


    Feng Siyan turned around only to find huffing Gu Tian. He was left here by Long Jie to assist Feng Siyan in Long Jie''s absence.


    He came closer to whisper something in Feng Siyan''s ear.


    A dark expression cast on Feng Siyan''s cold face.


    ''Little princess''s body temperature has surged again. It''s time for her to go back to China yet it was not safe for her there.''


    "Mr. Feng, we are not able to investigate the poison that has been injected into Lord Tang''s blood. Please give us more time." The team of doctors was trembling and so were the soldiers deployed.


    Was it the end of the world?


    Just how valuable was Lord Tang''s life?


    "You won''t, doctor," Feng Siyan replied in a cold voice. "The Queen of Serpents has injected the poison. You will never find the antidote."


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 Chapter 248 - Ryuu And Xiuyings Engagement.

    Ming Ze had decided to talk to Song Yunxi about Ming Xiuying''s wedding matter. Since Ming Xiuying had decided to break off her engagement with Huo Yusheng, he was more than happy with it. He knew Song Yunxi wouldn''t be pleased with the n he had in his mind concerning Ming xiuying''s wedding.


    However, he didn''t care. Song Yunxi had done nothing but wreak havoc since the time she had entered the Ming family.


    He recalled the conversation he had with Xin Yichen yesterday. He informed the Ming family about the decision that Lady Tang had taken concerning the wedding of the current head of the family with his sister Ming Xiuying. It was a matter of great pride for the Ming family. They had been serving the Tang family for many years now. Who didn''t know that only a special kind of woman/man could wed the ones directly rted to the Tang family by blood?


    It was a good thing Ming Xiuying broke off the engagement herself or else they would have to say "no" to Xin Yichen.


    Last night, he had a chat with Ming Xiuying and she agreed to tie the knot with the man chosen by Lady Tang and she was desperate to break off her engagement with Huo Yusheng as she was well aware of the fact that Song Yunxi wouldn''t allow her daughter to make her lose her face by breaking off the engagement, although it was Huo Yusheng''s fault, to begin with, that he cheated on her with her cousin.


    "I haven''t thought that you will take the matter to this extent, Ming Ze," Song Yunxi said, displeasure written on her face. "How could you break off the engagement with Huo Yusheng on the behalf of the Ming family when you didn''t even bother to ask me?"


    She was Xiuying''s mother and she has every right to know about her daughter''s matter. It didn''t matter that she hated the same daughter with every fiber of her being.


    "I''m the face of the Ming family. I have every right to break off the engagement which shouldn''t have taken ce in the first ce," Ming Ze answered in a monotonous tone. Ignoring the looks which his stepmother was giving him, he added," I''ve looked for an excellent man for my sister. I''ve talked to Xiuying and she has no problem with marrying him. The wedding will take ce by the end of this month which is just seven days away from today."


    Song Yunxi looked shocked by the revtion. "How dare you set up the wedding of my daughter without my permission?"


    To say she was furious, would be an understatement.


    "Master Yichen had visited me yesterday--"


    "What did you say?" Song Yunxi felt as if she had heard him say "Yichen".


    She must have heard wrong. Xin Yichen had left the country many years ago after his wife died. He was childless as many people say, and looking at how great of a man he was, he must have married again, right?


    "Master Yichen approached me yesterday and asked me for Xiuying''s hand for Lord Ryuu,"Ming Ze said proudly, then he turned to the wife who had been standing beside him silently for a while.


    "Ze is right, Aunt. Master Yichen indeed met us and it seemed like he was quite happy about the union," Ye Manman said in a gentle voice. "Lord Ryuu is the current head of the Tang family. He is a man of honor. He is a brand in himself. What more could we ask for our Yingying? Ze has been working for him for a decade now. We all know what kind of man he is."


    Song Yunxi sat on the chair beside her, resigned. She hadn''t seen iting. It was indeed her Yichen they were talking about.


    ''No, he is not my Yichen. He hadn''t ever been hers.''


    "What do you think about this marriage, Aunt?" Ming Ze asked her yet he had made a firm decision in his mind.


    "Do whatever you deem fit." With this said, Song Yunxi left the room. However, she did hear what Ming Ze saidst.


    "Master Yichen will be here tomorrow to officially fix the wedding between Xiuying and Lord Ryuu. All the members of the Ming family along with the Xin family and the representative of the Tang family will be arriving with Master Yichen. I hope you will break off all the ties we have with Huo and the Chen family. We don''t want your sister to create more trouble for us than she had already created by trying to merge our family with the Huo family."


    ***


    "I haven''t thought Aunt will be so easy to deal with," Le Manman said with a sigh as she saw Song Yunxi''s retiring back.


    Ming Ze hummed in reply.


    "Prepare everything tomorrow by yourself. I won''t tolerate even a single mistake. It''s the chance Ming family had been waiting for forever. No family which has served the Tang family in the court ever got the chance to enter the Tang family directly. Especially through marriage."


    "Don''t worry, I will," Ye Manman said. She paused for a moment and then asked. "Do you think this union is good for Xiuying? She hadn''t forgotten Huo Yusheng. It''s her hatred for Huo Yusheng and Chen Anning that has fueled her decision to marry Lord Ryuu on a whim."


    "I don''t know about Xiuying, Wife." Ming Ze spoke. "But I do know the union is profitable for our Ming family. We will achieve what we failed to achieve fifteen years ago. Just as soon as Xiuying gives birth to the next heir of the Tang family, we will put our n in action."


    Ye Manman had a bitter feeling in her heart. She didn''t know what to say so she just nodded at her husband.


    Her husband agreed to this wedding because it was profitable for him, not because it was good for his sister.


    "And as for Xiuying''s decision to marry Lord Ryuu on a whim, make sure you keep fueling her hate for that boy. This marriage must happen, Manman."

 Chapter 249 - The Day Of Engagement

    THE DAY OF RYUU AND XIUYING''S ENGAGEMENT.


    Xin Yichen showed up in the main family house of the Ming family along with Zhenyi and Tang Yuzhang. The whole Ming family was gathered there today for the engagement ceremony of Ryuu and Xiuying.


    Ming Jia also came with her husband as she was still a member of the Ming family even though she was once disowned.


    Why wouldn''t she be here? She had something important to do with her goddaughter! Plus, she invited herself and Xin Yichen and Zhenyi were more than happy with it.


    Thankfully, Xin Yichen managed to convince Ming Ze to arrange Ming Xiuying as Ryuu''s bride.


    Although it was Ryuu''s engagement, he was not present there which was quite unsettling for the Ming family. Yet, they didn''t show on their faces how upset they were with it. They couldn''t afford to upset the Tang family in return.


    Anyway, right now, Zhenyi was having tea along with Ming Jia and Ye Manman, but all of her attention was directed at one person -- Song Yunxi.


    Xin Yichen, Tang Yuzhang, and the other men were sitting at another table talking. Xin Yichen and Alex Qin were talking about their lives in Country B.


    On the other hand, it seemed like Song Yunxi was seeing over the arrangement, but in reality, all of her attention was on Xin Yichen''s handsome face. She didn''t want her daughter to marry anyone other than Huo Yusheng but it was Xin Yichen who came here with another marriage proposal.


    She sighed. ''As usual, I can''t say no to him. Everything has changed in these thirty years yet my heart can''t change the way it felt for him. Is it my punishment? Married to someone else but loving someone else?''


    As Song Yunxi realized that she had been staring at Xin Yichen, she turned her gaze to see Ming Jia, her other nemesis, joining Ye Manman and another young woman.


    ''Who was this woman?''


    Song Yunxi walked forward, her eyes fixed on Zhenyi''s face. Feeling a gaze on her face, Zhenyi looked up only to meet her eyes.


    Song Yunxi startled as soon as Zhenyi''s eyes met her.


    ''What a scary pair of eyes!''


    ''Who is this girl and why is Ming Jia being so affectionate with her?''


    She still didn''t assume that she was Tang Reine and Xin Yichen''s daughter.


    "Aunt, meet Zhenyi," Ye Manman introduced both thedies."And Zhenyi, that''s Xiuying''s mother, Song Yunxi."


    Both of them greeted each other with polite smiles.


    But none of them know how Zhenyi was rted to the Xins.


    "It''s nice to see you, Ming Jia," Song Yunxi said to Ming Jia.


    "I wish I could say the same about you," Ming Jia''s reply was direct and provocative, but did she care about it? Absolutely not.


    Ming Jia smirked; she still possessed the talent of making these bitchy Song sisters speechless.


    Zhenyi cleared her throat and said with a smile, "Mrs. Ming, where is Miss Ming? It''s gettingte. Why don''t you call her first?"


    "Oh, she will be here soon. Girls these days. They take time getting ready," Song Yunxi said with a chuckle.


    ''I wish you won''t create trouble for me today, Xiuying.'' She said in her heart.


    "I haven''t seen you at any parties, Zhenyi," Ye Manman asked her with a smile. "You don''t like social gatherings?"


    Ye Manman meant to say," Which family do belong to? I haven''t seen you around."


    "That''s because I haven''t been to any party yet." Zhenyi''s reply confused the twodies. In order to ease their confusion, Zhenyi added. "I spent the majority of my life abroad. Three months ago, we came back to China. It was my B¨¤''s wish to spend the rest of his life apanying my Y¨¨y¨¨ here. And just a little after we came back to Beijing, I got married and thus had no time for socializing."


    ''Oh, so she was married. It means she is not a threat to Xiuying''s ce in the Tang family.''


    "Oh," Ye Manman said. "So, you used to live in Country B along with Aunt Jia?"


    "She is my goddaughter," Ming Jia announced."Isn''t it normal we will be residing in the same country?"


    ''No, it was not.''Ye Manman wanted to say, but who didn''t know how much Ming Jia loved creating troubles.


    "Ah, so she is your Goddaughter?" Song Yunxi said. "It means she is rted to the Ming family now too."


    "I don''t know about the Ming family, but she is indeed rted to you, Song Yunxi." Again, the bitterness and anger in Ming Jia''s tone for Song Yunxi were not hidden from anyone." Did your sweet sister not invite you to her son''s wedding?"


    Song Yunxi frowned. "What does Long Jie''s wedding have to do with this? I was away from the city when he got married. It was not like she didn''t invite me. It was just that he married all of a sudden and none of us were able to attend it."


    Ming Jia gave her a sinister smile. Song Yunxi understood that this evil woman was going to do something devilish. "Then, let me introduce you to my goddaughter who also happened to be your nephew''s wife." After stunning the shit out of Song Yunxi, Ming Jia turned towards Zhenyi and said," And my sweet baby, she is your Aunt-inw, your wicked mother-inw''s only sister."


    Pfft¡­


    To hide herughter, Zhenyi bowed her head to greet Song Yunxi again. One would think she was respectfully greeting Song Yunxi, but they failed to notice her amused eyes.


    ''Godma, you are really something!''


    On the other hand, the shocked Song Yunxi looked at Zhenyi again. This time she made sure to check her from head to toe.


    Not only Song Yunxi was shocked but also Ye Manman and her husband who came to tell his wife something.


    ''Just who was this woman? And how could she be rted to the Xin and the Tang family altogether? It was impossible¡­''

 Chapter 250 - A Thank You!

    Zhenyi was wearing a solid beige dress which ended a little below her knees. There was no embroidery and no other work on her simple and in dress, but the stylish strapless puffy sleeves were adding another charm to it.


    Lately, she had been wearing strapless puffy sleeves as it was just her arms and area above her knees which had scar marks. She could show the rest of the area without any care.


    She usually wore bold and bright colors. So, it was a little surprising that she chose a rtively modest outfit for this meeting.


    It simply meant only one thing that something was definitely cooking in Zhenyi''s mind. And, there was no way it wouldn''t be troublesome.


    Song Yunxi had to agree that Long Jie''s wife was beautiful, but not in a typical way. There was something wild and feral about her beauty, something that couldn''t be described or captured.


    She didn''t know why but she found Zhenyi''s aura intimidating and stifling. Although her lips were curved to form a smile, Song Yunxi could see a sh of indifference and boredom in her scary mismatched eyes.


    A smirk formed on Song Yunxi''s face. No wonder Lily hates her. How could she ept someone outstanding than her? If she could marry Long Shaoming after the death ofLong Ah-Shaan to keep her position as ''Mrs. Long'' stable, then what would she not do to get rid of her newly arrived rival?


    ''Interesting...''


    "I wonder how Miss Zhenyi married Mr. Long, given how she is somehow rted to Xin family?" The question was asked by Ming Ze, but all thedies were curious to hear the answer.


    Zhenyi opened her mouth to retort, but as she was about to utter a word, she felt a hand on her shoulder and she looked up to see her father smiling at her.


    "What does my Zin''erck that Long Jie will not marry her?" Xin Yichen answered their question with another question.


    Tang Yuzhang, who didn''t know what they were talking about, came forward and said," It''s time, Mr. Ming. Please call Miss Ming and we can proceed with the rituals."


    Ming Ze nodded and gestured to his wife to call Ming Xiuying.


    On the other hand, Song Yunxi felt very ufortable while Xin Yichen refused to acknowledge her. He indeed replied to her greeting but that was all.


    He was behaving like they were never friends.


    "Why is Long Jie not apanying you, Zhenyi?" Song Yunxi asked with a frown. "Since you''re here with Master Yichen, wouldn''t it be right for him to apany you ? Even though you have good rtions with the Xin family since you''re Ming Jia''s goddaughter, it''s not right for you toe alone. Pay attention to your security."


    To be honest, Song Yunxi was telling this to Zhenyi in concern as she was his nephew''s wife. It didn''t matter to her if Song Lily liked her or not. When has Song Lily ever liked anyone except for herself?


    Zhenyi suddenlyughed, catching the attention of everyone present there. She stoppedughing and saw their confused faces.


    "Thank you for your concern, Aunt Yunxi," Zhenyi said with an amused smile."But I don''t think I need to worry about my security since I''m here with my B¨¤." She said this while pointing at Xin Yichen who raised his brow in return.


    Song Yunxi blinked her eyes. As realization fell on her, she uttered," You''re Tang Reine''s daughter?"


    Zhenyi shook her head and said instead, " I''m Xin Yichen and Tang Reine''s daughter."


    Zhenyi''s revtion made Song Yunxi anxious but thankfully, Ming Xiuying arrived at the right time. Her heart was beating loudly against her chest. Sheughed bitterly at herself. Just what was she thinking? She couldn''t believe her sister let Long Jie marry Xin Yichen''s daughter and not even once did Song Lily think to inform her.


    Anyways, the ceremony started a few minutes after Ming Xiuying appeared.


    Zhenyi was sitting next to her father, deep in her thoughts. She heard her father speak to her.


    "What are you thinking?"


    Unfortunately, they hadn''t been able to talk to Ryuu for thest two days. She had been trying his and his assistant''s phone but none of them were replying much to her dismay.


    "B¨¤, is she the right partner for Ryuu?" Zhenyi questioned her father.


    "I don''t know about Ryuu but she is the right choice for the head of the Tang family," Xin Yichen replied with a sigh.


    "I want him to stop doing that," Zhenyi said in almost a whisper, but Xin Yichen who was seated closer to her heard it all right.


    "Stop doing what?" He asked her.


    "Putting everything else but him before anything," Zhenyi replied. "He had been an ideal son, an outstanding brother, a great leader but B¨¤, as far as I can see he never got the chance to be just Ryuu. I wish he could say no to this wedding and live his life ording to him for once in his life."


    Xin Yichen put his hand on Zhenyi''s cold hands. "As a father, it hurt me more than anything else to see my children suffering. You know I love both of you more than anything else in this world, right? If I ask you for something would you give it to me?"


    "B¨¤...you are my B¨¤, you don''t have to ask but demand. It''s my duty as a daughter to give everything to you as a daughter. Please say, B¨¤."


    Xin Yichen shook his head. "No, princess. Let this father ask you for forgiveness. I also coerced you to marry Long Jie. Trust me, I had no ill intent behind it. I just felt that he was the right man for you. Please forgive your B¨¤."


    Zhenyi felt her eyes moist, and she leaned to prop her head at Xin Yichen''s shoulder. She didn''t say anything else but six words which meant the whole world to him.


    "I love Jie, B¨¤. Thank you."

 Chapter 251 - A Warning For Betrayal

    (AFTER the engagement ceremony...)


    Zhenyi was leaning against her car in the parking lot. Her eyes were covered withrge ck sunsses. Here, she was waiting for Ming Jia. From the distance, she saw Xiuying grimacing while looking at her cellphone.


    ''My new sister-inw needs time to absorb that she is indeed engaged to my brother...tsk tsk...I pity her. The pretty flower will wither in Ryuu''s evergreen garden if she doesn''t y her cards right. You''re on your own MING XIU YING.''


    A momentter Ming Jia came.


    "Zhenyi!" She whisper-shouted.


    Zhenyi removed her sunsses in order to meet her godmother''s eyes, but as was removing her sunsses, her eyes first met with Ming Xiuying who froze in shock and Zhenyi had no idea why and neither did she wished to know. Removing her eyes from Xiuying, she turned to Ming Jia who apparently had sneaked on her husband.


    No offense to Ming Jia but today, she indeed looked like she was hiding something or from someone.


    Not paying attention to Ming Jia''s sneaky antics, Zhenyi unlocked the back door of the car as she took out the wooden box which had put her in an even greater dilemma than Ryuu''s wedding, and handed it to its new owner.


    "Finally," Ming Jia whispered to herself. "Ah-Shaan, rest in peace. This time, I won''t let anyone harm your family."


    Her thoughts were cut off when she heard what Zhenyi said next.


    "Godma, who is that woman?"


    "Woman?" Ming Jia frowned."Which woman are you talking about?"


    Zhenyi chuckled while shaking her head. "Green eyes. Celestial nose. Cleft chin---"


    Ming Jia didn''t let her finish as she spoke in a cold voice," Zhenyi, we must not talk about things that do not rte to us. I asked you for this box not to unbury the buried skeleton but to bury them forever." She paused and nced at Zhenyi again. "Remember Zhenyi, you never saw this box. You never went to Long Ah-Shaan''s vi. You don''t know who Long Ah-Shaan is. And you never gave this box to me."


    "But Godma--"


    "It''s for your own good, sweet child," Ming Jia said in a gentle yet firm voice. "It''s for your husband''s wellbeing as well. You finally found a person you care for. Why are you hellbent on messing up your happy marital life?"


    Zhenyi was at a loss for words.


    "Thank you, child. Forget about it. Please."


    Zhenyi agreed¡­.at least for now.


    ***


    As Zhenyi was about to enter the Ming mansion, she saw Ming Xiuying falling. She acted on her reflexes and caught her by the shoulder.


    "Careful!" Zhenyi shouted.


    Ming Xiuying blinked her eyes and realized that she was about to faint. It was because she hadn''t had a real meal for thest few days. Obviously, she would faint if she didn''t eat well.


    Zhenyi helped her to sit on the bench in the garden which was just a little away from the entrance door.


    "Thank you," Ming Xiuying whispered as she handed the water bottle back to Zhenyi. She had been staring at her eyes repeatedly. Not because she found them fascinating but she remembered what that weird woman on the cruise ship told her.


    ''Two women. One with the most unusual eyes would either be my foe or friend. And the other will most certainly end up being my greatest enemy. Not that Ick them.''


    "Does Song Yunxi not feed you well?" Zhenyi directly asked her.


    "Excuse me?" Ming Xiuying frowned.


    "You look malnourished. It seems that you''ve not eaten for days."


    Xiuying pressed her lips in a thin line.


    "Why are you doing this?" Zhenyi asked her after a while.


    Xiuying frowned again. "Excuse me?"


    Zhenyi shook her head at her. ''She is too slow.''


    "Why are you marrying Ryuu, Xiuying?" Zhenyi asked.


    Xiuying just stared at her. She opened her mouth to say something but closed as no words managed to form to utter. She pondered for a while only to say," Who is Ryuu?"


    Zhenyi was rendered speechless mercilessly.


    She was at a loss for words. However, she still said, "The man you are engaged to."


    "Oh!"


    For a while, Xiuying was lost in a daze, and when she came out of her longsting daze. She turned to find Zhenyi studying her.


    "What does my marriage with Lord Ryuu have to do with you?" Xiuying questioned her. "He is nothing to you, except for the fact that he is chosen by yourte mother to head the n. I''m marrying him ok my own will. No one forced me, Miss Zhenyi, if it''s that''s what you''re meaning to ask me."


    "For a girl who doesn''t know the name of the man she will be marrying in a few days, you sure know a lot about him."


    "Are you always so bitter and cruel?" Xiuyung asked her after taking a deep breath.


    "If you can''t take my bitter and cruel words directly, are you sure you will be able to take Ryuu''s honey-dipped vicious words?" Zhenyi asked her instead.


    "It has nothing to do with you," Xiuying said immediately.


    Zhenyiughed heartily at her sharp retort. "You will do, Xiuying. You will do."


    Xiuying looked pleasantly surprised by that. "You were testing me?"


    Zhenyi nodded. "A pushover can''t stand beside Ryuu. He doesn''t need someone by his side who he needs to protect all the time."


    Xiuying nodded. "I can understand¡­"


    "Never betray him, Xiuying." Zhenyi''s light gaze turned something ferocious. "Even if you do, you won''t survive to betray him."


    Xiuying looked deep into her eyes and said," I heard that the Tang family member protects their own. They won''t let someone harm them. Are you sure you can touch me, Zhenyi? I don''t know what you are to Ryuu and neither did I care because it''s me marrying him after few days, not you."


    Zhenyi chucked at her cuteness. "Indeed. It''s you who is marrying him not me." She raised her left hand and let Xiuying study it. She gave what seemed like a genuine smile. "I''m happily married and to my Jie. So you need not worry about me being a love rival." The smile disappeared from her face. "However, I was not testing you when I said not to betray my brother Xiuying. He may not touch you for betraying him but trust me, I won''t leave you. I''m not a Tang, Xiuying, so this rule doesn''t apply to me. I''m a Xin thorough and thorough. I can still kill you, and not one will ask me a single question."


    Xiuying didn''t show her that she was afraid after listening to what Zhenyi said. She refused to let Zhenyi''s words affect her. She was not a pushover anymore. A new Xiuying was born when Huo Yusheng broke the previous Xiuyingpletely.


    She was ready to be the future mistress of the Tang family. She would be Lord Ryuu''s wife and no one could change it.


    "Take care of yourself, Xiuying because you have many real rivals to be wary of. Unfortunately, I''m not one of them. Plus, I''m not the only danger to you. Your life fell in danger the moment you signed the marriage contract. There are many women who are eyeing your position as the future mistress of the Tang household. Trust me, when I say your life is in danger, I mean it. So, what a snake couldn''t kill you? Still, a drop of real poison can end your life."

 Chapter 252 - A Mysterious Note

    [After a few hours in the Long Mansion.]


    "Do you find anything suspicious?" Zhenyi was talking to Cao Feng on the phone. It seemed like another problem was waiting for her. With Xin Yichen being busy with Ryuu''s wedding arrangement, Zhenyi was left to run the business. Not that she minds but...she was enjoying the holiday of her life.


    Their underground cocaine fields were destroyed by an unknown party. She bore the loss of over millions.


    Thest two months were pretty in or to say nothing thrilling happened.


    She put the phone beside her and started reviewing the files. She was back to boss mode.


    A whileter, her phone rang again thinking it was Cao Feng calling to give her the report, she picked it up without checking the caller.


    "Zhenyi, where is the painting?" Ming Jia''s chilling voice came.


    Zhenyi closed her eyes in exasperation. Don''t get her wrong, she loved Ming Jia but right now, thetter was getting on her nerves.


    She massaged the bridge of her nose and asked in a neutral voice," What painting are you talking about?"


    "Don''t try to oversmart me, young woman," Ming Jia said in a threatening voice. But only if it worked on Zhenyi. "You opened the box, didn''t you? You asked me about that woman earlier and now her painting is missing. Tell me, did you take that painting?"


    "I don''t know what you''re talking about," Zhenyi said in exasperation. She paused for a moment to let Ming Jia calm her anger down and added," Let''s answer each other''s questions, Godma. I''m sure you need the answer to yours badly just like I need for mine."


    Ming Jia red at the phone in her hand. "You! You! You really outsmarted me this time!" She huffed and puffed for a long time and then spoke," Fire away!"


    "I just have one question," Zhenyi said nonchntly. "Who''s that woman to my Jie?"


    "Why would a woman who has a connection with Ah-Shaan be rted to your husband?" Ming Jia asked her instead.


    "So, you agree that she is rted to Ah-Shaan?" Zhenyi retorted.


    Ming Jia was at a loss for words. She realized that she fell straight into Zhenyi''s ns.


    "Why do you think that woman is rted to your husband in any way?" Ming Jia asked Zhenyi confusedly. As far as she knew, that woman was certainly not rted to Long Jie. She came into Ah-Shaan''s life after Long Jie''s birth. Then how could he be rted to that woman?"


    "Because, Godma, in the painting that I found in Long Ah-Shaan''s room, that woman is wearing a ring on the ring finger of her left hand," Zhenyi said pointing at something.


    "What does it have to do with Long Jie?"


    "It has everything to do with my Jie, Godma. Do you know where that ring is now?" Zhenyi questioned her.


    "How would I know?" Ming Jia asked her.


    "It''s on my finger, Godma," Zhenyi whispered,


    stunning thetter. She was staring at her finger where the ring was worn."As my engagement ring. My Jie was carrying this ring in his wallet, why? He had no intention of giving it to someone if I hadn''t refused the gold ring that time. Why is this matter involving him? Are you hiding something from me?"


    Having no answer for Zhenyi questions, Ming Jia just disconnected the call.


    ''I hope one day you will answer my questions. Until then, I will dig into this Long Ah-Shaan.'' Zhenyi said to herself.


    A knock on the door was heard and a momentter, a young woman dressed in maid uniform came.


    "Mrs. Long, would you like to take tea here or in the garden? Elder Matriarch wishes to know," the girl said with a pleasant smile, though inwardly she was cowering under Zhenyi''s chilling gaze.


    "In the room, please."


    Zhenyi went to freshen up and when she came back, she saw the same maid setting up the tray. Her room probably had the best view. She enjoyed looking out of the window whenever she was bored.


    She gestured to the maid to leave and saw she was about to pick up the cup, her gaze fell on a yellow note hidden beneath the tray. An ordinary person wouldn''t have noticed it but she did.


    She unfolded the note and it read as...


    ''XIN ZHENYI, you were told not to dig up the skeleton of the past. Especially the ones that have nothing to do with you.


    The skeletons of the past are buried for a reason, but you didn''t listen to anyone.


    I have my eyes on you. Always. I''m here to stop you from letting fate y this sick and twisted game.


    Since you also love ying games so much then this Young Master will tell you how they are yed.


    You shouldn''t have poked your nose. You will regret it. If not, I''ll make you regret it.


    For every mistake you willmit, I will punish you. Be ready to receive the punishment.''


    Zhenyi''s eyes widened in shock as she read the message written on the yellow note.


    Throwing the note on the floor, she ran towards the door to see who dropped it there.


    "Ada!"


    A momentter, Ada appeared but she was surprised to see a fierce Zhenyi.


    "Boss!"


    "Investigate the maid that brought me the tea just now. Inquire if she was paid to drop the note in the tray. Now!"


    Ada came out of shock and ran to investigate the matter as soon as possible.


    Zhenyi then returned to her room, deep in thought. Did someone see her in Long Ah-Shaan''s room? She made sure to wipe all the evidence. Even Long Wei, the tech genius, couldn''t find anything wrong. Her n was wless. Who saw her there?


    She was not afraid of the one who sent her the note. She just wanted to know who was behind it.


    Her eyes fell on the note again. As she unfolded it to read it again, she found that the words printed on the note vanished as if they were not here in the first ce. She was sure it was the same note, but how on earth did the printed words disappear?

 Chapter 253 - Awakening...

    Somewhere in China.


    In the middle of tall trees and snow-d mountains, a centuries-old temple was built by the saint who was said to be blessed by heaven.


    Inside the said temple, a priest who was supposed to be in slumber for the next few years, opened his eyes today.


    To say that other priests were shocked when the high priest awakened would be an understatement.


    [He was not sleeping literally. He was in DHY¨¡NA.]


    The Tang family, which had been supporting the temple for as long as it was established, had done everything possible to awaken the high priest but nothing worked.


    The high priest was not asleep in literal meaning. It was said that fifteen years ago something tragic happened and he had been meditating ever since.


    So, what changed today that the high priest left his mediation?


    Was it the end of the Tang family?


    Or some other cmity was waiting for them?


    The high priest''s gaze fell over the people who were now kneeling before him, their heads bowed.


    "Rise," his voice rang and everyone looked up.


    Later, a great veneration was held inside the temple after the high priest woke up from his deep slumber as the people serving inside the shrine used to say. It was a happy asion as much as it was rming.


    ***


    After a few hours...


    "High Priest, it''s a miracle that you are awakened before the due time--" Another priest, who was only subordinate to the High Priest in rank, said. He had been in charge of the temple and its associated shrines since the High Priest was immersed in mediation (DHY¨¡NA). Since the High Priest was not essible, he had been looking into the matters of the Tang family.


    "When was the due time?" The High priest who was now dressed in red clothes raised the question.


    "When you will discover who will shoulder the responsibilities of the Tang family next. High Priest, Lord Ryuu was raised as the leader because you have said in the prophecy that Lady Tang''s life was short, and she was born for the greater good of the n. It was not her destiny to rule the family. She was born to give birth to excellent children who will correct the mistakesmitted by their ancestors."


    The Priest''s words reminded the high Priest that Tang Reine was indeed dead. Such a pity that would die the day her third child woulde into this world. However, it was said that the unborn child died with the mother while saving her second child. Only God Himself knew if it was true or not.


    "Who will shoulder the responsibilities of the family, High priest? Lord Ryuu declined to sire any heir. The bloodline of this n will end with him. What would be the purpose of our living if we fail to direct them?"


    The priest''s words caught the High Priest''s attention.


    "Our purpose of living is already defined by God Himself. Giving direction to the Tang n was the choice our ancestors made many years ago and passed on to us as our duty. If they end, we end with them. However, you shouldn''t worry about it."


    A smile bloomed on the High Priest''s face as he added.


    "I regained consciousness when I saw a me. A me that will give direction to them." He thanked Almighty God in his heart for providing him the much-needed guidance. ''She is here. We do not need to worry about the end of a lineage. A very brave mother has given birth to her. We will be meeting her soon." However, he didn''t add it out loud as he felt it was not right to reveal the matter.


    ''A rare blessing she is born with. The blessing which her ancestors abandoned many years ago,'' the High priest said in his heart. With a smile, he looked above. ''Tang Reine, wherever you''re, see the blessing your third child was supposed to be born with is bestowed to someone else too. A blessing by God Himself himself. Your sacrifice didn''t end up in vain. You embraced death wholeheartedly and the Almighty God is giving back what was taken from your family. I pray that this time instead of abandoning this blessing, they will embrace it with a whole heart.''


    "What else has happened during the time I was not here?" the High Priest asked a whileter.


    "Lady Tang''s daughter married someone arranged by the family," the other priest informed.


    "Presumptuous!" The High priest eximed, which was rare for a calm man like him. "Did the Xin family not ask for any advice from the temple?"


    "No," the other priest said. "She had been promised to another man since she was a child. It happened after Lady Tang''s death--"


    "Was Xin Yichen not informed that the people carrying Tang blood in their veins couldn''t just marry anyone! If they marry the wrong person, they will never be able to sire children."


    The High priest was angry. He had told thete King many years ago to raise all the children of Tang Reine himself. It would have been better if they all were raised as Tangs instead of Xins. However, the stubborn and willful Tang Reine refused. She wanted Xin Yichen to raise Zhenyi as her daughter was a part of her who would always stay with her father if she didn''t manage to survive after her third child. And the same thing happened which Tang Reine had predicted.


    ''You were killed by the traitors for a cause, Tang Reine. What will you do if they target their daughters? I''m sure that they have already been targeted.''


    "Lord Ryuu will be marrying by the end of this month, High Priest. His wife has been chosen by Lady Tang as per your rmendation ."


    The High Priest turned his gaze to look at the other priest in disbelief. "I never rmended any bride for Lord Ryuu to Lady Tang. How could he marry--"


    ''When there is already an heir?''


    However, the High Priest didn''t say those words out loud.


    ''It seems that I have been out for too long. What havoc was about to be wrecked, Buddha?'' He asked the question in his heart while looking at the gray sky.

 Chapter 254 - Cure To Fayes Illness

    "Mr. Long, little princess''s fever is not going down," Faye''s nanny said in a worried voice when the little princess''s body temperature didn''t go down after another night.


    To Long Jie''s dismay, doctors were of no help and he still couldn''t reach Feng Siyan''s phone.


    " What does Dr. William have to say about it?" Long Jie asked the nanny. Many top pediatricians were brought in a single day and none of them could diagnose Faye''s condition. It was as if doctors hadn''t heard about such illness ever.


    Yet, they were very much intrigued by this rare disease they had not heard of before. However, Long Jie outrightly refused to let Faye be their new experimental project.


    "He is not able to diagnose the illness either," the nanny said in a worried voice. " As I said before, it''s not the first time that the little princess''s body temperature rose all of a sudden. However, it was always Mr. Feng who would stay with the little princess when that happens. Please try to get Mr. Feng on the phone, only he knows the cure to her sudden illness."


    Faye''s nanny wasn''t only an ordinary babysitter. She was the best in this field. Of course, the best would be brought for Lord Tang''s daughter.


    Long Jie sighed. He had been trying to reach Feng Siyan''s phone but thetter was unreachable.


    ''God, help me get Feng Siyan on the phone at least for once.''


    As if God could hear his words, his subordinate came anxiously towards him.


    "Sir, Mr. Gu has been trying to call you.He asked me to inform you to pick up your phone. I''m afraid it seems urgent."


    As Long Jie heard his subordinate saying, he immediately looked for his phone, and indeed Gu Tian had called him a few times.


    He quickly called back.


    "Ah-Jie?" Feng Siyan''s tense voice was heard. "Her body temperature is still not going down?"


    "No. The doctors are doing everything possible --"


    Before Long Jie couldplete his sentence, Feng Siyan spoke, shocking Long Jie even more. What did he mean by it? Surely, he was Lord Tang''s most trusted subordinate but this¡­.


    "Send them back quickly!"


    "Ah-Siyan--"


    "I know you are shocked by what I said," Feng Siyan said, taking a deep breath. "But Ah-Jie, what I''m trying to tell you may sound strange. Heck, it may even sound like I''ve lost my mind but it is the truth."


    "Ah-Jie, little princess''s condition is not caused by any disease. It''s not the first time something like this has happened to her...Her body temperature rises as her anger level rises¡­ She is angry and if we don''t do anything right now, she can end up falling sick for real this time."


    "You''re not making any sense," Long Jie said after a long time. "But I''m willing to believe you because it is you who said this."


    Somewhere far from them, Feng Siyan''s usual rigid face softened; however, the pang of pain in his eyes was not mistaken.


    ''Master, please wake up. Little princess may end up burning herself this time.'' Feng Siyan said in his heart, chuckling to herself.'' You know it is not possible for her to burn herself yet every time her body temperature rises, you will always be there with her to make sure she won''t end up burning herself. Please wake up. She needs you again. Please, Master. We all need you. We don''t know how to live in a world where you don''t exist.''


    "Ah-Siyan?" Long Jie''s voice jolted Feng Siyan from his dreand.


    Feng Siyan cleared his throat and his demeanor went back to ice cold like before.


    "Soak her in cold water and try to talk to her. Try to know what triggered her anger this time," Feng Siyan said. He paused for a moment to think about something. "And...it will be tough for you to know the reason as you won''t find a crease on her face which will tell you that she is anything but calm. But don''t take her serene face seriously, she has learned at a young age to copy Master''s rxed expressions. Go, Ah-Jie."


    "Okay," Long Jie said. "I''ll talk to youter."


    He intended to keep his conversation with Feng Siyan short because he didn''t want Faye to suffer more. Even Feng Siyan told him the most bizarre reason for Faye''s condition. He was willing to believe it for now, because there was nothing else he could believe.


    ***


    "Angel, will you tell your uncle what''s troubling you?" Long Jie asked her. He clicked his tongue falling for the fifth time straight. There was not even a ripple in her eyes which could tell she was hearing him.


    Right now, Faye was soaking in ice-cold water as per Feng Siyan''s instructions in the bathtub.


    Nobody was in sight, not even her nanny except for Long Jie.


    Although there was no expression on Faye''s face, yet he could tell that she was in pain.


    If Faye could speak she would have quickly retorted,''what''s pain?''


    And as for why Long Jie was calling Faye "Angel", he didn''t know what else to call her. The air of purity and innocence around the little girlpelled him to call her " Angel."


    He touched her forehead again, and it didn''t feel like her temperature had lessened if not increased.


    "Would you like to talk to your dad?" Long Jie tried once again and he swore that he saw a flicker in her eyes.


    He got the cue he was waiting for so long.


    "Well, I won''t take you to your dad," Long Jie said, shrugging his shoulders. He behaved as if he didn''t care. "You won''t tell me why you are angry and I won''t take you to your dad!"


    He was sitting on the edge of the bathtub, negotiating with the littlest Tang.


    ''Sometimes when a soft approach fails, you gotta take a hard approach.''


    This was the ideology Long Jie was going to follow.

 Chapter 255 - A Warm Dream

    "Soak for a while, I''ll be waiting for you outside, '''' Long Jie said as he tried to stand up. '''' Faye doesn''t need Uncle Jie. So, Uncle Jie will just go outside. You just want your Uncle Ah-Siyan to take you to your dad, so be it."


    This time he didn''t call her "Angel."


    As he was about to stand up, he felt a tug on his shirt. He turned to find Faye stopping him from leaving but he chose to y oblivious.


    How said he couldn''t y dumb for the littlest Tang?


    "What happened? Are you feeling cold?"Long Jie furrowed his brow as if he didn''t know what she wanted to express.


    Faye''s face and eyes were nk as usual but Long Jie could feel pain written on her face. All he wanted was to hug her but he also understood that she needed to express herself. She needed to tell whenever she was in pain. It hurt him to see her in pain but it was thest resort he was left with.


    ''Sorry, Angel. But it''s important for you. You need to break all the chains that are stopping you from expressing yourself.''


    He looked at her again as she refused to lose her clutch on his shirt and asked," Are you feeling cold, Faye?"


    Faye shook her head. Yes, Faye actually shook her head.


    One point for Long Jie. He grinned inwardly. At least, she said something.


    "You want me to leave?" He asked her.


    She shook her head again.


    ''Good good! Feng Siyan, you aren''t the only one she talks to! I can talk to my Angel too.''


    "Okay. If you don''t want me to leave. Then, tell me, are you angry?" Long Jie questioned her softly as he wiped the wet hair tendrils off her face. She reminded him of Zhenyi in some way. Yes, she reminded him of his Zhenyi.


    Apparently, Faye and his Cat-eyes had the same eye shape which was a very unique feature because Asians usually didn''t have such eye shapes. He wondered if they (Faye and Zhenyi) were rted somehow. However, hers are green in color and Zhenyi''s are a mixture of many.


    "Are you angry, Faye?" Long Jie again asked him in a gentle voice.


    Usually, this kind of gentleness was only reserved for his Cat eyes!


    Faye looked at him with an expression that said she was confused.


    Long Jie sighed. Of course, she didn''t know she was angry.


    "You don''t know what anger is?" He asked her.


    She shook her head.


    "Do you feel like you are losing control over your usual behavior?"


    She nodded her head.


    "You want something so badly but you are not getting it and as a result, you want to break things?"


    She half shook and half nodded her head.


    "You want to express yourself so badly?"


    She again nodded her head.


    "You clench your hands or grind your teeth to stop yourself?"


    She half shook and half nodded her head.


    "These signs mean you are angry, Angel. It''s not a bad thing. Getting angry is a way of expressing yourself with your emotions. But at the cost of your health? It''s silly. Really, I want to spoil like your Uncle Siyan too, but if your Aunt Zhenyi or even usually nuts Esma got to know that I did something like this. Trust me, they will beat me."


    Realization hit Long Jie like Zhenyi''s punch and Esma''s unique and innovative curses.


    "You are angry because you can''t meet your dad?" Long Jie questioned the little Angel.


    Faye nodded slowly.


    "Why did you not tell me or someone else?" Long Jie softly reprimanded her.


    If she was some other kid, she would have at least lowered her head or cried out, but she was Tang Faye, she looked straight into Long Jie''s eye. There was nothing in her eyes except the words ''How would I? I can''t talk like you people.''


    However, Long Jie was relieved to see that. Just like his Cat eyes, this Angel loves talking through her eyes. What was the use of words when you could talk through eyes? One just needs to learn thisnguage.


    Like a strict parent, Long Jie spoke," There are thousands of ways to speak without using words, Angel. Words are not reliable all the time. Sometimes, we have to speak through anguage that doesn''t require words. You could have hugged me, I would have understood your need for your dad. Baby, I don''t want you to lose yourself without your voice. Your silence speaks louder. You just have to learn to use it. Are you understanding me?"


    Faye nodded, looking straight into Long Jie''s eyes.


    "Now, we will talk to your Dad when our little Angel will learn to control her Anger. Remember, it''s not a bad thing, but it turns into something destructive when you let it umte deep inside you. It eats you. We will learn how to control anger, Okay?"


    Faye nodded her head.


    Joy hit him when Faye agreed. He just knew who could help him with it. He had the right person in his mind to help Faye. Yet, he didn''t know how anger could raise her body temperature.


    "We will be meeting dad soon." Long Jie announced and Faye felt like bursting with happiness, though the expressions on her face were nk.


    He took Faye out of the chilly water which was now hotter than the normal temperature. He wrapped the fluffy bunny in a white towel. He dried her shoulder-length hair with another towel as he tried to avoid using a hairdryer and it actually worked. And Lord knew how his heart warmed at the sight of the cute fluffy princess.


    Later Faye''s nanny helped her to change into a new outfit.


    Long Jie med himself for not being able to converse with her. It was his fault that the little princes had to suffer so much. Only if he had been more understanding.


    "I''m sorry, Angel," Long Jie whispered as he sing her to sleep.


    And, after a very long time, Faye had a peaceful sleep. She felt as if her father was with her to protect her from all the monsters. He always ys the monsters and this time was no different.


    She dreamt about the mother she had only seen in picture that his father carry in his wallet. She felt that she was experiencing the warmth and tenderness of the mother which she had never experienced before.


    She also saw her father in a dream and as she watched him smiling at her like the sun spreading light and warmth, she whispered," Ru."

 Chapter 256 - Boss Zhenyi Is Back!

    [Long Mansion]


    Zhenyi was enjoying tea along with some tarts, sitting on the chair ced in the middle of the room,she chose to relish the joy of watching the show orchestrated solely by her.


    ''Sigh. Being the madam of the house is no easy job. I must bepensated ordingly by my Jie.''


    Ada, who was standing behind Zhenyi couldn''t help but feel like vomiting. How on earth was her boss able to eat when such a heinous scene was ying before her eyes? She had never regretted anything in life. But she did regret working for Zhenyi.


    "Zhenyi, she is ready to talk!" Long Yuan said proudly. He was about to leave for London a few days back but at thest moment, Long Jie asked him to stay in Beijing to take care of other matters since Wei wasn''t there either.


    "I quite like her well-maintained nails," Zhenyi said, cing the teacup on the table in a very elegant and graceful way. Such elegance and grace only came out whenever she was in a mood for some adventure.


    The tattereddy who was sprawled over the floor looked up to nce at Zhenyi. Blood was oozing from the corner of her mouth. She was shivering by the thought of what barbarity these crazy people would inflict on her. Yet, a bit of fight was left in her. Even if she died, she wouldn''t open her mouth.


    When she heard Zhenyi said that she liked her nails. She felt as if life was leaving her body bit by bit. She just knew what wasing next.


    Apparently, her death was far, so far.


    Zhenyi took a bite of the tart as she closed her eyes to savor its heavenly taste. ''Truly, nothing couldpete with Grandma Mian''s special almond tarts.''


    ''Only if my Jie was here to share it with me.''


    She opened her eyes and uttered the words which the disgraceful woman was anticipating," Rip her nails off!"


    [Ladies and gentleman, our boss is back! The Xin Zhenyi is back!]


    Long Yuan gestured to Gong to do what her boss ordered. Gong Just sneered at him and muttered ''Nasty Long'' under his breath, and then looked at Zhenyi with twinkling eyes. He wanted his boss to praise him.


    Apparently, Long soldiers and Xin soldiers were not on good terms. In front of their respective bosses, they would be on good terms but when their bosses were not in sight, they would go back to how they were from the very beginning-- enemies.


    The room where all of them had gathered was the underground ce beneath the Long Mansion. It was half the size of the mansion itself, but it was way safer than the mansion. All the confidential meetings rted to the outfit were done here. Not that everyone coulde here. Since Zhenyi was now one of them, she was allowed to enter it. And as for Gong, he was specially called by her and so he was given entry with special measures. Still, he could enter only the underground basement where bloody tasks were done.


    For instance, interrogation, holding captives, sometimes a little bit of killings too, etc¡­(mostly the trivial activities rted to the outfit.)


    "Ah¡­." the painful shrieks of the woman were heard. "Please¡­.don''t...please¡­" she was whimpering and sobbing badly.


    ''The scent of iron in the air is just wow!''


    Now one would wonder what wrong had this womanmitted toe across as Zhenyi''s enemy? The woman was no one else but the maid who had served tea to Zhenyi yesterday. For a second, she really dared to think that she would try to y Zhenyi and she would be spared? She was nuts! Truly nuts!


    Finally, Zhenyi was done with the tea. She threw one nce at Ada, whose face resembled that of a ghost''s- White and Ashen. She inwardly shook her head. Well, Ada deserved it. She almost missed this maid yesterday because of Esma again. This Esma, she would deal with that third-grade bad girl again. However, in the end, shepleted her mission and managed to protect her head from getting ughtered-- caught the maid.


    Zhenyi stood up and strode towards the disheveled woman whose hands were now painted with blood. She was sobbing. She should actually. If she wouldn''t, how would she remember in her next seven lives that she shouldn''t cross Xin Zhenyi? It was a lesson for the next seven lives too.


    The woman heard the click of the heels against the concrete again and then, it suddenly stopped. She refused to look up. She abstained to look at what death looks like.


    With the tip of her high heel, Zhenyi made her look at her. She was wearing a fitted two-piece emerald suit. The woman who was forced to nce at Zhenyi felt like grim reapers could carry green so well. For her, green was now the color of death.


    "Let''s make it short," Zhenyi said." I''m gettingte for the office. You don''t want tomit another crime by making mete for office, do you?"


    "Y-you''re a d-devil''s daughter¡­" the woman spat out.


    "Gong!" Zhenyi suddenly said.


    "Boss!" Like a good pet, Gong suddenly appears before Zhenyi.


    "Cut off her tongue too after she is done giving us the much-needed answers!" Zhenyi informed him. ''No one gets to call my parents names and get done with it.''


    Long Yuan threw a dirty look at the maid again. ''What was the need to mess with her when you knew she was the devil''s daughter? Furthermore, Uncle Yichen is a lot better than his devilish daughter.''


    "Are you answering my questions or not!" This time Zhenyi asked the maid in a thundering voice. The maid broke into tears.


    ''What a weakling!''


    "Please¡­"


    She pushed the maid with her heel and as a result, the maid fell on her head. Blood trickled down her forehead.


    "Even my heel is capable of killing you, woman. Do you think that I need to use my hands to end you?" Zhenyi spoke again. "But let me tell you, if I take your life, I won''t stop until I kill your entire family. You awakened the hidden monster inside of me, woman and now you must bear the consequences!"


    "Let me ask you again, who asked you to ce that letter in the tray?" Zhenyi asked her in a threatening tone.


    "I don''t know¡­ I really don''t know¡­ I received the note with a wad of cash¡­ I was blinded by the greed, Young madam. I thought that Elder Madam would be happy with me¡­"


    The maid''s answer confirmed Zhenyi''s suspicion. Indeed, whoever this young master was...he had nned everything meticulously.


    Zhenyi was familiar with the fact that the maid knew nothing from the very beginning as the scene when she epted the package containing the note and the cash, it was captured in the CCTV camera.


    ''Seems like the Young Master deliberately didn''t avoid the cameras. Sigh! What on earth does he want from me?''


    She just tortured her to set the example that she was not the one to be messed with.


    _____


    [Well, you can send me gifts if you like!?]

 Chapter 257 - A Message From Young Master

    Zhenyi came out of the underground basement followed by Ada and Long Yuan a whileter.


    "I''ve investigated the maid''s background. I didn''t find anything suspicious," Long Yuan said as he passed the tablet to Zhenyi. He still couldn''t get why this particr maid took the job when she knew that she would end up getting killed.


    Zhenyi gave it a single nce before passing it back to him. "Isn''t it normal? She, among all the other maids, was chosen for a specific reason. I just can''t understand what it actually is."


    "I''ll keep investigating this case," Long Yuan said solemnly. "By the way, was the note life threatening?"


    Zhenyi froze for a moment before going back to normal, "Something close to it."


    Long Yuan nodded. He understood the gravity of the matter. It was fine if she didn''t want to share with anyone.


    "Ada, go to Xin mansion. Make sure all the things I need will be brought here. Mrs. Xie will be arriving here at noon. You will train under her for a month," Zhenyi informed her. She didn''t trust the staff of Long Mansion, and this maid proved it right that she shouldn''t trust them either.


    As Long Yuan saw that Ada had left, he raised a question that was troubling him for a long time now. "Your help is not reliable. Why not get rid of her when you can get the perfect person for this position?"


    Zhenyi suddenly smiled at Long Yuan. Her smile was a genuine one, not her signature mocking smile. "I can get rid of her anytime I want. But I won''t find someone as useful as her again."


    "I don''t understand¡­" Long Yuan was honestly confused by Zhenyi''s answer and her civil behavior. Did she forget that they are not on good terms?


    "She will end her life rather than betraying me," Zhenyi said, staring at Ada''s back. "You know why?" Long Yuan shook his head. "Because she is Jin Ada. Her father taught her what it means to give someone her loyalty."


    Of course, Zhenyi knew who Jin Ada''s father was. She was rather shocked to find the biological father of Jin Ada.


    She turned to Long Yuan and softly patted his shoulders," You did a good job."


    Cao Feng emerged beside Zhenyi and handed something to Zhenyi. She had asked Cao Feng to bring him something.


    She tossed something at Long Yuan. Thanks to his quick reflexes, he caught it in his palm before it could hit his already injured nose. When he opened his palm, he was astonished to see... a car key.


    "Don''t run the wheels of your brain too much."


    "Well...what is this?" Long Yuan asked when he recovered from his initial shock.


    "Look by yourself!" With this Zhenyi was gone.


    ***


    Long Yuan''s cell phone started ringing and when he saw it was his brother calling, he cursed loudly.


    However, he picked up the call and greeted him in a very sickly sweet voice.


    "First brother!"


    "How''s everything back at home?" Long Jie inquired.


    "Everything is alright since you left me here to take care of everything," Long Yuan answered proudly. He gave a full report to his brother about the happenings that had taken ce during his absence. He also told Long Jie about the maid incident. And as anticipated, Long Jie got furious and a little sad too as Zhenyi hadn''t informed him first.


    "Your wife is really weird," Long Yuan said after some time. He still couldn''t understand why Zhenyi gave him the car keys. Was she trying to buy his loyalty? If she thought she could win him over like Zhao Meilin, she was very, very wrong.


    "What did my Cat-eyes do this time?" Long Jie asked with a sigh. "And stop calling her weird. She is extraordinary. You ordinary people won''t understand it."


    "You''re whipped, brother," Long Yuan said while rolling his eyes. "She gave me car keys all of a sudden. And when I asked her what it was. She said look by yourself. Isn''t it called being weird?"


    "My Cat-eyes is a low-key phnthropist. You won''t understand," Long Jie retorted with a smile.


    Long Yuan pped his forehead,'' There is no chance of repairing his insane parts. He is utterly,pletely, and irrevocably in love with that devilish Zhenyi.''


    ***


    Zhenyi was reviewing some documents when her phone rang. She kept the file side and looked at the phone screen.


    A message came from an unknown number.


    ''The maid is probably dead by now, isn''t she? You are so predictable, Xin Zhenyi. This Young Master is finding the game too boring.


    Let''s level up this game between you and this handsome Young Master.


    Don''t bother with the maid''s background. She is as clean as a pure maiden.


    Poor Song Lily, you killed her pawn. She won''t be very happy.


    TIME FOR PUNISHMENT, XIN ZHENYI. This Young Master takes lessons and punishment very seriously.''


    Zhenyi was not shocked to receive the message. To be honest, she was anticipating this Young Master to contact her. Why did she have a feeling that he was more of a trouble than she thinks?


    However, keeping all the doubts stirring in her heart aside, she messaged Cao Feng.


    ''Get information about this number. Even if you don''t find anything, keep digging.''


    She heaved out a sigh. She knew that the other party was not an idiot. If he dared to message her on her private number, he would have taken note of all the pros and cons beforehand. She was very much sure that they wouldn''t find anything about this number. Still, she asked Cao Feng to investigate it.


    All of a sudden, the door to Zhenyi''s office opened, and in came an astonished Fan Bingbing with aptop in her hand.


    "Zhenyi!"


    "What happened?" Zhenyi asked her. Although she had a premonition in her heart.


    "A scandal!"


    Fan Bingbing yed the video which she received in Zhenyi''s emails.


    A ghostly robotic voice spoke, "PUNISHMENT TIME, XIN ZHENYI."

 Chapter 258 - The Rumoured Fiance

    The elevator door opened and Du Zheng came out along with his secretary. He kept walking and beside him, his secretary was narrating his daily schedule. It seemed like he was booked for the day. As they reached the presidential secretariat, Du Zheng stopped abruptly, startling the poor secretary. He saw junior Secretaries staring at him oddly. He turned to his chief secretary to find out what the matter was.


    Although he knew that it had something to do with the news circting, still it shouldn''t affect people as it looked like it did. He was often mentioned in the gossip sites due to his heavenly looks and association with beauties belonging to all the fields.


    Yet, the news which was circting this morning was stunning more people than ever.


    "President Du, we have a meeting scheduled at 9. Why don''t you go ahead and let me deal with it?" His secretary asked with a professional smile. She knew how difficult it was to work under a difficult man like him. As for dealing with scandals, it was a regr affair for her now. President Du loved ying with beauties, what could she do!


    As Du Zheng entered his office, he noticed someone already sitting on his chair. Anger -- it was all he felt. It appeared like his forehead vein could burst anytime. He could tolerate anything but not someone taking what was his! He wondered who had the death wish.


    Someone actually dared to covet Du Zheng''s throne-like chair! It was presumptuous!


    "Do you know how tall the grass had grown by the grave of thest man who dared to do such a thing?"Du Zheng stared at the person who was upying his chair as his own. He didn''t know who this person was,as the backside of the chair was facing him. He had yet to see the face of the person he was going to kill.


    " Stupid! So stupid!" The person sitting on the chair tsked at him as if he was an annoying fly. Well, he was. The chair revolved and the face of the interloper became apparent to Du Zheng.


    Xin Zhenyi. The infuriating woman! She was sitting on his chair as if she was a queen and his chair was her throne.


    "What the hell are you doing here?" Du Zheng gritted out.


    "Just wondering how waste ofnd it would be to bury your corpse in a grave," Zhenyi said nonchntly, her cherry-painted lips formed into a smile. "Don''t you think so my dear rumored fiance?"


    ''Why waste a piece ofnd when she could just throw his corpse in a river to feed the fishes?''


    That damned Young Master caused the scandal for no reason. Was it her so-called punishment? No, it was only a way to infuriate her. He was doing all the things she was finding troublesome. And she had a feeling that he would not be stopping here. She had another hunch in her heart that it was not theplete punishment. He was hell-bent on infuriating her.


    Didn''t that Young Master know how much she disliked this Du Zheng? And what did he attain by spreading the rumors that Du family and the Xin family were forming an alliance through a wedding? Not only this but an unofficial announcement was also made -- Xin Yichen''s sole heir of Xin family (the family of the former president) to tie the knot with the business magnate Du Zheng.


    In the same article, it was also penned that Xin Zhenyi would have been a perfect candidate for marriage to the business tycoon Long Jie if the rtionship between the two business houses was smooth and he wasn''t already married as rumors were implying.


    When she read the article, she was so furious that she would have already shot the writer if not for Fan Bingbing''s insistence to let her deal with the matter.


    The so-called scandal was taken down within the next few minutes after it was uploaded on the inte. However, she had clearly underestimated that Young Master. He was doing everything in his control to not let this matter be suppressed and he was proving to be sessful to some extent. For every post that was taken down, ten more would emerge soon after, and when those ten would be taken down, ten times more would again emerge.


    He was doing it for fun. He wanted to tell her that she was not invincible as she imed.


    "Xin Zhenyi, do not forget your limits!" If Du Zheng didn''t talk, Zhenyi would have forgotten that he was standing before her while she was sitting on his chair-- the chair he considered his throne.


    To be honest, she wanted to meet this Du Zeng face to face for once in her life.


    Zhenyi blinked at him innocently," Limits? What does it mean? I haven''t been taught by my B¨¤ what they are and how to stay within limits."


    Du Zheng had never met a woman who could get on his nerves so easily. He closely scrutinized her face because earlier he was never given the chance. He wanted to experience what it felt like to tame the Tigress called Xin Zhenyi. He wanted to taste this tigress once before hunting her.


    The prey hade to his cave willingly and how could he let her go? He walked in her direction, as he was a foot away from her, he ced his arms on the table and stared at her face closely. He wanted to do this for a long time.


    He hadn''t seen a woman so beautiful. God had taken His time while creating her. Her exquisite oval face appeared even more fascinating with her unique cat-shaped eyes. Truly, if eye disorder being so attractive had a definition, it would be Xin Zhenyi.


    She was the epitome of beauty; a beauty that once he hadn''t ever beholden before, temptation; a temptation that he wasn''t able to resist, and ruination; she would be his ruination.

 Chapter 259 - Long Jie:Caveman

    Now his face was only a few inches away from hers and he whispered in a sensual voice," You know what''s called being in the limit, Zhenyi. I can conquer you right here but I won''t. You know why?" Seeing that Zhenyi had no intention to reply, he added," Because I want you to lose everything to me, your heart, your soul, and your...body voluntarily."


    As Du Zheng was about to bring his mouth closer to hers, Zhenyi''s phone rang. She picked up the call but didn''t break eye contact with him. And he was still in the same posture.


    "Hello," Zhenyi said as soon as she picked up the phone. She had yet to know who the caller was.


    "Cat eyes, how are you?" A smile bloomed on Zhenyi''s face as she heard Long Jie''s voice.


    On the other hand, Du Zheng was stunned to see such a beautiful smile on Zhenyi''s face. And not to mention, her scary eyes turned sparkling all of a sudden. He heard a masculine voiceing from the phone but didn''t know what the other person said that brought a huge smile to Xin Zhenyi''s face.


    "Better now that I''ve heard your voice," Zhenyi''s reply was cheesy. "How are you? I''ve been waiting for your call yesterday, but it seems you forgot me."


    "So dramatic," Long Jie softly reprimanded her. He turned cheesy all of a sudden, stunning Zhenyi. "Can someone forget his life? My beautiful wife, you''re my life. Don''t forget. I can forget me for a second but not you." He heaved out a suffering sigh and said," I''m missing you, Love. I wish you were here with me."


    Zhenyi sadly smiled. ''I wish I was there with you too. But with Ryuu''s wedding, I can''te to you.'' But she didn''t say it out loud.


    Du Zheng was seeing all the emotions on her face clearly. He wondered which person was making this ck-hearted queen into something very different? He wanted her to wake up with his name on her mouth and sleep with his name in her heart.


    He didn''t love her but he wanted to conquer her. He knew that he was a sick bastard, but did he care? Absolutely not!


    "Just finish your work there ande home," Zhenyi said in a sweet voice. "I''m waiting for you."


    Her soft and numb voice made Long Jie shiver. His Cat eye''s sweet voice could cure cancer and brought floods to the desert. He must be the only one hearing her talking coquettishly. It was a new side to her and he intended to keep it reserved only for him.


    Just like Long Jie, Du Zheng felt that this woman was not Xin Zhenyi but her imposter. He was now staring at her wide-eyed. He held up his breath and in the exceptional quiet environment, he could hear the attractive voice of the man Zhenyi was talking to.


    Did she know that her beautybined with her coy actions could ruin any man? Heck, if she was the damnation. Men would be willing to make her their own.


    At this time, Zhenyi had forgotten why she was in Du Zheng''s office. Ugh. Long Jie was not good for Zhenyi''s sanity.


    "What are you doing?" Long Jie asked her.


    "Just dealing with this fiance of mine," Zhenyi said nonchntly.


    Du Zheng froze. Did she acknowledge him as her fiance? Too bad, he couldn''t marry anyone but his butterfly. Speaking of his butterfly, he didn''t know why she resembled Xin Zhenyi. It was also one of the reasons why he felt like conquering Xin Zhenyi. Perhaps, his butterfly would ept his feelings if she felt that Zhenyi was a danger to her position in his heart.


    Moreover, he used to have a model girlfriend who also resembled Xin Zhenyi.


    Probably, Du Zheng didn''t know the effect of fiancement on the man on the other side of the phone, but Zhenyi knew how Long Jie would react. He was a caveman thorough and thorough and was very possessive of her.


    Long Jie sighed angrily. He asked her to stay away from the troubles for the time being, didn''t he? Did she ever listen to him? And how was this new fiance of hers?


    "Who is this fiance of yours, Mrs. Long?" Long Jie questioned her in an excessively sweet voice. "Hmm? Are you nning on cheating on your only husband?"


    She leaned against the seat. "You don''t trust me, Jie?"


    Long Jie froze. Did he hurt her again?


    "Love, you know what you''re to me. I lose all my senses when ites to you. I''m sorry if I hurt you. See, that''s why I don''t like going away from you!"


    "It''s okay," Zhenyi said softly.


    "Still, who were you talking about?" Long Jie asked her. He was worried that B¨¤ would ask her to leave him and marry the man who was supposed to marry his cousin, Xiuying. What would he do if she ever left him? He knew that she would never betray him but still, what if they had to separate? He couldn''t bear it. He would die without her.


    Even the thought of staying away from her was agonizing.


    Thank God, Zhenyi didn''t know what Long Jie was cooking in his brain. Otherwise, Zhenyi would have certainly left her for thinking that B¨¤ would make her marry Ryuu.


    Really, love screws up once brain, heart, etc...


    "Why don''t you talk to him, Jie?" Zhenyi proposed. He knew he was burning with jealousy right now. Only the thought of him being jealous was enough to soothe her aching heart. She was getting lovesick from missing him after all." Mr. Du is just inches away from me."


    Zhenyi kept the phone on the loudspeaker.


    "Du Zheng! You are courting your death!" A threatening voice came out of Zhenyi''s phone, stunning Du Zhengpletely.


    He couldn''t forget this voice. He still remember this voice like it was just yesterday when he had heard it.


    "Mr. Long?" Du Zheng asked in a rtively calm tone. He couldn''t be Long Jie, could he?


    "No, your death!" Long Jie was ruthless with her words.


    Du Zeng subconsciously took a step back. His brain had crashed. He had stopped thinking about Long Jie''s and Zhenyi''s rtionship. How could these two....


    "I and Miss Xin are not engaged. It''s just the rumors which are saying so," Du Zeng denied. He couldn''t afford Xins and Longs as his enemies at the same time.


    ''What a rotten luck!'' Du Zeng cursed in his heart.


    "Apparently, he didn''t do anything to stop the rumors either. He letizens believe that we are indeed engaged." Zhenyi was there to add oil to the fire."And he has vowed to conquer my heart, soul, and...body."


    Long Jie saw red. "Du Zeng! I forgive youst time because I couldn''t find how you were rted to my wife''s ident. But if you dare to find trouble with her again. You won''t be answering her but me! She liked sweet and dyed revenge but I don''t have patience like her. Don''t test me by touching my woman!"


    ____


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 Chapter 260 - Taken Fancy To Him

    Du Zeng couldn''t understand why Long Jie would marry her. She was a tigress sure, but men didn''t need a tigress as a wife but a coy and delicate woman they would want to protect. Or to put it in simple words men loved showing off their power. Men like women who depend on them, not the other way round.


    [A hardworking man is called ambitious whereas a hardworking woman is calledpetitive. The heights of hypocrisy. ]


    A man such as Long Jie didn''tck women. He could get anyone he chose. So why would he marry Xin Zhenyi when he knew that after marrying her there was no escape?


    However, he still said," Mr. Long, I didn''t know Miss Xin was your woman."


    Long Jie was getting irritated now. He didn''t like this man named Du Zheng. How dare he breathe the same air as his Cat eyes?


    "It''s Mrs. Long," Long Jie reminded him. He had heardabout Du Zheng''s reputation. To him women were just a means to satisfy his lust. He would be damned if he let this bastard look at his wife with lustful eyes. He would rip off his eyeballs. "I do not care how you treat other women but when ites to my wife, make sure you stay several metres away from her. I''m a possessive man. I don''t want a man like you to breathe the same air as her. Do you understand me?"


    Of course, Du Zeng did. He was on the mission to destroy Xin family, but who would have thought that he would end up finding Long Jie''s weakness?


    ''Hahaha. The great Long Jie would be destroyed just because of you, Xin Zhenyi. He will regret marrying you.''


    ''You will be mine. Only mine.''


    Du Zeng threw a nce at Zhenyi who was staring at him with a smile. If he knew that she was smiling because of him, he would be shocked. But it was truly because of this bastard his Jie got jealous and it was not everyday that she got to see her husband being insecure. It''s good to be jealous sometimes. It''s the key to a productive rtionship after all.


    "Mr. Long, you are going overboard. Indeed, I was interested in Miss Xin, but it was before I didn''t know that she is your wife. I have no intention of going against you. Unfortunately, I can''t afford a big rival like you in my current state. After all, you made sure to break my back two months ago and I have yet to recover from that blow."


    Financial blows were more painful than physical blows.


    Zhenyi kept smiling at him.


    "Good thing you understand!" Long Jie didn''t wish to talk to him anymore. "Now give the phone back to my wife!"


    Zhenyi didn''t take any time before removing the phone from the loudspeaker.


    "Jie?"


    "Love, stop messing around." Never had Zhenyi ever thought that scolding could be so sweet and lovely. "And you could have asked Yuan to crush this mosquito? Why are you dirtying your precious hands?"


    Only if Long Jie knew that his scolding had no effect on his lovely wife.Rather she was blinking his eyes like crazies.


    He kept scolding and she kept on listening to him with a smile.


    "Mr. Long!" Zhenyi recalled that she was still sitting in Du Zheng''s office.


    "Yes, Mrs. Long?"


    "Stop finding trouble with me. And Iknow why you called. So, I will call youter."


    "Zhen--"


    Before Long Jie could say anything, Zhenyi had cut the call.


    "Ruthless Cat eyes!" Long Jie said while punching his chest softly.


    ***


    "Never had I ever thought that I would see Long Jie and Xin Zhenyi married to each other." Du Zheng said to Zhenyi once she was done with the call.


    The smile on her face became brighter, the emerald color of her suit brought out the green of her beautiful eyes. (Her heterochromatic eyes have several colours. It changes as per the light.) However, it looked like her brightsmile coupled with those dangerous eyes were coated with ayer of venom. And how could he forget the infamous venomous tongue?


    Zhenyi leaned forward and pulled him by his tie. Du Zheng who was caught off guard thought as if Zhenyi was faking her affections with her husband but as he was about to say something, a dagger appeared out of nowhere and was positioned on his tender pale neck.


    ''What a sissy neck! It could break with a soft blow!''


    "Mr. Du, what were you offered for acting as my fiance?" Zhenyi asked him in a sweet voice. It was as if she hadn''t ced a dagger on his neck and was thinking of a thousand ways to kill a scumbag.


    "Nothing except peace," Du Zheng replied honestly. He wasn''t afraid of Zhenyi''s dagger. She didn''t have the guts to kill him. But just as this thought passed his brain, the dagger was slowly pierced into his neck. Yet, it didn''t stop Du Zeng from speaking. " Who would have thought a mere scandal would end bringing Xin Zhenyi to my door step?"


    "Easy, Mr. Du. Let me tell you, my Jie never gives idle threats," Zhenyi said. Now the blood had started oozing from his neck. " He loves staining his hands with blood as much as I do. If I''m ruthless then he is petty when ites to me. So, I suggest you take care of your life, at least for me."


    Whoever had said that "We can''t mend the bends of the dog''s tail" has never been more right. In Zhenyi''s opinion Du Zeng was the same dog whose tail bends could never be mended.


    Once a scumbag. Always a scumbag.


    "I didn''t know Miss Zhenyi had taken a fancy to me."


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 Chapter 261 - Pain And Pleasure

    Zhenyi scoffed. "Protect your life, Du Zheng. Because, I , Xin Zhenyi, am looking for a single reason to kill you. Just a single reason." She pierced the dagger into his throat a little deeper still not enough to give him any serious injuries but it would surely leave a scar. A scar was enough to remind him not to mess with her again. She continued," I don''t have limits but I do have morals to follow. Why can I say! Even people belonging to the mafiae with ethics which a scumbag like you won''t understand."


    "Don''t forget your limits, Xin Zhenyi." Du Zheng was furious. No one dared to call him a scumbag. Also, no one dared to hurt him with a dagger.


    "I told you before, I''m not taught any limits!"


    "Haha...Do you think just because you are backed by Long Jie you are invincible?"


    Zhenyi didn''t reply to his question. She pushed him and then stood up to leave.


    She came like a queen and she was leaving like one too. As she exited his office, she saw the secretaries gazing at her weirdly, and then at the dagger in her hand.


    They shivered under her scary eyes.


    Her eyes fell on a woman as she said," You are the chief secretary?" Seeing the woman nodding, Zhenyi continued. "Good, your boss might need a doctor. I told him to perform to his limits but no he was hellbent on exceeding his limits to impress me. " She saw that the secretaries were still looking at her oddly fascinated. She raised her brow and said," What are you all so shocked about? Your boss loves pleasure apanied by pain. Tsk. Tsk. Typical people, today men carve something different and exciting like inflicting pain on themselves to feel pleasure."


    She saw that the people in the presidential secretariat were horrified upon hearing the revtion.


    She widened her eyes dramatically. "Ah, you never realized it? No wonder none of you managed to capture his attention. Such a waste of good faces."


    When Zhenyi left, the chief secretary turned to look at her junior typing something on her phone solemnly, just as she saw the content on the phone screen, she immediately snatched the phone horrified.


    "What are you doing, Xiao Ci?" The chief secretary asked furiously.


    "Chief secretary, didn''t you hear what that dashingdy just said?" Xiao Ci asked her innocently. "Our boss doesn''t like conventional tools like whips and chains, he like sharp-edged tools like des, daggers--"


    "Shut up, Xiao Ci if you don''t want to be fired."


    "Hmmph!" Xiao Ci looked at the chief secretary and then at the photo which she had captured on the phone. "So handsome! I''m going to be President of that dashingdy''s fan club!"


    And just like this, a fan club for Zhenyi was started by the naive Xiao Ci.


    ***


    Since Zhenyi had promised Long Jie that she would call himter, the first thing that she did after reaching the office was to call him.


    Now they were on a video call.


    Zhenyi narrated the whole maid incident and also told about the mysterious note and the troublesome Young Master.


    Long Jie sighed after hearing the story. It was enough for him to know that the man who his wife was talking about was a dangerous one. Otherwise, it was impossible to hide from the eyes of Xins and Longs.


    There was no one they couldn''t dig through, but this Young Master was really something.


    "Cat eyes, what did you do to attract his attention?" Long Jie asked her. No one would n so meticulously against her if he had no reasons to.


    Zhenyi pressed her lips. ''I can''t lie to him. But I can''t tell him the truth either.''


    Long Jie, who read the hesitation in her eyes said, "Since you can''t say, it''s okay. You don''t have to force yourself. But stay away from trouble, okay?"


    Although she loved seeing him possessive of her, yet she didn''t like his overprotectiveness. "Jie, don''t you trust me? You think that I can''t protect myself from danger. I have always been in danger. It''s not the first time that I''m doing something like this. "


    Long Jie sighed. "I trust you the most in the world, but I don''t trust him. We don''t even know what kind of person he is." He paused and said in a suffering voice, " You may not realize how deeply your ident has scared me. Zhenyi¡­ I can''t sleep at night thinking if something happened to you again and I''m not there with you. I know that your life has always been in danger and there is nothing to fuss about. But it''s different now. You are mine now. Mine to protect, mine to worry about, and... only mine. Just remember that I can''t lose you again."


    Zhenyi felt like pulling her hair. She couldn''t win an argument against this arrogant and stubborn man. "Ugh...you always make me speechless with your cheesy talks."


    "Let me handle this crazy Young Master and you focus on the wedding, okay?" Long Jie tried another approach.


    "Actually, I have more important tasks for you than this one. I will tell youter about it." How could she let him deal with this crazy Young Master? She couldn''t tell him about Long Ah-Shaan without learning the whole truth.


    "As my wife wishes."


    Zhenyi''s eyes suddenly fell behind Long Jie. There was something yellow-colored object that caught her attention. It waste there and Long Jie was on the bed, preparing to sleep when Zhenyi called him.


    "Is it the teddy I see behind you?" Zhenyi asked him suspiciously.


    Long Jie turned around to find that it was undoubtedly Faye''s toy. She was ying in his room before. Maybe she left it there.


    "That''s Angel''s toy. It seemed like she left it here," Long Jie said as if it was not a big deal. He knew that he could trust Zhenyi with Faye''s matter.


    "Angel?" Zhenyi whispered. She was suddenly reminded of Ryuu.

 Chapter 262 - Zhenyis Niece

    "Angel?" Zhenyi whispered. She was suddenly reminded of Ryuu.


    "That''s my brother''s little treasure." Long Jie said with a smile. "She is a very beautiful child, Zhenyi."


    Long Jie told him a few things about Faye and how she reminds him of her many times. Zhenyi was now curious to meet this niece of his husband who he cared for so much.


    Of course, she was not jealous of a kid.


    "Why do you call her Angel, Jie?" Zhenyi suddenly questioned him.


    Long Jie blinked his eyes and questioned," What do you call an angel?"


    ''What do you call an angel?'' Once someone asked her the same question. And today, she didn''t know why but she missed that person too much.


    "What happened, Cat eyes?" She turned sad all of a sudden and Long Jie couldn''t figure out why.


    "Nothing. Jie, it''s gettingte there. You should sleep."


    "Are you fine, Love?" He couldn''t help but ask worriedly.


    "No," Zhenyi answered honestly. Her eyes turned red,scaring Long Jie. "I think I just miss you too much."


    Before Long Jie could say anything, she spoke, "Goodbye, Jie. You should sleep now."


    With this she hung up the call.


    With a sigh, she dialed Ryuu''s number, but his phone was unreachable. She tried his assistant too, but she couldn''t reach him either.


    So, she typed a message.


    [I don''t know if you need to hear it but let me say it for my soul''s peace.


    I love you, Ryuu more than anything. There is nothing more important than your happiness to me. If you don''t wish to marry Xiuying, just say it. I will take care of everything. You have been taking care of everyone and everything since the beginning. Give me a chance and see how I''ll make everything right.


    Anyway, what''s the worst that can happen?]


    ''Live for yourself once, Ryuu.''


    _____


    A week had passed.


    Today was the day when Ryuu and Ming Xiuying would be marrying.


    Last night, Ryuu came back and disclosed that instead of a big wedding ceremony, they would just get the marriage certificates due to some security rted issues and the Ming family didn''t find anything wrong with it. Xin Yichen was suddenly reminded of the assants at Zhenyi''s wedding and so he agreed too.


    The wedding ceremony could be held anytime. As long as they are husband and wife, it was fine with him.


    Andtoday, they would be getting their marriage certificates.


    Ryuu and Zhenyi were sitting in the same car as he had insisted that she apany him. Even if Zhenyi found it weird, she didn''t say anything.


    Instead of his assistant, someone else was driving his car.


    "Where is your assistant?" Zhenyi questioned him. That stick piece of wood finally left him alone for sometime? She was surprised.


    "He is taking care of the matters," Ryuu answered calmly. "He asked me to give you his best wishes."


    Zhenyi sneered. "Did he really care for anyone except you?"


    "Ah, here I thought that you have finally read him, but it seems I''m proven wrong." Ryuu acted as if he was hurt. What could he do? His assistant, who also happened to be his friend/advisor, and his little sister were arch-nemesis. They were like fire and ice.


    Zhenyi threw him a dirty look and turned her head to look out of the window. None of them spoke for the rest of the journey.


    When the door was opened for Ryuu, he saw Zhenyi had no intention of getting out.


    "Aren''t you apanying me?"


    Zhenyi shook her head. "Your fiance thinks that I''m her love rival. Or to put it into simple words, she is of the view that I have romantic feelings about Lord Ryuu. So, I have no intention to spoil your special day."


    Ryuu chuckled and ruffled Zhenyi''s head. Only he could do so without the fear of getting his hand cut.


    ''Ah, she is really angry. I wonder who summoned her wrath. My poor brother-inw!''


    Ryuu looked at the driver solemnly and instructed. "Drop my Angel at home securely first!"


    "Stop calling me with a kid''s name," Zhenyi immediately retorted.


    Ever since she heard that a kid was named Angel too, she didn''t want to be called the same. Call her petty! She didn''t care.


    ording to her, only she should be called, Angel and that too only by Ryuu. It was not jealousy. She was just trying to protect her status in his heart.


    "A kid''s name?" Ryuu asked her curiously.


    Zhenyi nodded. "My husband''s niece is called Angel too. So, stop calling me Angel now. It''s childish."


    Actually, in front of Ryuu, Zhenyi would never put up a brave front. She wouldn''t hide her weakness from him ever. Since her childhood, she was of the view that even if everything was wrong and there was no way to make it right, her Ryuu would make everything right. He always did. Her confidence in him was astonishing.


    She didn''t know before where this confidence of hers in Ryuu came from. But ever since she remembered that it was Ryuu who came to save him when she was locked up for months, she has grown overly emotionally dependent on him. She knew it was not healthy, but she didn''t have anyone except for Ryuu who could understand what came and went in her faulty brain.


    "Your husband''s niece?" Ryuu asked while frowning. " Since when did Wei or Yuan have children?"


    "It''s not their kid."


    A knowing smile came on Ryuu''s face. Although he always had a smile present on his face whenever he was with her, yet this one was different. "Must be close to my brother-inw, it seems."


    "I''ll say that kid is as precious as any treasure to Jie. Perhaps, even more than that," Zhenyi muttered under her breath.


    Ryuu let out a heartyugh."Are you jealous, Angel?"


    "Stop it!"


    Ryuuughed again.


    "Who knows maybe I''m more angelic than that little Angel!"


    Ryuu hit her head lightly. "Trust me, little sister there is nothing angelic about you."


    "Ryuu!"

 Chapter 263 - Xiuying Meets Ryuu (The Wedding Day)

    He dropped a peck on her temple and said," Stop getting jealous over the little angel."


    Zhenyi red at him. "I''m not having daughters ever. A stranger''s daughter can win my husband''s heart so easily. I don''t wanna imagine what our daughters would be capable of."


    "She is not a stranger. She is your niece too, Zhenyi if she is Long Jie''s niece," Ryuu told her strictly.


    Zhenyi nodded.


    With this said, Ryuu finally got out of the car and nced at the entrance of the Civil Affairs Office.


    In a second, his demeanor changed from a warm brother to something else. The man standing outside the car was not her brother whose brown eyes were as warm as a ray of sunshine, but someone who could kill you with a single nce.


    He was Lord Ryuu, one of the most respected and feared men in the whole world.


    She was about to turn her head to look outside the window when she heard him say.


    "You can lose me and B¨¤ in a single moment if I give you the chance."


    With this said, he was gone.


    She looked out of the window and saw him and Ming Xiuying together.


    Perhaps, she was not a bad choice for her brother. But no matter how good she was, her brother was not marrying for love. Not everyone was as lucky as her and Jie to fall for the one you are married to.


    ''Not everyone is lucky to find love after an arranged marriage.''


    ''You better take care of my brother, Xiuying or¡­"


    For a long time, Zhenyi didn''t know what he meant by hisst sentence. She could lose him and B¨¤ in a single moment if he gives me the chance. ''What did he mean by it?''


    ''What''s the worst that can happen?''


    ''It''s the worst that can happen¡­''


    "Where to ma''am?"


    ''Damn you,Sam! You aren''t here when I need you most.''


    With a sigh, she said, "To Fan Bingbing''s."


    ***


    Ming Xiuying had never thought that one day she would be standing at the door of the Civil Affairs office, and would be waiting for the man who was not Huo Yusheng. With a bitter smile, she waited for the man called Ryuu. She had waited all night for Huo Yusheng''s call, but it didn''te. She didn''t want to marry him after experiencing betrayal once, but she did want to hear his side of the story, at least for the calmness of her raging heart.


    ''Stop it, Xiuying! He is happy with Anning and you should focus on your future, not on a scum from the past.''


    Ming Xiuying put on her sunsses to hide her teary eyes, but at that moment, her eyes fell on a tall figure heading her way. Her eyes couldn''t help but discern the fitted dark ck vintage suit which ttered the masculine body underneath. She didn''t know yet who that man was, but all she believed was that with the hat on his headplementing the dark suit which he was wearing, he looked like a British nobility. It appeared as he came out of the British crime thriller drama she watched a few months ago. If not for his phoenix eyes and oriental facial features, she would have thought that he was the main lead of the drama.


    The man behind him passed the sunsses, and in a very dashing manner, he wore them.


    This man with the strong aura like that of a dictator was no one else but Tang Ryuu!


    Although Ming Xiuying hadn''t met him before, she still recognized him.


    Lord Ryuu truly lived up to his reputation.


    "Lord Ryuu, that''s Miss Ming," the subordinate behind him informed.


    "Miss Ming, it''s a pleasure meeting you," Ryuu said as he put forward his hand to shake.


    Ming Xiuying had anticipated that Lord Ryuu would be a cold and indifferent man, however, it seemed like she was proven wrong.


    He wasn''t excessively a cold man but he wasn''t warm either. He knew how to keep people at arm''s length with his polite yet distant demeanor.


    "The pleasure is all mine, Mr. Tang," Ming Xiuying said, shaking her hand with his.


    Ryuu looked at her clearly as she heard him call Mr. Tang, he was not addressed by Mr. Tang, it was either Lord Ryuu for people who knew him or any other alias for those who didn''t know him.


    Ming Xiuying flinched under his scrutinizing eyes. However, she put up a brave front and said, "Is there something wrong, Mr.Tang?"


    "No," Ryuu said. She couldn''t see the real look in his eyes because the sunsses were blocking it. "You can call me, Ryuu."


    "Sure, Ryuu," She said rmingly. "And please call me Xiuying."


    "Let''splete the weddingprocedure first!" Ryuu spoke with an amused smile.


    Ming Xiuying straightened her back in confidence, she had gathered all her courage to do this.


    ''Yes, she can marry Ryuu. He is not very difficult to deal with. Let''s get done with it, Xiuying!''


    ''Fighting!!''


    The couple''s wedding procedures were processed quickly. In just fifteen minutes, Ryuu and Xiuying came out holding their marriage certificates.


    She couldn''t believe that she was now a married woman.


    "Your parents didn''t apany you?" Ryuu asked her.


    Ming Xiuying shook her head. "They expressed their wish to invite you for lunch."


    "I heard lunch is arranged at Xin residence, is your family alright with it?" Ryuu asked her nonchntly.


    "Yeah, mom was really excited about it," Xiuying''s reply amused Ryuu.


    He looked above and said in his heart,'' How does it feel to get me married to your love rival''s daughter, mom? Now let''s see how you will stop my dear mother-inw from bing Zhenyi''s stepmom.''


    The sky thundered all of a sudden, startling Xiuying.


    Ryuu felt someone pressed against his arm. He nced at her and said," What happened?"


    "It seems like it will rain today," Xiuying looked up and said, still pressed against him.


    "It won''t," Ryuu said and nced at her. Ming Xiuying quickly retracted.

 Chapter 264 - Two Enemies Who Found Their Home In Each Other

    [A few minutes earlier ]


    A woman d in a white suit was staring at the two figures standing at the entrance of the Civil Affairs Office with angry and sad eyes.


    ''I warned you, little girl, didn''t I? I cautioned you beforehand not to eye someone else''s man, but you didn''t listen to my warnings. You know better than anyone else how to feel to steal something that belonged to someone else, but it seems you forgot it so soon. But don''t worry, I have prepared a perfect wedding gift for both of you. Don''t worry this time it''s not a little poisonous snake.''


    As she was about to step ahead, a pair of muscr arms caught her by the waist and pulled her back.


    "I refrained you froming near them, didn''t I?" He red at her.


    "What the hell are you doing here?" She red at him back.


    He refused to listen to her angry words and kept on dragging her back to the car. Once they were inside the car, he thundered.


    "Will you tell me what you were doing here?"


    "Why should I tell you? It''s not your life that had turned upside down in a single day. It''s mine," she yelled furiously. She held her head in her hands tightly as if it would burst anytime. Although her eyes were red and teary, she refused to let the tears fall. Tears are a sign of weakness and she was no weak. " Sam, I don''t know what to do anymore. I lost the essence of my life today. I lost him. I lost everything. He chose her in end. He chose her instead of me. It had always been her, didn''t she? I didn''t mean anything to him. Are you hearing me?"


    He answered her with silence. He didn''t recognize this miserable woman. The woman he met two months ago was proud as a peacock and cocky as hell. If it was a day before, she could have killed him for touching her, much less than holding her by her waist.


    "Do you love him or does he love you?" Sam asked her directly.


    "No. We don''t love each other," She replied immediately. She didn''t even know what ''love'' was. She hadn''t experienced love and warmth ever.


    "Then why on earth are you acting like an insane? Why is your heart so restless seeing him marry her?"


    "Bad, bad heart," She whispered while breaking down. " How could I want a man who is so bad for me? A man who probably had his mind set on throwing me aside once he got what he needed from me. You know what else is bad? All of these stupid and heavenly feelings that are rushing through me at the thought of him. Sometimes I think, I''m the biggest fool in the world, and at the same time I think I''m the luckiest woman in the world-- I got to hold him, feel him, and most importantly I got him at least for a short time, but I did."


    Sam sighed and patted her shoulder to console her. He had no words to say to her. She had been bottling up her emotions inside her which was no good for her.


    "Let''s go back!"


    "No! I want to see him marrying her with my eyes. I want to feel how it felt to be hurt by him once again," She stubbornly said. Her eyes still fixed on Ryuu''s side silhouette.


    "He didn''t hurt you," Sam said with a sigh. "You asked for it. You let him go to her."


    "I just removed the obstacles that were standing in his way from marrying her," She asked him with a bitter smile. "How did I ask for it?"


    "If you hadn''t arranged that boy with her cousin, she would have married him, not the sarcastic devil--"


    "Call him devil again, and see how I poison you right here!"


    "I''m your only friend in this time of heartbreak," Sam said, folding up his arms behind his head. "And you don''t want to lose me during this miserable time of yours."


    "You''re just the baby sitter that man arranged to keep an eye on me." She was ruthless with her words."I wonder how someone tolerated you for twenty five years when I can''t even think about spending twenty five seconds in your presence.''


    "Aye! You don''t leave a chance to remind me of my best friend," Sam said faking sad expressions.


    She pointed towards the ck Cadic standing in the distance,"Go, meet her. She is right there."


    Sam shook his head. "She would ask questions and I can''t lie to her. Moreover, we aren''t supposed to be here in this country. Let''s go back before the dev *cough* Ryuu gets to know."


    "He won''t know," She answered him in utter confidence. If it was someone else Sam wouldn''t have believed, but it was her. She was the queen of disguises. It wasn''t the first time Ryuu failed to know her whereabouts. After all, just like him, she lived up to his reputation.


    She watched Ryuu going inside the Civil Affairs office with his soon to be wife and Zhenyi''s car departing. Her eyes didn''t blink until Ryuu and Ming Jie emerged with red booklets in their hands.


    She turned towards Sam and smiled," Congrattions on getting a sister-inw."


    Sam let out a sigh. "It''s time for you to move on. You give him a reason to leave you and he did. There is nothing you can do about it. Let''s go back home."


    She just nodded. ''My home has shattered, Sam. There is no home for me anywhere.''


    She turned back onest,'' I give you a reason to leave because I want you to find a reason to stay in return. You were not there to stay, Ryuu and so, you eventually left. And why would you stay? We were nothing to each other-- not family, not lovers, and not even friends. We were just two enemies who somehow found their home in each other and today, that home shattered right in front of my eyes.


    I forgive you for the sake of being my home for a while, but not her."

 Chapter 265 - Xiuyings Position In Ryuus Life.

    "It seems like it will rain today," Xiuying said, still pressed against him.


    "It won''t," Ryuu said and nced at her. Ming Xiuying quickly retracted. She couldn''t believe that she just threw herself at her newly found husband.


    ''What would he think of you Xiuying?''


    ''Stupid! So stupid!''


    "It''s just a reminder from my mom," Ryuu muttered.


    "Did you say something about your mom?" The curious Ming Xiuying asked. She swore she heard him muttering.


    "No," Ryuu said coldly. He gave her a look which scared her. "My mom is dead, Xiuying. I don''t talk about my parents. And as for my family, you have already met them."


    Ming Xiuying nodded.


    "Get in the car," Ryuu asked her.


    Inside the car, Ming Xiuying nervously sat beside Ryuu. He removed his sunsses, and she looked at his chiseled face again. This man was a beauty and there was no denying it.


    ''How would I live with a man I have no romantic feelings for? At least, he is good-looking!''


    "Did you send her back already?" Ryuu asked the driver when he noticed that he was the same driver from before.


    "Lord, she ordered me to drop her at Miss Fan''s and then leave," the driver answered.


    Ryuu massaged his forehead. Something was not right with that girl today. He wondered if someone did something to piss her off.


    He turned his head to find Ming Xiuying staring at him nervously.


    "Do I make you nervous?" Ryuu directly asked him.


    "N-No--" Ming Xiuying averted looking into his sharp brown eyes. His presence was overwhelming and so was his question gaze.


    Ryuu held her chin with his index finger and made her stare at him. He said in a raspy voice, "I don''t like people lying to me, Xiuying. I never lie so I demand the same in return. If I ask you a question, you are supposed to answer it honestly."


    Ming Xiuying took a deep breath and spoke in a soft voice, "To be honest, I don''t know what I''m to you or what you''re to me." She paused for a moment to search for anger or resentment on his face, but she found nothing except curiosity or perhaps amusement dancing in those chilly brown eyes. She continued," It''s so sudden for me. I know nothing about you. Mr. Tang, were you forced to marry me? Probably, you already had somebody in your life before my arrival. I don''t want to be left in darkness. If you like someone else, then please tell me the truth beforehand. So, I don''t have to suffer again."


    Ryuu was staring at the young girl who was now his legally wedded wife wondering how someone could have such a vivid imagination?


    However, he still replied to her questions.


    "You''re Mrs. Tang now, Xiuying. Insecurity and nervousness don''t suit your position. We have signed marriage certificates and so, you know better than anyone else what we are to each other," Ryuu answered her. "As for me being forced to marry you, tell me Xiuying, who in this realm will force me to marry you? I haven''t loved anyone as much as I loved my dead mother, but even she is not capable of forcing me to marry you. I have my reasons for marrying you just like you have yours. And as for the woman before you, I wasn''t a Saint. I''ll not let you suffer Xiuying as long as you are a good wife, and the mistress of the Tang household."


    He paused and looked at her again, "Do you have any other questions?"


    "Who is the woman you were talking about?"


    Ryuuughed." Zhenyi. She apanied me but refused toe out."


    "Oh!" Xiuying was confused with how his sharp eyes turned into doting all of a sudden.


    "An advice Xiuying, don''t get on her bad side. She protects her family fiercely."


    ****


    "Zhenyi! Please listen to me!"


    Zhenyi, who was staring at Fan Bingbing wide-eyed, took a step backward while shaking her head. She couldn''t believe that her friend would one day lie to her. She didn''t just lie to her, she broke her heart.


    "Please, Zhenyi. Let me exin!" Fan Bingbing was begging her to stay but Zhenyi has already exited her door.


    "You lied to me, Bingbing," Zhenyi said in a whisper. "I have never that one day you would break my heart like this."


    Zhenyi still couldn''t believe what she heard a few minutes ago.


    "Please, Zhenyi¡­" Fan Bingbing was begging her.


    Zhenyiughed like a lunatic. "Bingbing, you don''t regret what you did, do you?" Seeing Fan Bingbing''s red eyes, she knew that she didn''t regret even a bit. Realization dawned upon her. "Does my B¨¤ know?" Tell me does B¨¤ know¡­"


    Fan Bingbing bit her lip.


    "Of course, he knows¡­" Zhenyi said as tears leaked from the side of her eye. "He told you not to inform me, didn''t he?"


    "Zhenyi, you are hurt, that''s why you can''t think straight. Why don''t youe in--"


    Zhenyi shook her head. There was no way she was forgiving any of them."No, I''m leaving."


    She kept walking and refused to look back. At the same time, Fan Bingbing ran inside to call someone. She didn''t know who she should call right now -- Long Jie or Xin Yichen.


    As she was about to press the dial button, she heard Zhenyi''s numb voice. "Inform anyone that I know everything, and see how we won''t have anything to do with each other."


    "Zhenyi--"


    "Just one question, does my husband know about it?" Zhenyi asked her.


    Fan Bingbing shook her head. "I don''t think so. Please,Zhenyie inside. I''m begging you. Let me take care of you. I won''t mind if you curse me or even shoot me. Please juste inside."


    Zhenyi chuckled bitterly. "You get to hide the biggest truth of my life, and I don''t deserve some alone time? It''s suffocating, Bingbing. All I feel inside is a never-ending numbness. Please, leave me alone. This time I beg of you to leave me alone."


    "Ask my shadow guards not to follow me, otherwise I won''t be very forgiving." Zhenyi''sst words had horrified Fan Bingbing. She dared not to take her words lightly. Deep down, she knew that her friend would never forgive her. She was petty when it came to holding grudges.

 Chapter 266 - Two Heartbroken Women

    Lost seemed like the most appropriate word to describe the feeling Zhenyi was feeling right now even though she didn''t know about her own feelings. She had no idea about how long she walked or where she walked.


    All she knew was that she was looking for a ce to put back her broken yet raging heart. A ce she didn''t know if she would ever find.


    Her loss would never let her forget the tragedy fate had inflicted on her.


    Her fierce personality had crumbled down all of a sudden, and a mncholic air was surrounding her-- reminding everyone that even an invincible person such as her was just as breakable as her. One just needed to know where to hit.


    Standing by the side of the road, her gaze fell on a woman who wasughing and talking to her baby,and a pang of jealousy, and ache rushed through her veins.


    She recalled what she had heard when she arrived at Fan Bingbing''s house -- thought she would surprise her, but who had known that she would end up getting the shock of her life.


    She would never forgive her B¨¤. He had no right to make decisions on her behalf. She loved her father more than herself, still, it didn''t give him any right to hide such a significant matter from her.


    She lost her child, and he kept her in darkness all along. Had she no right to mourn the child she lost? Was she so undeserving? Was it her punishment from the heavens?


    She knew that she was the reason for the death of the people she loved. She killed her mom, her sister, and also...her baby. A baby she hadn''t known was in her womb. If she had known, she would have given all of herself to protect that little life even though she was not ready to be a mother. The baby was the product of her and Jie''s love.


    Did he know what they have lost unknowingly?


    She loves Jie so much. What if she lost him too?


    ''No. No.'' Zhenyi kept muttering to herself. She had thought that once he came back she would finally confess how much she loved him. But now...he would hate her, right? She killed their baby. He would hate her. He would leave her alone, and she didn''t know how to live without him.


    ''You don''t deserve him.''


    ''You killed a life that had yet to see this world.''


    ''You''re nothing but a disgrace on the name of a woman.''


    All the voices in her head were making her crazy. She put her hands on her ear and loudly shouted, "No!"


    "I didn''t do it intentionally. I didn''t even know I was pregnant. It''s not my fault..."


    "Yeah, it''s not my fault..."


    "Please¡­"


    She never felt so alone and helpless.


    She needed her husband. She would give everything right now to have him take her back into his arms...


    She was so immersed in the internal monologue that she didn''t notice how her swollen feet twisted and¡­ She would have fallen, if not for a slender arm that came to her rescue as it pulled her by the safe side.


    "Are you all right?" A voice asked concernedly.


    Zhenyi froze for a second and slowly and slowly she opened her eyes to find.


    Forest green eyes staring at her. The genuine concern in her eyes was unmistakable.


    Celestial nose, very familiar to her.


    Bow shaped lips, she had seen those lips before.


    And a cleft chin, she can''t forget it ever.


    ''She''s..."


    Her weak heart needed some preparation to absorb this information. She was the same woman who she had seen in the painting.


    Zhenyi nced at her again. No, this girl was not her. She was just her lookalike. That woman in the painting looked petite, but this one was even taller than her. She was around 1.8 m, and so she couldn''t be the woman in the painting. She and Zhenyi were of almost the same age, so there was no way those two would be the same, right?


    Fate was not ying a joke with her again, right?


    "Who are you?" Zhenyi directly questioned her, suppressing the storm raging in her heart.


    "I''m Alcina," came the swift reply.


    "I know you," Zhenyi said, catching thedy off-guard.


    To say Alcina was shocked by what Zhenyi had said would be a lie. It took her a long while toe out of her initial shock.


    "You know me?" Alcina questioned Zhenyi with slight hesitation.


    Zhenyi smacked her head with her palm lightly as realization dawned upon her, and spoke in a soft voice to clear the misunderstanding. "I''m sorry, Miss Alcina. Thank you for helping me. You just look like someone I know, so it was a confusion on my part."


    Alcina sighed in relief. "There is no need to feel sorry." She paused and as she looked at Zhenyi from head to toe, she felt as if something was literally not right with Zhenyi. "Would you like to have a drink?"


    Zhenyi nced at her again in confusion.


    Alcina gave a sad smile. "Two heartbroken women can nurse their hearts over a drink, don''t you think so?"


    "Someone once told me that Alcohol is not capable of ending our suffering and pain. It can only make us numb for a moment," said Zhenyi, the mncholic air surrounding her became visible." However, it can make us addicted to thatnumbness."


    "What would you do if the same person is the reason for your pain?" Alcina''s question made Zhenyi loss for words.


    _____


    Sorry for the mncholic chapter, and let''s wee Alcina, she is going to be a very important character till the end of the story. Well, she came with a lot of surprises.


    You have to decide whether Alcina is a foe or friend, a Viin or a heroine.


    Last but not least, this arch is going to solve the mysteries rted to the Long n (not entirely). And in the next volume, we wille back to Xins.


    You''re wee to guess and assume, but I request you not to judge anyone instantly. No one is born a hero, and no one is born Viin either.


    QUESTION:If you think that someone is doing so much for you, even didn''t think before endangering their life for you, and you consider that person a Messiah. But what would you do when the same person is doing everything for you for a number of reasons?


    Would you hate them?


    (Waiting for your answer!)

 Chapter 267 - Loss And Pain

    Inside D¨¨j¨¤ Vu.


    Intentionally or unintentionally, Zhenyi didn''t know but Alcina brought Zhenyi to D¨¨j¨¤ Vu.


    Zhenyi looked at the woman dressed in a ck dress, pouring a drink for her. She studied her for a moment, and learning that she didn''t have any ill intentions towards her, she followed her to the club.


    "You shouldn''t ask a random woman to apany you to drinks," Zhenyi said softly. Alcina handed her the ss, and naturally, she took it. "It''s not a safe habit."


    Alcinaughed, but it didn''t reach her beautiful green eyes. "I haven''t had any habit that''s considered safe, and you are not a stranger. I know your name and you know mine. We have something inmon -- broken hearts. Tell me how we are strangers?"


    "You make good arguments, Alcina," Zhenyi told her, a smile appearing on her cherry lips.


    Alcina smiled in return."I do. He rubbed it on me."


    "Ah, failed love," Zhenyi said, taking a sip. "Is that why you asked me for a drink?"


    "What is love?" Alcina asked." I asked you for a drink on a whim. Seems like we could give each otherpany."


    Zhenyi nced at her again. She didn''t see mocking or sarcasm on her face.


    "How do you know that you''re in love, Zhenyi?" Alcina asked a whileter.


    Zhenyi herself had no reply. She was as much a novice in this world of love as Alcina. "I don''t know either, but I do know that I can''t live without my husband. My need for him is instinctive. They say when you feel like you can''t live without him/her, you''re in love."


    "Do you love your husband?" Alcina asked her genuinely. She didn''t know why but she needed her to answer it honestly.


    Zhenyi froze. "I imed that I love my husband, but the definition I just mentioned didn''t fit for what I feel for him."


    ''What I feel for him is greater than any title and tag. It just can''t be love.''


    A beautiful smile bloomed on Alcina''s lips."He is very lucky to have you, Zhenyi. Treasure him if he feels the same for you."


    "No, it''s me who''s lucky to have him in my life," Zhenyi honestly said.


    "That you''re," Alcina agreed.


    "Alcina, have we ever met before?" Zhenyi asked her.


    "Why do you think so?" Alcina asked her instead.


    "Because you talk to me with so much familiarity." Zhenyi liked Alcina, it was not every day that she met someone and liked her instantly. She could feel Alcina''s genuine concern towards her which was startling and scaring her.


    "No, Zhenyi we have never met before."


    Zhenyi nodded.


    Alcina saw that Zhenyi had emptied the ss. So, she poured another drink for her.


    Zhenyi gulped it in one go and asked her to pour another one.


    "You are already tipsy. So, I think you shouldn''t drink more," Alcina advised her.


    Zhenyi gave her a sad smile. "You said alcohol will nurse our broken heart, but all I still feel is never-ending pain. Why can''t I stop hurting?"


    Seeing Zhenyi bbering, Alcina felt a headacheing. She didn''t want to see her vulnerable and heartbroken, because even she didn''t have I''ll intentions towards her. There were many people surrounding her, waiting for one chance to recognize her weakness and kill her.


    The reason why Alcina asked Zhenyi for a drink was that when she identally came across her, she noticed her alone. No bodyguard was following her. It was like asking for death. She couldn''t believe how she could be so careless. That''s why she looked for a reason to follow her.


    Although Zhenyi was strong enough to protect her, she still was not in her right senses. Alcina knew as long as she was around her, she was capable of protecting her. After all, she was an assassin. She was known as a killing machine. Though she left that upation, she still hadn''t forgotten how to kill, when it came to people she cared for.


    She didn''t care for Zhenyi, but she cared for someone who cared for her.


    "Your husband won''t be happy if you drink so much," Alcina told her.


    "He is not h-" Zhenyi hupped." Here. So, it won''t be a problem." She became sad again and as she said," I lost my baby, and it''s the only way I know to forget the pain. I also don''t want to forget the pain. I also want to feel how it felt because I deserve it."


    Alcina took the ss from Zhenyi''s hand and said, "It''s not healthy for you to drink alcohol after miscarriage." She felt like scolding her harshly. Taking her hand, she checked Zhenyi''s pulse and frowned. "Are you sure you had a miscarriage?"


    Zhenyi nodded. "More than two months ago. But I just got to know today. Everyone lied to me. They kept me in darkness all along."


    Alcina understood the situation. Hiding matters from Zhenyi was not the right way to deal with the problem.


    Although she wanted to scold her for acting vulnerable and weak, still she didn''t have the heart to do so. The loss of your loved ones changed you, and she understood it more than anyone else. So, she softened her tone and said, "If alcohol helps you to lessen the pain, then let me pour more for you."


    Zhenyi nodded.


    After a while, Alcina said," The pain is the reminder that you lost a part of you, Zhenyi. You lost the baby for who you have given every piece of yourself, just to see a smile on his face. To hear your baby call you ''mom'' is the biggest joy in the world. No wealth or treasure can make you feel the same. If you want to cry, then cry. Don''t suppress your feelings. You have every right to mourn the loss of your child."


    Zhenyi whispered, "I never wanted a child because all along, I knew deep down in my heart that I will never be a fit mother. I despise children. I will always run in a different direction whenever Ie across one. Yet, after losing my own child, I felt like something is ripping my heart open. I know that I will never bepletely able to get over this loss."


    "But you will learn to live with this loss, Zhenyi. And even if you don''t, you will pretend to learn it. I understand it way better than anyone else."


    "Do you?" Zhenyi asked her.


    The words that Alcina said next made Zhenyi look at her with wide eyes.


    "I lost my child five years ago."

 Chapter 268 - Alcinas Return.

    "I lost my child five years ago."


    "I''m sorry."


    Alcinaughed, trying to hide the gloominess. "Don''t be..."


    She said after a while, "My child is alive and well." She paused and saw Zhenyi looking at her with furrowed brows. "It''s just that she was taken away from me after I gave birth to her. I haven''t ever seen her face. I don''t even know what she looked like."


    "How can someone be so cruel?" Zhenyi said a flicker of anger could be seen in her volcanic eyes. "Didn''t you fight for your child?"


    Alcina took a sip of her drink and avoided looking at Zhenyi. "I wasn''t fit to be her parent. I''m d that she had the world''s best dad to take care of her."


    "I have the world''s best dad too but he can''t take the ce of my mom," Zhenyi couldn''t help but speak although the matter had nothing to do with her. "Your child needs a mom too. I''m not trying to tell you what you should have done or what you should do. I''m a motherless child, Alcina. I think I know how it feels to grow up without a mom."


    "What if a mother is a danger to her child?" Alcina asked her. " My existence was a danger to my child. So, I let her father take her away from me. I don''t regret it for a single second but it didn''t mean that I didn''t die to have a single nce of her. She is a part of me and it''s impossible for me to forget her. Yet it didn''t change the fact that I hate her father for being the reason why there is a great wall of estrangement between me and my little fairy."


    "You can''t me him when you should have worked on your fears," Zhenyi told her. She didn''t realize that her words could hurt the other person. She just spoke what came into her mind. Apparently, the drunk Zhenyi was a talker. "She needed you, but you were not there. Alcina, it''s still notte. Take it as advice from someone who didn''t get the joy of bing a mom, go to her, and give her the life she deserves."


    Alcina opened her mouth to say something but just then a waiter came and served them the dishes that she had ordered for them.


    "This card is for you, ma''am." The waiter gave the card to Alcina and pointed behind Zhenyi.


    Seeing the person behind Zhenyi, Alcina froze.


    "What happened?" Zhenyi asked her as she noticed that Alcina stiffened all of a sudden.


    "I think I just saw someone I know. I''ll be right back." Alcina said and left the table.


    **


    Alcina felt a pull on her hand as someone pulled her by the other side. She felt her back against the wall, and the person who sent her the note previously standing in front of her.


    "I didn''t know that I was your type," Alcina said with a mischievous smile.


    "Although my life revolves around pleasuring and strenuous activities, I n.c.e.s.t is still not my cup of tea," came the sharp retort.


    "You haven''t changed a bit, Esma," Alcina said with a chuckle. She looked at the dark goddess before her again. Esma was wearing ck skinny jeans and a ck corset. Yes, corset. Lord, knew how she styled both of the clothing items, but she was looking as usual -- enchanting and s.e.x.y. "And, I see ck is still your color."


    "Cut the crap," Esma hissed, crossing her arms over her chest. "What were you doing with that bitch?"


    To say Esma was going berserk seeing Alcina and Zhenyi together would be true. However, her emotions had nothing to do with her dislike for Zhenyi.


    It was just that both of the two women couldn''te together, much less meet each other as if they were two long-lost friends.


    Alcinaughed again. Why was Esma so cute? Only Esma would call a brat like her cute. "You still use the word b.i.t.ch to describe the women in your Ah-Jie''s life? Why are you so predictable?"


    Esma red at her.


    "No wonder, she got on your nerves," Alcina said with another chuckle. She liked teasing and irritating Esma.


    "ALCINA!"


    "Present mistress Esma!" Alcina saluted her.


    Esma ced her hands on her waist and asked her the question. "Why are you here? And what are you doing with that b-- woman?"


    Alcina leaned over to see her face clearly in Esma''s mirror-made jewelry. This girl had an allergy to normal clothes and jewelry. "Didn''t you beg me a few months ago toe to China?"


    "And you outrightly refused me, remember?" Esma said, ring at her." You said that you won''t step foot in this country. It was because of you I was caught at the airport. If you hadn''t refused to help me then, I wouldn''t have to tolerate that alien Feng Siyan."


    "I helped you to escape your golden cage," Alcina scoffed. "Who asked you toe and find trouble with Xin Zhenyi? And who asked you to start a feud with Feng Siyan? You could have used him but no, your hatred always outweighs your senses."


    "Shut up! It''s not Feng Siyan who I hate. It''s his self-righteous, Master," Esma said with annoyance and Alcina pressed her lips in a thin line."And when are you going back?"


    "Never," came the swift and confident reply.


    Esma took a deep breath. If one thinks that they could handle a conversation with Alcina, they should bang their heads on the wall.


    Alcina was anything but a simple character. Esma still remembered the day like it was just yesterday when she met Alcina. She would never forget that day. Because it was the same day she met a genius child who was so poisonous, so dangerous that she felt a need to protect her from the wolves disguised as family, who would do nothing but tear her apart.


    "You know what I mean. You''re not supposed to be here," Esma said and took out her phone. " I''m booking tickets for you. You''re going back!"


    "I''m back for good this time! Esma," Alcina seriously informed her.


    "I dare you to say that again!"


    Alcina sneered. "You don''t scare me, Esma. If I say I''m back for good, it means I''m back for good."


    "Go back, Al. You know I care for you. Go back. These people don''t deserve you. They won''t wee you."


    Alcina shook her head. "You can''t change my mind. I''m tired of living as someone who is not me. I''m here to take the reign of my life in my hands again."


    "You''re courting death, girl!"


    "Moreover, I have to pay respect to my Shifu too," Alcina told her.


    "Didn''t you say you hate your Shifu?" Esma asked in shock.


    "Just because I hate her for making my life hell, doesn''t mean I don''t respect her for making me who I''m today," Alcina''s reply was just asplicated as her.


    _____


    On the other side.


    Gu Tian opened the car door, and Long Jie sat but not before helping Faye inside. He had reached Beijing just now.


    "Master, there is something you should know," Gu Tian said hesitantly. As he was sitting in the passenger seat, he had to turn back to look at Long Jie.


    "What?" Long Jie''s cold voice rang.


    "It''s about Madam--"


    "Is she alright?" Long Jie''s cold face finally had an expression on it and it was that of anxiousness.


    Gu Tian''s face paled all of a sudden. "Master, she has been missing for thest few hours. The bodyguards were ordered not to follow her--"


    "Gu Tian, are you just telling me that my wife is missing, and the bodyguards that were supposed to fulfill their duty by protecting her let her get hurt again?" Long Jie asked the question in a thundering voice.


    The quiet Faye sitting next to him shivered. She hadn''t seen her Uncle Jie like this before. Although he had been cold for thest few days, she still hadn''t seen him losing his temper.


    "Master, we are still not clear if she is hurt or --"


    "She better be alright, Gu Tian or, you don''t want to fathom the consequences."


    Long Jie took a deep breath and pulled out his phone from his pocket. He checked the tracker app and a red dot on the screen showed him where his wife was.


    "D¨¨j¨¤ Vu," Long Jie said. "Secure the club and make sure she is not hurt."


    "Master, are you s-sure?" Gu Tian asked. When he saw Long Jie giving him a threatening look, he closed his mouth.


    Five minutester, Gu Tian received a call and after hearing what the other person said, he signed in relief.


    "Madam is indeed at D¨¨j¨¤ Vu along with a friend, " Gu Tian reported. "And she doesn''t look injured."


    Long Jie sighed in relief. ''You scared me again, wife.''


    "Master, may I ask how you traced Madam''s location?" Gu Tian asked him after a while.


    Long Jie just smiled mysteriously, and Gu Tian knew better than anyone else to ask any further.


    Nobody knew that there was a tiny tracker fitted inside Zhenyi''s wedding ring, and he intended to take this secret to the grave.

 Chapter 269 - He Is Gone

    On Zhenyi''s side.


    Zhenyi picked the ss and gulped it down in one go again. After Alcina left, she ordered one more bottle. The waiter refused her as Alcina had threatened him not to give her any more alcohol, but Zhenyi being Zhenyi, she yed the I''m-your-boss card.


    Just as Alcina returned to the table, Zhenyi''s phone rang.


    "Your phone is ringing," Alcina said, upying the chair.


    "It is most likely to be my B¨¤," Zhenyi muttered under her breath. "I''ll be damned if I pick up his call."


    Since the phone was ced on the table, Alcina could see the caller''s name. Since Zhenyi had refused to even nce at the phone screen, Alcina was left with no option but to pick it up herself. She couldn''t deal with an intoxicated Zhenyi.


    "It could be an important call," Alcina said again.


    Zhenyi scowled. "Since you''re so worried about me, why don''t you pick up the phone yourself?"


    Alcina had a hard time controlling --pouring the alcohol bottle on her head-- to knock some senses into the drunken mess. She was hurting, alright. But it didn''t mean she would be worrying everyone else about her safety. So, she picked up the call.


    "Wife, where are you?" The voice on the other side of the phone spoke.


    Alcina stiffened all of a sudden after hearing the voice.


    "Hello? Zhenyi, can you hear me?" Long Jie said in a very worried voice. "Please, don''t scare me. I''ming to get you."


    Alcina came out of a daze when Long Jie''s worried voice entered her ears. She took a deep breath and normalized her voice to sound firm but it failed in the end.


    "H-hello."


    "Who are you? Let me tell you, if you dared to hurt my wife, I won''t leave you." Long Jie''s cruel words pierced Alcina''s heart but she managed to keep the smile on her face intact. "Are you even hearing me?"


    "Sorry to break your fantasies, Sir. I have no intention of hurting your wife. And I''m a responsible citizen and most of all a kind-hearted human being, so I couldn''t bear to see your drunk wife harming herself. I didn''t know helping a stranger was such a crime in your eyes."


    Although Alcina''s conscience was bruised after calling herself a "responsible citizen" and a "kind-hearted human being", she chose to ignore it.


    She heard Long Jie heaving out a long sigh. She was waiting for his next ruthless words, but they didn''te as she was anticipating.


    " Thank you, Miss, for taking care of my wife," Long said. "Can you look after her for a few more minutes? At least until I reach there?"


    Alcina was about to open her mouth to say that she was not her babysitter but just then, Long Jie said, "Please."


    She swallowed the words back. "Okay."


    It was the least she could do.


    "Thank you!" And with this, he disconnected the call but not before saying, "If I can help you, please don''t hesitate to ask."


    ''I wonder if you will help me out when wee face to face for the first time, Ah-Jie. You already hate me, what would you do when¡­"


    ''Would you forgive me for killing your brother, Ah Jie?''


    ____


    A few days earlier¡­.


    "Ah-Jie," Feng Siyan spoke as soon as Long Jie picked up the phone.


    "Ah Siyan, how are you?" Long Jie asked him casually as if they were buddies catching up. Well, they were... in a twisted kind, but it wasn''t the reason Feng Siyan called.


    Feng Siyan didn''t know how to break the news regarding Lord Tang to Long Jie.


    "How is the little princess?" Feng Siyan asked first because they couldn''t tell Faye about her father abruptly, given how extreme emotions always ended up increasing her body temperature.


    "Everything is alright?" Long Jie said. He could just feel something was not right, but his heart didn''t have enough courage to ask.


    "I have bad news, Ah Jie," Feng Siyan whispered, his clutch on the phone tightened. "Lord Tang is gone."


    "No!" Long Jie didn''t know why his heart was aching. "You''re joking, right?" He knew that Feng Siyan was not the one to joke about his Master''s death, but still, his heart was not ready to ept this unfortunate news. He needed to see it with his own eyes.


    "Ah Jie, please don''t let the little princess know about it. I dare not imagine her reaction."


    "I want to see him once," Long Jie said, suppressing the storm raging inside him. He wouldn''t believe that his brother was gone just like that. He needed to see him once. He didn''t care about anything else. He needed to go there. "I have to see him with my own eyes, please. I will being to you now. Ah Siyan, we will save brother, right? He saved us once. Now it''s time to fulfill our duties as his brothers."


    "You can''t meet him. Lord Tang is gone. They seed in killing him. He once said, '' I''ll be gone when I serve the purpose of my birth.'' Lord Tang has served his purpose and now he is gone, forever. You have to ept it even if our hearts refuse to do so," Feng Siyan with that same gloominess in his voice. His cold face had now molten. He wasn''t the same Feng Siyan that we all know.


    "Please, let me see him for onest time," Long Jie begged him."What will I tell the little angel?" His eyes were now red and teary." How will I tell her that the father she is waiting for is gone?"


    "It''s time we fulfill our responsibilities as his brother, " Feng Siyan''s grim voice was now transformed into that of authority. "I will take Lord Tang''s responsibilities until the real sessor is dered to take his position. You must take the little princess''s responsibility until her motheres to take her."


    "Who is her mother?" Long Jie asked. It caught him off-guard when Feng Siyan said that Faye''s mom would take her responsibility when she was absent in her life. Just how much did they trust her to give Faye to that woman?


    "Don''t ask about that woman," Feng Siyan said in a harsh voice. "It''s forbidden to take her name."


    "Why?" Long Jie asked him immediately.


    "Because she was the one who poisoned Lord Tang."


    _____end of shback_____

 Chapter 270 - Always Come Back To You

    Alcina smiled and ced the phone on the table again. She breathed out a sigh of relief.


    "Who was on the call?" Zhenyi asked her casually.


    "Your husband!"


    "What?!" Zhenyi stood up abruptly with wide eyes. Alcina muffled augh seeing Xin Zhenyi getting sober within a second.


    Zhenyi shoved the empty alcohol bottles towards Alcina and said," Remember you were the one who emptied all of these bottles. I''ve nothing to do with it." She nced at the indifferent Alcina, and added," I''m Xin Zhenyi. You don''t want to go against me.Do you get it?"


    Long Jie, who was standing on the door oblivious to thedies, looked amused at his drunk wife''s threat. Initially, he nned to y oblivious of Zhenyi''s location, and when he called her to ask about her whereabouts, he was already outside the club. But much to his trouble, another woman picked up his wife''s phone, and after failing to keep his fears at bay, he appeared to get her without having any second thoughts.


    But who would have thought that he would see his wife dumping the me on someone else?


    "I get it. You''re Xin Zhenyi, and I shouldn''t mess with a big shot like you," Alcina said, trying to act scared though she wasughing inside.


    "What did my Jietell you?" Zhenyi asked her with narrowed eyes. "And why did you talk to him? Don''t you know it''s sinful to talk to someone else''s husband especially when you have your man?"


    Of course, even drunk Zhenyi could never stop the possessiveness leaking out of her when it came to her Jie.


    "My man is dead, and even the grass on his grave is as tall as my five years old child."


    As Zhenyi was about to retort, her phone rang again.


    "You''re Jie is calling his Zhenyi again," Alcina said.


    Zhenyi blinked. "Hell--"


    "Come outside. I''m waiting for you." With this said, he hung up the call.


    "Did you snitch on me?" Zhenyi red at her while pointing her finger. She could sense he was angry. Instead of feeling joy, she was actually scared.


    Alcina shrugged her shoulders." Just told him how his wife is drowning her sorrows in a bottle of whiskey."


    "You better pray that he doesn''t divorce me or else I will make your life hell," Zhenyi said, heading towards the exit.


    "What an unreliable woman!" Alcina muttered to herself.


    "And pay the bill before you leave. Apparently, the boss of this ce doesn''t like to give away freebies," Zhenyi''s head appeared on the door again.


    "What a miser!"


    _____


    As Zhenyi hurriedly came out, she found her husband leaning against the car, waiting for her. The first thought that came to her mind was to bury her head in his chest and cry her heart out. But she didn''t know how to cry or how to pour her heart out without making him worry. So, she paused at the distance, drinking his image to etch it in her heart forever.


    With his shirt sleeves rolled up, she could see his strong arms. She wanted to wrap his strong arms around her waist. Since he wasn''t wearing a tie and the first couple of buttons of his shirt were undone, he looked like an incarnation of a Greek God.


    And finally, his eyes met hers. He gave her what seemed like a smile of longing and Zhenyi had a hard time keeping her tears at bay.


    She ran and crashed into his embrace. After what felt like an eternity, they broke the hug, and Zhenyi looked into his eyes.


    Long Jie swiveled abruptly, taking Zhenyi by shock. She was now trapped between the car and Long Jie''s warm body. He had his hands on both of her shoulders, and his intense gaze was enough to undo Zhenyi.


    Now his hands were caressing her face gently, and she was breathing heavily.


    "Do you know what''s the coldest ce in the world?" Long Jie whispered in her ear.


    Zhenyi shook her head.


    "Anywhere without you is cold and aching," Long Jie said.


    "Then, why do you leave me there alone?" Zhenyi asked him, her eyes were still boring into his.


    "Because I want to keep you safe," Long Jie said.


    Zhenyi touched his face with her fingers tenderly and said," I''m still dreaming, right? It''s again the long torturous dream where I see you with me always, but whenever I open my eyes, you''re never with me. Whatever I saw and heard today is a dream and there is no reality in it, right?"


    "I''m afraid it''s not a dream, Cat eyes," Long Jie said, kissing the back of her hand. "I came back to you. I will alwayse back to you no matter how far I go. It''s my promise to you."


    "Let''s go home," Long Jie said, wrapping his arm around her shoulder. He opened the door of the car for her.


    "Where is the driver?" Zhenyi asked as she settled inside.


    He leaned over to help her to put seatbelt but not before dropping a kiss on her forehead.


    "You''re going to be the death of me," Long Jie said, suddenly he was reminded of what she did." The stunt you pulled today, do you know how dangerous it was?"


    Zhenyi pressed her lips. "I''m sorry."


    "Are you really?" Long Jie threw her a dirty look.


    No one spoke for the rest of the journey. When they reached theLong mansion, Long Jie first got out of the car and then opened the door for Zhenyi.


    "Come out," he told her.


    "You''re mad at me," Zhenyi whispered while avoiding eye contact. She got out of the car.


    "No, Zhenyi. I''m not mad at you," Long Jie yelled as he punched the car."I''m mad at myself. I failed you again. I thought that I will always be with you whenever you need me. But instead of telling me what''s wrong, you went missing." He took a deep breath and clenched his hands to curb his anger. "Do you know how scared I was? I thought I lost you again. Don''t you dare do something like this again or..."


    He pulled her in his arms, and inhaled her intoxicating scent. Didn''t she know what she meant to him? He had seen her crying in his embrace. And it hurt him to see her crying. But what could he do other than ming himself when she wouldn''t share her burden with him?

 Chapter 271 - Aunt-Neice

    On Ryuu''s side.


    "We finally tracked her location!"


    Ryuu turned to look at his subordinate who had finally tracked Zhenyi''s location. He still couldn''t understand how they were not able to find Zhenyi in Beijing, given how strong theirwork was in the country.


    Ryuu''s ownwork was capable enough of finding a needle in the haystack, then what was a mere human like Zhenyi? However, today they were unable to track down her location, and it was startling to them.


    "She was found by Mr.Long at the club (D¨¨j¨¤ Vu). She was apanied by an unknown woman," the subordinate reported."We tried digging into that unknown woman, but she wasn''t captured in the CCTV."


    "How''s that possible?" Someone asked.


    "It''s possible as long as she knows in and out of the club. And she sessfully dodged all the cameras," the subordinate replied.


    At the same time, the phone rang.


    "How''s this possible?" the subordinate asked on the phone in shock.


    Ryuu, who was quiet till now, asked," "What happened?"


    "Lord, to inquire more about the unknowndy, we tried asking the staff at the club who had served them. Apparently, a waiter who had seen the woman''s face was found unconscious, and when he woke up, he behaved as if he didn''t remember what had transpired to him all the day," the subordinate answered. He was in utter shock.


    Ryuu just nodded. He didn''t know what that woman wanted to attain by helping Zhenyi. Yes, she helped Zhenyi. Or else, why would she have taken her to D¨¨j¨¤ Vu? She knew from the beginning that the club was Zhenyi''s territory and no harm could be done to her there.


    For some reason, he couldn''t stop thinking about her intentions behind her goodwill. Something was definitely not right!


    "Stop investigating the woman. She means no harm to Zhenyi!"


    "But Lord--"


    "Are my words clear?" Ryuu asked them.


    "Yes, Lord!"


    ___


    Standing on the balcony, Ryuu lit up the cigarette, and after taking a puff or two, he dialed a number.


    The day was particrly stressful. He still couldn''t understand why Zhenyi took the particr step.


    He waited for the other person to pick up the call, and when the call was finally picked up, he heard a groggy voice.


    "What on earth do you want, devil?"


    "You''re getting more and more daring day by day," Ryuu spoke in his usual voice.


    "I''m not on your payslips anymore," Sam said."So, good night."


    "Where is she?" Ryuu asked without beating around the bush.


    Sam sat on the bed and rubbed his sleepy eyes," Where is your wife?"


    Ryuu turned to find his sleeping wife. The soft light of the moon was deepening the exquisiteness of her face. He took a deep sigh and replied," She is sleeping."


    "Good, you got your reply. Now hang up," Sam said in a frustrating tone.


    "Sam Qin! If I ask you a question, you''re supposed to answer it truthfully!" The hair on Sam''s arm stood up hearing Ryuu''s chilly voice. However, he wouldn''t let the devil know that he still scared him. So, without caring for the consequences, he raised his voice when he certainly knew that he shouldn''t.


    "Aren''t you a hypocrite, bro? You were supposed to marry one, but you married another without caring to give her an exnation. Do you know how difficult it was for her to absorb that you are marrying a nobody? And as for your question about where we are, currently, we are in Georgia, inside her house. And If I don''t manage toe back alive, tell my mom to not forget about this silly son of hers. Because that ex-woman of yours has gone berserk, and if she caught me talking to you on the phone, she will beat me like she beat three of her other babysitters. Last but not the least, stop asking about her whereabouts. We are no longer in the same camp since you chose another bitch--"


    "Disrespecting my wife is equal to disrespecting me! Are you sure you can afford to offend me?" Ryuu asked him in a calm voice. But Sam was aware that it was the infamous calm before the storm. "And as for your little camp, wait for me to destroy it."


    Ryuu paused for a moment before adding, "And tell her to behave and not cause any unnecessary trouble!"


    ____


    On Esma and Alcina''s side.


    "You were right," Esma said, watching the guards searching the club. "Someone is indeed searching you." Thankfully, she dealt with that waiter or any other man who had seen Alcina''s face. She heaved out a sigh and added in a worried tone," You need to go back to Europe, Alcina. I know you''re strong but you''re not strong enough to fight with Xins and Longs all alone. Go back, it''s no longer safe for you here."


    Alcina, who was leaning against the wall,ughed all of a sudden. "Which ce is safe for me now? I can''t go back to Europe and you won''t let me stay here either. Tell me Esma where do you want me to go?"


    "Anywhere but not here," Esma quickly retorted. It''s rare to see Esma worried and anxious for someone else. The only person who could trigger Esma''s intense emotions apart from Long Jie was Alcina." And why can''t you go back to Europe?"


    Alcina sighed. "Because Phantoms and White Knights are searching for me in every nook and corner of Europe."


    "What on this bloody earth did you get yourself into?" Esma eximed. Of course, she knew what Phantoms and White Knights this crazy girl was talking about.


    Alcina shrugged. "I might have killed a big shot."


    Esma''s mouth formed into an "O" as if she understood it quite well. She further asked, "By the way, who was the big shot that managed to provoke both the organizations? As far as I know, aren''t these two organizations rivals? "


    Esma was asking the question as if they were two besties, discussing the story of thetest episode of a serial.


    "Nobody important, just my daughter''s father," Alcina replied nonchntly.


    If Lord Tang was here, he would have certainly given her a pleasuring s.p.a.n.k.i.n.g for calling him a nobody. But since he was in hell, she could call him all the names.


    "Which unlucky dude managed to pop your cherry?" Esma questioned her. She behaved like killing your daughter''s father was not a big deal. Maybe, it was not for Esma, since she was known for her incurable insanity.


    Instead of asking howe Alcina had a daughter, Esma asked about the father of her child because she couldn''t believe that Alcina could have a s.e.x life. Thest time a boy grabbed her a.s.s, she had cut the arm of the poor boy. And he was a minister''s son. So, the moral of the story -- how could a woman conceive on her own.


    Even the God above would be put in a dilemma when they mistakenly sent a defective piece such as Esma to earth.


    "Lord Tang," Alcina''s nonchnt words made Esma choke on her breath.


    "Y-you Y-you¡­." Esma still couldn''t form the words.


    ''Long Tang is dead? Alien Feng Siyan''s master is dead?''


    After calming down, Esma asked her seriously, "You really killed Lord Tang?"


    Alcina just shrugged her shoulders.


    Esma looked into her eyes only to find a flicker of hurt and pain before it was reced by indifference.


    "And your spawn''s father is also Lord Tang?" Esma asked with wide eyes. "And that self-righteous bastard is dead? Woah. This is the craziest s.h.i.t that I have heard in a while. And I find that I quite like it."


    Alcina hadn''t expected anything else from Esma. And she didn''t find her weird at all. She had known Esma for almost two decades and knew that she was outspoken about her likes and dislikes.


    "Where is your offspring?" Esma questioned her curiously. Although it was difficult for her to believe that Alcina was the mother of Lord Tang''s child, still she was curious to meet her daughter.


    "I don''t think you would want to meet her," Alcina said. Esma wasn''t good with children. Heck, none of them was.


    "Why won''t I? Who said I won''t meet my first granddaughter? Have you ever seen a grandmother as young as this one?" Esma said, exhibiting her sexy figure. "Furthermore, even if I hate her father, it has nothing to do with that innocent soul. It''s not in our hands to chose our creator." She paused and shrugged her shoulders as if to act nonchnt. "At least, your kid will get one sane parent unlike me."


    "So, you finally agreed you are my aunt," Alcina said, almost amused.


    "I''m just your daughter''s grandmother. You are not my niece."


    "Whatever you say!"


    "Scram!"


    _____


    Yes, Esma was Alcina''s biological aunt. Or to simplify it even more --- Alcina''s grandfather was Esma''s dad, but Alcina''s grandmother wasn''t Esma''s mom.

 Chapter 272 - Problematic Siblings!

    Early the next morning, Zhenyi woke up after spending the night alone on the huge bed again. She swore that she smelled Long Jie''s scent on her body. But then she instructed her brain to stop fantasizing about him because he was so far from him.


    ''Sigh. My morning starts with his name and night ends with his dreams. Just what have you done to me, Jie!''


    She had a beautiful dreamst night. She saw that he had specificallye back to her. Furthermore in the dream, he told her that he would alwayse back to him!


    She looked around but did not see anything that showed that it wasn''t just a dream. She saw a maid standing outside the half-opened bedroom door.


    ''Who opened the door?''


    The maid asked in a respectful manner, "Mrs. Long, are you awake now?"


    With a sigh, she stood up and went to freshen up.


    When Zhenyi came out of the room, she pushed the door wide open and she saw a tall man wearing ck-rimmed sses standing outside the bedroom along with a maid, apparently waiting for her.


    Just as she saw the man waiting for her outside, she closed the door on his face.


    The man was no one else but Cao Feng.


    Cao Feng''s mouth twitched when he saw Zhenyi closing the door on his face. He had yet to forget the cruel punishment he had to go through because of his stubborn boss.


    "Miss Xin, I''m afraid that you have toe with me. It''s almost noon," Cao Feng said in a robotic voice. Seeing that she was not responding, he pleaded, "Please ma''am."


    "Cao Feng, did you forget who signs your payslips? Or did you forget who''s your boss?" Zhenyi asked him from behind the door. She was still angry. Most of all, she was hurt. "Or maybe, the ident months ago has weakened your brain cells. If it''s the case, then scram!"


    "Miss Xin, Lord Ryuu has ordered me to take you to Xin mansion for lunch. Ming family and Lord will be arriving as guests. Your presence is anticipated. Besides that, your schedule also--"


    "Cao Feng! Who authorized you to take Ryuu''s orders?"


    As soon as Cao Feng heard Zhenyi''s words, he realized that it would not be easy to be someone''s assistant much less than Zhenyi''s!


    "Ma''am it was your order to ept all the orders given by Lord Ryuu without having any second thoughts," Cao Feng replied and Zhenyi pressed her lips in a thin line.


    "Tell him that I''m noting for lunch!"


    Cao Feng couldn''t help but break out in a cold sweat when he heard Zhenyi''s final words.


    ''Boss, do you know your devil of the brother is even more scary than you!''


    Obviously, he didnt said it aloud.


    "Lord Ryuu said if you refuse toe along, he will have to appear himself." It was thest resort and Cao Feng was definitely lying without fearing his death. But he knew that she would agree.


    Of course, Zhenyi agreed toe with him to Xin mansion.


    _____


    Zhenyi reached the Xin mansion an hourter. As she crossed the threshold of the ce she had grown to call home, she felt as though she had a very different feeling this time. Her feelings could be categorized into resentment and grief.


    "Young Miss, wee home," the house help greeted Zhenyi respectfully when she arrived at the door."The guests have arrived and Master is waiting for you in the living room."


    Zhenyi just nodded. She could hear theughtering from inside the house. But inside her, she could hear the sound of her heart shattering into million pieces. She wasn''t ming anyone. She just didn''t know how to deal with this tough time.


    As she entered the room, she saw everyone chatting happily. Ryuu was talking to Alex Qin, B¨¤ was engaged in a conversation with Ming Ze, Song Yunxi was busy stealing nces at Xin Yichen, and Ming Jia was happily telling Xiuying Ryuu''s embarrassing moments. Zhenyi just felt like she was someone who was trying to jinx their perfect family.


    "Oh, Zhenyi is here!" Ming Jia spoke and stood up to hug her.


    "Sigh. My daughter doesn''t have time to visit her father these days," Xin Yichen said.


    "You''rete," Ryuu said with a raised brow and Xiying looked up to see Zhenyi ignoring everyone''s words. She didn''t know if the heiress of the Xin family was really indifferent or just arrogant.


    "Hello everyone," Zhenyi said with a forced smile. She was so good at pretending that nobody found a fault in her y. After all, she was Zhenyi and how could she be bad in hiding her emotions behind the mask of indifference or arrogance?


    Zhenyi took the seat next to Xiuying which was the only empty seat apart from those next to Ryuu and Xin Yichen. She didn''t have the energy to smile graciously at everyone and neither did she have the patience to engage in meaningless conversations.


    Xiuying smelled Zhenyi''s bad mood first, so she turned to her and said," It''s nice to meet you again, Zhenyi."


    "Thank you, sister-inw," Zhenyi said softly, dismissing her.


    Ming Xiuying froze at the title. She hadn''t expected that Zhenyi would ept her so soon, but not only did she not create things difficult for her, she also called her sister-inw as if they were close. She turned to look at Ryuu who raised his brow in return.


    She shook her head with a smile and felt his warm hand on her waist.


    "For you, Young Miss," A maid said with a polite smile. Zhenyi looked at the maid and then at the tray in her hands carrying lemon water.


    "I didn''t ask you for the lemon water," Zhenyi told her, rejecting the water. "Take it away."


    Ryuu was about to say something when Ming Jia spoke, "What are you young people doing with us oldies? Go out. Ryuu, why don''t you show Yingying the mansion? After all, it''s her first time visiting the Xin mansion. And Zhenyi, Aria is looking for you."


    And just like this Ming Jia shooed away the problematic siblings.

 Chapter 273 - Lunch

    Outside a bubbly Aria came crashing into Ryuu. She wrapped her short arms around his waist and yelled," Bro! Let''s have a basketball match! I''m going to defeat you again!"


    Ming Xiuying had a shocked expression on her faceand beside her Zhenyi had an urge to roll her eyes at Aria''s narcissism.


    Ming Xiuying wasn''t shocked because Aria was hugging her husband, but because she hadn''t seen a doting look in Ryuu''s eyes. She hadn''t imagined a man like him could have soft sides too.


    Of course, Ryuu didn''t have soft sides just for anyone.That side of his was reserved for his people.


    He ruffled Aria''s hair and agreed but not before whispering something in her ear.


    "If I win, you''ll give me whatever I demand and if you win, I''ll do whatever you ask for." This was Aria''s condition.


    Aria, who would forget about everything else in front of Ryuu, looked straight ahead to find Xiuying and Zhenyi standing. She made an opps expression and came forward.


    She bowed her head to greet Xiuying. "It''s nice to finally meet you, SIL."


    Then, she looked at Zhenyi," Sis! I missed you so much!"


    Zhenyi gave her a look which said -I-don''t-believe-you-brat.


    Aria simply nodded her head like an obedient child.


    "Brat," Zhenyi muttered.


    Aria pointed behind Zhenyi," Sis! Why is there a maid waiting for you with lemon water? Is it for me?"


    "Oh, the lemon water is for someone who was drunk to oblivionst night," the answer was given by Ryuu and Zhenyi just pursed her lips.


    Aria and Xiuying looked between the two of them with curious eyes, but didn''t find the answer.


    Not wanting to raise questions, Zhenyi picked up the ss and finished it in one go.


    "Sis, where is BIL?" Aria asked.


    "BIL?" Xiuying said with furrowed brows.


    "Just like SIL stands for sister-inw, BIL stands for brother-inw."


    "He is still not back," Zhenyi answered her honestly. She didn''t not remember what had happenedst night. She remembered that she was drinking but with whom, it was still not clear to her.


    "Really?" Ryuu questioned her.


    "Do I have any reasons to lie?" She retorted.


    "Bro! Let''s start the match! Someone is in a bad mood," Aria said, and trotted away along with Ryuu.


    When Aria and Ryuu left, Xiuying spoke. "He is quite close to you guys."


    Zhenyi could feel that Xiuying was just curious and had no ill thoughts in mind, so she replied," He is our brother. So, it''s natural that he would be close to us." She paused and took a deep breath to add,"Come, I''ll show you around. Ryuu spent the majority of his childhood in this mansion."


    Zhenyi showed him the major highlights of the Xin mansion and it would be a lie to say that Xiuying didn''t fall in love with this ancient styled Xin mansion. Although the mansion she and Ryuu are staying in was antique and overly beautiful, Xin mansion was still something else. Especially the garden area. She felt as if she just fell in love with that ce.


    Now the ce whereboth of them were standing, they could see the vast Xin mansion, and the nature surrounding it. It was a surreal view for Xiuying. From a distance, they saw Ryuu and Aria ying basketball.


    In casual sports attire, Ryuu looked extremely hot with sweat dripping down his chiseled face, he was a sight to behold. Xiuying didn''t know why but this husband of hers seemed to affect her so much. His eyes met hers from a distance, and Xiuying swore that her body was on fire. Her face turned rosy.


    "He can really y well," Xiuying praised.


    "Indeed. But he will lose the game again," Zhenyi said after a while.


    "That''s impossible," Xiuying rebuked.


    Zhenyi didn''t say anything.


    And in the end Ryuu really lost the game to Aria.


    Xiuying turned to Zhenyi in surprise," He intentionally lost the game to her, doesn''t he? Oh, I understand now."


    "Every time, Ryuu and Aria will y basketball. She will set the same condition. Ryuu doesn''t get defeated just to make her feel better. He knew whenever she challenged him for a game, it meant she needed something, and since Aria and Sam are always at each other''s neck, her only option is Ryuu. And Ryuu being Ryuu never say no to any of her demands as long as it''s reasonable. "


    As Xiuying heard Zhenyi''s words she felt the need to learn more and more about him. She wanted to get to know about him as much as she could.


    A maid came to call them for lunch.


    "Let''s go back," Zhenyi said to Xiuying.


    ___


    Everyone was gathered around the dining table, only four chairs were empty. Aria, who had changed into different clothes now, was sitting beside her dad.


    Just as Ryuu sat next to Xiuying, Zhenyi asked,"Where is Y¨¨y¨¨?"


    "Your Y¨¨y¨¨ said he is not feeling well. So, he would stay inside his room," Xin Yichen answered as Zhenyi upied her chair which was beside him. He felt as if his daughter was ignoring him. And it was definitely not a good feeling.


    Everyone started dinner with usual chatting andughter, but Zhenyi hadn''t spoken a word till now. She was eating an extremely spicy dish, and felt her eyes along with her tongue burning.


    Xiuying, who was sitting in front of Zhenyi, could feel that her husband''s attention was more on the woman sitting in front of her than on the food. She was of the opinion that something was troubling him.


    As Zhenyi was about to pour more into her bowl, Ryuu said," Throw the soup. It doesn''t taste good."


    Since nobody except for Xiuying and Zhenyihad tasted it, they didn''t find anything wrong with what he said. However, Xin Yichen did. He had specifically ordered the kitchen to cook Xiuying''s favorite dishes and the soup was one of them. He saw Xiuyinhmg heartily savoring it. He could feel tensions between the siblings.


    What he didn''t know was that his daughter was angry with him, not Ryuu! It was just that she was in an extremely bad mood and was attempting to not lose her temper.


    Zhenyi had never expressed grief, so anger and bitterness was the only way for her to lighten her heart.


    And just like this the lunch ended just like it started, peaceful for many and punishment for somebody.

 Chapter 274 - Deprived Of Two Greatest Feelings.

    Later everyone left with the exception of Zhenyi, Ryuu, and Xiuying. They stayed back only because they had to see off their guests. Although Ryuu was a Tang and it was not necessary for him to see off the guests after lunch, still he insisted on doing so as he was his father''s son. Xiuying had noints. She genuinely liked Xin family though she still wasn''t close to Zhenyi. She couldn''t understand how could her Aunt Lily hated this family. They epted her wholeheartedly without any prejudice.


    It was only after they returned inside the mansion and Zhenyi picked up her handbag to leave, Xin Yichen felt as if his patience had reached its peak.


    His daughter was the reason behind it.


    Xin Yichen gave a warning look to Ryuu who raised his brow in return as usual, and then turned to speak to his daughter," Where are you going?"


    "Back home," Zhenyi replied, walking towards the door.She used the word ''home'' for Long mansion so smoothly that Xin Yichen was left baffled.


    "I thought you would join me for dinner," Xin Yichen said."You haven''t lived at the Long family house for a week and you already forget this old father of yours."


    Zhenyi stood frozen, crossing her arms over her chest and her mouth pursed.


    Ryuu nced at his wife and spoke in her ear in a low voice, "Let''s go out. They have some matters to resolve."


    Xiuying nodded her head in acknowledgment.


    They were about to leave the room, when Xin Yichen''s voice rang, "You young man, Where are you taking your wife? You''re not off the hook."


    "Xiuying is tired. I''m taking her to my room. I''ll be backter," Ryuu smoothly lied. "And then you can reprimand us both to your heart''s content."


    Therefore, Xin Yichen didn''t stop them.


    On the way out of the room, Xiuying looked at the nonchnt Ryuu walking beside her. ''Shouldn''t he be worried that Uncle Yichen is angry with him and Zhenyi?''


    As if he could feel her gaze on him, he nced at her and she reverted her eyes.


    He chuckled at her reaction.


    "Don''t worry, I won''t eat you," Ryuu said.


    "I''m not worried for myself," Xiuying said in a soft tone. "I''m worried for you. Uncle Yichen looks angry. Aren''t you concerned that you will be scolded?"


    "He will scold me?" Ryuu asked her and she nodded in reply. Heughed at the thought running inside her tiny pretty head. The look on his face was that of nostalgia.His B¨¤ used to scold her years ago when he would y a prank on him to covet the attention of his mom."I''m still waiting for the day when he will scold me again."


    ____


    Inside the living room.


    Xin Yichen turned to his daughter again and said, "I expect answers, Zhenyi. Can you give me an exnation for your behavior today? And why are you running away without informing anyone? Most importantly, let''s talk about the stunt you pulled yesterday."


    "Fan Bingbing sure snitched on me," Zhenyi let out the bitter words.


    "Just because your friend or brother didn''t tell me, you thought I wouldn''t know how you ordered your security team not to follow you?" He spoke in a reprimanding tone. He had never used harsh words with her. But yesterday, she had crossed every limit. Did she not know how many people wanted her dead?


    This girl was hellbent on giving him a heart attack.


    "Touch¨¨, B¨¤."


    Zhenyi added in a sarcastic tone. "Just because you won''t tell me about something doesn''t mean that I won''t know. You were hurt by what I did yesterday, then what about your actions? You thought since you forbade everyone to discuss it, I won''t get to know too. Wow, what a meticulous n. I should praise you for it."


    Zhenyi even pped to enhance the effects, and sure it worked as the realization finally dawned on Xin Yichen.


    "Who told you?" asked Xin Yichen as he heaved out a painful sigh. Now he knew why was his daughter behaving like that.


    Zhenyi did not speak but it did not mean she didn''t want to. She was controlling her words from escaping her mouth because she knew if she said something she shouldn''t to her B¨¤, she wouldn''t be able to forgive herself. Sometimes in anger and suffering, we say and do things we do not mean. So, rather than regrettingter, it''s best to gain control our tongue.


    "Zhenyi, my intention wasn''t to hurt you. I swear that I thought I was protecting you from pain. The way I took might be wrong, but trust me, my intentions were not. You were severely hurt, and when I saw you in that condition, I couldn''t tell you. So I prohibited the doctors to tell you about your miscarriage," Xin Yichen tried to show his point, but only if it would be working.


    Not to mention the fact, she was emotionally unstable for a long time.


    Zhenyiughed sarcastically at his words and why wouldn''t she be. It was the cliche-est excuse she had ever heard.


    "You had no right to make decisions on my behalf. I have been through worse and we would have lived through it too," Zhenyi whispered, tears collecting at the rim of her eyes. "You know what? I trust you the most! I always used to say that my B¨¤ could never wrong me! He would never deprive me of anything. But B¨¤, you deprived me of grieving my child. I did not get to feel the happiness of his arrival, but I could have at least felt the pain of his departure. You deprived me of the two greatest feelings of my life!"


    "I''m sorry," Xin Yichen could only apologize now. He hadn''t thought that instead of making it easy for her, he gave her the biggest pain of her life. He knew she would break down after hearing the news. He had seen her trying to end her life several times when Ryuu brought her home about fifteen years ago. She didn''t want to live because she thought she was the reason behind the death of her mother and sister. He knew that she wasn''t at fault and how could he me her for the inevitable?


    Thus, he hid the truth of her own child when she lost it, he was aware of the fact quite well that she would me nobody but herself, and that''s what she was doing now.


    So, he didnt regret lying to her for a single moment.

 Chapter 275 - Welcome To The Family Of Liars

    "Does Long Jie know that you know about the miscarriage?" Xin Yichen asked after a while. He knew that it was Long Jie who brought her homest night, and since he brought her home, he would know why she was upset.


    "He knows?" Zhenyi looked at him with red wide eyes.


    Seeing him nodding his head, Zhenyi copsed on the chair next to her. She couldn''t believe it all. He broke her trust again. And here she had lost her heart to him. She was such an idiot. Every time, she would give her trust to him on a tter, and he wouldn''t think twice before breaking it.


    That was her karma, wasn''t it? She had killed many people for her own profit, and now Lord was punishing her.


    Hah. She deserved all the misfortunes that fell on her. She deserved to be unloved and left behind.


    She thought back to the time when she woke up from thea more than two months ago, and let out a bitterugh.


    "All of you are big f.u.c.k.i.n.g liars!"


    She picked up her bag which had now fallen on the ground and left to leave.


    "I''m done with you all!"


    "Zin''er, please forgive me. You''re my daughter and I can''t see you in pain. I never wanted to hurt you. I wanted to protect you from the pain. I know how you will take this matter. I also know that you would me yourself for the death of your unborn child when you were not at fault. Long Jie wanted to tell you, but I was against his decision--"


    "Ohe on, B¨¤. You don''t need to protect him or our marriage," Zhenyi said with augh as she wiped her tears. Xin Yichen felt a shiver down his spine. He didn''t know why but he couldn''t see her behaving normally as if nothing had happened all of a sudden. "Did you forget that the marriage pact we signed had mentioned there would be no divorce in any case? So, chill. I''ll live and die as his wife. Isn''t that what you and Y¨¨y¨¨ wanted?"


    "This is not the truth, princess."


    Zhenyi opened her mouth to retort but stopped when she heard Ryuu''s voice.


    Ryuu had asked Xiuying to rest in his room as he received an important call, but just as he exited the room to pick the call, he heard Zhenyi shouting at his father. He couldn''t believe his ears! If there was one thing he knew about his sister, it was that she couldn''t be angry at the people she called her family at all, much less than shout at them. So, he cut the call and came down immediately.


    "What''s happening here?" He couldn''t help but ask as he saw his father''s painful expression and Zhenyi''s red eyes. He felt as if someone had squeezed his lungs tightly and he couldn''t breathe at all. When was thest time he felt something like this?


    Just as Zhenyi saw Ryuu''s baffled expressions, she couldn''t stop her tears. She ran into his embrace, ced her head on his heart, and cried her heart out. Ryuu had never seen her sister crying so badly, not even when he found her half-dead fifteen years ago. She was always brave and frowned upon crying. He always told her that there was nothing wrong with crying. Tears never make us cowardly. Then, why seeing her tears he felt as if he would die just to see a smile on her face?


    "Ryuu,B¨¤ lied to me. I don''t know what to do. Jie lied to me too. Do you know what they did?" She told him in a sobbing voice." They didn''t tell me that I also lost my baby in the ident." She broke the hug and looked at him, her eyes were holding despair and broken dreams," Am I not unfortunate?"


    Seeing Ryuu''s guilty eyes, Zhenyi looked at him in shock.


    "You knew," Zhenyi whispered.


    "Angel--"


    "Of course, you knew." Sheughed suddenly. "Wee to the family of liars. You are my ideal, big brother. I always look up to you. In my eyes, no one is like you no matter how great they are. You are my God. Dammit, I worship you! But what did you do to me? Your lies broke my heart. Where is the Ryuu who would die than lie?"


    "I''m not a saint, Angel. I''m human after all."


    "Oh, trust me, now I know," She said."Why didn''t you tell me? You also thought that I am weak and can''t handle the stress? Or did you also think like B¨¤ that I will get a heart attack and die?"


    Ryuu sighed out, "I know my sister is not weak. But Zhenyi, the decision was taken by your husband and B¨¤. I could go against B¨¤ but you are Long Jie''s wife and as your husband and the father of the baby, he had more right to decide than me. I''m sorry, I couldn''t protect your happiness."


    "I don''t want to hear your excuses. I just know that both of you have been lying to me since I was a child," She said and looked at her father. "B¨¤, you not only lied about this matter to me but also about the death of my mom. She did not die in any ident. I saw her dying in front of my eyes. I still remember that scene like it was just yesterday when she sacrificed her life to save mine." She then turned to Ryuu, "I also remember that you came to save me. Ryuu, did you forget that there was one more person who died to protect my life?"


    Both Xin Yichen and Ryuu were looking at her frozen. They were too shocked to act. Taking advantage of this moment, Zhenyi left the room and the Xin mansion. She didn''t know about her destination but she did know that she needed to go far and far from them.


    She didn''t me B¨¤, Ryuu, or even Long Jie. It was just that the emotions umted inside her erupted likeva from the volcano.

 Chapter 276 - I Hate You!

    Zhenyi pressed on the elerator, and the car ran even faster than before. She didn''t realize for a moment that she could get herself hurt for driving the car at the lightning speed. All the voices inside her head were reminding her of the misfortunes that had befallen her. And adrenaline was the only way to shut it up.


    It was so frustrating, so tiring and so fuckingdepressing that Zhenyi couldn''t help but feel the urge to let out a cry of help. But who would help her? The people she loved and trusted betrayed her. She didn''t know where and whom to go... She was all alone in a world full of people.


    Suddenly, a ck car appeared before her, and to stop the two cars from colliding, she pressed on the brakes abruptly, causing her car to crash into the pole. Thankfully, she wasn''t hurt anywhere.


    She took heavy breathes to calm herself down. Looking around and she found herself on a secluded road, and when her eyes fell on the GPS, she found out that it wasn''t working anymore. Very well. She was now stuck at God knew where! She rested her head against the steering wheel when she sensed someone unlocking the car door.


    "Come out now!" As she heard the familiar voice, she looked up to see her husband''s angry face. Oh, so he was angry at her? You know what she was f.uc.k.i.n.g angry at him too! She wanted to punch his beautiful angry face.


    She crossed her arms over her chest and looked straight. Seeing her behaving as if he wasn''t there, Long Jie kicked the tire in frustration, anger, and misery. The vein on his forehead was bulging and could erupt anytime. He understood that she was hurt and angry, but still, it didn''t give her any right to put her life in danger. And she did so, that too twice.


    He couldn''t save or bring back what they lost. But he could surely protect her at all costs. He got a call from Xin Yichen when she left the mansion an hour ago. He had been dying with worry since then. Well, he deserved it.


    Frustrated, he slipped one of his arms under her legs and another on her back, and picked her up.


    "What the hell are you doing? I''m telling you, Long Jie leave me the hell alone. Or I will surely kill you," Zhenyi screeched, kicking him in the process.


    ''Her threats never change!''


    Once they were close to his car, he positioned her on the ground. She punched him in the stomach as her feet touched thend. She didn''t stop just there, she punched his jaw next, and seeing that he did nothing to stop her, she punched his car, but before her fist could touch the metal, his hand caught hers.


    "You can punch me all you want but not the car," H


    he said to her.


    "Since you love your car so much, I''m going to destroy it right in front of you!" With this said, she headed towards her car and after a while came back with a steel rod in her hands.


    Long Jie stood by the side of the road and let her destroy the car. If it helped her to cool down, he would buy her ten more to break or destroy.


    She knew that she was being petty and childish but did she care? Absolutely not!


    After fifteen minutes, when the car looked unrecognizable, she turned to find Long Jie staring at her intensely. She had done a great job on her jaw and whenever for the next few days, he would look in the mirror, he would find her mark right there on his now purple jaw.


    She was so angry, so frustrated and depressed that she first unleashed her wrath at him and then at his car. But he hadn''t said a word since then. She hated him for standing so calm. He should shout at her! He should me her!


    And then, she would use him of lying to her. But first, she wanted him to call her all the names that he should.


    She walked in his direction and stood before him. She raised her hand and he looked into her eyes anticipating for the pain toe, rather soft and salty lips touched his lips but not so softly and gently.


    It was not a kiss. It was her pouring her anger at him. What couldn''t be said in the words, she told him by aggressively moving her lips against his. She gave him all the anger she had umted inside and he took it as of he was thirsty for centuries. She kissed her way down his neck, leaving her bites and bruising kisses all over him. He snaked an arm around her waist and the next thing she knew was that she was inside the backseat of her car half-naked beneath him.


    A moan escaped her mouth and he snapped back to reality.


    "We need to talk," he said in a hoarse voice as he closed his eyes, and held her wrist to remove her hands from his body.


    "Ah, how badly I think that ''we need to talk'' is your way to ask me to break up," Zhenyi spoke in a taunting voice and Long Jie tightened his hold on her wrist.


    "You don''t," his voice raspy with desire and anger.


    "Oh, I absolutely do."


    "Talk to me," he begged her.


    " I hate you," was her reply.


    "Me too," he whispered, pouring cold water on her burning anger. Yeah. He hates him too. Perhaps, more than she does.


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 Chapter 277 - Unhealthy Love

    [Mild mature content ahead! Enter at your own risk. Although I advise you to go ahead and take a dip in the river of knowledge]


    Zhenyi pulled her wrist out of his hold and snaked her arms around his neck just like she coiled her legs around his, and flipped their position. Now he was underneath her.


    She removed her skirt as he had already freed her out of the top. Now inside the tinted car, she was lying on him just in her lingerie.


    Watching the goddess in front of her, he couldn''t breathe. Whatever the blood was powering his brain, ran straight to his c.o.c.k and he was sure if she didn''t stop here, his c.o.c.k might overpower his brain, if not it had already.


    "We can''t do it, Zhenyi," he said in what seemed like a whisper of help.


    "You''re refusing your wife?" Zhenyi asked with a smirk. She was angry, frustrated, wet and so damm h.o.r.n.y.


    "Yes, I''m refusing my wife. The same wife who was seconds away from killing me. The same wife who broke my bloody jaw," Long Jie said in a frustrating tone.


    "You deserve it," Zhenyi hissed.


    "Trust me, I know."


    He watched as her hands unfastened the buttons of his shirt and yanked it from his pants to unbutton thest two. She peeled the shirt off his body slowly and seductively as the devil was taking his time before bringing him to punishment. It was just that the goddess in front of him loved to punish with pleasure and promise of heaven.


    As she was about to press a kiss to his throat, her lips were stopped by his palm.


    "Why are you doing this?" Long Jie whispered. "Why are you hurting yourself?"


    A tear leaked from the corner of her.


    Before the tear could fall on her cheek, he caught it on his finger and brought it to his lip.


    He leaned over and kissed her eyes softly, "Why are you hurting yourself like this, Cat eyes?"


    "Because I love you and you do nothing but hurt me," She yelled.


    ''My Cat eyes loves me.'' He didn''t know what to do or say because he was frozen.


    Thus, he didn''t say anything in reply but just kept staring at her. Did he deserve her? Did he deserve this awesome woman? Hell, he didn''t. He would never be worthy of her. But he would be damned if he ever let her go.


    "Aren''t you going to say anything now?" She shouted at him, frustrated.


    "What do you want me to say?"He calmly asked her. He seemed to have got a hold on his streaming emotions."Can a sorry erase the pain I have given you? Can a sorry put back your broken heart? Can a ''please trust me one more time'' bring back your trust in me again? Can a sorry bring back what you lost, love?"


    She wiped her face, and said," You''re a f.u.c.k.i.n.g asshole!"


    "I know."


    "You''re a liar!"


    "I know."


    "I want to kill you!"


    "I know!"


    "I want to kiss you!"


    "I know," he whispered, and slowly sealed her lips with his. They kissed slow and fast like they couldn''t get enough of each other. It wasn''t the first time they were kissing. Still, always with her, it felt like it wasn''t enough yet at the same time the thought of her was fulfilling. His body, his mind, his heart, everything was on fire with the need of Zhenyi.


    She broke the kiss first and then started a trail of bruising kisses and bites all over his neck, chest, and hard stomach.


    She was torturing him with his teeth but hell, he didn''t feel pain but pleasure.


    He closed his eyes as her hand untied his pants and brought them on his ankles. She palmed his throbbing c.o.c.k and he swore that he just came by her touch. Her touch was lethal as it was illegal. It should be a crime to be able to be as horny as he was by her touches. He opened his eyes and realized that she was still in her lingerie. His hands were dying to rip off the clothes covering his view.


    But he wouldn''t.


    Because she would hate him if he let her continue anymore.


    "Stop," he said but it sounded more like begging to continue, and as she put her cool hand on his throbbing and hot c.o.c.k.


    "We shouldn''t --"


    "Of course, we should," she said as she looked up at him.


    "Zhenyi, it''s neither the right ce nor the right time--"


    "What happened to Cat eyes? Hmm?" She had a smile on her face, and her hand was stroking his c.o.c.k. She increased the pace and he brought his hand to stop her but only if she would listen. "I love when you call me love. I love it even more when you call me Cat eyes."


    "You would hate me," he said in a hoarse voice.


    "Oh, I already do," She said, increasing the pace, and he didn''t stop her. Because before a loving husband, he was a man first, submissive to the instinct of his body.


    He flipped the position, and now she was again under him. His eyes were dark with desire, and longing.


    "You''re going to regret it," he said, getting rid of her undergarments.


    "I won''t," she said. There was a challenge in her eyes. "I don''t want it for the sake of pleasure. I want you to f.u.c.k me because when you f.u.c.k me, I don''t remember anything. I don''t hear or see anyone but you. So, please f.u.c.k me and shut the voices in my head."


    "It''s not healthy, Zhenyi," he told her.


    "Neither is loving you," came the reply.


    "You want me to f.u.c.k you, then I will f.u.c.k you like you want me to. Not because you want me but to shut the voices inside your head," he growled.


    "Do your worst."


    ______ _____


    NOTICE::


    Well, I have the stockpile for July now. So, I will be continuing The Viin. Or that''s what I hope. I''ll try to be as active as I can after July. Actually, the main reason to start another book -- I''m a new writer with not so big fanbase. I''m really happy for those who supported me and so for you guys I''ll be posting at least 7 chapters a week if not more. My target will always be 2 chapters a day. My MGS ends this month. So, I need to start a new book to support myself as what earn from this book is not much. Well...i hope you understand where I''ming from. Money is not life but it sure is motivation to continue writing especially when you''re a student!!!


    Thank you for understanding!!!

 Chapter 278 - Where Is Home?

    After several rounds of angry s.e.x, Zhenyi came out of the car first. Yes, fully dressed. It might be a little more difficult for her to wear clothes than removing them. She reached the conclusion that she was still angry at her husband. She didn''t want to see his face. She didn''t want to hear his excuses either. Most of all, she didn''t know how to talk to him without breaking down. And she would be damned if she let him inside her life again. He could go to hell for all she cared. Still, she wanted to drive him to the hospital to get his swollen jaw fixed.


    She opened the car door and saw Long Jie fastening his shirt button," Get out."


    Long Jie looked at her as if she was crazy. "You don''t want me to prance on this deserted road naked?"


    "I don''t care," She said but her eyes were still fixed on his hot body.


    "Trust me, Wifey I also don''t care," Long Jie smirked at her. "But it will be a problem for you if someone captures me on camera naked. You are already unhappy with one love rival. What would you do if you got a dozen of them?"


    "I''ll kill you!"


    Long Jie chuckled and tossed a gun at her. Although he had a clean reputation in the country, he still hadn''t forgotten his roots. A gun was always with him.


    "Shoot me if you wish to be my widow at the tender age of twenty-five."


    "You''re infuriating," Zhenyi said.


    "Not more than you, baby!"


    "F u.c.k you!"


    "You just did," Long Jie retorted. "As much as I want to f.u.c.k my gorgeous wife, I would still prefer you under me on our bed. Not in a car where I can''t even worship my goddess to my heart''s desire!"


    A shiver ran down her spine as she gazed at his intense eyes. But she refused to let him know how much he affected her. She watched him getting dressed before her eyes. No matter how much she wanted to take her eyes off him, she just couldn''t.


    He got out of the car fully dressed. Although their clothes were crinkled, it was still better than nothing.


    He pulled her into his arms and said "Let''s go home. We need to talk. And you need to unleash your anger at me. You can hit me. You can yell at me. You can do anything to me as long as youe with me."


    She put her hands in the space between their bodies and got out of his hold.


    "Come home with me, Cat eyes," Long Jie whispered. "Please."


    "Where is home, Mr. Long?"Zhenyi asked him with a raised brow.


    Long Jie didn''t like the way she called him. It sounds distant and unfriendly.


    " Zhenyi--"


    "I''m noting with you," She told him straightforwardly.


    "We belong together," Long Jie said.


    "Says who?"


    Long Jie caressed her face tenderly,"Baby, pleasee home. We will talk. You''re breaking my heart.You said you love me. If you love me, thene home with me. We belong together. Please don''t break us."


    "You break us, Long Jie. Your lies, your false promises, your choices, and everything you said and did bring us here," Zhenyi told him.


    "I won''t ask you to trust me again. Because I know if you trust me again, I''ll break it. I swear on everything that''s dear to me, you mean the most to me. I know my decision hurt you but hell, I wasn''t given a choice. Either I would tell you the truth or lose you. You were not you, Zhenyi. I know that I stayed by you all the time. I know that shell of a woman wasn''t my wife. That shell was weak and vulnerable. And I couldn''t tell her what I should have."


    Long Jie opened his mouth to say something, but Zhenyi''s phone rang all of a sudden.


    She looked around to find where her phone was ced. She found her phone below the seat. She saw the name of the caller before picking up the phone.


    "Yo! best friend!"


    "I swear on your empty head that if you called me on B¨¤''s order, I''ll shoot you no matter which part of the world you''re in right now."


    Long Jie and Sam were both shocked to hear the anger in Zhenyi''s voice. Well, she was angry most of the time. Still...


    "Which unlucky bastard got on your bad side?" Sam asked, half-amused.


    "I''m so sorry to say that I don''t have time to entertain you and your nonsense!"


    Sam stood up abruptly. He took a deep breath and said, "You okay, Zhen Zhen?"


    Zhenyi kicked the tire only to hurt her foot. She grimaced in pain, and said, "No, I''m not okay! I have never been okay! But why do you care? Don''t you all live making the decisions of my life?"


    Behind Zhenyi, Long Jie sighed out. He had never seen her like this. This time, she had no hold over her emotions. She wanted to let everything out but at the same time, she wanted to keep her pain within her. And he found himself helpless before her suffering.


    He knew she wanted some time for herself. And he couldn''t give that to her.


    On the other hand, Sam grew anxious by every second Zhenyi shouted in deep and hidden emotion. He didn''t know what happened to her but he knew that she was not alright.


    "Where are you?" Sam asked her gently. He wondered what ahd just happened!!


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 Chapter 279 - Take Me Where I Can Be Zhenyi

    "Where are you?" Sam asked her gently.


    "I don''t know," Zhenyi said, looking around. She didn''t know what ce it was. And she didn''t want to talk to Long Jie so she didn''t ask him.


    "What do you mean you don''t know?" Sam said in a loud voice.


    "I might have abandoned my guards, and drove the car at a lightning speed aimlessly," Zhenyi said in a small voice.


    "Girl! Are you for real? Send me the location from your phone," Sam said, taking the car keys. He ran towards the door. When he saw the location Zhenyi gave him, he added," I''ll be there in ten. Don''t move from that ce." He paused and then said, "Can you do me a favor? Don''t tell Ryuu, I''m in the country."


    Zhenyi agreed, and Sam couldn''t believe the obedient girl he was talking to was his troublesome best friend.


    When she ended the call, she saw Long Jie gaze fixed on her. She had a question in her mind and so she asked him.


    "If I hadn''t known about this matter by myself, would you have told me?"


    Long Jie nodded. "I never intended to lie to you. It was just that when you finally started recovering, I had to leave the country."


    Hearing his answer, Zhenyi realized that he was in a different country until yesterday and it meant he just arrived a few hours ago.


    "How''s your brother?" She asked him.


    He smiled sadly. "We weren''t able to save him."


    "I''m sorry," She quickly said. She didn''t know what else to say. "What about his daughter?"


    "She is under my care for now," Long Jie replied.


    Zhenyi nodded. She didn''t know what to say. She had been so upied with her grief that she didn''t know that he had been suffering all the time as well.


    She caught his arm and said, "Let''s go home."


    She looked up when he didn''t move. Seeing him shaking his head, she asked him in perplexion. "What happened?"


    "You''re noting with me?" She asked again.


    He shook his head again.


    "Why?" She asked him in confusion. "You don''t want me anymore?"


    He removed his arm out of her hold and said, "I want you with me all the time. Zhenyi, do you know what tears my heart apart from your hate? Your pity. I can bear anything, even your hate and anger directed at me, but not pity."


    "I''m not pitying you," Zhenyi said in a whisper.


    "I know, baby."


    Long Jie held up her chin and made her look at him. "People say that you''re a bad and dangerous woman, and I agree with them. You''re so bad and so dangerous for yourself that I want to protect you and keep you safe inside my heart always. You don''t have to be selfless always for people you love. Can you be selfish for yourself once? Can you throw a tantrum because you''re hurt? Can you be upset with me instead of forgiving me easily?"


    Her eyes turned misty as she looked at his ssy eyes. "Don''te with me just because you think I''m suffering. I won''t say that I''m not and I don''t need you. But right now, more than me, you need yourself. You need to take a deep breath and be selfish for once. Only listen to what your heart says. Stop living for B¨¤, stop living for me. Just live for yourself once."


    He caressed her face onest time and uttered, "Go with him."


    She nodded.


    "Let me wait until your ridees," Long Jie said after a while as Zhenyi saw that he hadn''t moved.


    She silently agreed.


    Minutester, a catchy red sports car appeared and stopped a few inches away from Zhenyi. Sam came out and engulfed Zhenyi in a hug, and after breaking the hug, he looked at her from head to toe to scan if she had any injuries. He sighed in relief when he found none and so he hugged her again.


    "Thank God, you''re alright!" He couldn''t express in words just how scared he was.


    His eye fell on a ck car which was broken beyond repair, and then at the white car which crashed into the pole. Last but not the least, his gaze rested on Long Jie, and then at his broken jaw.


    "You didn''t say that your husband was here too?" Sam asked her.


    "I don''t know that man," Zhenyi replied, and opening the door of the car, she sat on the passenger seat.


    From a distance, Long Jie saw a man with long hair hugging his wife, and he had to clench his hands to smash his ugly face with the steel rod his wife had used on his million-dor limited edition car.


    Seeing that Zhenyi got into the car, Sam went in as well and drove to his apartment soon after, leaving Long Jie behind.


    __


    Inside the car.


    "You left your husband behind," Sam said as he didn''t like the silent Zhenyi.


    "Didn''t I say I don''t know that man?" Zhenyi asked while ncing at him.


    Sam pursed his lips to stopmenting about her husband. Although he didn''t like Long Jie, today he pities him.


    "So...where are we going?" Sam asked her.


    Zhenyi stared at Sam''s face for a little more than normal. Where did she want to go? Home? No. She needed to go away from home to be her. Who did she want to be? Where was she going?


    ''Do I hate B¨¤, Ryuu, and Jie for what they did to me?'' She asked in her heart.


    ''I don''t have the answer to my own question. I don''t know what I''m angry and sad for? Am I sad because they lied to me? Or am I sad because I lost my baby? I have questions in my heart and mind but no answers. I need to find the answer if I want to find myself. I don''t want to be Xin Yichen''s daughter or Ryuu''s sister or Long Jie''s wife. I want to be just Zhenyi. The Zhenyi, I never knew still exist inside me. ''


    "Where are we going, Zhenyi?" Sam questioned her again.


    "Take me where I can simply be Zhenyi."

 Chapter 280 - Wicked Never Sleep

    Xiuying woke up to an empty and cold bed, she touched the side of the bed and saw Ryuu was not there. She got out of the sheet and tied her nightdress. She looked around only to find Ryuu smoking on the balcony, staring at nothing.


    Xiuying walked in his direction, embracing his body from behind. She asked in a soft voice "Why are you not sleeping?"


    Ryuu let her hug him and took another gust of the cigarette. Crushing the cigarette with the flower pot, he replied. "Wicked never sleeps."


    "Neither do the wealthy," Xiuying retorted.


    "But you were sleeping fine," Ryuu removed her arms, and turned around to look at her.


    Xiuyingughed, "I''m no wealthy woman. People think that I''m but I''m just a daughter of a wealthy father and wife of an even more wealthy husband. I''m worth nothing if separated from my husband and father."


    "You are worth something, Ming Xiuying," Ryuu whispered as he held up her chin with his index finger while staring into her eyes. "If you were as worthless as you treat yourself, you wouldn''t be enjoying the title of my wife."


    Ming Xiuying''s eyes turned sad as she whispered back, "As I''ve said before I''m just a wife of a wealthy husband. My worthes with a title, not within me."


    Ryuu took a step ahead and Xiuying took a step behind, still staring into each other''s eyes. When her back was against the wall, Ryuu said, "Your husband is a wanted man. If you kill him, you can be a proud owner of billions. What else are you waiting for? Take your chance, and seize your wealth."


    "Why would you do that?"


    "Do what?"


    "Test me all the time. Don''t you trust me?"


    "Every moment of life is a test, Xiuying," Ryuu answered her."As for trusting you, trust is hard-earned, not distributed like grants. I don''t trust easily. And people I trust never betray me. Do you know why?"


    Xiuying hadn''t probably noticed before as to how close she was standing to him. A cold shiver ran down her spine. She answered in a broken voice, "Because they are your utmost loyals?"


    Ryuu''s chest vibrated withughter, "No, Xiuying. They never break my trust because I kill them before giving them a chance to be called my disloyals."


    Xiuying flinched after hearing his reply. Zhenyi was right, Ryuu words were indeed honey dipped vicious. She couldn''t imagine that a man as beautiful as him could do something as heinous as killing someone. Perhaps, she didn''t know him at all. And she didn''t know if she had the courage to know him better.


    After amassing tons of courage, Xiuying spoke in her usual sweet and soft voice,"Can I ask you a question?"


    Ryuu nodded at her. He was staring at her but she didn''t know why it came off like he wasn''t seeing exactly her. He was an enigma. The closer she tried to be to him, the moreplex her life was bing.He was like that endless abyss which held nothing but mysteries and puzzles. If she tried to touch one, several more would emerge. He was so dangerous for her that she wanted to run thousands of miles away from him yet there were some mysterious maic forces emitted by him that held her hostage. He was like that bewitching legend that we had just heard but never seen, who lured innocent beings such as her in his sweet trap.


    "What were you asking?" Ryuu said after a while when she didn''t raise the question. She was staring weirdly and creepily at him as if he was some demon she wanted to run away from but at the same time, she wanted to capture him to exhibit in some museum like those damn fossils.


    Xiuying came out of their thoughts as she heard his voice.


    "I was asking why are you upset? Is it because of what happened at Xin mansion today?" Xiuying asked Ryuu.


    "To be honest, I don''t know what to feel about it. We both have been living as someone else for as long as we remember, hiding our real power and true form. Behind this facade ofvish characters of ours, lie someone else, someone who''s begging to be unleashed."


    "Your answer is just as puzzling as you,"Xiuying sighed. " I wish I could understand your words."


    "And I wish my woman can understand me without any words."


    ___


    "Here I thought you invited me to finally meet my granddaughter," Esma said, drowning the ss of alcohol.


    "Why don''t you like her momma''spany?" Alcina growled at her. She could see Esma sitting on the stool, and a waiter pouring drinks for her, but she could vouch that he was trying to peek at her half hidden boobies.


    "But I really want to see what Lord Tang''s offspring looks like," Esma nonchntly replied. She seductively smiled at the waiter and he poured another drink for her.


    Alcina angrily pointed her finger at the waiter and said," You! Young boy! Turn your eyes before I pluck them out to y balls."


    The horrified waiter looked at Esma who just shrugged. "Don''t worry, little human. I will buy you new eyeballs."


    Poor waiter didn''t know what to do, and so he ran backside and minutester, a female attendant came.


    ''I need toe to this bar more often. I didn''t know that I could find some mouth watering human here! What a feast!''


    The waitress didn''t know why but a shiver ran down her spine.


    "So why are we here?" Esma asked Alcina, her eyes stuck on the dance floor where Alcina was already gazing.


    "Just out to enjoy some drinks," Alcina said, her eyes still stuck on the crowd.


    "And you want me to believe it?" Esma sneered.


    "Do you have any other option?" Alcina asked back.


    "If you say so---" As Esma was about toplete her sentence, she saw Alcina running towards the crowd where a young man who happened to just look at Alcina, fled.


    Esma turned to look at the shocked waitress and whispered,"Oh, honey, my friend just went out to have a little meeting with her pal, and I just happened to be cashless. Do you perhaps ept payment with something other than money?"


    The waitress gulped as she saw a dark goddess descended from God knows where bending before her, dressed in her signature ck clothes.


    "Ummm¡­"


    "Restroom?" Esma winked and the blushing waitress nodded.


    (Rest is up to your imagination!)

 Chapter 281 - Alcina And Phantoms

    Outside the Bar!


    As the man ran out of the bar, Alcina ran behind him as she was a few inches away from catching him, a car appeared before her since it was a busy road. She jumped on the car swiftly and then jumped on the other. A kid watching the scene standing by the road saw Alcina jumping over the cars and shouted, "Superwoman!"


    As the man turned into a tight street, Alcina kept following him. He wasn''t able to escape her.


    Suddenly, the man stopped on the street before he was blocked, he turned back to find another path to escape but found Alcina blocking him.


    "Queen"


    The young man was not sure why Queen looked bored.


    Alcina stepped ahead and caught him by his cor."Did you forget who your teacher is?"


    The young man looked into her eyes, hatred, and disgust burning in his, and said, "You are not my teacher anymore. You betrayed the organization. You were not supposed to leave it ever. Anyone who you call a teacher must deserve the title as well. And Queen, you don''t deserve your title anymore."


    Alcina was a tiny bit surprised to see the kid she took as her disciple staring at her without shrinking in fear. Seemed like they forgot what it meant to be tormented by the Queen of Serpents. Don''t you worry she will remind him soon.


    The young boy merely reached near Alcina''s nose since she was a tall woman. So as frail as she looked, she caught him by his cor in the air and then threw him at the concrete wall.


    As the young man stood up to fight, she grabbed his cor again and knocked his head again at the cement wall. "I forgot to teach you that ''a teacher for a day is a teacher for life''."


    "You can''t manipte me, Queen. I was foolish back then to have trusted you in the past. Now I''m no longer a kid but a man. I know what to learn and what not!" The kid was not one to back down. What a coincidence! Neither was Alcina.


    Seeing that the kid was not giving up, Alcina nned to y with him a little longer. Although she knew quite well why he was here. Since they had happened toe across one another, she would definitely leave a wee gift for his boss.


    Leaning against the wall, she rummaged out a cigarette from her pocket and held it between her lips. She checked his pocket and took out a lighter.


    "Since you do not consider me your teacher, you have no right to keep it," Alcina said as she lit the cigarette.


    "So where were we?" Alcina said once she was done with the cigarette.


    "You''re a betrayer and a disgrace to the organization!"


    "Ah, isn''t that what the organization is talking about me these days?" Alcina asked him, almost amused."That I used to manipte those dimwits?Dimwits sitting at posts like them, thinking they are ruling the world for its betterment if it''s not maniption what it is? I might have stroked their manly ego, but maniption? That''s not an area this Queen is skilled with." This Queen only knew mind control. Of course, she didn''t add it.


    "You still have a chance, Queen. They will take you back if youe with me," the young man said proudly.


    Alcina was now really amused. Take me back? Woah. Did they even deserve her? Phantoms really knew how to amuse her again and again.


    "Little worm, tell this teacher of yours, did you tell them what I look like?" Alcina asked him with raised brows.


    The young man gulped while looking at Alcina''s poisonous green eyes. What could he say? Queen of Serpents was also called a Queen of disguises. No one knew what she exactly looked like. Not even the organization''s top officials. Except for this young man. He has once seen Alcina in her full glory and as bewitching as she was, he wasn''t able to forget her face.


    If Prince Amaris learned that the Queen of Serpent wasn''t a middle-aged woman but a young woman and an extremely beautiful one, he would have made her his. Who didn''t know about Amaris''s obsession with extraordinary beauties? Who in the organization didn''t know to what extent he was crazy for another extraordinary beauty --Xin Zhenyi? If not for the head of the organization, Amaris would have wreaked havoc when a scandal arose a few days before -- Xin Zhenyi was getting married to a nobody.


    Coming to Alcina, this little worm couldn''t define what Alcina looked like in actuality when Prince Amaris asked him. It was as if his voice couldn''te out of his throat whenever he was trying to define Alcina. It was bizarre as it was true.


    The young man shook his head in answer. Yes, he couldn''t reveal her real identity as Alcina already knew.


    Alcina, who was still leaning her tall body against the wall,ughed. "Tell me, little worn. That good for nothing prince sent you to the lion''sir to kill the man who''s engaged to Xin Zhenyi ording to the rumors?"


    Sheughed even louder. And then, her expressions turned grim and she punched her ex-disciple, who didn''t leave with a fight but only he could win against the teacher.


    "This is Lord Fucking Tang''s sanctuary and you came here without protection. Let''s forget another fact that you are sent here with your little army to drag me back, for a second," She said and punched his face. "You greedy little thing, someone threw a bait and you came out." Another punch. "Now you will die at the hand of Tang soldiers."


    "You betrayer!" He kicked Alcina. Of course, she was a little injured. She had taught him well. Still, the pathetic thing failed pathetically. "Prince Amaris made you the Queen of Serpent. You betrayed him by leaving the organization. What right do you have to reprimand me?"

 Chapter 282 - Masters Achilles Heel

    "You betrayer!" He kicked Alcina. Of course, she was a little injured. She had taught him well. Still, the pathetic thing failed pathetically. "Prince Amaris made you the Queen of Serpent. You betrayed him by leaving the organization. What right do you have to reprimand me?"


    Alcina took two ck pins out of her bun and stabbed him in the neck. Enough of the fight. She wasn''t in the mood to fight.


    "First of all, you don''t deserve to call me a betrayer when you betrayed your teacher for benefits from that good for nothing prince. Secondly, do you think the chief would have let me leave just like this? I fucking made a deal with him for my freedom. He asked me to kill Lord Tang in order to leave the organization. I killed him and won my independence. I do not care about the lies Amaris has fed you."


    The youngd had fallen on the ground yet he didn''t lose the fight. "Prince Amaris killed that dreadful Tang--"


    She lowered at his level and said as her eyes bore into his. "Talk about him with respect, little worm or you don''t want to fathom the consequences. He is a thousand times the man your Prince Amaris is and ever will be."


    She looked at him for thest time and spoke," Goodbye, my dear disciple. Remember me in the hell Feng Siyan will put you through."


    ___


    Ring! Ring!


    Feng Siyan picked up the call as he saw an unknown number shing on his phone.


    "It''s really been a long time, Ah Siyan!"


    "Don''t you dare call me the name, woman," Feng Siyan gritted out. "And what right do you have to call me?"


    "Take a chill pill," Alcinaughed. "I have every right to call you since my princess is with you. How is she?"


    "She is fine," Feng Siyan replied monotonously. "If not for her, you would have been long killed, woman. I wonder which country you saved in yourst life."


    "I didn''t win any country in myst life," Alcina said, infatuating Feng Siyan. "But I did win your Master''s heart in this lifetime as you know how great his love was for me that he willingly took the poison I stabbed him with. Lord Tang couldn''t live with the Queen of Serpents as they were born nemesis yet he died at my hands. What a tragic love story ours is! How does it feel Feng Siyan that you were not as important as me in his heart?"


    "You! I will kill you." Of course, there was someone who could melt Feng''s cold face. Not just burn but she could set him on fire. If Feng Siyan was the ice, Alcina was a dragon breathing fire.


    "Come find me, Feng Siyan," Alcina said tauntingly. Feng Siyan could imagine the cocky smirk on her face. " Let''s see who will emerge victoriously. Me or you? I''m sure Long Jie will look after my daughter fine if you end up dying at my hands." Alcina just didn''t stop here. She kept pushing Feng Siyan''s button. "Who knows you will go straight to where your master is! What do you think, where would he be? Heaven or hell--"


    "Alcina! Do not cross your limits! He treated you like no one else yet you killed Lord Tang," Feng Siyan growled. His demeanor was now that of a hungry lion. He would tear Alcina apart. Consequence be damned. "Do you even know who he was? Do you know the importance of Lord Tang?--"


    "Let''s not make me guilty, Feng Siyan," Alcina cut him off. She had yet to ept the fact that she was Lord Tang''s murder. She murdered a great man. People might look up to her but she couldn''t meet her eyes in the mirror with guilt.


    Lord Tang had once said, "Alcina, if Lord Tang ever died, you would be his killer. Do not feel guilty because I''m giving you the power to do so. He was born to die one day at your hands."


    Taking a deep breath and keeping aside her scattered thoughts, Alcina spoke," I''m sending you the location. Come and pick up Amaris''s dog. And don''t forget to inform Long Jie that his love rival''s madness is increasing day by day. End him before he does something that all of us would regret."


    ___


    "Who was on the phone , Ah Siyan?" Long Jie asked as Feng Siyan disconnected the phone. It wouldn''t be wrong to say he wasn''t thrilled to know that there was someone who could rile the epitome of coldness aka Feng Siyan up.


    "Who would it be other than the infamous Queen?" Feng Siyan grumbled. He couldn''t believe that she had the nerves to order him around. If not for his master¡­.


    On the other hand, Long Jie didn''t know what to say.


    "So, when will she take Faye with her?" Long asked him a whileter.


    "On her fifth birthday i.e just seven days away." Feng Siyan didn''t know about the deal between Alcina and Lord Tang. Alcina wasn''t supposed to see her daughter''s face until she turned five years old. Now that five years were about toplete, Alcina would be taking her daughter with her to where she belongs.


    Feng Siyan also didn''t know about Alcina''s real identity except for the fact that she was living underthe alias Queen of Serpents. All he knew was that she was his Master''s Achilles heels.


    Since Faye was in Long Jie''s care, he had to do everything to keep her safe. Faye''s identity was more sensitive than them. So, he asked, "Can we stop her from taking Faye? We can''t ignore the fact that she is the one who killed Lord Tang. Everyone knows Queen of Serpentshas killed Lord Tang,and not to ignore the main point they Queen of Serpents is a part of Phantoms, how can we let her take the little princess away? She is Brother''s only heir."


    "Do you think Master haven''t think about this? Half of the time, I don''t know what runs inside Master''s mind. His sudden death. New heir for the organization. Me stepping up to take his position. He told me nothing about this. But all I know is we have to trust his vision. He was a visionary. Besides, we don''t have any other option."


    Truly, Feng Siyan knew nothing. All he knew was that once Lord Tang asked him to step up into his position if he ever disappeared. This time, he didn''t disappear. He simply died...


    Only if he knew that his Master would leave him to clean up his mess!!

 Chapter 283 - Prince Amaris

    "She is waiting for her father for weeks now. What will happen when she finds her mother but not her father?" Long Jie questioned Feng Siyan. He kept thinking about this disturbing question. What was more troubling him was Faye''s bizarre and incurable disease. He hadn''t heard that a person''s body could heat up due to the re in intense emotions. They hadn''t yet told Faye anything about her father and what would they tell her when they had no answers?


    "We can''t predict it now," Feng Siyan said with a defeated sigh. He took a seat beside Long Jie and poured a drink for himself. He didn''t know why but after talking to Alcina he always needed a drink. After gulping down the content of the ss in one go, he looked up to find Long Jie staring at him. "You haven''t talked to her yet. That''s why you don''t know how it feels to talk to her. Just imagine talking to abination of your wife and Esma. Both can be a handful."


    Long Jie patted Feng Siyan''s shoulder and said," I can understand you, my friend."


    Feng Siyan saw Long Jie immersed in his own thoughts. He could see that Long Jie was drunk now. When was thest time he saw Long Jie drunk? Never. The man had great self-control whether it came to Alcohol or women.


    "Aren''t you going home?" Feng Siyan asked him.


    Long Jie snickered, "Home? My wife left me and now you''re asking me to leave too?"


    "What a mncholic drunkard," Feng Siyan muttered under his breath.


    "Never marry, Ah Siyan. Being a husband is a thousand times more difficult than being an asshole," Long Jie advised Feng Siyan.


    " Thank you, Brother, for your kind advice, "Feng Siyan replied as he nodded. "You can be rest assured that I will definitely act ording to your advice. If one day my mind gets screwed and I decide to get married, I''ll just look at your depressed married face--"


    "Fuck off!" Long Jie growled and Feng Siyanughed.


    Seeing Feng Siyanughing, Long Jie smiled too. "One day you''re going to meet a woman who is going to melt this ever frozen ice around you and crawl into your frigid heart."


    Feng Siyan scowled at him. "Didn''t you just advise me never to marry?"


    Drunk Long Jie smiled, "It''s not that marrying is a bad thing. It''s just that we don''t know how to be good husbands. Whenever I think that I''m doing something good for my wife, it always ends up hurting her. My intentions weren''t wrong this time but my actions surely were. I wonder if she will forgive me this time."


    "There is always divorce," Feng Siyan proposed.


    "Only if I know how to live without her, " Long Jie said and Feng Siyan shook his head in resignation. Long Jieid his body on the sofa while staring at the ceiling nkly, said, " My wife is my life but I don''t know how to deal with both of them. (Wife and Life) "


    ''Why is loving you so difficult, Zhenyi? I haven''t loved anyone as much as I love you. Heck, I haven''t loved anyone in my life but you. But why can''t I make you happy? Why am I always the reason for your tears? Something tells me that you''re better off me. You deserve better and me bing better for you is just not enough. I can neither let you go nor I can hold on to you. I''m so lost and so miserable without you.''


    "Queen mentioned Amaris again," Feng Siyan said after a long silence. He didn''t know who Long Jie would take the news, given he was already drunk and most of all miserable right now.


    "What about him?" Long Jie asked him patiently.


    "Oh, nothing special, " Feng Siyan immediately replied. He gave out an innocent smile that Long Jie had an urge to break his jaw."But he is just a little anxious since there are rumors circting that your wife is getting engaged. And being her greatest lover as he imed, how could he rest in peace?"


    Long Jie jerked up as his face hardened. "Let me kill him, Feng Siyan. Because every time I imagine his cocky mouth near my wife, I want to smash it."


    Of course, Long Jie knew about Prince Amaris''s obsession with Zhenyi. If not then why else would he be obsessed with Zhenyi''s security? He had been a part of White Knights for a decade now. And his post was just now second to Feng Siyan. One could imagine his authority. Who hadn''t known that Prince Amaris was obsessed with an Asian girl? But no one knew who she was exactly.


    When he was told that he would be marrying Xin Zhenyi, he investigated her but found nothing. It was just recently he got to know about Amaris''s obsession with his wife. And since then that damned Prince was on his hit list.


    The only problem was that he couldn''t kill him without starting an international war.


    "We can''t afford to kill him now. He is royalty. If you kill him now, you will invite more trouble than he is worth," Feng Siyan tried to reason with him. He paused and then said as he recalled something. "Moreover, you need to stop your wife from causing trouble."


    Long Jie smiled as he guessed what Feng Siyan was talking about. "My wife is naturally curious. Once a mystery pops its head, she makes it her mission to solve it. She is always hungry for information. Since she wants to investigate Long Ah Shaan then I''ll let her. I''ve been secretly investigating him for years with the help of the organization. But other than the fact that he had a hidden wife and perhaps a child too. We didn''t know anything."


    "One more cousin means one morepetitor for your position. Think carefully," Feng Siyan reminded him.


    "If my cousin really wanted toe out, he/she would havee out years ago."


    "How are you so sure about it?"


    Long Jie sighed out, "My father-inw confirmed it. His wife really came across my cousin but since the matter was sensitive, she didn''t give him much information apart from the fact that she had met my cousin. And where he/she is now, even B¨¤ doesn''t know. Apparently, my mother-inw was thoroughly loyal to Long Ah Shaan. She didn''t give any information to her husband either."


    "Then, I hope you get a simple-minded cousin," Feng Siyan said, raising his ss.


    ''If Tang Reine really raised her then I highlydoubt it¡­" Long Jie said in his heart.

 Chapter 284 - Sunrise

    The knocking on the door intensified as the figure on the bed covered her head with the nket. She murmured something before falling asleep again. Outside, Sam was going eager with each passing second.


    When Zhenyi didn''t open the door after knocking for fifteen minutes, he decided to unlock the door with the spare key. Of course, he had one.


    As he entered the room, he saw the sleepy drunken woman covering her body from head to toe with the nket. He yanked the nket, and she sat on the bed with a jerk.


    "Are you looking for a new way to die, Zhenyi?" Sam asked her, his hands were ced on his hips. She could have suffocated herself under the nket.


    "Someone better be dead, Sam, or I''ll kill you," Zhenyi grumbled in a groggy voice.


    "Oh, it''s very urgent. Get ready. Freshen up andI''ll keep your clothes on the bed," Sam said while leaving the room.


    Zhenyi''s head was throbbing but her body was still sleeping. With half-closed eyes, she entered the washroom and came out after a few minutes only to find the most outrageous clothes ced on the bed.


    "Sam!"


    "What!" He came running into her room. He thought something happened to her, given the way she yelled.


    He found her shooting res at him. "What the hell happened, Zhenyi? You scared me!"


    "What is this?" She pointed towards the clothes. ring eyes? Checked. Hands on hips? Double Checked. Thinking of thousand ways to dispose her best friend''s body? On the way!


    "Clothes, what else?" Sam shrugged.


    Zhenyi took hold of the so-called clothes in her hands and asked again, "What the hell is this, Sam Qin?"


    Sam sighed out, "It''s a top, and this one is called shorts."


    "Do you think I''ll wear these pink clothes?" She questioned him. What on earth was he nning?


    "What''s wrong with these clothes?" Sam asked her in return. "Don''t say that these clothes don''t match the aura of Xin Zhenyi. Last night, you cried your heart out about how you just want to be Zhenyi for a day, not Xin Zhenyi or Mrs. Long. As your best friend, it''s my duty to give you everything you ask for. So, today we are going to live as Zhenyi and Sam. Go. Go. Change into them."


    "I said that?" Zhenyi furrowed her brows in confusion, forgetting about the main issue.


    Sam nodded his head.


    "I don''t believe you," Zhenyi said, crossing her arms over her chest.


    "I knew it! You little drunkard! I knew that you would not agree to your own words. So, I made a video of you pouring your heart in front of this handsome best friend of yours!" With this said, Sam took out his phone and showed her the video. Truly, she was talking nonsense to Sam in this video. And she knew that he would die but would never delete this video. Heck, he had made 100+ backup copies of it.


    "I don''t want to do anything. I just want to stay in my room," Zhenyi sulked.


    Sam rolled his eyes at this weird best friend of his. "If you think that I''ll let you rot in self pity and self deterioration inside my room. You are very wrong, baby! We are leaving. Get dressed."


    Zhenyi made a sour face at him, "If we go out, Ryuu will know that we are together. It won''t take him much time to know that you''re in this country. You will be exposed. And God knew how many guards he and my husband had already assigned for me."


    Samughed sarcastically. "The devil already knows. The moment I met you, he put two and two together."


    Zhenyi just pressed her lips in a thin line. She wanted to rot in self pity. Wait what? No, she just wanted to sleep all day. She was going to sleep through her sorrow.


    While leaving the room, he added, "You have ten minutes before we leave."


    Admitting defeat, Zhenyi changed into the clothes that Sam had given her.


    ____


    "I can''t believe we are climbing the damn mountain only to see the sunrise," Zhenyi grumbled. She looked ahead only to find out that they had yet to walk a few kilometers.


    "Only after hardship, we can find happiness," Sam said with augh. "Come on, I know that you''re excited. Let''s see who reaches the peak first."


    "Stop sprinkling your sunshine thoughts on me," Zhenyi said. "I''m so miserable that I can''t even sleep to my heart''s desire."


    "How about if you stop being a pessimistic woman for a while I''ll do what you say?" Sam offered.


    Of course, Zhenyi agreed.


    An hourter, Sam and Zhenyi saw the sunrise together. It wasn''t the first sunrise they saw together nor would it be thest. But it was kinda special in a way for her. They used to be wild and crazy when they were young. It''s not like they were old now. It was just that both of them have to mature quickly to shoulder the burden of their respective responsibilities.


    "Zhenyi?"


    "Hmm?"


    "Do you know why people prefer sunrise over sunsets?"


    "Because they have to climb a freaking mountain just to watch the sunrise and they don''t have any other option than liking it?"


    "Absolutely not!" Sam red at the killjoy.


    Zhenyi just shrugged.


    She saw how a smile bloomed on his face and she knew what wasing next. A freaking philosopher. Not that she minds one. And as expected Sam continued talking and like always she pretended as if she wasn''t going to listen to what he had to say, when the truth was that she was going to save every word he had to say in a special folder in her mind and heart.


    This novel is a contracted work with W e b n o v e l. c o m (remove spaces). If you''re not reading ''The Typhoon''s Dangerous Wife '' on W e b n o v e l, it has been stolen. It''s very heartbreaking to see pirates profiting from my hard work. Please support the original author,(tanu_sam).

 Chapter 285 - Sunrises And New Beginnings

    Thus, Sam began in a way like this , "Sunset reminds me of promises. A promise that there will be a new beginning one after sunset. Every night we sleep peacefully in darkness because we know that we will open our eyes to see the light." He seemed to have paused for a moment and Zhenyi ced her head on his shoulder, her eyes still on the pinkish sky. " In life, we experience good and bad times but just like the sun never forget to rise each morning, we should never forget that one day our sufferings, misery and pain will end and a new beginning will be waiting for us," Sam said while looking at the now entirely risen sun. "The sunrise is waiting for you, Zhenyi. Embrace the new beginning that life has to give you and leave behind your past. I still remember the broken girl Ryuu brought home fifteen years ago. That day, you asked me ''Sam, I''m the reason my momma and little sister left this world, will you still be my best friend?'' I never get to answer that question. Let me ask you a question today, if instead of Aunt Reine, it was you and your kid, who would you protect? Yourself or the kid?"


    Zhenyi turned to look at him with blinking eyes.


    "You have your answer, Zhenyi. You were never to be med. You did nothing wrong. You were not at fault. And as for being your friend, even if people call you a monster, I''ll still be your best friend."


    ____


    "Where are we going?" Zhenyi asked Sam when they finally reached the road.


    She truly enjoyed this morning with Sam, and so she wouldn''t be refusing what he had nned for the day. It wouldn''t be a lie to say that she was looking forward to living her day just as Zhenyi. When was thest time she took a break to enjoy the money she had earned with her blood and sweat? Maybe never.


    "Oh, I know an amazing ce and we are going there to have the best pancakes in the whole wide world," Sam announced, tossing his car keys in the air.


    Zhenyi looked into the car mirror and caught a glimpse of her face. She didn''t look bad if you would ask. Instead, she looked quite young today. She was wearing a simple pastel too and jean shorts along with pink sneakers. How badly she wanted to smack Sam for choosing pink!


    She opened the door, and sat on the passenger seat. Of course, Sam wasn''t a bit chivalrous as her husband.About thirty minutester, they entered a vige. She was mesmerized by the beauty of the ce. It was far from the hustle bustle of the city. He parked outside a small and ancient restaurant. They went inside, and sat on the only empty table avable there.


    An elderly woman came, and Sam behaved quite cheekily with her. Zhenyi had a hard time suppressing a smile. As the woman''s gaze fell on Zhenyi, she eximed,"My, my who we have here? Xiao Xian, is she your girlfriend? Aiyoo! Although she is quite beautiful, you look more like siblings than a couple!"


    Hearing elderlydy''s blunt words and looking at Sam''s sour expression, Zhenyi ended upughing. "Auntie, this young man proposed to me to marry him a few months back, and I beated his ass for that!"


    "Look at her, Auntie. Tell her no one will like her. Men these days love gentle and delicate women like Auntie," Sam flirted with the old woman."We men like delicate and gentle beauties like Auntie."


    The elderly woman patted his shoulder and said," Young man, there is nothing wrong with a woman being strong and tough. Delicate or tough, they both are women. And where is it written that men only like delicate and gentle women? What''s wrong with a woman who can fight boldly rather than acting all coy?" She then turned to Zhenyi and scrutinized her. She had to say the girl was pretty in a very unusual way. Then her gaze fell on something. "Look at her hand, she is already married, isn''t she?"


    Sam pursed his lips and said nothing. Was it necessary to rub salt on his fresh wounds?


    The elderly woman left soon after noting down the order andter a young man came with their order, and as Zhenyi took a bite, the heavenly pancakes dissolved in his mouth. Sam was so right about this ce.


    "Brother Qiang," the young man greeted Sam. Qiang seemed to be Sam''s new alias. Zhenyi saw that the young boy''s cheeks were red. Was he blushing?


    "Brother Qiang, why didn''t sister Xixie with you?" He asked again with red cheeks.


    "Oh, she is busy with some work but she promised to visit you all soon," Sam told him and the boy ran inside with red cheeks.


    "Your roommate''s name is Xixi?" Zhenyi asked him.


    "It''s just an alias just like Qiang," Sam informed. "Her identity is quite sensitive."


    "Really?" Zhenyi raised her brows.


    "She is a superwoman," Sam said casually.


    Zhenyi perked up at his words, "Sam, do you perhaps like her?"


    Sam froze as he heard Zhenyi''s words. He took a deep breath and said,"Yeah. I like her. I think I like her a lot. I really admire her. I haven''t met someone as amazing as before. She is a genius, Zhenyi. Can you believe that her medicine worked on me like a miracle? Apart from you, if I can call someone a friend that will be her. But that proud peacock will never ept."


    Zhenyi nodded. "Where is she now?"


    "Probably nursing her broken heart over a bottle of wine in some corner of the world," Sam said in a worried tone.


    "Why would someone as amazing as her cry over a mere man?" Zhenyi asked him.


    "Because not every man can be Ryuu," Sam muttered in annoyance and Zhenyi turned towards him in shock.


    _____


    I wanted to write a romantic book but this one turned out to be a melodramatic(if it''s a genre). And hopefully, we will be taking a leap as the new characters are finally here. And...and....ummm...yeah, send me some gifts coz I feel like crying and beatings someone at the same time.


    [I really think we need some rxed chapters as mysteries are getting too much for me to write ?. ]

 Chapter 286 - What Is Aria Upto?

    "Does he know her?" Zhenyi asked him with wide eyes. Okay. She could handle Sam''s romance but Ryuu''s?


    "What do you think?" Sam raised a brow.


    "That snake¡­" Zhenyi tried to say.


    "Her doing," Sam said with a defeated sigh. "Not only this, she was the one behind Ming Xiuying and Huo Yusheng''s failed engagement. The boy was lusting after her cousin and so, Xixi might have added something in their drinks¡­"


    "Goodness, does this girl know that instead of eliminating Xiuying, she invited him into Ryuu''s life?" Zhenyi felt like the girl was crazy. Well, what she did was indeed crazy.


    "Oh, I asked him the same question, and do you know how she replied to me? She said,'' ''I''m giving him the reason to leave because I want him to give me a reason to stay '' or something like this. And I have nothing to say back to her. Ryuu married Xiuying and she went to God knows where!"


    "Thank God, Ryuu is married to Xiuying, otherwise I don''t want to see my two brothers fighting over the same girl," Zhenyi said to him.


    Sam looked offended by her remark. "Who said anything about fighting over her? I like her but it has nothing to do with her or Ryuu!"


    "You are crazy, Sam Qin!"


    Sam sulked feigning sobs, "I only liked two girls genuinely in my life. I really thought that you both were the coolest women in the world apart from my mom obviously. But both of you hurt me by choosing the world''s biggest jerks over me."


    "Stop calling my husband a jerk, you jerk."Zhenyi red at him.


    "Oh, I''m sorry I forgot that love is blind and women in love are even more blind," Sam said with a serious expression.


    "Shut up. My husband is not the world''s biggest jerk."


    "Oh, you''re right, my dear best friend because that spot is gloriously upied by your brother."


    ____


    On the other side.


    Fan Bingbing was pacing back and forth in the room anxiously. She was checking the time on her watch frequently. If she had what Aria was up to she would have done something to knock some senses into her apparently empty head.


    The knock on the door was heard and Fan Bingbing collected her wits to deal with this new problem.


    "Miss Fan, the information you asked for is inside the file, " The man said and left with a bow.


    Fan Bingbing nodded. She opened the file and prayed to heaven to be proven wrong this time.


    But only if her prayers would be heard¡­.


    ''Great Aria! Now, who''s going to clean your mess? I do not want to tell Zhenyi. But if I hid this matter from her, she is certainly going to shoot me. Moreover, who''s going to save you from Aunt Jia.''


    She pondered about who to call first? Because there was no way Zhenyi would be picking up her calls. After racking up her brain, she decided to call Long Jie.


    He picked on the third ring.


    "Miss Fan?"


    "I can''t connect to Zhenyi. Can you please pass her the phone?" Fan Bingbing asked. "It''s urgent¡­"


    "Well, you have to call her best friend. She is with him currently," Long Jie told her. "Everything is alright?"


    "I wish I could say everything is alright," Fan Bingbing said. "However... Are you sure Zhenyi is with Sam? I mean when did hee back?"


    "I only know my wife is with Sam Qin," Long Jie said. "Also Miss Fan, if you need any assistance, please tell me."


    A thought came into her mind as she said, "Mr. Long, your help is very much needed and appreciated. I need to get some information and the other party is quite wary of our men. One more thing, this matter is very confidential and can you--"


    "Don''t worry, I will look into it myself," Long Jie assured her. "And if it doesn''t require Zhenyi''s urgently, then can you please not¡­ I know I''m overstepping my boundaries but she is very disturbed right now."


    "I''m sorry," Fan Bingbing said. There was nothing she could do. Zhenyi needed to deal with this as soon as possible.


    "It''s alright," Long Jie said. "I will send you the information as soon as possible. It won''t be a problem for me."


    With this said, Long Jie hung up the call. Fan Bingbing sat on the chair and sighed.


    ____


    On Sam and Zhenyi''s side.


    "What on this great earth are we doing in a mall?" Zhenyi asked Sam as they took the elevator. Sam had his sunsses on and was giving different poses to girls who wanted to click his pictures. They all thought that he was much better looking than the celebrities.


    Zhenyi shot a re at these so-called fangirls and they immediately hid their phones.


    "What a killjoy you''re, Zhenyi!" Sam couldn''t help but grumble.


    "Shut up," Zhenyi stomped on his feet. Unfortunately, she didn''t get the desired effect as she wasn''t wearing her beloved heels. " Again, what are we doing in a mall?"


    Sam rolled his eyes. "Of course, shopping. When was thest time you came to a mall?"


    Zhenyi blinked at him as if remembering when was thest time¡­


    "Never, " Sam said to her. "You have never shopped before. Neither have you ever stepped inside a Mall."


    "That''s because I''m a kind hearted woman, "Zhenyi replied. " If I started shopping, wouldn''t my team of stylists be jobless?"


    "I don''t even know why I always argue with you," Sam muttered under his breath.


    "Because you love trying your luck. Hoping one day you will win the argument."


    Both of them stepped inside a high-end store. Zhenyi''s eyesnguidly ran over racks of clothes and nothing caught her eyes until...


    As she felt a hand on her shoulder, she looked up to see Sam gawking at the person standing at a distance.


    "Is it the infamous scene where the heroine meets her love rival and both like the same dress? The viiness aka love rival will insult the heroine and then the hero wille in a dashing style and save his damsel in distress?" Sam spoke the whole sentence in a single breath. He paused and zoomed his eyes on Chen Yuling''s face and said again, "Is it the same scene, Zhenyi? If it''s, I need to record it for ma. You know that


    she lives for drama and entertainment."

 Chapter 287 - Different Men

    As if one Chen Yuling wasn''t enough a crazy woman appeared before Zhenyi and began gawking at her with starry eyes as if she had seen a¡­


    "Oh my god!!!" Then, the girl eximed, practically bouncing with excitement. "I''m Xiao Ci. I''m your biggest fan." She took out her phone and started showing something on the phone screen to Zhenyi. "I''m the president of your fan club--"


    Sam grabbed the phone from Xiao Ci''s hand and said, "But you don''t even know her name. And how did you find her pictures?"


    Xiao Ci pouted. "She didn''t tell me her namest time. I just know her as ''dashingdy.'' I clicked your pictures secretly but the Chief secretary deleted all your pictures from my phone. I also ordered the--" She stopped talking and looked here and there to check if someone was hearing her. Seeing that the women in the store were, strangely enough, staring at the group of three, she gestured to Zhenyi and Sam with her hand toe close. "I also ordered the sharp-edged ythings but that jealous Chief secretary fired me on the spot¡­ Aiyoo! Life is so tough for a hardworking woman like me. But don''t you worry, dashingdy. I''ll be your fan till myst breath."


    Sam blinked his eyes as the girl kept on telling Zhenyi how much she adored her. ''Oh, God! Who is this alien creature and what fan club is she talking about? My best friend is not an idol material. Neither does she deserve to be called one. Heck, what the hell is wrong with my best friend? Why does it seem like she is epting to be this strange girl''s idol? Save me, God. I''m dying. My heart is attacking. Oh, no. I''m having a heart attack¡­"


    Zhenyi patted Xiao Cia''s shoulder and asked her to calm down. The girl blushed as Zhenyi touched her shoulder. ''So handsome!''


    "Thank you, Xiao Ci," Zhenyi said with a gentle smile. "Since you''re the president of my fan club, why don''t you pick up a dress and my best friend will pay for it?"


    "Why would I pay for her dress?" Sam spoke immediately. Did she not know her brother had freezed the cards he had been given? ''Sob. Sob. I had to use my own money, it seems.''


    It wasn''t that Sam was a penny-pincher. It was just that if he used his cards, his dad would know that he was in the same city. And if his dad knew, it wouldn''t take long for her mom to know too.


    "Because she is the president of my fan club," Zhenyi retorted. He should be punished for basically dragging her shopping.


    "No. No. You don''t need to buy me a dress," Xiao Ci spoke. "I only came here because I saw you earlier."


    "You see, my best friend wants to take me shopping and I came as I can''t say no to him," Zhenyi said and turned towards Sam. "But you didn''t say that I need to shop for myself. Moreover, I have more clothes for this season than I can wear in this whole lifetime. So, please don''t waste your hard earned money on me."


    Not so reluctantly Sam bought a dress for Xiao Ci. He was always good to people who were good to his best friend. And the number of people who were genuinely good to Zhenyi could be counted on one hand or his little finger.It was only because his best friend was not good to people, to begin with.


    Xiao Ci kept thanking both of them.


    "Can I take a picture with you?" Xiao Ci asked with those puppy eyes.


    "Sure, but you can''t post it," Zhenyi said as they clicked a picture...


    "You are my idol and I want to show the picture to the whole world," Xiao Ci said with a sad voice.


    Zhenyi gently rubbed her head and said," You said that I''m your idol, right?" Xiao Ci nodded. "Why did you ept me as your idol out of all the amazing people out there? I''m no celebrity, just an ordinary businesswoman."


    "You say that you''re an ordinary businessman. Maybe, you''re right. But you are not an ordinary woman. In my eyes, you''re the most amazing woman I have ever seen," Xiao Ci began. "I saw you at Du cooperation. When you said President Du enjoys pleasure with pain, I thought it was supposed to be a prank. Later, when the doctor came and a bandage was wrapped around his neck. I knew that it was your doing. He pretends to be charming and a gentleman but he is no less than a demon who seeks pleasure in destroying the lives of innocent girls. You taught him a lesson in his own territory and this makes you wonderful in my eyes. I admire how strong, bold, and outspoken you are. I wish to be like you when I grow up."


    ''Thank God, this already grown-up girl won''t ever grow up in her life. If she did, who would handle another Zhenyi?'' Sam said in his heart.


    Zhenyi smiled at her. "If I''m an amazing woman in your eyes then why do you need to show that to others? You can always like someone and not show it off on social media. However, I suggest you not to like everything I like. You have seen a little glimpse of me that day. You don''t know my story, my life, or even my character. Admire someone for their good character, Xiao Ci. Don''t idolize everything about them."


    The way Zhenyi spoke, Xiao Ci felt like idolizing her even more.


    "What a surprise! I didn''t expect toe across Mrs. Long again," Chen Yuling said with a smile. She threw a nce at Sam who had a very interesting expression on his face and another at the girl standing next to Zhenyi who left as Sam gestured her to. "Well, I shouldn''t say but howe Mrs. Long had a different man with her every time we met?"


    Zhenyi threw an uninterested look at Chen Yuling. "If you know that you shouldn''t utter nonsense, then who the hell is asking you to?"

 Chapter 288 - Looking For Answers

    As Alcina emerged out of the car, she tossed the car keys at Nick.


    Nick was a man Lord Tang had specifically arranged for her many years ago. He knew from the beginning that Alcina wouldn''t be a part of Phantoms forever. She was there for a reason and once it was achieved she would return, no matter what the price she had to pay for her freedom.


    And that''s what Alcina did...


    "Take care of my baby," Alcina said to him and Nick shrugged back at her. Only Alcina could treat cars as dear as a mother would treat her children.


    "So, where did you find her?" Alcina asked Nick as he navigated the path for her. She had been looking for a certain olddy for as long as she could remember. And today, when she received Nick''s call that he found her in a vige situated on the eastern border of the country. She was ted after hearing good news after so long.


    Finally, there were some clues.


    "Are you sure that you can get information on your mother through this olddy?" Nick asked her.


    Alcina grinned roguishly. "Didn''t you say if we find this woman you will help me crack this case?"


    Nick shot her a look which said are-you-crazy? But what could he do when he certainly had made a promise such as it? Not only this, he made this particr promise in front of his boss. Now he was stuck with her to work on this bizarre case.


    Alcina knew that she couldn''t crack this case without Nick''s help. He was a genius and there was no denying it. However, with geniuseses insanity, and Nick didn''tck any. He could never work under anyone, especially a woman such as Alcina who by all means thought of herself as nothing less than a queen of the whole universe.


    However, it would be a lie to say that he didn''t enjoy working with her. If he was insane, then he had no words for her. She was a brand of her own self.


    Alcina didn''t know what secrets she would be going to unearth today or if there would be anything worth knowing about Elena Zhang also known as Zhang Xuelin who also happened to be her mother.


    But it was paramount that she meets that olddy today who was her mother''s caretaker back in those days. Her father once said that there was only one woman who stood by Elena Zhang''s side during the worst time of her life. And knowing quite well how difficult it was to get information out of her father''s mouth, Alcina decided to reach the bottom of the matter once she grew up or when she was capable enough of it.


    Her father never wanted her to avenge her family as he had sworn that he would never do anything that would hurt his family. To him, family meant everything. Even if the same family orchestrated his death.


    However, she was his daughter. Not the forbearer of his promises ormitments.She would do everything which meant it could keep her daughter safe. Even if it meant to pluck the roots of her pastpletely because she didn''t when these roots would bloom into a poisonous vine capable of threatening the life of her daughter.


    "We are here," Nick said, pointing towards one particr house. It was slightlyrger than the rest of the houses in the neighborhood. They knocked on the door and a few minutester, a woman came out only to scowl at the two strangers.


    ''Well, that''s not how someone behaves with the visitors.''


    "We do not ept visitors," the woman said and mmed the door on their faces. When she was closing the door, Alcina wedged the toe of her pointed heels into the space between it.


    "Good thing, we are not visitors. We are here to meet Mrs. He who perhaps is your grandmother."


    The woman opened her mouth to say something, but before she could utter anything, Alcina waved her hand to cut off her words, and said in a haughty tone," You see youngdy, I''m not here to make little chats. If I say thatI''m here to meet Mrs. He, it means that I won''t return without meeting her. It doesn''t matter what methods I may have to choose. To our knowledge, your grandmother is in herter eighties and I don''t know when she would leave this green earth, leaving me with more questions and doubts that I will ever solve on my own." She cocked her brow and said, " So, move."


    The woman threw a help-me look at Nick, who just shrugged in return. If he knew how to deal with her, wouldn''t he be enjoying his vacations?


    epting defeat, the woman moved and let Alcina enter the room.


    "You have ten minutes to meet my grandmother and if you took even a second more than the said ten minutes, police will be here to deal with you," the woman directly told Alcina. Then she took Alcina, yes, only Alcina to meet the olddy to the other side of the house while Nick waited outside the door.


    "Grandma, someone is here to meet you." Alcina could hear the woman talking to the olddy in a soft tone.


    "Didn''t I make it crystal clear to everyone that if someonees asking about me, tell them I''m dead," the olddy said in a frustrated voice.


    "I''m afraid, Mrs. He, that the other party is quite persistent," Alcina said, entering the room without the permission of the olddy but only if the said olddy was healthy enough to throw her out of the room. She was lying on the bed and seeing the color of her face, Alcina knew the olddy wouldn''t survive another month.


    This wasn''t how she had expected to meet her mother''s caretaker.


    However, things didn''t surprise her these days...

 Chapter 289 - War Of Survival

    The olddy looked at the source of the voice and her eyes flickered with not so much surprise as Alcina entered the room. When she entered the room, the woman from earlier left to give both of them some privacy.


    "I assume you recognize me," Alcina said as she noticed the olddy''s gaze.


    The olddy scoffed. "As if I can ever forget these eyes."


    "Why are you here, Alcina?" The olddy asked her with a sigh. Of course, she recognized her."If you expect answers which you most likely will, you won''t be getting any from me."


    "How are you so sure that I''m Alcina? I could be an imposter," Alcina said, cocking a brow.


    The old woman sneered. "This cockiness and arrogance. You inherited from your father." At the mention of her father''s, there was a flicker of disdain in the olddy''s eyes. It slowly turned into gentleness though. "And your facial features, especially your unique eye color, you inherited from your mother. Your mother has the most beautiful eyes. Although you got the same color, but yours could hold a single drop of gentleness and benevolence such as hers."


    "Where did her gentleness and benevolence take her?" Alcina said in an indifferent manner, her tall frame leaning against the door. "In the end, she died. Her story ended. The selflessness that she bestowed on that family didn''t even let her die in peace. What would you do with so-called benevolence and gentleness if it ends up killing you?"


    "You can''t be like her even if you try, " the olddy said with a shake of the head. However, she couldn''t hate Alcina, given how she knew how Alcina had survived the twenty-eight years of her life on her own. But was it too selfish of her to see a little of Elena in her?


    "I don''t want to be like her in the first ce, " Alcina said. "Love destroyed her, Mrs. He. She let love weaken her. She died the worst death a mother could ever imagine. Without seeing the face of her child for the onest time. Her selfishness, benevolence, and kind heart took her life in the end." She paused and then added in a defeated voice. " I''ve been searching for you for years now. Since I ran away from that ce, I knew that I had to find you. Please, I need answers. I need to know everything. I need to know what made my father fake his own death. I need to know why everything happened in the first ce?"


    The olddy was put in a dilemma as she saw Alcina''s ssy eyes. She could read the desperation and helplessness inside her eyes. But she didn''t want her to burn her life with vengeance. Those who had died couldn''t return but those who were still alive could be saved. It was what Alcina''s father had begged her to do before his death. He was right that one day his daughter woulde knocking at her door, demanding answers and she came.


    "Come here," the old woman said to Alcina.


    Alcina walked to her side and sat on the stool ced near the bed. The olddy caressed her face with her callous and old hands and whispered, "Sweet Ali, you have grown very beautifully and courageously. Let me tell you one thing, your mom and dad are so proud of you wherever they are today." She paused and her eyes turned wet with unshed tears. She continued, "Your parents knew that you woulde to me one day. They made me promise to never tell you anything that will put your life in danger. You were their treasure. Knowing your nature, how can I give you answers? You will wreak havoc and won''te out unscathed. Go back. Live a happy and peaceful life. Don''t look for me. Find yourself a good man if you haven''t until now. It was my wish to see you once before dying and perhaps, this was what kept me alive till now. Go home, Ali. I don''t think I can bear to be the reason for another war. Last time, it was the war of love. This time, it will be the war of vengeance."


    The olddy recalled how Elena destroyed her own life for love. What she didn''t do for her so-called love? And Alcina, she could recognize the same passion in her eyes that she once saw in Elena''s. Both would forget themselves for something they at


    were passionate about.


    "It''s not the war of vengeance, " Alcina whispered back. "It''s the war of survival. And we do everything to survive in this ugly world. They are after my daughter. My only family in this world. You know my grandfather, he won''t stop until he achieves what he wants. Mom was the coteral damage. Dad was his enemy. He thinks dad destroyed his daughter. He won''t stop until he destroys everything including his own great-granddaughter. He didn''t know that she existed. If he ever did and whose daughter she is ¡­. He would kill her¡­. Grandma, tell me what secrets my mother and father died protecting. Tell me, what my grandfather wants¡­ what made him so desperate. He knows that he isreaching the end of his life, he will do everything in his power to achieve it¡­"


    "Alcina, stay away from the big families in the capital city and you will be fine," The olddy said immediately. "Promise me, you will never ask me questions."


    Alcina didn''t know how to make the olddy understand about what she was talking about. "Seeing your loyalty to the dead, I don''t know whether to apud you or shake you hard to let the gravity of the situation sink in your old brain. I do not care about vengeance. All I care about are those who are alive. You all are selfish. Mom, dad, and now even you. Your selfishness will cause great harm to the only family I''m left with."

 Chapter 290 - PRICE OF BEING THEIR DAUGHTER

    The olddy was livid. How dare she call her dead parents selfish? "You have no right to call your parents selfish. Do you even know how many things have they sacrificed for you? Is this how you are going to repay them?"


    Indirectly, the olddy was calling her ungrateful.


    Alcina chuckled bitterly. Did she ask them to make great sacrifices for her? No, she never did. Would she have med them if they hadn''t? Absolutely no. Was she an unfilial daughter? She didn''t know. All she knew was that she needed to create a world where she could keep her own daughter safe. Away from all the dangers and shadows of her past. Well, it was exactly not her past which was harmful to her daughter.


    Why did she and her child have to pay for something they never did? Was it the price she had to pay just to be her ''parents'' daughter?


    "I was not even eight when they left the world, leaving me alone to navigate my own path to survive. I was left in the wilderness with more animals than humans in my sight," Alcina said, recalling the memories of her early childhood. A sad smile was seen on her lips.


    She paused for a moment to gather her scattered emotions. It had been an overly emotional day."I never me anyone for my misfortunes. I epted my destiny. I didn''t go back to that family when I should have. If that woman hadn''t found me, perhaps I wouldn''t have understood a thing that had happened with my parents. When I was old enough to differentiate between right and wrong, I realized many things. Until this day, I never med my parents for all the problems in my life." She looked up at the olddy, her eyes oozing with allegations. "But my daughter? What had she done to deserve this? She is five. She can''t even talk. My Faye doesn''t even know that a sword is hanging on her head all the time."


    "Alcina, you are letting your emotions and fears cloud your judgment," the olddy told her in a low voice.


    "Emotions?" Alcina sneered. "Am I really? I''m just trying to give a life to my daughter that my parents forgot to give me. You know, Mrs. He, I love them with every fiber of my being, but it doesn''t mean that I''ll stand with every decision they have made in this life."


    Now Alcina knew better than anyone else who it felt to be med for someone else''s problems. Take Feng Siyan for an example. He hated her for what she did to Lord Tang. He forgot his rationality when someone proved a threat to his master. However, not for a single second did he try to see the big picture.


    They could hate her or question her decisions and choices all they want, but they were no one to tell her what she should and shouldn''t do. If today she was here to get answers from the olddy, she would get them. No sermon of sacrifices and parental love could change it.


    "Sweet Ali, both of them were good people," the olddy said to Alcina. "They never meant to leave you alone. But death is inevitable. Your mother has a heart made up of gold. Your father never cursed his family for all the things they had done to him. How can you not understand whatever they did was good for you?"


    Good for her? Maybe, in their eyes, it was good for them. But how did they know such problems would arise three decades from then? They knew nothing and so their method was all wrong. If that''s how they thought they could protect their child.


    "They are good people, surely," Alcina said. "However, the people they are trying to protect will be the reason for my daughter''s demise." She decided toe clean to the olddy. " She has the blood of Tangs in her veins. Isn''t it enough for you to tell me the reason behind Grandfather''s hatred for big families?"


    The olddy''s eyes widened. "Tangs? Are you crazy, Alcina? What have you done? Your kid..? Is she even normal? Oh, Lord. Can your luck get any worse than this?"


    "What do you mean by normal?" Alcina felt as if someone had poured a bucket of cold water. Her daughter''s bizarre disease¡­


    The olddy appeared frightened as if Alcina hadmitted sphemy. "Elder Zhang will never let your child live¡­ You made a mistake. No. No. Youmitted a blunder. Your child is born defective, isn''t she?"


    "Mrs. He--"


    "You have created a monster, Alcina."


    From her reaction, it was certain that the olddy knew more than enough, and whatever it was, it was no good for Alcina.


    "You can''t call my child a monster. She is not even five yet. I came here looking for answersnot to be called my child names by you."


    The old woman pressed the bell and a momentter her granddaughter came running. "Everything is alright, granny?"


    "Child, do you remember the things I asked you to keep safe?"


    The woman nodded.


    "Go, get them for me." The olddy said to her granddaughter. When she returned, she asked her to ce the box before Alcina.


    "These are your mother''s things. If you are intelligent enough, you will get the answers," the olddy said dismissing her.


    Alcina immediately took the box and stood up to leave. She didn''t want to stay here. She came to get answers but she didn''t get any of them. However, she did get some clues and it was enough for her. When she was at the door, she heard the olddy say,"Kill your child, Alcina before she gets you killed. Zhangs and Tangs only make monsters together."


    Although Alcina had never known what her little Faye looked like, still she couldn''t bear someone calling her daughter a monster, least of all killing her.


    Alcina turned back onest time to look at the woman who her mother had called her benefactor.


    Because she would never see her again.

 Chapter 291 - Call Me Sister Alcina

    "Well done, Alcina. I haven''t imagined that you''ll ever get any leads with this case," Nick said as he passed the car keys to Alcina.


    Of course, that''s how a sane man would say whenever they were given a case such as this one. Nick knew from the very beginning that it was impossible to get any lead for this case because for leads one needed clues and there were none.


    Yet, Alcina managed to get one.


    "Nick?" Alcina called out her name after a long time.


    "Hmm?"


    Nick didn''t know why but Alcina had been lost in her thoughts since she came out with a box in her hands.


    "Keep an eye on the family. And get the youngdy to shift somewhere safe."


    Nick was expectedly surprised. Did they bring danger to the old woman''s family?


    "Why? Are they in danger?"


    "Just the olddy," Alcina told him. "She will be dying in the next few minutes."


    "How did you know?" Nick turned to look at him in shock. Was she a psychic?


    However, what Alcina said next shocked Nick even further. It seemed like he didn''t know her at all.


    "Because I poisoned her."


    "What?!!"


    ______


    Today, the great Queen of Serpents let her pride down and called Feng Siyan to ask for help. Could her life get any worse? Today, she had to ask for help from her biggest nemesis on earth. She couldn''t help but envy Feng Siyan.


    "Feng Siyan?" Alcina said as soon as he picked up the call.


    "What do you need now?" Feng Siyan said in his usual chilly voice. However, one could hear anger and annoyance in his voice.


    "A little help," Alcina said with a sigh.


    Feng Siyan was surprised to hear Alcina asking for help. Heck, he was surprised, but in a jovial way.


    "Why does the Almighty queen need the help of a mere subject like me?" Mockery and sarcasm dripped from his voice. It''s not everyday he got to mock Alcina. So, how could he leave this chance?


    "Will you help me or not?" Alcina asked him with frustration.


    "Why should I?" Feng Siyan said, lifting his brow.


    "Very well. I will look for Long Jie."


    "As if he will help you¡­" Feng Siyan said in a singsong voice.


    "Screw you, Feng Siyan."


    ___


    Long Jie was working on the case Fan Bingbing had asked him this morning.


    "Hello?" Thinking it was his subordinate''s call, he picked up the phone without checking the number.


    "I need your help, Long Jie." A feminine voice spoke and Long Jie looked at the number in surprise.


    "Who are you?" Long Jie immediately asked. He didn''t know this woman.


    "Remember thedy who picked up your drunk wife''s phone when you called her?"


    Of course, he remembered thatdy quite well. It was a pity that he couldn''t see her face that day properly. However, why was she calling him now? And where did she get this number?


    Obviously, Zhenyi didn''t give it to her. If he knew one thing about his wife, it was that she was highly possessive of him. He pitied her if she asked Zhenyi for his number.


    "My Zhenyi won''t give my number to a stranger, least of all a woman." Long Jie said. His wife would shoot the woman in her eyes if they ever asked for her husband''s number.


    Alcina groaned. "It hurts my ear to hear both of you saying to each other my Jie, my Zhenyi. Think about us single souls."


    Long Jie ignored what she said."I get it, I owe you a favor for that day. But how did you get the number?"


    "Is there something this Queen is not capable of finding?"


    "You''re --"


    Certainly, it was enough for him to know who was on the other side of the phone.


    "Faye''s mom. Your niece''s mother." Alcinapleted for him.


    "Why do you need my help?" Long Jie''s anger was about to unleash. " Call Feng Siyan. Oh, but sorry to remind you none of us will ever help you."


    "Let''s not judge each other before knowing each other''s story, " Alcina said like a proper woman. " You don''t know mine and I don''t know yours. I didn''t poison, Lord Tang. He embraced death wholeheartedly. It was time. It has to end one day. He has to end one day."


    "I see you have also got brother''s talent for words," Long Jie sneered.


    "Maybe,he learnt from me." Alcina''s reply was rather nonchnt.


    "Well, what''s your name?" Long Jie asked her."I can''t keep on calling you ''queen.'' Because my own queen won''t be happy knowing I called another woman with such an inappropriate title."


    Since Alcina knew what kind of woman Zhenyi was, she didn''t insist. Plus, she wanted him to call her by her name. "Then you can call me sister Alcina or Ali. Whatever you like."


    "I don''t have a sister, Alcina," Long Jie shattered poor Alcina''s heart. "Heavens did a favour to my parents for not giving them a daughter."


    "Who knows, maybe you will be surprised one day!"


    "Let''s stop these little chats," Long Jie said in frustration. He didn''t know how to deal with this woman. She was really a difficult woman but who was not in his life? "Tell me why did youe to me? You could have asked Feng Siyan."


    "Oh, he refused to acknowledge my existence," Alcina said as a matter of fact.


    "Then, I will do the same--"


    Alcina yelled before Long Jie could cut the call. "Don''t cut the call. It involves my daughter."


    Long Jie sighed. "Speak."


    Alcina told Long Jie a little about her problem. And how Faye''s life would be in danger. And given how Long Jie was vested with Faye''s security, it was natural for Alcina to know that he would certainly help her if her daughter would ever be ced in danger.


    Technically, she wasn''t using him. She just knew that he would offer her help if she used Faye''s name.


    Moreover, she had her trump card with her. But she wouldn''t be using it till the end.

 Chapter 292 - Vendetta Against His Wife?

    Long Jie could refuse Alcina help but he didn''t. Deep down, he knew she didn''te to him for help. She needed something else from him. But he didn''t know what.


    Firstly, she approached his drunk and sad wife that day. Not only that but also stayed by her side until he came. He didn''t know what was her intention behind protecting Zhenyi that night but he had an idea she was there for him.


    Then she called him for help when she could have asked anyone...


    "I will help you, Alcina," Long Jie said to her after a while.


    "But you have a condition. I get it." Alcina wasn''t crazy enough to think that Long Jie would help her for free. He surely had something going on in his head.


    "How do you know?" Long Jie asked her immediately. He had to say that the girl was smarter than he had expected.


    "I have never epted freebies, " Alcina said in a bored voice. "And neither has life ever granted me any. I have earned my life and freedom. So, please ask what you need in return."


    Of course, Long Jie was impressed with her attitude.


    It was no wonder Lord Tang was obsessed enough with her to do anything for her sake. Although he didn''t know the dynamics of their rtionship, still he could say it was anything but tonic. She was not just Lord Tang''s baby mama. There was something more to their rtionship than they were letting them know.


    "It''s Faye''s birthday in six days," Long Jie began.


    "And?" Alcina lifted her brow in response.


    "Once she is five, we have no right over her. You will take her with you. I''m willing to help you, Alcina but you can''t leave the city with Faye," Long Jie said, dropping the bomb on Alcina. It was not what Alcina had expected from Long Jie. "You will live in my mansion. I have a mansion in the city. It was supposed to be the marital home for me and Zhenyi. But since we will not be living there, you and Faye will live there."


    Long Jie knew if he let Alcina take Faye with her she would disappear and he knew that he wouldn''t be able to find them again. He didn''t trust her. Heck, he didn''t even know if he could use Alcina and trust in one sentence.


    "Are you crazy?" Alcina screeched. "Faye wille with me because the organization or Feng Siyan or you won''t be providing us mother-daughter any security. It''s against Lord Tang''s decision. I''m Faye''s mom. I love her enough to keep her safe."


    Alcina could bear anything but not anyone''s doubt for her love for her daughter. Did he believe she couldn''t keep her daughter safe? Heck, if he wasn''t Long Jie, she would have killed him for uttering something like this.


    "I''m not questioning your love for your daughter," Long Jie said, understanding Alcina had misunderstood his words. "Faye is Lord Tang''s only living heir. Do you think I will trust you after what you did to him? Moreover, the people you just told me about. They are after you and your daughter now. I don''t know what your intention is after telling me about the Zhang family because as far as I know, I have nothing to do with the Zhang n."


    Alcina smiled inwardly. "You will thank me one day."


    "I highly doubt that," came a swift reply.


    "Don''te running to me if you ever need to know about them again."


    "I won''t," Long Jie told her. "As for the condition, it''s now or never."


    "Ugh. I''ll take it," Alcina said. "But you can''t ask your babysitters to follow me everywhere."


    "The security is for Faye''s. I don''t care about you," Long Jie said to her as a matter of fact.


    "I wonder what your wife sees in you, arrogant ass, that she is crazy for you, "Alcina told him.


    "And yes, stay away from my wife," Long Jie reminded her.


    "Oh, then I have to say that I''m sorry cause I and she are going to be one hell of the best friends," Alcina mischievously said. She had no intention of bing Zhenyi''s friend. She had noticed that she was a very unreliable human being.


    "Don''t you dare¡­"


    "Bye Bye, brother. Since my daughter is your niece, it means that I''m your sister or sister-inw or whatever you prefer from either of them."


    Before Long Jie could say something, Alcina had cut the call, leaving aplicated yet furious Long Jie.


    ''This woman is trouble.''


    *KNOCK! KNOCK!*


    "Come in, " Long Jie said loudly as a knock was heard on the door.


    The private investigator came inside and Long Jie asked him to take a seat. He passed the iPad to Long Jie''s side and waited for a reply.


    "You just found this?" Long Jie said once he was done reading the information on the iPad.


    The private investigator nodded. "It seems like a conspiracy, Mr. Long. However, what I found most unusual is this cop." He took out the picture of a cop. " He had been seen with Miss Qin many times outside her university. None of the time, he was in uniform. Or you can say that he is trying to protect his identity. It might also be true that Miss Qin doesn''t know that he is a police officer."


    "Do you think they still suspect my wife for the murder case?" Long Jie asked.


    "The case was closed a month ago. There was no other suspect except Mrs. Long but since she had an alibi, police had to remove her from the list of the suspects," the private investigator told him.


    "Keep digging and give me a clear report before the day ends. Inquire our people in the department if any confidential mission wasunched involving Xins," Long Jie informed. "I''m afraid that there is more to this problem than we are seeing. Keep an eye on this officer and Miss Qin."


    The private investigator left soon after.


    ''Officer Zheng, do you have a vendetta against my wife? Because if you have, no one can save you from my wrath.''


    Touch him, he may forgive you. Touch his wife, he will burn you alive.

 Chapter 293 - Blame It On My Wife

    On Sam''s and Zhenyi''s side.


    Zhenyi threw a bored look at Chen Yuling. "If you know that you shouldn''t utter nonsense, then who the hell is asking you to?"


    Chen Yuling was taken back by Zhenyi''s rude retort. However, she wasn''t the one to back down easily. "So, this is the real Mrs. Long. You have many faces. Just how much will you hide from your husband and for how long? One day he will see what you''re in reality underneath this skin."


    Zhenyi innocently tucked a strand of hair behind her ear. Today, her waist-length hair was tied in a ponytail. She was dressed casually too. Not in the way, she is usually dressed but she was looking pretty. Normally, she would dress to kill but today, she was dressed to live.


    She gave what seemed like a mischievous smile to Chen Yuling and said, " He sees every night what''s underneath these clothes. So, what''s the worst that could happen if one day he ends up seeing what''s underneath my skin?"


    Behind Zhenyi, Sam ended up coughing and before her, she saw Chen Yuling''s eyes turning red.


    "You''re ridiculous," Chen Yuling spat out.


    "I know that I''m ridiculously amazing," Zhenyi said with a head nod. "You need not remind me again and again."


    Chen Yuling opened her mouth to retort, but Zhenyi didn''t give her a moment...


    "But you see that''s not your fault. Every time I look at your pretty and so-called perfect face. I remember how my husband thinks you''re not worthy of his nce," Zhenyi said with a shrug. " I don''t wanna admit it but every time I see your infuriated face my heart soothes on its own."


    Zhenyi tsked her. "You''re such a failure, Chen Yuling. You can''t even bind down a single guy. Not like you''re worthy, but still. There is a thing called a fluke. But you''re so useless that you can''t even use my mother-inw''s affection in your favor."


    "I will destroy you," Chen Yuling said in burning hatred.


    Zhenyi widened her eyes and feigned as if she was so scared of her. "Oh, I''m so scared, Chen Yuling. What would you do? Hire a sniper to shoot me? Ah, don''t kill me. "


    Chen Yuling looked at her acting scared with wide eyes. Everyone was looking at her as if she was the viiness.


    Feeling a hand on her shoulder, she looked up to see her brother looking at her with a frown.


    "Are you done? Should we leave now?" Chen Zihang asked. "Mom said that you met your acquaintance--"


    "Not an acquaintance. Just a shameless woman," Chen Yuling said. She turned to Sam and added, "She is a married woman, does she tell you?"


    Chen Zihang''s eyes ran from her sister''s face to Zhenyi and then stopped at Sam.


    "M-Mr. Q-Qin?" He uttered.


    "You know him?" Chen Yuling asked her brother with a frown.


    "He is Aria''s brother. Miss Xin and Qin siblings are practically raised as siblings," Chen Zihang said and the color of Chen Yuling''s face changed.


    "Oh, Sam, that''s the guy who cheated on Aria," Zhenyi nonchntly added. "Since we are good citizens, he won''t beat him here."


    Chen Zihang held his sister''s hand. "Mom is calling us. We should leave. It was nice meeting you, Miss Xin, and Mr. Qin."


    "Oh, but it wasn''t for us. We even wish that we never meet your sister again."This sentence was spoken by Zhenyi.


    ___


    Both Sam and Zhenyi end upughing as they say inside the car. She didn''t know face pping with white lotus merely with some words was so satisfying. Oh, she was certainly going to do it again with Chen Yuling.


    At the same time, Zhenyi''s work phone shed with a message.


    "Sam, let''s pay a little visit to my husband first," Zhenyi spoke and Sam started the car.


    ____


    Zhenyi was about to insert the ess card when Gu Tian''s surprised voice was heard.


    "Madam?"


    Zhenyi turned to find Gu Tian entering the exclusive elevator to Long Jie''s office with what looked like packed lunch in his hands.


    "It''s nice to see you, Madam." He quickly gathered his wits and greeted her while she just nodded in reply.


    They entered the elevator and none of them spoke until they heard the ding.


    "Mr. Gu, my husband is in the office or in a meeting?''


    "It''s lunchtime, Madam. Mr. Long is most certainly in his office," Gu Tian informed her with a smile. "That''s the president''s lunch. Would rather you like to bring it to his office yourself?


    Zhenyi furrowed her brows. "Why? Does he not pay you well? If he doesn''t, you can always resign. Apparently, I have an empty assistant post. You can always apply."


    Gu Tian''s smile faltered. Did he do something he shouldn''t have? Mostly, women loved making their husbands happy. He was just trying to give a chance to the President''s wife to show her affection to her husband.


    "No, Mrs. Long, I''m paid quite well here. I have noints," Gu Tian quickly said and showed her the way to the office.


    Zhenyi entered first as Gu Tian assumed to give some alone time to both of them. As she opened the door, her gaze fell on Long Jie who was reviewing some files.


    Someone rightly said men immersed in work look extra sexy.


    Long Jie heard someone approaching but didn''t find anything odd so he didn''t look up. When Zhenyi took a seat in front of him, he saw her.


    Long Jie blinked twice to check if he was daydreaming about her again. Realizing that it was indeed a dream again, he went back to work with a sigh.


    On the other hand, Zhenyi was rendered speechless.


    "Did you just ignore me?" Zhenyi asked him with a scowl.


    Long Jie was surprised to hear her voice. He poked his finger at her forehead and when she didn''t disappear, he stood up immediately.


    "You''re for real?"


    Zhenyi scoffed. "You''re getting weird day by day."


    "me it on my wife," Long Ji said with a shrug.

 Chapter 294 - Long Ahsaans Lover.

    "Here," Long Jie said as he pushed the iPad in front of Zhenyi. When she looked at him in confusion, he said, leaning against the desk. "I know why you''re here. So, instead of wasting your time, I directly showed you the report."


    "Thank you." Zhenyi skimmed over the report and sighed. "I wonder how I didn''t notice it before."


    Long Jie smiled as he replied. "Because the other party is intelligent. He was expecting you to be investigating him. Thus, he took all the necessary precautions."


    Zhenyi was looking at the details of the mess that Aria and she were in. Even though she had no right to punish Aria for the mess she had created as it was her personal life, she had to intervene because that scumbag approached him because of her in the first ce.


    This was the reason why Zhenyi hateding closer to people. She knew they would be used as pawns against her. Now take the example of naive Aria, the poor girl didn''t even know what kind of problem she was in.


    "You know that''s not your fault," said Long Jie. "Aria''s naivety andck of precautions are at fault here. You can''t keep everyone safe all the time. You are no superwoman, Zhenyi."


    Zhenyi nodded. "What do we do now?"


    "You will go back with Sam and I''ll handle this issue for you," Long Jie told her.


    Instead of fighting, Zhenyi said," Why would you do that? I mean you are definitely busy with your own problems. I don''t wish to add more."


    Long Jie chuckled. "Remember a cop is involved. You hate dealing with them. Let me do it for you. I promise I won''t give you any chance toin."


    Zhenyi thought for a moment before nodding." Do it in your way. I''ll talk with Sam or Aunt Jia about herter." A thought came to her mind and she decided to act on it. She threw her work phone at Long Jie and thankfully, he caught it in his hands due to his quick reflexes. "You will be taking my ce at work until Ie back. Bingbing and Cao Feng will report to you."


    "Wait what?" Long Jie froze in surprise.


    "You heard it right. I need ''me-time''. I don''t know when I will be back but you better take care of everything," Zhenyi said as she stood up to leave.


    "Wait, Zhenyi," Long Jie said. "You''re making no sense to me."


    "Most of the time, I make no sense to me either. But I have been dealing with myself for twenty five years, haven''t I?" Zhenyi said to him."Now deal with me. I''m leaving now. Take care of my money."


    As Zhenyi was about to leave, she heard Long Jie calling her name.


    "Wait, Cat eyes. I have to ask you something."


    Zhenyi turned back to hear what he had to say. Apparently, ''Cat eyes'' worked like magic on her.


    "Do you mind if someone lives at our mansion in the south for some time?" Long Jie decided to ask her. If Zhenyi doesn''t agree, he will arrange another safe ce for Alcina and Faye.


    "It depends on the person," Zhenyi replied normally.


    "Come here, " Long Jie said. "I''ll tell you the whole story."


    Naturally curious for story and information, Zhenyi walked back and sat on his chair while he sat on the table.


    Long Jie told her about Faye, the situation with her mom and dad, and how it was soplicated,and why he needed to offer them a safe and secure face.


    "Can I ask you a question?" Zhenyi hesitantly asked him.


    Long Jie nodded with hesitation.


    "You are doing this for your brother''s daughter because he is your benefactor or is there some other reason?" Zhenyi asked him. The question had been troubling her for a long time now.


    Long Jie sighed as he heard Zhenyi''s question. "You know, Cat eyes, I never considered him as my benefactor. Surely, he saved me back then and I''ll always be thankful to him for it. But he is the kind of person who never owes favors to anyone. I asked him why he did what he did back then? He said perhaps God sent a brother to him in my form. And that sentence stuck with me forever. All I know is that he is family and we never leave our family alone especially when the time is hard. Faye is my niece and I don''t trust her mother enough to let her take my niece."


    "So, a woman will be living with her daughter at our home?" Zhenyi said with a bitter expression.


    Long Jie had an urge to kiss her right there and then but he controlled himself. She wouldn''t let him touch her. Especially when nothing was right with their rtionship.


    "Do you hear the part where I said she is just Faye''s mom, nothing else?" Long Jie asked her. "Moreover, you know her."


    "Is Faye''s mom that third grade bad girl *cough* I mean Esma dermott?" Zhenyi asked him.


    "Third grade bad girl?"Long Jie asked her with an amused expression. If Esma knew what her wife called her, she would certainlye here to pull her hair.


    "She wears ck all the time, thinking she is some kind of bad girl," Zhenyi said with a nonchnt tone. "You better stay away from her."


    "Zhenyi, she is not Faye''s mom. Esma is my only friend. Well, I''ll appreciate it if both of you won''te face to face, " Long Jie told him. "Alcina is Faye''s mom. Remember thedy you met two days ago at the club?"


    Zhenyi closed her eyes to remember the face of the woman she met that day. When she opened her eyes, she looked at her husband in shock.


    "Give me my phone back," Zhenyi said and Long Jie passed her the phone. She fiddled with the phone and showed a picture to Long Jie. "Does Alcina look like her?"


    Long Jie looked at both the picture and Zhenyi in surprise. "I don''t know. I have never seen Alcina. But Faye''s eyes resemble this woman."


    He then asked the question Zhenyi never wanted him to ask. "Who''s this woman, Zhenyi and how do you know her?"


    "Can I not answer this question?" Zhenyi asked and Long Jie immediately replied with a No.


    "The woman in the picture might be Long Ah-Shaan''s lover or wife."

 Chapter 295 - HER TANTRUMS

    [Seven dayster]


    Sam wiped the sweat off his forehead with his index finger as he cried inwardly. May God never bless you with the kind of best friend he was blessed with. He carefully and skillfully transferred the hot noodles from the pot to a bowl.


    "What''s taking you so long?" Zhenyi''s loud voice could be heard in the kitchen.


    He had been treated as a maid in his own house. Was it toote to ship her back to her husband? Seemingly, he had spoiled her rotten. Her tantrums start something like this-- peel this shrimp for me? , why doesn''t this tea taste like the one my Jie makes? Why is your home so messy? I''m craving midnight snacks, cook this for me, do this for me, do that for me.


    "Just wait for a minute," Sam said in a very gentle voice." My dear bestie, look what I have cooked for you? Your favorite noodles. Didn''t you say you love watching TV while savoring a bowl of hot and spicy noodles?"


    Yes,dies and gentlemen, his best friend had upied his room, home, his favorite sofa, and now also his TV remote. She had been making him cook food for her three times a day. Sometimes he had to run at midnight because she said that she was eating more food because it was --emotional/depression eating. He had yet to google/Baidu if such a term actually existed.


    It was okay until it was just cooking food for her, but from thest three days, he had watched more sci-fi movies because of her than he had watched in his whole life.


    Sob. Sob. God save this good boy from his evil best friend.


    "Here. Here," Sam said with a smile as he put the bowl before her. Zhenyi grabbed the chopsticks and began eating.


    As Sam was about to dig in his chopsticks, she took the bowl away from him.


    Sam''s smile froze right there. Zhenyi looked at him in confusion, "What happened? Where are yours?"


    "I''m not hungry, " Sam grumbled and Zhenyi just shrugged her shoulders in as-you-wish.


    After a while, Sam dared to ask the question that as a best friend he shouldn''t, "Don''t you think that your husband had been missing you? I mean his bodyguards had eyes on every action of yours. Should you at least call him once?"


    "Weren''t you saying just two days ago that I should divorce him?" Zhenyi asked him, without bothering to turn her eyes from the TV screen. "If I divorce him, I will marry you. And then, you can please me all your life by cooking, cleaning and all those duties a good husband should perform for his wife."


    Sam choked on air as he heard what she said. "You..You are deliberately irritating me, aren''t you? You should know that my heart now belongs to someone else."


    "Ha. Ha. Ha." Zhenyi snickered sarcastically. "Your Xixi might end up breaking your fickle heart. If Ryuu wasn''t in the equation, I might have thought about you two as a possibility."


    "You''re just biased, Zhenyi," Sam fired back. "Moreover, isn''t Ryuu happy with Xiuying now?"


    "If I knew half the thoughts that go in Ryuu''s mind, I wouldn''t have been rotting in depression and self pity."


    At the same time, a knock on the door was heard and Sam went to open the door. He saw a guard dressed in ck uniform standing outside the door with a phone in his hand.


    Sam raised the brow as of raising the question about why he was here.


    "There is a call for Mrs. Long," the bodyguard said monotonously.


    Zhenyi immediately took the phone and said, "Hello."


    "How are you, Zhenyi?" Long Shaoming''s warm voice was heard on the phone. Well, he had been polite with her all along. But she hadn''t heard him talking to her with this warm and tender voice.


    "I''m good," Zhenyi replied. "How are you, Dad?"


    Long Shaoming was shocked to hear her addressing him as ''Dad''. He understood one thing about Zhenyi-- she will reciprocate the treatment you give her.


    "I have been doing good," Long Shaoming said. "I''m sorry for your loss, daughter. I wish we had been more careful. I hope you will forgive us."


    Zhenyi felt a punch in her lungs. She had no words to say to him. As if understanding Zhenyi''s emotions, Long Shaoming spoke again, "I have called for a n meeting tonight. I hope to see you there. I do not know what happened between you and my son. Whatever your decision will be, remember I have your back. I promised your father that I will take care of you as my daughter but I failed. I hope you will give me another chance to prove that you are one of our own."


    She smiled sadly and said," You''re not the one to me. I have been careless too. Moreover, what is not meant for us would nevere to us, no matter how much we try or cry after it''s taken from us. Thank you for your concern. I''m doing much better than before. I''ll be at the n meeting tonight with Jie. That''s actually my responsibility as the madam of the house."


    "Then, I hope to see you at home tonight. Take care, daughter."


    Zhenyi took a deep breath and returned the phone after the call got disconnected. Then, she looked at Sam and said," Time to go back."


    "Why?"


    "Duty calls."


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 Chapter 296 - The Presidents Wife

    Zhenyi came out of her car and entered the skyscraper where the Long Groups main office is located or the ce where she would find her dear husband.


    Like that day, she directly went up to Long Jie''s floor by using the ess card which he had given her after they got married. Simrly, he had an ess card for her office floor too.


    Once she reached the presidential department, she directly said to the receptionist, "I''m here to meet President Long."


    The receptionist saw a tall and extremely gorgeous woman, dressed in a fiery red cheongsam. A jacket hung on her shoulders and ck shades intact on her eyes. For a moment, she was at a loss for words. The woman''s aura was suppressing her professionalism. She hadn''t met a woman with such an aura before.


    The receptionist cleared her throat and asked, "Do you have an appointment, Ma''am?"


    Zhenyi removed her sses and looked directly into her eyes as she said," Does his wife need an appointment to meet him?"


    The receptionist was baffled for a moment as she stared deeply into Zhenyi''s mismatched eyes. She hadn''t seen eyes so extraordinary before. Her cheeks turned red all of a sudden as she realized that she had been mesmerized by President Long''s wife.


    The man was worse to have as an enemy. So, it was better if she stopped eyeing his wife. But she couldn''t stop but be mesmerized by her looks.


    "Miss Receptionist?" Zhenyi spoke as she saw the girl staring at her in a daze.


    ''See that''s why she always wears ck shades.''


    "Oh, Miss-- I''m sorry, Mrs. Long, I''ll call the President''s office immediately. He has been in a meeting with the CFO and COO." The Receptionist realized that she had been a bbering mess.


    Zhenyi ced her handbag on the receptionist''s desk and crossed her arms in a threatening manner as she questioned," Do you let every woman enter his office whoever ims to be his wife?"


    The receptionist was rendered speechless. Did it mean she was not the President''s wife? If she was not, then why did a sh of happiness run inside her chest?


    "Mrs. Lon-- I''m sorry... Ma''am, No woman ever came to us iming to be the President''s wife. Are you not his wife?" The receptionist asked with a hesitant smile.


    "I''m indeed his wife."


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    Meanwhile, inside Long Jie''s office, a confidential meeting between the higher-ups was going on. Evidently, the higher-ups were unhappy with the recent decision that Long Jie had announced in the meeting room today. Even Long Jie didn''t know the real reason behind such a decision. Two days ago, his father confronted him and asked him to separate Long Techs from the Long Groups, despite knowing that higher-ups wouldn''t be satisfied with this decision.


    And that''s what''s happening right now. Each of them was expressing their deep concern as to how bad this decision was for thepany.


    Long Techs was the ears and eyes of the Long Groups. Separating ears and eyes from the body meant agreeing to live a life blind and deaf. However, he didn''t oppose this decision as he believed that there was a bigger picture which he wasn''t seeing yet. Patience was the virtue he needed right now. Besides, Long Techs already worked as a separate entity from the Long Groups.


    "President!"


    Long Jie looked up to see Gu Tian holding a phone. From his scrunched up brows, it was evident that something was not right.


    "Young Madam is here to see you," Gu Tian said and all the people present in the room including Long Jie looked out of the window in surprise. No wonder, Gu Tian looked like he would die any second.


    Recalling how Gu Tian asked Zhenyi if she would like to take his lunch to his office, Long Jie had a hard time stifling hisughter. Did he think she was like other women? His Cat eyes was the only piece that God had sent on this earth for him.


    On the other hand, the COO and CFO along with a few higher-ups peered at Long Jie in amazement. "Presidents, are you married?"


    Their gaze then fell on the ring on his finger. Yes, it seemed like he was.


    "My wedding news raised a hugemotion in Beijing in thest few months. You guys don''t know?" Long Jie asked them with a raised brow.


    The Higher-ups were left speechless. Didn''t he say before that they were just rumors? And when had he ever epted the fact that those floating news were real not rumors.


    Many women in the office were going to cry to sleep tonight since the news that their boss was married had already started spreading in the office like a wildfire.


    One of them was about to say something when they heard the two words that closed their mouths.


    "Meeting adjourned."


    They picked up the files and exited Long Jie''s office with a heavy heart. However, on the way out of the office, they saw a woman d in red cheongsam standing proudly as if she owned the whole building. They were staring at her in astonishment but Zhenyi didn''t even bat an eye at them.


    To her, these people were simply unimportant.


    The higher-ups couldn''t believe that the President''s wife was so proud that she didn''t even bother to greet them.


    The receptionist who was now carrying her handbag apanied her inside Long Jie''s office as if she had suddenly be her assistant. She took her leave after cing Zhenyi''s handbag on the table.


    Long Jie watched the short scene with an amused smile on his lips.


    "Well, your staff is extremely courteous," Zhenyi said with a shrug.


    "I think the receptionist has developed a crush on my wife," Long Jie yfully said, leaning against his desk.


    Zhenyi upied the couch and took out her phone to answer some emails. Since she was back to being Xin Zhenyi/Mrs. Long she had to fulfill her duties properly.


    Moreover, she didn''t want to disturb his work. She had already raised a hugemotion downstairs. And it was enough for one day.

 Chapter 297 - I Love You

    On the other hand, Long Jie facepalmed himself he saw his goddess of a wife, ignoring him as if she hadn''t seen him at all. He canceled all the meetings for her. Look at her how she was treating him?


    Long Jie nced at her from head to toe. Why did it seem like she had put on some weight? Wasn''t he feeding her as good as her best friend? No wonder she hadn''t bothered to call him for once. Not even to ask if he was okay. When he tried calling her, he recalled how she tossed her phone at him as she didn''t wish to interact with anyone.


    By the way, she looked divine in her fiery red dress. The traditional dress on her body appeared as if it was just made for her. His wife was extremely gorgeous all the time. But today, she was looking as divine as a goddess.


    "Cat eyes?" Long Joe couldn''t help but ask.


    "Hmm?"


    "What are you doing?"


    "I''m answering some emails."


    "Am I not handling your work well?"


    "You are."


    "Then why are you answering your emails?"


    "Because I''m back on duty. And it''s just 3 o''clock. Finish your work till 5 then we will be leaving together," Zhenyi answered him, her eyes still glued to her phone.


    "Say the same sentence while looking at me, " Long Jie said in desperation.


    Zhenyi sighed, putting her phone back into her handbag, she said while staring into his eyes, " I''m back on duty. It''s 3''oclock. Finish your work by 5 o''clock. And then, we will be leaving for home together. Dad called and informed me about the n meeting. Our presence is very much needed there tonight."


    Long Jie softened his tone and said," You don''t have anything else to say to me?"


    Zhenyi paused for a moment before saying, "Actually I do... I''m sorry."


    Long Jie stiffened as he heard her words. "What are you apologizing for?"


    She had done nothing to be sorry for.


    "I was a coward back then. If I had handled my memories properly, you wouldn''t have hidden about our baby from me," Zhenyi whispered as her eyes turned ssy. "Instead of acting as an adult, I med myself for something I had no part in. I chose to deteriorate myself by dwelling in depression and darkness. And when I finally learned the truth, I chose to run away. I med you all for lying to me. Not for once, I think why you did so. If I lost my baby, didn''t you lose the same? I''m sorry for being so selfish."


    Why did she have to be a bigger person every time and understand everything? He didn''t like how she would always forgive him. She had all the more rights to be upset and hate them. After all, they tried to dictate her life.


    Long Jie walked to her and wrapped her in his arms tightly and started tenderly rubbing her back to console her. But she didn''t stop crying, rather she kept on crying for what seemed like hours. And he kept on rubbing her back and murmuring words of constion.


    Zhenyi didn''t know what was wrong with her. But she didn''t want to get out of his embrace. Ever.


    "It felt so right here," Zhenyi whispered as she tightened her hold around him.


    "And you just belong here," Long Jie said back."I''m sorry for always hurting you."


    "It was not your fault," Zhenyi said.


    "But the only thing capable of hurting you is me," said Long Jie." I should set you free."


    Zhenyi nodded her head. "You should." She kissed her lips and added," But you won''t."


    "And it should make me feel guilty," Long whispered against her lips, as his gray eyes told tales of his heartache.


    "But it doesn''t, "Zhenyi said, her tear-stained face shining with a warm smile." You will keep hurting me and I''ll keep letting you. We are so pathetic, aren''t we? We know we are toxic together yet separating from each other is unfathomable. Jie, let''s leave the past behind. Your and mine. What we had lost can''te back to us. We can''t spend all our lives mourning and crying for something that''s ripped off our hands. Let''s make a future together. Beautiful or ugly. I don''t care. As long as we are together, we will figure it out. I know our life is not going to be wine and roses. We will experience even worse days thanst week. We will fight. We will shout. We will hurt each other again. But we''ll be together. Because choosing you is not a choice but a necessity."


    "I don''t deserve you, Cat eyes. You are too good for me," Long Jie whispered as he kissed her eyes. "But like you said, choosing you is not a choice given to me, it''s a necessity. My heart beats for you, Zhenyi. Just you. I''m miserable without you. You deserve a better man. God knows how much I try to be a better man for you. Let''s live the life we are gifted with each other. Always."


    Zhenyi''s eyes were shining with tears. These emotions were something she had never felt before. She neared her lips closer to his and kissed him like he was thest shed of oxygen left on the earth. She loved this man with every fiber of her being.


    "I love you, Jie."


    "I love you too, Zhenyi."


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    Author note:


    Zhenyi and Long Jie are two people who knew that they will hurt each other in the process of loving. Still, they love each other fiercely. Love is tough. Happily ever after doesn''t alwayse with happiness. They will get there slowly.


    I never thought that I''m writing a slow-burn romance. But you see their pace is quite slow although the chemistry of these two is enough to burn our eyes.


    I know. I know. Not many like the way Long Jie behaves but you see, he is not perfect. He is trying hard. He is trying to bnce all the ends. Still, he ends up screwing up. But he has the guts to ept his mistakes and correct them.


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 Chapter 298 - Call Me To Apply Soap On Your Back

    "Don''t say it like that,"Zhenyi immediately said to him.


    Long Jie stared at her in confusion. He blinked twice to check if he had heard her correctly. Did his wife just tell him not to confess his love for her?


    "When you say ''I love you too '' it appears as if you''re just agreeing with me. Not reciprocating the same feeling," Zhenyi said, quickly averting her eyes to look at her hands instead.


    Long Jie tapped her head causing her to look at him. "You''re crazy, my wife. I''m not just agreeing with you. I''m also not saying the words back for the sake of saying. I know that I love you. Heck, you have me by my heart the moment Iid my eyes on you. You made me desperate for a certain woman who I had just seen for once. But I can''t thank God enough to give that woman to me back as my wife. I have known that I love you for a long time now. So, my dear wife, I love you more than there are stars in the sky."


    As she heard his words, Zhenyi began crying. Long Jie was put in a dilemma as he didn''t know what wrong he did to cause her tears. He hated himself for making her cry.


    "Love, did I hurt you again? Why are you crying?"


    Zhenyi shook her head. "Stupid emotions."


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    "Promise me that you won''t leave home next time. If you are angry at me and don''t want to see me, you can throw me out of the house, my queen, but never leave home."


    She chuckled amidst sobbing. "I promise that I''ll just throw you out of our home next time and won''t leave it by myself."


    Long Jie felt as if he was breathed back by life as he held her in his arms. This past week has been hell for both of them.


    "You''re crazy, Mrs. Long," Long Jie couldn''t help but say.


    "But you love this crazy!" Zhenyi retorted back with a huge smile.


    "That I do," Long Jie said with a sigh.


    Zhenyi came out of his hold and pushed him to maintain a distance between them. "Go back to work," She uttered. "I''ll be waiting for you."


    Without heeding to her words, Long Jie stood up and scooped her in his arms. He opened the door of the resting lounge with his feet and in the same way, he closed it after entering the room.


    "W-what do you think you''re doing?"Zhenyi tried to ask the question in a threatening voice but it rather came out as a mewl.


    "I''m thinking of what I should do to you in the next two hours," Long Jie said with a mischievous smile.


    "You...you...we are on break," Zhenyi reminded him. "And we need to talk too."


    Long Jie raised his brow as he ced her on the middle of the bed. "We can also talk when I''m inside you. Yes, it''s a perfect idea."


    "You are getting shameless and brazen, Long Jie."


    "My dear wife, remember how you took advantage of mest time?" Long Jie reminded her. "We had sex at the most weird ces that I can think of. However, I must say it was memorable."


    "I''m not having sex with you, " Zhenyi harrumumphued, turning her head. Sitting on the bed, she removed her jacket andthrew it at his face. "I have spent three hours getting ready for tonight."


    Long Jie gulped as he saw Zhenyi''s red dress again. It was a cheongsam with a halter neck that apparently hung on her neck and below, it was backless. Red against her milky skin was aphrodisiac.


    Realization struck him as he saw what a torture she had nned for him.


    ''This woman is a vixen, I tell you.''


    "Zhenyi!!"


    "What?" Zhenyi said nonchntly.


    "Did you intentionally choose this dress?" Long Jie groaned.


    Zhenyi shrugged. "To irritate the hell out of your mom, I chose this special dress of mine."


    "You are infuriating, wife." Long Jie couldn''t help but shake his head. "What does my mom have to do with this dress? You clearly wore this dress to torment me. And let me tell you my dear wife that you have sessfully tormented me."


    Zhenyi blinked her eyes innocently at him and then looked down at his hard on. "It''s not my fault. I really wore this dress to irritate your mom. She hates it when I have all your attention. To make sure that your attention is fixed on me, I chose this backless red dress. If I wanted to torment you, baby, I would have worn white not red. Red is the color of battle, my love."


    Did she not know that the endearment she was using made his hard on rise even more proudly?


    Long Jie''s voice turned hoarse as he said," Cat eyes, you aren''t irritating my mom. You''re torturing me without doing anything. And stop acting innocent, I know my wife is a fox, not an innocent kitten."


    Zhenyi pouted cutely at him. "We can have make-up sexter."


    He sighed and started moving to the other side.


    "Where are you going?" Zhenyi asked after him.


    "To have a cold shower obviously," Long Jie answered.


    "Call me if you need me to apply soap on your back," Zhenyi said with augh.


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 Chapter 299 - The Scene ...

    [Mature content ahead...]


    "What''s taking him so long?" Zhenyi asked herself as it struck her that it had been thirty minutes and there was no news from her husband. She could hear the faint sound of a running shower.??


    She stood up, she directly walked in the direction of the bathroom, and just as she silently opened the door, she was left frozen, watching the scene unfolding before her eyes.


    She felt her body on fire as she heard another faint growling moan...


    Because Long Jie was inside standing below the showerhead, totally naked, water dripping down his chiseled body.


    She gulped as she saw how his thick yet beautiful hands wrapped around the obscene length of his c*ck.


    He was jerking off.


    She couldn''t tear her eyes from him from the obscene scene no matter how much tried.


    When he hissed, she swallowed her moan back.


    As if he could hear her silent moan, his eyes shoot to the door, his hand still working on his hard and ufortable c*ck.


    He met her eyes knowingly, daring her to look away, but she couldn''t look away. It was as if her eyes would refuse to watch everything else if she didn''t see right now how he brought pleasure to himself.


    A pang of jealousy shed through her. He had no right to bring any kind of pleasure to him. It was her right. Only her. Just as he belongs to him, his orgasms should belong to her too.


    Envious, bewildered, horribly aroused, her feet walked to him.


    He worked faster, harder, and severely as he saw her walking towards him.


    She could feel his whole body vibrating as he orgasmed brutally, with her name on his lips. "Zhenyi."


    The next thing both of them knew, Zhenyi was on her knees, totally uncaring that the water was dripping on their bodies. She took his hardness in her hands, stroking and squeezing it to tease him for a moment, and he groaned to express his difort. She gave him small licks before taking him inpletely.


    He hadn''t expected her to give him a blowjob. She had been sitting on the bed, prim and proper. He didn''t want to dirty her earlier but now all he could care about was to dirty her in all the ways possible.


    She gagged as he started moving.


    He climaxed soon after.


    But if she thinks that it was the end, then she had another thing waiting for her.


    He tore her wet red dress and threw it on the bathroom floor. He gave the same treatment to her even more sexy lingerie.


    Zhenyi was lost. She didn''t know what was happening to her. All she knew was that she was wet and horribly aroused. She needed him to release her from hell.


    Her hands grabbed the sink as she felt him behind her. No kisses. No licks. No bites. His hardness directly slid inside her. Right now, she was a wet mess.


    She sucked a sharp breath through her teeth when his tempo went erratic, and she called out, "Jie!"


    He moved insanely and she kept on moaning his name in pleasure.


    "Soo good," Long Jie murmured in her ear.


    "You make me go crazy," he said again.


    "Ah!"


    His cock thrust onest time before both of them climaxed.


    However, it wasn''t thest round. It was just the beginning of the passion that was left unbridled today.


    [A/N: Trust me, my mind is still a virgin.]


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    A few hours and a dozen and more orgasms after.


    "Cat eyes?" Long Jie gently tried to wake her. She was wrapped in a white satin duvet. A crease formed on her forehead as he called out her name again.


    He checked the time again. He decided to let her sleep for an hour more because he knew that she was thoroughly tired. He had gone overboard with her. He shouldn''t have lost control today. But what could he do when she would openly seduce him?


    He was aware that she wasn''t fragile. She gets what she wants. Apparently, what she wanted was him and she got in her own way. She made him beg for her before. And then, she was on her knees for him.


    Little did she know that even if she was on her knees, she still was the queen. His queen.


    He made arrangements for Zhenyi''s dress and stylist before getting ready. She would kill him when she would realize that he had torn that damn dress. Because drunk-on-sex Zhenyi could do anything as long as she was high. He had always known the fact that when he was inside her, she couldn''t think about anything else but him. And just this thought was enough to make his chest swell in pride.


    As for the red dress, there was no way in hell he was letting her wear such a dress. She wasn''t just proiming a battle but was hellbent on torturing him.


    An hourter, Long Jie again went to wake her up. This time, she woke up without any attempts. As soon as she opened her eyes, she saw her husband, dressed like an adonis in a dark green three-piece suit.


    She blinked her eyes in the realization that she had been dead for a long time now.


    "How long have I been asleep?" Zhenyi questioned him in a sleepy and hoarse voice.


    "A little over an hour," Long Jie answered him gently. He leaned down to kiss her temple. "Wear a robe. Your stylist is waiting for you outside."


    "What''s the need for a robe?" Zhenyi grumbled. "Send the stylist in."


    "Zhenyi!" Long Jie called her name in a hard tone.


    "Ugh. You''re no fun," Zhenyi couldn''t help but groan.


    He yanked the duvet off her body. As the marks he had left on her body became visible to him, he took a step back in panic.


    "They are just marks. Doesn''t hurt," Zhenyi said as if she could read his thoughts." Help me wear the robe."


    He kissed her shoulder and helped her with a robe while murmuring a sorry.

 Chapter 300 - Extraordinary Beauty

    He kissed her shoulder and helped her with a robe while murmuring a sorry.


    "Jie, I don''t like when you''re on pins and needles with me. I''m not fragile. You should know that you can''t hurt me that way even if you try."??


    He just nodded.


    Soon the stylist came with Zhenyi''s dress. Long Jie leaned again the wall, his eyes fastened on her wife''s figure. He saw her interacting with the team of stylists. He had learned that this team would always apany her. She had personal shoppers, hairdressers, makeup artists, etc.


    She was not a shopaholic but she was a crazy spendthrift.


    Within the next thirty minutes, as indicated by Long Jie, Zhenyi was ready. So, he helped her to the car. Today, he chose to drive himself.


    "You have a real obsession with white, Jie," Zhenyi muttered as she settled inside the car.


    Long Jie focussed on driving as the roads in the evening were quite jammed.


    "It''s silver, not white," Long Jie said after a while.


    Zhenyi scoffed. "Aren''t you tired of seeing me in the same color again and again?"


    Zhenyi was wearing a silver blouse( but she would swear that it was white) and an embroidered ck and golden long skirt. She paired it with earnings and ck heels. Not to forget, her earnings matched with Long Jie''s cufflinks. And it was enough for her to go crazy with gratification.


    "You look gorgeous in every clothes," Long Jie said while looking at her. "You look even more gorgeous without clothes." He chuckled heartily as Zhenyi hit his arm. His voice softened as he began, "But when you wear white, you always take my breath away. I have attended many weddings but I haven''t ever seen a woman dressed in white as beautiful as you. On our wedding day, when you came with B¨¤ and grandfather, I had decided as soon as I saw you in your wedding dress that I want to see you in white all the time."


    Long Jie spoke those meaningful so casually that Zhenyi had a hard time controlling her breath. She was aware that he loved seeing her in white because all the clothes that he had gifted her had a little or more white in them. But never had she once imagined the reason behind this mystery was this¡­


    "So, Mrs. Long, I will never get tired of watching you in white ever. You always take my breath away with your extraordinary beauty," Long Jie said while kissing her knuckle.


    "Long Jie!"


    Long Jie nced at her in concern. "What happened?"


    She shut her eyes tightly. "I''m still sore and tired. Stop seducing me already."


    Long Jie looked at her in bewilderment. "What have I done to seduce you?"


    "You¡­. You just have to be you to seduce me."


    ______


    As soon as both of them entered the threshold of Long Mansion, first of all, grandma Mian came gushing all of her love on Zhenyi, making Long Jie green with envy. Before Grandma Mian used to pour all her tenderness on Long Jie. He always had a very special ce in his grandmother''s heart. Although she loved all her grandchildren the same, still the connection she shared with him was very special. Now he had been reced by his dear wife. However, he didn''t feel bad about it in the slightest bit. He wanted his wife to feel that she belong here with his family.


    "My baby looks very beautiful today," Grandma Mian said, as she caressed Zhenyi''s face tenderly."But why do you look so pale?" She turned her attention to Long Jie and chided him. "You took her away from me for so many days and didn''t even feed her?"


    "Grandma--"


    "You all are brats! How badly I wish that I had a granddaughter instead of three rascal grandsons who know nothing but to trouble my precious granddaughters-inw." Grandma Mian said with a frown. She again turned to Zhenyi and said," Does he really not take care of your meals?"


    "He doesn''t even know how to cook," Zhenyi said with a wronged expression.


    Long Jie was rendered speechless by her impable acting.


    "You are good for nothing!" Grandma Mian scolded Long Jie.


    "I can exin, Grandma--"


    "Like hell you can," Grandma Mian said furiously. "How would she live with a man who couldn''t cook? You bettere home daily. I will personally give you cooking lessons."


    "You are so good to me, Grandma," said Zhenyi as she enfolded the olddy with a hug.


    Long Jie stared at his spoiled wife in amazement. She truly knew when to hold the right thigh.


    After a while, Long Shaoming and Song Lily appeared followed by Long Jie''s uncle -- Long Shen, and Aunt-- Zhao Nuan. They were Long Wie''s parents.


    Long Jie and Zhenyi greeted all of them with respectful bows. Zhao Nuan warmly hugged Zhenyi after that and much to her surprise, Zhenyi returned the warm treatment. Meanwhile, Song Lily behaved like her usual self-- graceful, magnanimous, and elegant.


    Long Jie was a little surprised to observe the light and genuine conversation between his father and wife. They both behaved like a father-daughter duo.


    Would it be wrong to say that he was a little envious as he had never enjoyed such a short and hearty conversation with his dad ever?


    Inside, more than fifty people were present including--- all the important members of the n, shareholders, elders,wyers, etc.


    Long Jie and Zhenyi realized that it was not just a simple n meeting, it was much more than it. However, the real question was -- why none of the younger generations knew that their father had called for a n meeting?


    Long Jie had his arms protectively wrapped around Zhenyi''s waist as both of them greeted the guests. She was truly acting like ady of the house. Though she was a littlete to arrive as thedy of the house, she didn''t make anyone feel that she was the one in the wrong. It was Zhenyi''s special charm after all.


    ______


    Woah. Woah. Wepleted 300 chapters today. I''m so so so so happy that I can''t express it in words. Thank you my dear readers. I love you so so so so much.


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 Chapter 301 - Announcement Of Will

    Zhenyi talked andughed with the other wives and totally mesmerized them with her aura and confidence. They couldn''t help but be in awe of her performance. Never had anyone in their circle had such an amazing woman as a wife.


    Surely, there were women much better than Zhenyi in terms of beauty. However, none of them could emit the same confidence and aura as her. They were graceful, elegant, and gentle with their demeanor. But when it came to Zhenyi, she was open and easy to speak, she was as eloquent as a schr and tough as a soldier, her knowledge in subjects ranged from mythology to science and technology, her Confidence could ignite yours too, her aura was that of a lioness, she didn''t look meek and gentle from any angle and yet with all these characteristics present, her gracefulness wasn''t hidden from anyone.??


    What surprised them the most was the way she looked at her husband -- as if he had hung the moon for her.


    The tenderness and affection that Long Jie held for his wife in his eyes weren''t concealed from anyone present there. Earlier many of them were of the view that even if Long Jie liked his Xin bride, he would try to suppress his affection for her because at the end of the day she was still a Xin-- their enemy. But tonight none of them could say that she wasn''t one of them. She and the family had embraced each other wholeheartedly.


    They couldn''t ask for any other woman as the wife of the head of the n. Perhaps, the outsider didn''t understand how important it was for the head of the n/family to have the right woman as his life partner. Even though she wouldn''t be involved in the outfit directly, her responsibilities and duties were much more than that of her husband.


    As thedy of the house, Zhenyi hosted the dinner after that. She along with Long Jie raised toasts with guests. They entertained them very effortlessly and even the guests, who were all the n members, were very pleased and satisfied with the head of the family and thedy of the house.


    Zhenyipelled them to believe that Xins and Long were friends now not because of the marriage alliance but because they had eradicated all the animosity between them. Long Jie on the other hand was very proud to see his wife as the star of the evening.


    Zhenyi turned to see Long Jie staring at her affectionately. "What?"


    He shook his head with an infectious smile and said," You''re magical, my love."


    "If I were you, I would hold me tightly and never let me away from you," Zhenyi cheekily said to him.


    He snaked an arm around her waist, keeping her close to him. "If I were you, I would nevere close to an unpleasant thing such as me."


    "Too bad, you are not me. I''m never leaving you, unpleasant or not!" Zhenyi pecked his cheek.


    A clink on ss was heard and both of them looked up to see Long Shaoming rising from his seat. Today, each and every member of their family was present on the arranged long table. And by the expressions on Long Shaoming''s face, it was clear that he was going to announce a very serious decision.


    What was more shocking was that Song Lily had been unusually quiet sitting next to her husband.


    "Thank you, everyone, foring at such short notice," Long Shaoming said and the guests smiled as if it was no big deal. However, it was truly a big deal because it was not usual for the ex-head of the n/family to call for a n meeting at such sudden notice.


    Long Shaoming began again, "First of all, let me congratte my eldest son for taking the role of head of the n. My dear son, you are impressive with your work and it brings me great pride to see the man you''ve be. I may not have been a good father but you are always the best son I could ever ask for." Long Shaoming''s words cause Long Jie to avoid looking at his father. His father wasn''t very vocal with his feeling for his children. Zhenyi positioned her head on his shoulder and he kissed her knuckles in return.


    "Secondly, I would like to tell you all that I had a meeting with the elders of the n a few days ago," Long Shaoming spoke and the elders nodded their heads with a serious expression on their face. " Since I have passed on the position of the head of the n to my son, I decided that it was the time I retirepletely. But before retiring and giving theplete reign of the empire to Jie and Zhenyi, I have to make some wrongs right." He paused for a brief moment and then took a deep breath to add, "Life is unpredictable. I have always known this fact. But now I realized the uncertainty of life. I always tried to make sure that my family survives every cmity because many years ago, our family was struck with one such cmity and we are still bearing its consequences. I have regretted many things in life but I don''t want to regret them anymore. This is why I invited the n members here. Tonight, I will be announcing my will."


    Everyone fell silent all of a sudden.


    Long Yuan looked at the shocked expression on his brother''s and cousin''s faces. It meant he wasn''t the only one who didn''t know about the bomb his father had just dropped on them.


    Zhenyi sped her hand with Long Jie''s tightly as she felt his trembling body.


    "What''s he saying?" Long Jie whispered to no one in particr.


    "Are you alright, Dad?" The question escaped Long Jie''s mouth before he could control it. Was his father so ill that he decided to announce his will? Was it the reason he was trying to right all the wrongs?

 Chapter 302 - Distributing Assets.

    Long Shaoming chuckled. "I''m fine, son. I don''t want any of you to fight after my death over the will. That''s why I decided to announce it when I''m alive and healthy."


    Long Jie sighed in relief.


    "We won''t ever fight over money, Uncle," Long Wei immediately said. Truly, the understanding these brothers had with each other was enviable.


    "I know, son. You all are good brothers. That''s why I want to do this. I don''t want you three to ever fight over a mere thing called wealth," Long Shaoming replied with a smile.


    "Come on, dad. Let''s not make each other sentimental. We don''t want you to announce your will. We are truly happy," Long Yuan said nonchntly. However, right now, he was anything but nonchnt.


    "But I certainly need to do this now," Long Shaoming replied to his son. He paused for a brief moment as his eyes darted to everyone''s face. Some people were still absent. Nevertheless, he knew it wasn''t easy to bring them here so easily.


    "But dad---"


    "Jie, Wei, and Yuan let your father do it," Grandma Mian spoke to her grandchildren. "If he is desiring to announce his will when he is alive and healthy, what''s wrong with it? You all are the children of this family. He wanted you all to always stay together without any inheritance fight."


    The three of them-- Long Jie, Long Wei, and Long Yuan dropped theirints. Because they had no arguments to make.


    "You''relucky that you''re B¨¤''s only child," Long Jie said to her wife, his eyes fixed on his father''s face.


    "I''m not," Zhenyi whispered.


    "What?" Long Jie turned his gaze quickly to Zhenyi.


    "I''m not his only child," Zhenyi whispered while staring into his eyes with apparent remorse for lying to him.


    "Let''s start with the n members," Long Shaoming said, disturbing the moment of great truth revtion. After they were done with n members, they arrived at the asset distribution in the family. "Wenna, we gave you ''Eternity'' as your dowry. (Eternity was a jewelrypany). It was because you refused to have the shares that father was willing to give as your dowry. Do you want any specific property now?"


    Long Wenna refused. " I only have one son. I''m already loaded. What would I do with any more assets?"


    Long Wenna was not good to Zhenyi and Tang Reine but she was a good sister to her brothers.


    Long Shaoming nodded and moved forward, "I have made another important decision. The tech giant called Long Techs will be separated from the Long groups. Its assets amount to around xxx billion which is equivalent to ten percent shares of the Long groups. Long Wei will not be given any share in the Long groups, instead, he will be dered as the sole inheritor of the Long Techs as soon as he takes the role of the CEO of the Long Techs."


    [A/N: Pardon me for the mistakes. I have never made a will. I''m still alive, extremely young, and currently childless ?. Thus, I have no experience in preparing wills.]


    Long Wei nced at his Uncle and father in surprise. He hadn''t expected the oue. But was he happy with it? Absolutely. Long Techs was his sanctuary. He had been there since it was started many years ago. If there was any industry under LG( short for Long Groups), he enjoyed working for it was always Long Techs.


    "Wei, you are a natural-born leader. But I know there is always one leader. I had a long conversation with your father and he suggested to me that it was something you would like to have. I hope you are happy with my decision," Long Shaomimg said. "Although I was hesitant when he suggested me to separate Long Techs from LG,ter, I realized where he wasing from. Just like me, he was worried that you and brothers may develop differences in the future.


    Son, your father and I never differentiated between our sons and nephews because we weren''t taught that by our mother. Don''t think for a moment that we are separating you from your brothers. Instead, it''s a chance to be an ally to them. Don''t follow each other then but guide."


    Long Wei just nodded because right now he had no words to say. His hold around his wife tightened and a weird fussy feeling appeared in his chest. He loved his brothers and there was no way he would fight with them over the inheritance. But he didn''t know what kind of people his kids would be. He never wished for his kids to fight with Long Jie''s or Long Yuan''s kids over inheritance in the future. And as if God couldn''t be more benevolent, he gave him the perfect solution.


    "Long Yuan, the clubs and the hotel chain belong to you as soon as you take the position of the CEO. Since clubs and the hotel chains didn''te under Long Groups, you will bepensated with the five percent shares of the LG that your mom has," Long Shaominh announced as he nced at his wife who raised her chin proudly and Long Yuan knew what wasing next. " But you won''t be able to get those shares if you don''t marry Liu Shishi. It''s your mom''s only condition."


    Long Yuan chuckled inwardly. Of course, as long as he married Liu Shishi everything would be alright except for himself.


    "There are several properties in the country and abroad mentioned in the file which will be given to Zhenyi, Meilin, and Yuan''s wife. The firstborn child of the family will get two percent shares that mom has in Long groups."


    Zhenyi was a little surprised to hear that she was also given something in the will. Not that she needed any properties, but still, she would take it as a blessing, right?


    Money is good. No money is best. It''s always wee. Money never betrays you as people do.

 Chapter 303 - Title Is A Spoiler

    "Stop running the wheels of your smart brain, my little fox," Long Jie murmured into her ears. She turned her head to look at him innocently. He couldn''t help but peck her nose. "Why do I have a feeling that you love money more than me?"


    "Who doesn''t love money?" Zhenyi questioned him back. "You see, if I don''t have money, I won''t be able to feed you. So, what''s the harm if I love money a little more than you?"


    "No harm, wife. No harm. Just don''t leave me for a bundle of cash."


    On the other hand, Long Shaoming continued announcing, oblivious of the little romance going under the table.


    "As for Long Jie, as the head of the n and the head of the LG, the 30% shares that I have in Long cooperation belongs to you. So, nobody would be able to challenge your authority."


    Well, it was what Long Jie had expected for a long time. He was aware that he would be the inheritor of the LG but hadn''t fathomed that he would get this many shares. To say he was not pleased would be an utter lie.


    "As you all know, the Long family had 52% shares in LG. 30% went to Long Jie, 5% went to Yuan and 2% will go to Wei''s child. But none of you know that I have been watching over another 10% of shares. Around thirty years ago, many shareholders turned their back on our family and sold their shares at a very low price to someone who they believed was conspiring against the family. Since Long Shen has his own 5 percent of shares. He could pass it down to anyone he desires and whenever he wishes to."


    Long Jie Knew that apart from the family, there was someone else who owned 10%percent shares --the second-biggest shareholder apart from him. But none of the shareholders ever met that person. His father had asked him when he took over thepany to never investigate the matter as he had got it in his control.


    However, his curiosity was never satisfied. And now that his father had mentioned those shares in the meeting tonight. He was utterly shocked.


    "Now as for those Ten percent shares-- they were purchased by myte brother Long Ah-Shaan," said Long Shaoming, shocking everyone present in the room.


    Gasps and murmurs were heard. Everyone was looking at each other''s faces. They just couldn''t believe their ears.


    Truly, Long Ah-Shaan''s name was considered taboo in the family.


    What was the meaning of taking Long Ah-Shaan''s name in the meeting? He was dead and disowned by the Longs. So, why was he discussed today?


    "Long Shaoming why didn''t you ever tell me?" Elder Long''s voice contains both anger and remorse. He couldn''t believe that his dead son still had the shares of the LG under his name. So, what if they were purchased by him?


    When Long Ah-Shaan left the family he gave the 5% shares which he got at his wedding as a gift from his parents to Song Lily. It was his method of apologizing to Song Lily for the sins he hadmitted. What could he do? He was just a man in love.


    "Shaoming, why did you hide it from us?" Grandma Mian asked Long Shaoming. Her eyes turned red with unshed tears. She threw a re in Song Lily''s direction and a look of disdain in her husband''s. She hated both of them.


    "You never asked, Father," Long Shaoming said with a sigh. "You said you had nothing to do with LG anymore. And mom, I never intended to hide it from anyone. He asked me to watch over his shares until hees back. But only the news of his death came. Telling you all that I''m still watching over his shares would have caused you great pains. I didn''t want to scratch the wounds that had recently healed."


    Zhenyi nced at her husband, an unknown glint was visible in his eyes. She didn''t know what he was thinking but he clearly was not alright.


    "Jie, you are okay?" Zhenyi asked him with a worried expression on her face.


    "I don''t know why but Long Ah-Shaan''s topic always makes me nervous. Sometimes I feel like I know him very closely yet at the same time, he is someone unknown to me," Long Jie told him.


    Zhenyi''s thoughts went back to the picture of Long Ab-Shaan that she had seen in the vi.


    "Do you know what Long Ah-Shaan looked like?"Zhenyi questioned him.


    " I don''t," came a simple reply.


    "Do you want to know what he looked like?" Zhenyi asked him after a while.


    "Have you seen him?" Long Jie turned his head to look at her.


    Zhenyi nodded. "I have his picture on my phone. If you want to see him, I will show you the picture tonight. But I will advise you to not look at his picture until I''m sure."


    "Why?" Long Jie questioned him as he furrowed his brows.


    "Because it''s going to give rise to a lot of confusion. It will end up breaking our home, Jie," came a sad reply.


    On the other hand, Grandma Mian questioned, "Who will those Shares will be passed on to?"


    "His sessor," came the reply much to everyone''s shock.


    "You are not surprised," Zhenyi asked Long Jie as she saw his indifferent expression.


    "B¨¤ confirmed that I have a cousin. He/she was raised by your mother after Long Ah-Shaan died," Long Jie replied to Zhenyi.


    "I can''t believe it. Why on earth does my mom have to shove her leg everywhere? I mean almost 90% of the suspense in our lives are directly/indirectly rted to her," Zhenyi groaned."I get it she was Long Ah-Shaan''s best friend. I even heard that Aunt Jia, mom and Long Ah-Shaan were crazy kind of best friends. But raising the child of Longs especially when she is dad''s wife? It doesn''t fit well."


    "You have been investigating Long Ah-Shaan for a long time now. You should know it," Long Jie told her with a shrug."Next time you decide to y thief at the dead of the night, you better tell me first."


    Zhenyi blinked continuously at him.


    Long Jie poked her nose with his finger. "You are too cute, Zhenyi."


    On the other side¡­.


    "What are you saying, Shaoming?" Grandma Miam whispered as the meaning of words registered in her mind.


    "Just trust me, mom," Long Shaomimg said with a sad smile.


    "Everyone, these 10 percent shares will be given to Long Ah-Shaan''s only sessor¡­."


    "Alcina Long."


    TITLE: ALCINA LONG.

 Chapter 304 - Did He Kill His Own Brother?

    *FLASHBACK*


    By the side of ake, and under a shimmering Ginko tree, there were two graves. With the exception of these two graves, the acres ofnd are covered in green grass. Not many peoplee to this side of thend as they prefer the other side of thend which was now a beautiful park.


    Although thend where the graves were located was deserted, it still was very well maintained. It seemed someone was still working on keeping the area well maintained.


    People say that two persons who are buried in two graves were lovers. They united after great hardship only to die an early death. Although they died earlier than the average age, they lived to their heart''s content. They found the love for which they sacrificed their lives and took their love with them to the other side of the world.


    A middle aged man dressed in a ck long coat and hat, followed by three of his bodyguards, stood in front of one of the graves. He stared at the name embedded on the grave for several minutes, and as he bent down to ce the flowers, he whispered, "Happy birthday brother."


    Just as he was about to ce the flowers on the grave, a kick came out of nowhere and the flowers that he had bought for his brother, flew in the air and then dropped into theke.


    His bodyguards alerted and attacked the person who had kicked the flowers before they could be ced on the grave, but only to be defeated at the hands of the frail-looking person. When the three guards fell on the ground unconscious, more shadow guards emerged but he held up his hand to stop them as the person who attacked his bodyguards with great efficiency and skill, removed the cap covering her head.


    He had never seen a young woman sopetent, who was able to defeat his well-trained soldiers. However, be believed that there was a first for everything.


    "Long Shaoming! You have no right to be here. Go back to your world before I kill you for murdering your own brother!" The young woman said hate in her eyes was naked.


    Long Shaoming couldn''t understand why this youngdy thought that he had killed his own brother. Anyone who knew him was familiar with the kind of rtions those three brothers had with each other.


    "I didn''t kill him and as his younger brother, I have every right to pay respect to my elder brother on his birthday!"Long Shaoming made the young woman understand his point but only if she was here to believe his half-lies. She was smarter than he gave her the credit for.


    The girl snickered as if she had heard a joke, "Where were you for thest two decades?"


    "I didn''t know where my brother was buried until recently," Long Shaoming replied. He looked at the woman standing in front of him as if examining her. "Who are you, youngdy?"


    The girlughed so hard that Long Shaoming felt a shiver down his spine. He had never heard augh as lethal as hers. He could see mocking and disgust obvious in her eyes. If it was someone else, he would have shed their throat for a mere reason of looking at him with disdain. But he didn''t get angry with this young woman and he didn''t know why.


    When the girl stoppedughing, her face turned serious in a second. "Should I introduce myself with how I''m introduced or should I introduce myself with how I should be introduced?"


    "You''re one confusingdy but interesting nheless," Long Shaoming said with a sigh. "Nevertheless, I would like you to introduce yourself however you like."


    She bored her eyes into his and said," I''m introduced as Alcina Zhang. But I should be introduced as Long Alcina."


    Long froze and looked at her as if he had seen a ghost. He felt as if he had stopped breathing due to the intensity of the shock.


    Seeing Long Shaoming guilty expression, Alcina chuckled again.


    "You''re Long Ah Shan''s¡­"


    "Daughter," Alcinapleted his sentence with another lethal smile.


    "How''s this possible?"Long Shaoming said to himself. His brother had a daughter and he had no idea about it?


    Hell, he didn''t even know about his brother''s grave until a few days ago. He had begged his mother to tell him where Long Ah-Shaan was buried. After more than twenty years, she had told him the truth with a painful grimace. Her expression had shown that day that she still med all of them as aplices in Long Ah-Shaan''s death.


    Her brother''s funeral was organized by Tang Reine many years ago. From the Long Family, only the olddy had attended along with Long Jie. No one knew that she went to attend Long Ah-Shaan''s funeral that day. To tell the truth, even if anyone else had known about it no one had gone and probably no one had allowed the olddy to attend the funeral either.


    "It seemed like you were not taught how women conceive in high school," Alcina said with a mocking smirk. "Or you didn''t pay attention to the lesson. And how would you? When you were busy lusting after your elder brother''s fianc¨¨."


    "Alcina, you can''t talk like that," Long Shaoming tried to reprimand Alcina softly. " I''m still your uncle."


    "Are you?" She raised her perfect brows. "Last I remember, my father died alone without any of you by his side. In my arms, he took hisst breath. Do you know what hisst words were?" She crossed her arms and said, " Oh, you don''t deserve to hear them. Long Shaoming, I have never dreamed about anything in my life. I epted every challenge life threw at me because I never had any ambition in my life except one and neither did I ever wish about anything except that one. Do you know what it is?" Seeing that Long Shaoming was waiting for her answer, she told," I prayed to God that if He exists let me be the witness of all your deaths. You, your father, and Song Lily. I want to see you dying the worst kind of death." Alcinaughed pointing towards the sky and continued, " And look at Him, he heard. You are dying every day and I would be damned if I lied that I didn''t enjoy it."

 Chapter 305 - Back To Claim Whats Hers.

    "Alcina, I didn''t know about your existence," Long Shaoming said to Alcina. " If I had known, I would have raised you like my daughter. Only if you would havee to me¡­"


    Truly, What Long Shaoming was saying wasn''t a lie. He would have raised Alcina as his own daughter like the heiress of the Long family should be raised.


    "You would have raised me?" Alcina scoffed. She lifted her brow and added," Just like you raised your so-called elder son? Hmm?"


    Long Shaoming was left speechless at her attitude. The Long family was one of the most prestigious families of Beijing. Which child would not be happy to be born into such a family?


    Judging from Alcina''s attitude, it was clear she hated him and his family to her very core.


    "Your eldest son was abused for not being your family''s perfect son.Your father and wife left no stone unturned in reminding him that he is a failure. He suffered for years just because of you," Alcina spoke with such disgust that Long Shaoming was forced to think twice before uttering his next words. But only if Alcina would give him a chance to retort. He was crushed mercilessly by her lethal tongue. "Your second son, he was your father''s favorite. Why was he ignored by his own parents? Not to mention, why did one of your father''s daughters suffer even more than the sons of the Long family?"


    Alcina was here to spill the whole story in her own way. Long Jie must have been a Saint to forgive them but she wasn''t. She would avenge both him and Esma along with her parents.


    Long Shaoming! You emotional fool. Alcina is trying to emotionally ckmail you! She knows how much the words ''family'' means to you. And she is taking advantage of this fact.


    On the other hand, Long Shaoming was confused. When did his sister suffer at the hands of his father?


    "Alcina, Wenna never suffered, "Long Shaoming said, still confused. "She has been pampered and loved since she was born.."


    "Goddammit!" Alcina cursed loudly and the hidden guards stared at the gutsy girl. They had an appreciation for her in their hearts."How can you still talk about that greedy Long Wenna! I''m talking about Esma." She paused for a brief moment only to dramatically say, "Oh you don''t know? Your father never told you that he had fathered-- sorry-- mistakenly dropped his sperm in your wife''s therapist''s wife?"


    Alcina pped her head, "Oh, why would he? Isn''t he the perfect father, a model husband, and the ideal head of the n in his fucking head? Do you know what Long Shaoming when your wife''s therapist knew about his wife''s adultery, what he did? He sexually abused that young girl for years and your father knew it, but never stopped it. Heck, he didn''t care about her at all."


    "Stop weaving stories, Alcina," said Long Shaoming. His father would never leave an innocent child at the mercy of a monster. Especially, his own blood and flesh.


    "You are free to investigate. You still don''t believe that I''m Long Ah-Shaan''s daughter. A DNA test is enough to prove my paternity and so is Esma Dermott''s." Alcina intentionally uttered Esma''s full name. Apparently, Esma is currently Song Lily''s therapist. And she quite liked this therapist of hers. Poor woman doesn''t even know that Esma is looking for a chance to end her life at any moment. She would have killed the old man and Song Lily by now if not for Long Jie''s intervention.


    "Why would my father do something like that? I know he doesn''t like Jie, but abusing him? It''s a stupid story woven by you. I know you hate our family but I won''t leave you unpunished if you try to break it. Besides, your paternity is yet to be proved, " said Long Shaoming. He was getting shocks after shocks.


    But one had to agree that Long Shaoming had underestimated Alcina Long. The women''s EQ and IQ were higher than thebined IQs of his whole family. She wasying traps right now and very soon the whole Long Family would be falling into it.


    Her life was at the cost. And she would be crazy to take any necessary risk right now.


    She pulled out a strand of hair from her head in front of Long Shaoming and handed it to him.


    She gave him another smirk and said," You know who to match my DNA with. Trust me, I know much more than you think."


    "You won''t stop ying games, Youngdy?"


    Alcina feigned innocence and said in a very scared voice," Games? What games are you talking about, Uncle? I''m very good at Hide and Seek." She changed her voice and then said," Would you like to y with me? But I have to warn you now that you will lose. I must add one more thing-- I''m not Long Ah-Shaan and neither am I Elena Zheng who ripped out her heart and gave it on a silver tter to you people. Not only did you ever appreciate her goodwill and also never did you take care of something she considered her whole life. I''m Alcina, Long Shaoming. I''m back to im what''s mine. Either you give me everything I deserve with the respect I should be given or I will snatch it off your hands."


    Long Shaomingughed like a maniac as he heard Alcina''s words. His eyes transformed into chilling ck orbs. Any normal person would have experienced chills down their spine. But she was Alcina. If she could handle Lord Tang, the most dangerous man on this, and Long Jie, the real maniac on the earth, then what was this no-name gangster in her eyes? If she could make Esma dance on her palm, then who the hell was this unwanted Uncle before her?


    "Are you done?" Alcina indifferently said.


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    Drop a gift you like Alcina or me. ??

 Chapter 306 - Deep Rooted Conspiracies.

    "Are you done?" Alcina indifferently said. "Is this how you used to scare people in the past? I must say Xin Yichen is better than you. At least, people still cower before him. My poor brother, he still thinks you gave him the position because he fulfilled the end of his bargain by marrying Xin Zhenyi." Alcina scoffed. "That Tang Reine, do you know what sacrifices I had to make sure she persuades her husband to fix this infamous wedding between Zhenyi and Long Jie? The woman is a devil, I must tell you. And I made a deal with the devil."


    Well, this was the greatest shock Long Shaoming had received in his whole life. Damm, just how old was she to y these mind games with him?


    Alcina didn''t just fool Long Shaoming and Xin Yichen. She had fooled the two ns. The wedding conspiracy was started by her when Tang Reine took her under her camp. She and Tang Reine were what you call great enemies. They were always at each other''s necks.


    If Xins and Long think that they were smart, they haven''t met Alcina yet, the mastermind of the n.


    She made Grandma Mian force Long Shaoming fix the wedding between Long Jie and Zhenyi. The olddy gave the reason that it was for the benefit of two ns who were fighting for nothing. The olddy was so devastated by the death of her son that Long Shaoming couldn''t refuse. He looked for the perfect timing to persuade Xin Yichen to agree to this engagement and the opportunity came after Tang Reine''s death.


    As for who persuaded the olddy and Elder Xin about the wedding arrangement was the story of another time. It''s enough, for now, to know that Alcina was deep-rooted into these conspiracies.


    "How?" The word escaped Long Shaoming''s mouth as he was at a loss for words due to the intensity of the shock.


    Alcina scoffed and waved her hand. "It had nothing to do with you. But I must tell you not to test my patience. You see, I have no enmity with you guys. I simply hate you and wish to see you dead. That''s all."


    ___End of shback___


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    On the other side.


    "ALCINA!!"


    Alcina turned back only to see the person she hadn''t expected to meet. If it was another day, she might as well be excited or perhaps a little happy to see but all she felt right now was a headacheing.


    Looking straight again, she kept walking as if she hadn''t heard anyone''s voice at all.


    A tight hold on her arms twirled her to look back.


    "I said stop right there."


    And Alcina stopped. She took a deep breath because she needed lots of patience and power to tolerate such torment.


    "What do you think you are doing? You know Long''s will bury you alive if you go back there. Do you not understand such a simple fact that you shouldn''t go back there?"


    Could she just punch this nonsense human being? Or should she just walk ahead without any care?


    "Where is the tongue of yours that is as long as the great wall of China?"


    Now Alcina couldn''t hold back anymore. She said fiercely. "Who do you think you are to order me around? The Long family is my dad''s family. Those people hold my billions. I''m a poor woman right now. I need money to fill my and my daughter''s stomach."


    "Just how much money do you need? Take everything that I have. Just don''t go there. They will kill you."


    ''Did I just see fear in your eyes?'' Alcina wanted to ask.


    "I do not fear death. I''m a woman out on a mission. When I chose this path, I knew there were only two oues. Either I die or I get what I want. So, you need not worry. If something happens to me, you better take care of my daughter."


    Alicina''s stubbornness knew no bounds. She was a proud woman. She would die before epting defeat. Death was not something she feared. But dying before clearing her father''s name was something she couldn''t stop thinking over. Her daughter would still live a happy and carefree life even if she died. So, the only goal she had in her life couldn''t be attained until she was a Long.


    "I urge you,Alcina, just go back."


    "No one wants me," She let out a sad smile. She got her daughter back but her daughter was still looking for her dad and uncles. "My own daughter doesn''t want me. She only wants her dad. Tell me what I do?"


    "I beg you, Alcina."


    Alcina attempted to be humorous but failed miserably."Aiya, this great king also needs to beg to a mere subject like me?"


    "You know that''s true. You are the only one who can bring me to my knees."


    "Ah?" Alcina''s eyes widened. She hadn''t expected a serious reply. She narrowed her brows and while pointing her fingers, she asked," Could it be that you also have fallen in love with me? Oh, sorry. I forgot it''s not possible in this life. I may have to be reincarnated again."


    "Don''t turn the course of conversation. Think about Faye, who''s going to take care of her god forbid if something happens to you?"


    "She has got wonderful uncles to take care of her. I''m not worried about that. But it''s time I go back to my roots," said Alcina with a sigh." I need to make everything right for my daughter''s sake."


    "You''re making a mistake."


    "To err is to be human," Alcina replied with a shrug.


    "Stop being philosophical."


    "You rubbed it on me." Alcina stood on her tiptoes and kissed his lips before saying, "I know you will take care of me even though you won''t show it like others. So, I''m not worried for my life." She started moving forward, "Take care of my life. And don''t worry, you won''t fall in love with me. Remember the doors to our hearts are locked and the keys are still missing?"


    "Goodbye," Alcina whispered before fading in the darkness. When she asked him to take care of her life she didn''t mean it literally.


    "You are still an idiot, Cia. Or should I call you a blind?" whispered a lonely soul before vanishing in the darkness of the night.


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    What?!! You guys really think Alcina was a simple character? She is a shark, I tell you. And are you guys interested in her love line? If yes, then tell me with whom!


    We have many great guys in the book. Chose one. Let me warn you, Feng Siyan and Alcina would be disaster together.

 Chapter 307 - Daughter Of Home Wrecker.

    *PRESENT*


    "ALCINA LONG!!"


    Everyone turned their eyes towards the door as a tall and slender figure came into their view. Long Jie''s eyes almost popped out as he saw the face of the approaching figure clearly.


    Alcina. Queen of Serpents. Faye''s mom. Lord Tang''s lover. Now his cousin.


    "Well, why am I not so surprised, " Zhenyi muttered under her breath but it was audible enough for Long Jie.


    "Because our life is already a soap opera?"Long Jie said.


    Grandma Mian looked confused, and a tiny crease formed above her nose as she didn''t realize what was happening around her. She has yet to see Alcina''s face clearly. But as Alcina came into her view, the old woman froze. After a while, she slowly and slowly got out of the chair and met Alcina halfway through the hall. She was about to stumble but Alcina caught her by the shoulder. The old woman hugged Alcina and poured her heart out.


    "I thought I would never see this day," Grandma Mian sobbed. "If I die now, I will have no regrets."


    Alcina had never consoled a crying person. Even her 5 years old kid didn''t cry. She bit down on her life lip and nced at Long Jie hopefully who just gave her a clean-your-own-mess look.


    With a sigh she said,"Don''t curse yourself, Granny. You have to live many years to see good days. I''m here now. I promise you that you will see good days."


    "You don''t hate me?" Grandma Mian asked her with red teary eyes.


    "Do you hate my dad?" Alcina asked her instead.


    "He was my son.The light to my dark world. How can I ever hate him? I me myself for not protecting him when I should have," Grandma Mian honestly said and Alcina believed her.


    "Then, I don''t hate you," Alcina said to her."We will talkter, okay?"


    The olddy nodded.


    Alcina followed the olddy to the dining room table that was already filled with many shocked people. The one who was the most stunned was Song Lily. She hadn''t seen this twisting.


    Long Ah-Shaan had a daughter? She felt as if she was greatly betrayed.


    Everyone weed Alcina with warm smiles because it was clear no one from the family was opposed to her arrival in the house. Especially Elder Long who had been usually silent since the beginning. Almost all of the people invited were trying to bootlick Alcina as the only daughter of the Long family and the holder of 10% shares which were worth around several billion.


    Soon the meeting ended and the guests went back with more questions and doubts than possible.


    On the surface, everyone was trying to get along with Alcina. In reality, many of them were nning to get rid of her. Being Long Ah-Shaan''s daughter was enough for them to know that she was an enemy, not an ally. The daughter of the betrayer was


    Elder Long was about to stand up to leave the room in a fit of rage when he heard his son''s voice.


    "The meeting is yet to end, Dad," Long Shaomimg spoke and everyone turned their eyes from Alcina to them. A look of surprise swept across their faces. Long Shaoming had yet to announce theplete will.


    "You disappoint me, Shaoming." Elder Long wrinkled his nose in disgust as he nced at Alcina and then at his son. "Bringing back the daughter of a betrayer. Is this what I taught you?" Elder Long asked his son."Do you not care about our prestige and honor at all? You are simply a disappointment."


    On the other hand, Alcina tossed a fry in her mouth. Well, the drama was about to start. Finally, some entertainment. This look of amusement on Alcina''s face wasn''t hidden from Song Lily and others.


    ''The daughter of a homewrecker knows nothing but to split our family.'' These were Lily''s thoughts. Only if she could say them aloud.


    "Did you forget the rules? The sins of parents will never stain their children''s names. And every Long Child will be taken under by the house. Alcina is Long Ah-Shaan''s legitimate child with his wife. There was no way I could let her note back to her roots after knowing her existence," Long Shaoming said with evident anger. "Moreover, it''s not me who is disappointing.Rather, it''s you. I never knew my father was a monster."


    After Alcina told him the truth that day, Long Shaoming hadunched a thorough investigation. When Alcina''s allegations were proved right, he had no other option than to let Esma and Alcinae back to the Long family. Of course, he didn''t do anything out of familial love. He had more reasons to do the same.


    On the other hand, Alcina tossed a fry in her mouth. Well, the drama was about to start. Finally, some entertainment. This look of amusement on Alcina''s face wasn''t hidden from Song Lily and others.


    ''The daughter of a homewrecker knows nothing but to split our family.'' These were Lily''s thoughts. Only if she could say them aloud.


    "Did you forget the rules? The sins of parents will never stain their children''s names. And every Long Child will be taken under by the house. Alcina is Long Ah-Shaan''s legitimate child with his wife. There was no way I could let her note back to her roots after knowing her existence," Long Shaoming said with evident anger. "Moreover, it''s not me who is disappointing.Rather, it''s you. I never knew my father was a monster."


    After Alcina told him the truth that day, Long Shaoming hadunched a thorough investigation. When Alcina''s allegations were proved right, he had no other option than to let Esma and Alcinae back to the Long family. Of course, he didn''t do anything out of familial love. He had more reasons to do the same.


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    Note: I just noticed now that there was error with this chapter. Thank you for your patience.

 Chapter 308 - Esmas Real Identity

    "Long Shaoming, watch what you say!" Elder Long fumed.


    Long Shaoming looked at everyone else but at his father. "Since Alcina is given back her 10 percent shares. Another 10% shares still rest with me after adding up Long Jie''s, Long Shen''s, and another two percent shares which make 52% in total. From this 10%, 5 Percent will go to¡­ Esma Dermott."


    The spoon from Long Jie''s hand fell down as he looked at his father in utter shock. Was his father crazy? He knew that his father had been investigating Esma and he let it happen since Esma was currently Song Lily''s psychologist.


    "Shut your mouth, Jie," Zhenyi whispered.


    "LONG SHAOMING!!!"


    "Keep your voice down, father. I''m giving you respect because you are my birth father. Otherwise, I would never have breathed the same air as you," Long Shaoming dered, the hatred and disgust in his voice understandable.


    Alcina grinned as she heard Long Shaoming''s words. ''Breathed the same air as him? Interesting. Dear Uncle, I gotta apud your script maker.''


    "I can smell trouble, Jie," Zhenyi said with a troubling expression on her face. "This sister of yours is clearly here to break the family. And she is not even hiding her intentions."


    "Apparently, my dear children, Esma Dermott is my father''s illegitimate daughter who''s around the same age as Alcina," Long Shaoming told his family with a bitterugh. "My father left the poor child with another man of his kind. A monster. She was never epted by the Dermotts because she had Long Yuhan''s blood flowing in her veins. Before you ask why I am giving her shares? It''s because I don''t know how to beg her forgiveness. My father had destroyed three lives -- Jie, Esma, and Alcina."


    Long Jie suddenly recalled that Alcina had asked him to help her in a certain case involving her mom. Zhang n could be called hermits who often lived in recluse, away from the crowd of the big cities. Even though they look ordinary and simple, they could be considered one of the most powerful hidden ns.


    "She is a chameleon, Zhenyi. You will never be able to see her real color," Long Jie said with a sigh.


    "Well, I love a good challenge," Zhenyi said with an excited grin.


    Long Jie patted her head lovingly. "If I''m right, she definitely has the means to contain your animosity. She is just not here for her inheritance."


    "You are wasting your time, Dad," Long Jie said out loud, everyone''s eyes darted towards him. "Esma didn''t want your money. Heck, she didn''t want to be called Long. This is the reason why she never dropped Dermott as her surname. And what she wants -- you guys will never be able to give her. So, please drop it. You will be hurting her instead of making wrongs right."


    Long Jie did not attempt to keep away the truth from them that he indeed knew that Esma was his grandfather''s daughter. Instead, he deliberately spilled the beans. He was of the view that Esma shouldn''t leave her right to inherit the family''s health because of her hatred. He didn''t mind if she killed her Elder Long. Rather, he would be pleased.


    "Esma?" Song Lily whispered as realization hit her. "She is Dr. Dermott''s daughter? The one who you were friends with?"


    Long Jie smiled wickedly. "The same Esma who is your current psychologist. You sure trust strangers more than your own family."


    On the other side, Long Shen stared at his nephew and said, "What does she want? As long as we can give her, we don''t mind. We didn''t know before she existed. If we had known, we would have never let her suffer."


    The real reason why Long Sheng never became the family head was that he was too soft-hearted for this cruel world. When Long Shaoming told him about Esma being their half-sister, he urged Long Shaoming to bring the poor girl back home as she had already suffered too much.


    "She wants grandfather''s blood, " Long Jie said so casually that Long Yuan choked on air. "If you can give her his blood, I don''t mind."


    "The meeting ends here," Grandma Mian said as she stood up and walked towards her room. "Leave me alone for some time, kids."


    The old woman was devastated with the revtion of big truths tonight. She couldn''t handle the younger generation bickering over the same topic again and again.


    In the same way, the older generation retired for their rooms as none of them wanted to discuss anything else.


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    "Did it hurt?" Long Yuan asked Alcina, who was busy munching on the snacks she had taken from Long Jie''s ce. They wouldn''t poison his te. So, it was the intelligent option.


    "Excuse me?" Alcina blinked her eyes at him as she looked up from the te.


    "When you fell from heaven," Long Yuan winked and Long Wei choked on air.


    "You dumbass." Long Wei punched Long Yuan''s shoulder as he reminded him," She is our sister. You better stop flirting with her."


    "I''m not flirting," Long Yuan said with a shrug. "But you see she is quite a looker. If I didn''t know better I would have said that Alcina and Brother are created from the same mold."


    Meilin''s gaze turned to Long Jie and then to Alcina. As if studying their features, she said, " Exactly. They have some identical features. From their hair to their foreheads and noses. But Alcina''s western features are dominant."


    "Really?" Alcina said, sniffing her hair. "I just dyed them ck. A few days ago, I had tinum blond hair."


    ''Who sniffs hair?'' Meilin wanted to ask but since she realized that this cousin-inw of hers was an anomaly, she held back her words.


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    Author note:


    Now you know why Long Jie cares so much about Esma? She is his best friend as well as the only kin who genuinely loved him. She was with him in good and bad times. She is a little crazy but she has a heart of gold.

 Chapter 309 - Fell From Heaven

    Meilin''s gaze turned to Long Jie and then to Alcina. As if studying their features, she said, " Exactly. They have some identical features. From their hair to their foreheads and noses. But Alcina''s western features are dominant."


    "Really?" Alcina said, sniffing her hair. "I just dyed them ck. A few days ago, I had tinum blond hair."


    ''Who sniffs hair?'' Meilin wanted to ask but since she realized that this cousin-inw of hers was an anomaly, she held back her words.


    "First brother, aren''t you going to say anything to our cousin?" Long Yuan said as he saw Zhenyi had her head positioned on Long Jie''s shoulder. "Wait¡­ you have met her before?"


    Long Yuan veered his gaze to Alcina who just rolled her eyes in return."How? And when?"


    "When I met her I didn''t know she was our cousin," Long Jie replied. "She was just a kind-hearteddy who helped my drunk wife."


    "Since when did your wife need a drink? I mean, isn''t it the other way around? She makes people need to drink if she spends more than ten minutes with them."


    You don''t love your life, Long Yuan." Zhenyi said casually. "Btw congrattions, I heard your mom is nning for your wedding."


    "Ah?" Alcina nced at Long Yuan. "You are still marrying that pop star? What a disaster in making!"


    "Why do you know about her?"Long Yuan asked as he narrowed his eyes at Alcina." We just met today if I remember correctly."


    Alcina poked her fingers on his eyeballs, "Eyes down, dear cousin." Long Yuan tried to grab Alcina''s wrist before he could touch her, Alcina had him half-paralyzed on the ground. His neck was tilting at one side and he couldn''t move it without crying out in pain.


    Meilin watched the scene unfolding before her in horror. Long Wei took a deep breath and nced at Long Jie who had his eyes narrowed at Yuan. Instead of getting angry at Alcina, Long Jie was rather disappointed at Long Yuan.


    "Alcina, make him normal again," Long Jie said with a softened voice. Of course, he knew Alcina a little better than others as he had met her a few days back. She wasn''t an easy character then and she still was not.


    "I didn''t start the fight, " Alcina retorted back.


    ''Did she just act spoiled with his brother?'' Yuan gaped at her. He had to update his game or she would steal her favorite brother from him. But first, he needed to stand up properly.


    "Yuan and Wei, Alcina doesn''t like to be untouched in any way. So, I request both of you to contain your excitement on getting a cousin, "Long Jie said as he rubbed his forehead. " And Alcina, Yuan is in pain. Help him."


    Throwing a dirty look at Long Jie, Alcina helped Yuan.


    "You are cruel," Yuan growled as he saw an unfazed Alcina savoring the snacks again. He stood up to challenge Alcina for a fight because he couldn''t believe that a frail-looking girl such as her could defeat him with a single blow.


    "Do not irritate me, Cousin, " Alcina said with a sweet smile. "I''m too poisonous for you all." She tossed a look at Long Jie who had his eyes fixed on her and then at Zhenyi who was quietly dozing off at her husband''s shoulder. A pang of jealousy ran through her but she controlled it before she would do something impulsive. "Well, since you guys met me. I''m leaving."


    "Where are you going?" Long Jie questioned her. He gestured to others to leave them alone. ordingly, Meilin, Yuan, and Wei went back to their rooms.


    "Home sweet home," Alcina indifferently replied.


    Long Jie snickered. "You think they aren''t waiting outside to kill you? You are the missing heiress who suddenly came back to the Long family after twenty-eight years to take back your inheritance. Do you even know how many enemies you have made in a single night?"


    Alcina just sat there unfazed. "Well, if your little speech is over, can I go back?"


    "It''s almost midnight. It''s not safe for you to leave this house right now," Long Jie replied to her.


    "It''s almost midnight. It''s not safe for you to leave this house right now," Long Jie replied to her. "See Alcina, I won''t beat around the bush. Your being my cousin changes the whole equation. Not because I care for my long-lost rtive but because you have attracted several more enemies. Faye already has to live with one parent only. I can''t see her orphan at a young age."


    "Come on, brother. Let''s not emotionally ckmail me," Alcina replied."Feng Siyan is babysitting Faye. I promised him that I will be back before midnight. If I don''t go back, he will get another choice to humiliate me."


    Zhenyi instantly opened her eyes. "You left your kid with an unknown man?"


    "Well, he is not an unknown man to the kid," Long Jie told Zhenyi. "He is Faye''s uncle."


    "Favorite uncle to be exact," Alcina said with a grin and Long Jie gave her a dirty look.


    "Feng Siyan, " Zhenyi whispered the name as she watched Long Jie and Alcina engaged in another heated conversation. Suddenly, she chose to act as a mediator between the two. "Alcina, why don''t you stay the night here? Jie is right. It''s no longer safe for you to return right now. Talk with Jie for a moment. I will ask the butler to prepare a room for you in our wing."


    Zhenyi stood up and went towards the other side without looking back. Long Jie frowned as he saw her suddenly behaving abnormally. Whereas Alcina watched Zhenyi''s back in horror as she realized what she just did.


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    Note: I am editing the chapters again as unknowingly I left a big error in previous chapters. It may take me some time to edit all the chapters.


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 Chapter 310 - Everything Is Appearing Too Suggestive

    The Next Morning.


    Long Jie touched the other side of the bed, half-asleep, when the cold sheets came in contact with his hand, he woke up with a jerk. He rubbed his eyes and found the bed empty. Only he knew how much it scared him to not find his wife beside him.


    ''The trauma of losing your wife again is dangerous, I tell you!''


    "Zhenyi?"


    As Zhenyi emerged from the closet space, she heard Long Jie calling him. "What happened?"


    She couldn''t suppress the odd feeling that rose inside her when she heard her husband anxiously calling for her.


    "Where are you going so early?" Long Jie asked her immediately when he saw her dressed in her professional clothes.


    ''She looks edible.'' It was the first thought which came into his mind. Just a single glimpse of her and his heart is back to normal state.


    Zhenyi looked at her wristwatch and said, "I have to bring some important stuff from the mansion in the south. Plus, I''m thinking of dropping Alcina personally. She is ready and waiting for me."


    "But it''s still early," stressed Long Jie. He then said in a whiny voice," Come sleep with me for a little longer.Or at least cuddle with me."


    Zhenyi shook her head at his antics. Since when did he start acting like a needy kid. Walking towards him, she kissed his cheek and said, "Stop acting spoiled. I really have something important to do today. Otherwise, I wouldn''t have said no to you."


    "Fine," Long Jie sighed. "But you will have to apany me for lunch. And in the evening you are attending a Charity G with me."


    Zhenyi looked at him in horror. "Charity G? Do you know how difficult it is to talk with dumb wives who have nothing interesting to talk about?" She gave him a pleading stare, "Can we cancel this G program? I''m totally fine with lunch."


    "Nope," Long Jie quickly denied. He grabbed her arm and pulled her into his arms."I want to show off my wife. I never agreed to a hidden marriage."


    Since Zhenyi knew there was no way she could convince Long Jie now, she agreed with his ns. She quickly got out of his hold and, picking her handbag, she ran out of the room before he would get a chance to hold herself back.


    "My cruel wife," Long Jie said and went back to sleep.


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    "Did you tell Grandma that you are leaving?" Zhenyi asked Alcina as they settled inside the car. Today, Zhenyi decided to drive herself to the office.


    Alcina gave her a nk look, "I''m not ready for this big family. I think it''s better if I maintain distance from the olddy."


    "Alcina, don''t punish the innocents. Grandma has already seen a lot of suffering in her life. If your arrival can ebb her grief, why not develop a rtionship with her?"


    Alcinaughed at Zhenyi''s words. "You are too naive, Zhenyi. You give way too much importance to this institution called ''family'' and one day, this family will hurt in the worst way possible."


    Zhenyi shook her head. "Didn''t dad ept you wholeheartedly to the family? Why are you still guarded against all of them?"


    "ept me?" Alcina scoffed. "I threatened him. I must agree that your mom''s name acted as a catalyst."


    Zhenyi thought she shouldn''t be surprised but she actually was.


    "How was your rtionship with mom?" Zhenyi asked after a while.


    "We were enemies. She never liked me. And I hated her to the core," Alcina said in a soft voice. "I was everything which she was in her days back then. She was haughty, arrogant, and way too show off but brave and intelligent. As a person, I hate her personality but as a teacher, I respect and admire her."


    "I can''t believe that she never liked you," Zhenyi said while driving. "I mean as much as I know she raised you practically."


    "I was almost eleven when she died. But I remember most of the memories involving her. Because I have never met a human as infuriating as her, "Alcina muttered.


    _____


    "You just came here for a box?" Alcina asked Zhenyi as thetter came out of the master bedroom with a small box in her hand.


    Zhenyi just shrugged in reply. That''s because she didn''t know what the box contained.


    "Miss Alcina, thank God you are here, " the butler came running to Alcina. She actually had tears of frustration in her eyes. As she saw Zhenyi standing next to Alcina, she stopped and bowed to greet her. "Young Madam, weee."


    Zhenyi nodded. She was actually curious to meet this daughter of Alcina sincest night. Because things were appearing too suggestive to be true.


    As Zhenyi reached the dining table, she saw a man coaxing a little kid in a sickly sweet voice. She had an urge to vomit right there.


    As if he could feel the two eyes boring into his skull, he turned his head only to find Zhenyi staring at her.He stiffened and the spoon in his hand froze in the air.


    "Mrs. Long?" Feng Siyan managed to utter.


    Zhenyi grinned, lifting up her brow. Feng Siyan gulped as he saw a wicked look passing her face. He would have to choose his next words very carefully or shouldn''t speak at all.


    ''This woman is real evil, I tell you.'' He nced at Alcina who was scowling at him as if he was the one in the wrong. ''Why must I be surrounded by wicked women! Have they stopped making sweet and kind women?''


    She pulled out a chair for herself and sat on it. Now her mismatched eyes were examining a certain green-eyed kid who was staring back at her with equal fascination.


    Zhenyi put forward her hand before the kid. "Hi. I''m Xin Zhenyi. It''s very nice to finally meet you, Faye."


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 Chapter 311 - Alcinas Title Of Queen Is Being Snatched

    Faye took her hand and smiled at her. She even shook her hand like an adult.


    Behind Zhenyi, Alcina just died with jealousy. This smiling girl was her daughter? Heck, her daughter didn''t even throw a re in her direction let alone a smile. She suddenly hated Zhenyi. No, she was envious of her. Why must everyone she cares for like her more?


    Zhenyi had a strange feeling inside her as she stared at Faye''s facial features. There was just something special about this kid which she couldn''t point out that called to her. A voice in her heart was telling him to go ahead and bury this sweet kid in her embrace.


    "Faye, if I didn''t know better I would have said you are mine and Jie''s daughter," Zhenyi muttered under her own breath. Truly, some of Faye''s features matched with that of Zhenyi''s and Long Jie''s.


    Alcina and Feng Siyan tried to feed Faye but the little princess had her arms crossed over her chest, her chin raised in the air, and eyes stuck on Zhenyi''s face.


    Zhenyi had a hard time stifling herugh. She was truly adorable in her own way. Although her face was nk, she could still see a haughty look in her eyes.


    Could she be any more cute?


    "Little princess, why don''t you take a bite?" Feng Siyan kept on coaxing her. His heart was aching as he saw Faye starving because of Alcina. But what could he do when he knew Alcina changed her diet for the better. Even if he didn''t want to admit it, he must say that Alcina''s medical skills were unparalleled.


    "Why are you calling her a little princess?" Zhenyi asked Feng Siyan who froze as soon as he heard her voice. Very nice of him to have a guilty conscience.


    "Because she is m-master''s daughter. And she is the princess of the family," Feng Siyan stuttered for the first time. ''Oh, Feng Siyan, you stutter too.''


    Zhenyi shook her head at the shocking situation. However, she put her whole attention to Faye and said, a sweet smile blossoming on her beautiful face. "We don''t call queens princess. Look at her posture from which angle do you see a spoiled princess? All I see is a brave queen. Right, Faye?"


    Faye, who wasn''t called a queen by anyone before, looked at Zhenyi with appreciation. Her eyes clearly said to Alcina that she liked Zhenyi more than her. She nodded her head slowly.


    Alcina had a dire urge to take her daughter away from Zhenyi and hide her in the closet. She had yet to get her acknowledgment. And now she even had a rival?


    Zhenyi smiled again."But only the spoiled princess throws a tantrum, the queen doesn''t. If you want to grow up like your dad, you will have to finish your food as your mom says. Do you understand me?"


    Faye nodded.


    And that''s how she started eating the food along with others. Not only that, she ate food with her own hands as only the princess got fed by others. And she was a queen like Zhenyi said.


    "Little princess, let me ---" Feng Siyan''s words froze in his mouth when he saw a re in her direction. Did his little princess just re at him?


    "L-little Queen," Faye said in a hoarse voice.


    Alcina had a sudden impulse to cry her heart out but no tears came out. Her daughter just took her title. She wanted to tell her father that the daughter he had raised was a traitor.


    On the other hand, Feng Siyan who always took pride in being Faye''s favorite uncle just kept staring at her face. He immediately fired a message to Long Jie to take his wife from here.


    "Well, I''m taking my leave. Alcina take care of yourself and your daughter," Zhenyi said, a resigned look visible on her face. She gave her card to Alcina. "Call me if you ever need help." ncing at Faye and Feng Siyan, she added," I guess we were always meant to be family."


    Alcina had no words to say to Zhenyi and so she just nodded.


    As Zhenyi was about to exit the threshold of the mansion, she felt a tug on her suit jacket. ncing down, she found a teary-eyed Faye gazing at her intently.


    "You don''t like me?" The little girl who was just given the title of a queen by Zhenyi asked in a scratchy voice. Alcina and Feng Siyan were too stunned to react. Of course, they have heard Faye talk. But she never openly talked to anyone except her dad. Well, she once talked to Alcina just to say that she didn''t want her.


    Since when did her daughter start asking people if they liked her or not? She was a proud and sensitive kid for her age.


    "Says who?" Zhenyi asked with a smile as she kneeled on the floor and caressed her face softly.


    Is that why you are leaving me like Ru?" Faye asked, now the tears leaking from the corner of her eyes. These spilling emotions were troubling the little girl even more. She didn''t understand emotions quite well. And she couldn''t understand why her eyes were wet. But these days whenever she remembers her father, her eyes be wet. This was so odd to her.


    Zhenyi had an instant wish to p Alcina, Feng Siyan and even Long Jie at this time. These people were unintentionally ying with the little girl''s feelings.


    She pulled Faye into her embrace and said while stroking her back, "I can''t not like you, baby. How can someone not like a beautiful little girl like you? You know God took one baby from me but give me another in your form. No one is leaving you I promise. We all wille back to you. But only at the right time. You have to wait for the right time. Tell me my little queen, will you continue waiting for a little longer?"


    .

 Chapter 312 - Is She Worth The Trouble, Bro?

    Faye was an understanding and sensible child at this age. So, she nodded her head.


    "Go back to your Mom. And do not trouble her. She loves you a lot just like your dad."


    "If you listen to your mom, I''lle and visit you soon with your uncle Jie."


    With onest kiss on Faye''s forehead, Zhenyi came out of the mansion.


    ____


    "Miss Xin."


    Zhenyi turned her head to find a huffing Feng Siyan running in her direction.


    Crossing her arms over her chest, she leaned against the car. "What do you want?"


    "I didn''t know you would be here," Feng Siyan said apologetically. Why was he behaving like someone who had done something wrong?


    "If you knew, you would have kept your script ready?" Zhenyi asked him with a raised brow.


    Feng Siyan had no words to say because she was right. Who had known that she would appear in front of him all of a sudden?!


    "Do you all know that you are ying with that little girl''s feelings? I''m big enough to understand everything but she is still a kid."


    "Miss Xin, we do not know what to say to her either. Master was poisoned a few weeks ago. All I know is he is no mor---"


    "Complete the sentence and see how I cut your tongue," Zhenyi growled. Calling his brother dead was akin to asking for death.


    "I know Miss Xin, it''s hard to ept --"


    "You know what Feng Siyan?" Zhenyi screeched while clenching her teeth."I''m so done with you now. And please keep me out of your games because right now, my head is throbbing."


    "Miss Xin, please tell me the truth. Have you seen Master recently?" Feng Siyan asked in bewilderment. He didn''t know why he just sighed in relief. His master was too troublesome. Leaving behind a letter saying that if they couldn''t find her it meant he had died and there was no need to look for his body. It was the reason why he refused Long Jie toe to London when he asked him to.


    Zhenyi pulled out her phone from the pocket and dialed a number, arranging the phone on loudspeaker.


    "Angel?" A voice said from the other side and here Feng Siyan froze with the intensity of the shock.


    "Oh, I just dialed your number by mistake," Zhenyi said as she started drivingthe car, leaving the shocked Feng Siyan far behind her.


    "Really?" Ryuu asked with a bemused smile.


    "No, actually I called to tell you that I''m finally done with you," Zhenyi said while clenching her teeth.


    "We both know that you don''t mean it," Ryuu said proudly. His dear sister loved him the most after all!


    "I wish I did."


    What a liar! A charming liar nevertheless. She felt bad for Alcina for selling her soul to Satan.


    "You know, Ryuu, I met a very special person today." Zhenyi spoke with a smile. " She was so beautiful that I wanted to snatch her from her mom''s side and keep her in my heart. An angel, she was in reality." She paused for a brief moment only to add," But her words broke my heart when she asked me with teary eyes if I''m also going to leave her like her Ru."


    "What do you say to her in reply, angel?" Ryuu''s voice turned unusually raspy. His heart grew ufortable imagining the little girl in tears.


    "I told her that she is a little queen and she has to wait for a little longer and everything wille back to her at the right time."


    "You told her the right thing." Ryuu paused for a brief moment before saying,"Do you me me?"


    "For what? For protecting her in the only way possible?" Zhenyi asked him instead.


    "You know you are the best sister one could ask for?" Ryuu questioned with a sad smile.


    "You better treasure me," Zhenyi said, still not able to digest the whole truth.


    "Oh, I have every intention."


    "You are going to have to prepare a lot of exnations, big bro," Zhenyi remembered Long Jie''s crestfallen expression when he was leaving for London that night. She hated her brother a little today.


    "Oh, I already have saved them in different folders. Starting with your husband''s."


    Ryuu knew this day woulde but he hadn''t thought that it woulde so soon. Last night, when he begged Alcina not to go back to the Long family. He should have anticipated for something like this to happen. He had thought she wouldn''t do something like that but she did. She was always unpredictable and a little crazier than others.


    ''You owe me, Cia. And like always, you will pay for it tenfold. After all, you don''t let off the debt of your closest enemy.''


    "Is she worth the trouble, bro?" Zhenyi asked after a long pause.


    "Every single one of them."


    ____


    Well, it was not a secret since the number of hints I have given from the beginning were too subtle. Come on, guys, did you really think Xiuying was Ryuu''s heroine? Although I love reading lots of sh marriage cliches, I don''t like to write one. Especially Ryuu! He has been a very intense and strong character since the beginning. I wanted his love line to be intense like him. And Alcina fitted the picture perfectly.


    She matched his mysterious vibe. His dignified aura suits her brazenness. She is strong,actually way stronger than normal fls. She didn''t need Ryuu to protect her all the time. A King doesn''t need a queen who he had to protect all the time. He needs someone who is a capable ally just like Alcina.


    PS: Don''t hate me for this.


    Pss: This book doesn''t include any kind of cheating. Who knew you guys would end up getting shocked by the intensity of the mysteries that will be unfoldingter in the story.As for Xiuying, trust me I don''t write pitiful characters.

 Chapter 313 - Which Side To Choose?

    Later that day.


    <Should I pick you up for our lunch date?>


    Zhenyi''s phone rang when she was in a meeting. She held up her hand to stop the CFO from speaking as she replied to Long Jie''s message.


    < Dont. It will be a waste of our time. I''ll send you the address of the restaurant my assistant has made the reservation for. Be there in an hour.>


    <As my Queen says. Xx.>


    A smile bloomed on Zhenyi''s face when she saw Long Jie''s message. Looking up, she gestured to the CFO to start again.


    "Meeting won''t finish for another hour Ma''am," Lu Xinyi said in a low voice.


    "Of course, I know," Zhenyi answered her. "Inform the marketing department, we will be reviewing their new projects in an hour."


    "Your lunch with Mr. Long?" Lu Xinyi said with a hesitant smile. Didn''t she ask her to book a private room for a lunch date in the morning?


    Zhenyi merely gave her a mysterious smile. And Lu Xinyi knew better than to speak further.


    ____


    Long Jie checked the time on his wristwatch before entering the doors of the restaurant. He was five minuteste for their lunch date. So, he was sweating profusely. Why the hell was he behaving like a teenager on his first date?


    In simple words, it was a novel feeling to him.


    A waiter showed him the way to the private room his wife had reserved for them.


    With a huge grin, he opened the door only to freeze in shock.


    _____


    Ryuu was asked by Zhenyi to join her for lunch a few hours ago. Thinking that it must be something important that his sister asked him for lunch, he gave her an affirmative answer.


    Now he just reached the private room she had booked for them.


    He wondered what she wanted to talk about that she had to ask him for a lunch meeting when she could have juste home.


    "Brother?!" Ryuu heard a very familiar voice. He looked up to see a frozen Long Jie standing at the door. He blinked his eyes to realize if Long was really at the door.


    "She literally yed me this time," Ryuu muttered when a shocked Long Jie poked his face with his finger.


    As Ryuu stood up, Long Jie pulled him into a brotherly embrace. "I can''t even express in words how happy I am to see you alright."


    Long Jie''s words brought a tightness in Ryuu''s chest. Stifling the emotions, Ryuu asked, "Aren''t you going to me me for the deception?"


    Long Jie blinked his eyes and then sighed while upying a chair. Well, he was too surprised to keep standing.


    "Why would I?" asked Long Jie instead." ming you for lying to us is akin to not trust you."


    "You are too good for this world, Ah-Jie," Ryuu said with a long sigh as he sat back on his seat.


    "So?"


    "So?" Ryuu raised his brow.


    "It''s time toe clean, Brother," said Long Jie as he settled his eyes on Ryuu''s face and poured himself a drink. Because the Lord knew how much he needed one right now. "To be honest, my heart was not ready to admit that Lord Tang truly died."


    "Lord Tang is really dead, Ah-Jie," Ryuu said with a small smile. "He died the day the Queen of Serpents poisoned him. As for what happened that day, let it be a secret meant only for me and her."


    "Then, who are you, Brother? Or did my brother also die with Lord Tang that day?" questioned Long Jie as soon as he heard Ryuu''s reply. He couldn''t stop fear creeping up to his heart. Imagine losing


    the only person who stood by you in every situation.


    "Lord Tang died that day, your brother did not," Ryuu said with a sigh."I have many aliases, Ah-Jie and you have known this since the beginning. You just don''t know that Lord Tang was one of them."


    Long Jie rubbed his temple."Alcina said Lord Tang emerged to die. Does this also mean that you create the alias of Lord Tang for her?"


    Ryuu chuckled and his eyes shined with amusement as he heard Long Jie''s question. "You are giving her way too much importance."


    "Am I?" Long Jie raised his brows.


    Ryuu just sighed.


    "So, where do we stand now?" questioned Long Jie as he passed a drink to Ryuu.


    "On one side. Together with each other like always, "Ryuu answered as a matter of fact.


    On one side. Together with each other like always," Long Jie repeated his words.


    "You don''t believe me?" asked Ryuu immediately. "Or you don''t believe my words?"


    "How can I not?" Long Jie retorted."You see, I am just confused. Not just confused but afraid too. If I ask you to clear all the misunderstandings now, you will end up entangling me in the web of words and memories. So, I''m just helping myself right now. I can understand everything but not your link with Alcina. So, it''s better if we let this matter slide for now."


    Ryuu contemted a little before nodding, "Are you sure you don''t want an exnation?"


    "I''m very sure," said Long Jie with a relieved smile."So, now the real question--who are you? Or to put it in more simple words, what is your real identity?"


    Ryuu had expected this question. Of course, he knew one day he had to say the truth to Long Jie. But it was still so soon. But, his sister had yed him at his own game. She had clearly told him to whom her loyalty lied. And it was clearly her husband.


    Ryuu opened his mouth to say something but at the same time, the loud click of the high heels was heard and both of the men looked around to see a smug Zhenyi approaching them.


    She tantly ignored Ryuu and kissed her husband. Obviously, he kissed back. Once they heard a throat-clearing voice, they separated.


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 Chapter 314 - Colorful Lives

    "Do you miss me?" Zhenyu said as she slid into the seat next to Long Jie.


    Long Jie had his eyes narrowed at his shameless wife. What a crafty woman! Look at her being so coy and innocent.


    Zhenyi raised her brow anticipating the answer.


    "I did," Long Jie answered a resigned sigh.


    "It hurts my heart to see my Angel ignoring me," Ryuu said while feigning hurt. "Girls sure forget their family after marrying."


    Zhenyi feigned a gasp and nced at Long Jie, wide-eyed. "You invited a guest? Howe I never noticed before?"


    Long Jie''s lips twitched but he chose to be a party in Zhenyi''s y."Because like always I had all of your attention."


    Zhenyiughed as she threw her arms around Long Jie and snuggled in his embrace.


    "Am I not forgiven yet?"Ryuu asked his sister. Who did not know how petty she was!


    "Were you wrong? Did youmit a mistake? Do you think for a moment how much your lie was hurting my husband? Do you justify your actions? Should I forgive you?" Zhenyi fired questions after questions. From their interaction, Long Jie could say that both of them were rted to each other. It was not every day you get to see a doting expression in Lord Tang''s eyes.


    "You know I will never hurt him or you?"Ryuu said to his sister. "Even if I hurt you in any way, I sincerely apologize. But sometimes we have to give smaller sacrifices for bigger gains. Just trust me this once, Angel."


    Zhenyi had no words to say to Ryuu. She was his beloved sister. She couldn''t choose one between these two men.


    "If my husband forgives you, I will have no qualms against you," said Zhenyi as she crossed her arms over her chest.


    Ryuu shifted his eyes from Zhenyi to Long Jie.


    "I''m not angry with him, "Long Jie said softly. "I have known him for many years, Zhenyi. If he chose this path, there must be some reasons behind it. Moreover, he is my brother and I trust him the most."


    "You can''t call him brother anymore, "Zhenyi shrieked, surprising both of the men.


    "Why is that?"Both of them asked simultaneously.


    "Because he is only my brother, "Zhenyi said, shocking Long Jie. "You know Long Jie, I love you the most. But I can''t share Ryuu with you. At most he can be your brother-inw or best friend. No sworn brother. Nothing."


    "Zhenyi!" Ryuu groaned.


    "Shut up," Zhenyi threw a re at her brother and looked at her husband tenderly."Okay, baby?"


    "Sure, honey. But first, tell me why I should not call him brother?" Long Jie asked him.


    "Because he is my brother, "Zhenyi answered.


    "Half brother? Stepbrother?"Long Jie inquired quickly.


    "How about I tell you a story?" Zhenyi offered and Long Jie scowled at her. However, he didn''t stop her from telling the story.


    "Once upon a time, there was a spoiled princess--"


    "Don''t call her a spoiled princess," Ryuu chided Zhenyi.


    "Once upon a time, there was a stubborn princess--"


    "You can''t call mom spoiled and stubborn, Angel," Ryuu again reprimanded Zhenyi.


    "Ryuu!!"


    Long Jie had a headache seeing the two most important people of his life ring at each other. Sigh. Life is so hard. He still couldn''t understand how both of them were rted to each other.


    "Zhenyi! Brother!--"


    "Don''t call him brother."


    "Handle your wife, Ah-Jie."


    "Keep quiet both of you," said Long Jie in a thundering voice. He shifted his gaze to Ryuu and said, "Let her finish the story first." He then looked at his wife who had a gloating expression on her face. "You! Stop being stubborn. You both can finish your fight after I''m done with you two."


    "Now start the story but inyman''s terms," Long Jie added.


    "The man you call brother is in actuality my real brother," said Zhenyi to Long Jie. "My mom was in high school when Dad impregnated her. And as a result, Ryuu came into this world. But you see, my mom belonged to a royal family. She was a princess and there was no way my Grandpa had let mom marry Dad because Tangs never marry an outsider. But since she was pregnant and grandfather was overjoyed with the news of a grandchild. He let that wedding happen but on one condition that Ryuu must be a Tang, not a Xin. And his existence must be a secret."


    Long Jie had an astonished expression on his face as he heard Zhenyi''s words. The man he called brother was in fact her wife''s brother all along. And what had he not told Ryuu about his life? Even his real intentions about the wedding. Even his previous mistresses. And he still let the wedding happen? Just how much he trusted her.


    "You cane to earth now, Ah-Jie," Ryuu said nonchntly.


    "You still let the wedding happen?" Long Jie asked Ryuu in bewilderment.


    "What do you mean by ''you still let the wedding happen'' ?" questioned Zhenyi immediately. Was there something she was not aware of? Were they hiding something from her?


    "Well, he knows about my real intentions when my father forced me to marry you," Long Jie hesitantly replied. "He also knows about all the women--"


    "Stop!" Zhenyi held up her hand. "I don''t want to hear about your colorful life." She looked at Ryuu and said, "Out of all the people in the world, my brother had the least right to not let you marry me given how colorful his life is. You had an amazing girlfriend. You have a wonderful kid. Still, you went ahead and married Long Jie''s other cousin. You gave him one sister. But picked two of his cousins in return, Big Bro. Just what were you thinking?"


    "I might have my reasons, Angel," said Ryuu. "Let''s not judge me so quickly, especially until it''s not over."


    _____


    Author''s Note:


    Do Not Hate Ryuu So Soon. I Will Give You More Reasons To Hate Him In The Future, Alright?


    _____


    Tomorrow is Indian Independence day. On this auspicious eve, let''s give freedom to someone in this story who is craving for it since the very beginning.


    So, my dear readers let''s give freedom to Du Zheng''s butterfly.

 Chapter 315 - You Came?

    "You hid your kid, brother," Long Jie said. "Were you nning a secret life for her too? Out of all the people, you know what it meant to lead a secret life. Are you sure you want the same for Faye?"


    Although Ryuu neverined about his secret life, it didn''t mean that it never hurt him.


    "That''s Alcina''s decision to take," Ryuu replied. "Whatever she chooses for our daughter is eptable to me as long as they both are safe and sound."


    At the same moment, a waiter came with several dishes that Zhenyi had ordered on the way. He served everyone with food and left soon after.


    "Stay happy with Xiuying," Zhenyi said as she saw both of them enjoying the food. "I''m sure Alcina had her life figured out. And don''t worry, I have arranged a perfect Stepdad for Faye. He is handsome, sweet and most of all reliable."


    Ryuu choked on food when he heard what Zhenyi said. She passed him water quickly and patted his back.


    "Eat slowly, Big brother, " Zhenyi innocently said, loading more dishes onto his te. On the other hand, Long Jie shook his head in utter helplessness. Serves you right, Brother. At least, there is someone who can keep your feet on the ground.


    He knew what his wife was doing. So, he chose to add fuel to the fire.


    "Stepdad for Faye?" Long Jie quirked up his brows in confusion. "Are you sure he is reliable?"


    "Of course, husband," Zhenyi said with a huge grin. And Ryuu had a premonition that whatever she was going to say next wouldn''t be good for his mental and emotional health. "That man loves Alcina a lot. Trust me, when he knows about Faye''s existence, he will be more than willing to be a father figure in her life. Ryuu has his life sorted out with Xiuying. Alcina shouldn''t suffer because of my brother''s fickle heart." Seeing Long Jie nodding at her suggestion she offered him a wide smile before turning her head to Ryuu. "What do you say Ryuu?


    Ryuu pped the chopsticks on the table and clearly said to both of them. "My child will never call another man father. Doesn''t matter if I''m alive or dead. She is my daughter, Angel. And she will be mine and Alcina''s daughter all her life."


    "Come on, Ryuu, think about Alcina. She can''t spend her life single," Zhenyi said with a suggestive tone. "Sam is in love with her--"


    "What do you say Sam?" Ryuu''s voice turned scary all of a sudden. "If you are trying to provoke me, Zhenyi, it''s not working. Alcina can have anyone in her life. I don''t care. But Faye is my daughter. She can only have one father in her life."


    He took a deep breath and calmed him down. His expression turned back to normal and then looked at both of them. "It''s your lunch date. Enjoy the time. I''ll meet you both soon. Until then, take care of each other. Alright?"


    With this said, Ryuu left the room.


    "You shouldn''t have provoked him like that," Long Jie said while looking at Ryuu''s retiring back. "Trust him this once. I have known him for a very long time. You can never decode his way of thinking. He doesn''t think like us. He thinks about the future first and then ns for the the present."


    "Wow, husband you have him all figured out," Zhenyi said with a gasp.


    Long Jie kissed her nose and said, "Why did you do this?"


    "Will you believe me if I say it was revenge for hiding my lovely niece from me?" Zhenyi said to him.


    "I won''t," Long Jie clearly said to her. "But whatever your intention is I don''t need to hear if you won''t want to tell me. I''m happy that he is fine. I''m even more d that he is your brother."


    Zhenyi just smiled at him.


    _____


    Outside.


    Ryuu leaned against the car and lit up a cigarette. His heart was running inside his ribcage at a high speed. He was now breathless. His chest was hurting. He could not pinpoint why it was hurting now.


    Taking a few deep breaths, he was unable to calm himself. Pulling out the phone from his pocket, he dialled a number.


    "To what do I owe having you call me, Your Majesty?" Alcina''s sarcastic voice rang in his ear. Even her sarcasm was asweet song to his ear.


    "Breathlessness. Abnormal heartbeat. Chest pain," Ryuu answered her in a breathless tone.


    "What do you think I''m your imperial doctor at your beck and call?"Alcina said immediately. "Call your team of doctors. Are you paying them for nothing?"


    "Cia."


    "Dammit!" Alcina cursed."Send me the location I''ll be there as soon as possible."


    On the other side, Alcina dropped her blind date with the excuse that her mom suddenly got ill and she had to take her to the hospital. The gentlemen also offered to drive her to the hospital but she refused when she received Ryuu''s location. She couldn''t believe that her very first blind date that Esma had arranged for her got disturbed because of her previous fling. Yes, a decade long fling.


    She reached the location and found Ryuu sitting on a rocking chair. If seen close, one could see the bead of sweat on his face. Although he was quiet and had closed his eyes, it could be seen that he was in great pain.


    When he felt a cold hand on his forehead, he opened his eyes to find a concerned green orb staring down at him.


    "You came?" Ryuu asked her in a hoarse voice.


    "I''m telling you it''s thest time I came to help you," Alcina said after swallowing. "For once use your team of expert doctors."


    "You also said thatst time. But you came again, didn''t you?" Ryuu said with a pained smile. "As for doctors, they ain''t better than you."


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 Chapter 316 - Curse His Only Love To Death

    Before Alcina could say anything, her phone rang. Ryuu saw Alcina frowning as she saw the number shing on the phone screen. She took a deep breath before picking up the call.


    "Allen?"


    "Yes, I have reached. I''m absolutely alright."


    "Yeah."


    "I''m sorry for ditching the date but I promise I will be present at the next one."


    "Yeah, I will. You too take care of yourself." With this, she hung up the call.


    "Who was on the call?" Alcina turned to find a dark expression creeping on Ryuu''s face. His voice wasced with warning and threat.


    "My blind date," Alcina said genuinely. "I have to ditch him in the middle of the date."


    "Cia," Ryuu growled. "Why do you need to go on blind dates?"


    "I have been trying to live a normal life," Alcina didn''t know why she was providing him justification. He could go to hell for all he wanted. She shouldn''t care about him. Yet, here she was ready to nurse his every disease. He was married to someone else. She needed to remind herself of that.


    Ryuu leaned ahead to caress her face but she dodged it. She hardened her resolve not to be a third party in his marriage. She didn''t want to be called a homewrecker so she wanted to maintain distance from him. But every time, Fate would toss her back into his life.


    "Ryuu," Alcina whispered, her soft green eyes locked onto his whiskey eyes. "Every time you are close to me, I have to remind myself that you are someone else now. I don''t want to be called a mistress or a homewrecker. You know when I saw you two exiting the civil bureau office holding marriage certificates in hands, I realized that I was the biggest fool. We called each other enemies. But what enemies spend decades by each other''s side, making sure they are happy and living well? I hate Xiuying with every fibre of my being. I hate you more for choosing her over me. You never said that you have any kind of feelings for me. Yet, I''m feeling betrayed. Like you only belong to me. But you do not.


    So, consider it myst favour to you and your n who gave me shelter and skill to survive when I needed them the most."


    "After that?" Ryuu whispered back.


    "After that, you will never see me again. I''ll make my home again with someone who doesn''t mind who I am or what I do to survive," Alcina honestly replied to him. "I deserve a normal life too. I''m tired of nning and plotting. I will tell the truth to Ah-Jie soon. And then, I will be gone from all your lives."


    "What happened to my Cia, Alcina?" Ryuu asked as his voice grew soft. "Why don''t you trust me onest time?"


    "There is no your Cia anymore since the day she was forgotten because of another woman," Alcina answered as tears leaked from the corner of her life. "I''m doing thest favour, not to you but for me, Ryuu because I can''t see my only love cursed to death. I''m begging my heart not to trust you again. But this stupid heart insists on going back to you and trusting you blindly like always."


    ____


    "Shift to bed. Let me do a thorough check-up," Alcina said and Ryuu shifted to the bedroom. Ryuu''s team of doctors was also there as called by her on the way to his ce.Currently, they were in the main Tang Pce. The ce where he should be residing but for some reason he wasn''t living here after his marriage.


    Alcina injected him with some medicine and as a result, he was asleep. Once, they were done with his check-up. Doctors looked at Alcina with an odd expression.


    "Did he take the medication I prescribed himst time?" Alcina asked the doctors. They had their heads hung down. Very well. She got her reply.


    "Do you remember that you still work on my orders?" Alcina growled. They were very much familiar with her real temper. She wasn''t just short-tempered. She was worse when provoked. Especially when the issue revolved around Ryuu''s health.


    "Miss Alcina, we did everything in our power but Lord Ryuu didn''t take his medicines on time. He said he couldn''t let his father or someone from the family know that he is ill. And that''s the reason he forbade us from entering the mansion," One of them said with a stammering voice.


    "So, you will let him die?" Alcina said with a very calm voice. The more calm Alcina was, the more dangerous she was.


    "Miss--"


    "Each of you is suspended. Scram! Don''t let me see your faces!"


    Alcina took several deep breaths to calm down her raging emotions. With a nce at the unconscious man, she sat on the edge of the bed, her eyes fixed on his pale sleeping face. She had told him before that if she poisoned him it could backfire on his health but this beautiful stubborn man never listened to her. Did he ever listen to her? No. And only Lord knew when he would.


    His ident in Georgia wasn''t a minor one. And Long Jie and Feng Siyan knew it too. So, when they announced Lord Tang to be dead they couldn''t think that it could be faux. But as a medical expert, she knew how deep that ident had affected Ryuu''s health. She still regret poisoning him. Although the poison was nothing dangerous and she had also given him the antidote at the right time, it still affected his health.


    If he hadn''t been so willful and stayed in London for hisplete recuperation, he would have been fine now.


    All his subordinates shake like a trembling leaf in front of him. She couldn''t even me doctors when he was the one to me.


    He knew how to take care of everyone, but who the hell was here to take care of him here?


    Taking out his phone from his pocket, she unlocked the phone. Still, surprised that her iris could still unlock hednal phone. Next, she dialed the number of the only person who could make the almighty Lord Tanh/Ryuu obey doctors orders.


    "Master--"


    "Alcina."


    "What do you want, Alcina? And why are you with Master again?" Feng Siyan gritted out.


    "Come back by his side again. And make sure he doesn''t die," Alcina directly came to the point.


    "What do you mean?" Using death and Feng Siyan in a single sentence was enough for Feng Siyan to drop all the hate for Alcina for the time being.


    "He is gravely ill. And none of his subordinates is gutsy enough to feed him medicines on time," Alcina told Feng Siyan the matter.


    "I''ll be there as soon as possible. But first, let me make security arrangements for you and little Princess," Feng Siyan said before disconnecting the call.


    With an evil grin, Alcina nced at Ryuu. "My Lord, let''s see how you throw tantrums like your daughter. Sigh. I should be given an award for dealing withdaughter and father."

 Chapter 317 - Charity Gala

    On the other side.


    Zhenyi was standing with her hands on her hips, scowling at the closet. She was tired and sore from the lovemaking. She couldn''t believe her husband at all. She just agreed to a lunch date. But how did that lunch date end up with several rounds of lovemaking?


    Ugh. He was impossible.


    She swore that it was not her who took advantage of him this time, rather it was him.


    Now staring at the closet, she had an urge to cry. Her husband was hellbent on dragging her to a charity g when she didn''t wish to attend. She hates these kinds of events. Why pretend to be something you weren''t?


    To add more to her problems, she had nothing to wear for tonight. Yes, she had a lot of clothes. But she had nothing to wear for tonight. The majority of the clothes in her wardrobe were white much to her husband''s fetish with white.


    "What''s taking you so long, Wife?" Long Jie emerged inside the closet room. Freshly showered and a towel wrapped around his lower body, proudly exhibiting nail marks on his back and hickeys on his front body.


    Not ncing at her husband, Zhenyi said, "I have nothing to wear for tonight."


    "Don''t worry. I have ordered a perfect dress for you," Long Jie said with an evil grin. He had specially picked that dress for her.


    "Does it have white?" Zhenyi asked, her eyes still fixed on the clothes hanging in her closet.


    Long Jie''s grin froze as he heard her question.


    "Well, a little--"


    Before Long Jie could say anything, Zhenyi held up her hand to stop him from saying any further. She understood his obsession with white better than anyone. Her eyes stopped on one particr dress as she pulled out the hanger from the closet.


    "I''m wearing this dress," Zhenyi said as she turned to her husband, holding a hanger in one hand. "And you will maintain a distance from me until we reach the venue."


    "That''s not happening, baby," Long Jie said, an evil glint present in his eyes. Turning his eyes to the dress, he added,"And like hell, you will wear this dress."


    Zhenyi stepped ahead, a smile intact on her face,and with her hands, she pushed him out of the closet room. "Try me, husband."


    After an hour, Zhenyi came out of the closet wearing a red mermaid bodice gown. It was a strapless dress with a sweetheart neckline andpletely backless. Not to forget the satin train which was giving an edgy look to the extremely sexy dress.


    Her waist-length hair was styled in soft curls which were concealing her bareback, but it was enough to imply what lies behind those long curly hair. She didn''t choose any jewelry for her neck, just a pair of earrings that matched the dress perfectly. Her makeup was done minimum as per her request because the blood-colored lipstick was enough to brighten up her whole face.


    Zhenyi had a smirk on her face when she saw Long Jie pacing back and forth in their bedroom, still dressed in a towel.


    "Why aren''t you dressed yet?" Zhenyi asked him with innocent eyes. She behaved as if she wasn''t the reason for his headache at all. Hmmph! Who asked him to tire her?


    Long Jie gulped when he saw a goddess approaching him. Too bad this goddess was his cruel wife.


    He saw her picking out a suit for him, matching tie, cufflinks, and so on. Once he changed into the suit selected by Zhenyi, she effortlessly adjusted the pocket square which was red in color matching her dress. As good a wife as she was, she even helped him in wearing cufflinks.


    Of course, he knew what she was doing. She was torturing him. She was intentionally touching him at ces where she knew he would die to touch her in return.


    "Oh, sorry," Zhenyi said as she ''unintentionally'' caressed his hard-on. He groaned in reaction.


    Long Jie leaned ahead, nuzzling her neck, "Put me out of misery, Cat eyes."


    Zhenyi looked up with wide eyes. "I do not know what you are talking about." Next, she kissed his cheek as she went back to bring ab, and then, she styled his hair as she saw him doing once. She even rubbed moisturizer on his face. "You look handsome, honey."


    Long Jie grabbed her wrist which was about to stroke his cheek and pressed it on his heart. "You will pay for itter."


    Zhenyi just blinked innocently in return and trotted away.


    Long Jie let out a curse as she entered the closet space again to bring out her heels. He walked to her and helped her in wearing her shoes. He also kissed her beautiful feet.


    "You are crazy, you know that?" Long Jie asked once they left their bedroom.


    ___


    As their car stopped, Long Jie exited the car first. The media went into a frenzy seeing their favorite piece of newsing out of his car. He was looking extremely dashing today. Their eyes popped when he leaned and put forward a hand to escort someone. The Business Magnate was not alone. It was newsworthy of headlines!


    A few secondster, a smiling goddess appeared, holding Long Jie''s hand. Snap. Snap. Snap. The media didn''t know what possessed their bodies as they clicked picture after picture.


    Someone shouted the question if the woman apanying Long Jie was his wife as they noticed the wedding bands on their fingers.


    "I hate attending such events, yet you brought me to one," Zhenyi grumbled to her husband while smiling sweetly at everyone else."Don''t tell me you did this just to brag about your marital status to everyone?"


    "What''s wrong with telling everyone that I''m off-limits now?" Long Jie whispered in her ear. "Moreover, I brought you here for your own benefit. This Charity G is organized by the Du family. You won''t believe me if I say that Aria''s case has links with Du Zheng."

 Chapter 318 - Du Zheng Again.

    Zhenyi turned to look at Long Jie in surprise. "How on earth is this possible? Everyone knows about the ongoing rivalry between Dus and Xins. Even Aria. Then, how did she get acquainted with him?"


    "Try not to kill Du Zhengter," Long Jie said as he kissed her lips. "He is the host of the event and you will be meeting himter."


    Moreover, Du Zheng was Long Jie''s prey. To have evil intentions for his wife? He would deal with him in his way. He would let him fly for now. Because it hurted more to fall from the peak.


    Many people who recognized Zheny stiffened when they saw her and Long Jie together, holding hands. Since when did these two families be friends? They were those people who used to incite these two families against each other and took advantage of the situation.


    Just like during the cold war, the world was divided into two camps initially -- USA camp and USSR camps. One camp used to side with the USA and another with the USSR.Andter a new camp emerged who joined neither and decided to have friendship with both the camps. In simr ways, there were two camps in the capital city, one followed Xins blindly and others followed Longs. And the nouveau riche ss that emergedter, decided to have friendly rtions with both of the families as they couldn''t afford to offend any of the two major power groups.


    It was natural that people would be surprised to see Xin Zhenyi and Long Jie together with apparent romantic feelings for each other. People were even wondering if they were transported to another dynamic.


    "It''s nice to meet you again, Miss Xin," a middle-aged man said, who had previously partnered with Xin corporations for a project. He turned to Long Jie and greeted him professionally.


    "Likewise, Mr. Shen," Zhenyi said with a polite smile. "Please meet my husband, Mr. Long."


    Even though Mr. Shen was shocked to hear about their rtionship, he still maintained a neutral smile on his face.


    This news spread like wildfire. And so, many people came and greeted them to hear the truth with their own ears.


    "You sure know how to be sensational news," Du Zheng''s voice rang, making Zhenyi and Long Jie veer around to see him smiling at them. He greeted them," Mr. Long and Mrs. Long, it''s my pleasure to have you here." Du Zheng''s eyes lingered on Zhenyi''s body for a little more than tolerated. "And you look as stunning as ever, Mrs. Long."


    "I will send you my ophthalmologist''s number, Mr. Du," Long Jie said as he snaked his arm around Zhenyi''s waist.


    "Excuse me?" Du Zheng''s smile faltered.


    "You will need it after I pluck out your eyes," Long Jie said with another signature smile of his.


    Zhenyiughed after hearing Long Jie''s words. "Don''t mind him. He is a little possessive. He won''t touch you." Her mismatched eyes turned dark suddenly as she added, "For now."


    They trotted away with anotherugh. "What a fine piece of chess you will make, Du Zheng."


    Du Zheng felt a pat on his shoulder as he looked up to see his father looking at him in utter concern. "I warned you, son. But you didn''t listen to me. They are more smart than their previous generation. They have been fighting with each other for no reason for several decades. In the end, they united, didn''t they? Why are you hellbent on destroying your life?"


    Du Zheng had a headache listening to his father''s cowardly words. How could he make his father understand that he would defeat Xin Zhenyi and get his hand on whatever Xins own including the infamous heiress?


    "Dad, if I say that I will defeat and conquer Xin Zhenyi, I mean it," Du Zheng said, his eyes lingering on Zhenyi''s back for a second. "I have something or someone who will make her submit to me. I told you before too and I am telling you again that I have the key to her destruction. Let her fly for a moment before I clip off her wings."


    Du Zheng''s father couldn''t take his son''s stupid obsession with Xins anymore. "Have you gone blind, Du Zheng? Can''t you see who was standing next to her? That is Long Jie. You may not know but I know better than anyone what the look in his eyes says. He will destroy every force that intends to hurt his wife. Son, men in love are more dangerous than men out on missions. Don''t let this stupid obsession of yours to be your damnation."


    "We will see, father. We will see." With this said, Du Zheng left, leaving his sighing father behind.


    ___


    Zhenyi felt a hand on her shoulder and she looked behind to see a grinning Mya. She was standing with her father to talk to her.


    "Mya!" Zhenyi said with surprise. She met this young girl on the same day she got into the ident. She nodded at Mr. He, who was Mya''s father.


    Myaunched herself into Zhenyi''s arms as thetter recognized her. "Are you fine, Miss Zhenyi? I was so worried that day. I''m so happy that you are perfectly healthy."


    Zhenyi was awkward in this situation. She had never received warmth from the outsiders. So when Mya hugged her as if her life depended on it, she didn''t know what to do. When she saw Long Jie smiling at her, telling her to take it easy, she hugged back the girl.


    "I''m perfectly fine, youngdy. Tell me how are you?" Zhenyi asked Mya as thetter just grinned in reply. "Does your dad again fix your wedding with Du Zheng''s prodigal brother?"


    "Oh, I kicked that scumbag in his nuts when he approached me," Mya replied, making Zhen and Long Jieugh with her sassy reply. The girl had changed so much in these few months."Moreover, I realized that I''m in love with someone else!"

 Chapter 319 - Philanderer Ryuu

    "Oh, I kicked that scumbag in his nuts when he approached me," Mya replied, making Zhenyi and Long Jieugh with her sassy reply. The girl had changed so much in these few months."Moreover, I realized that I''m in love with someone else!"


    "You youngdy!" Mr. He reprimanded his daughter.


    Mya ignored her father''s warning and cheekily said to Zhenyi, "Miss Zhenyi, be my cupid. Help me unite with my first love."


    Zhenyi was now really intrigued by Mya. Be her cupid? Help her in uniting with her lover? Well, who was he?


    "Mrs. Long, please ignore her nonsense," Mr. He said, suddenly embarrassed by her daughter''s nonsense.


    Now Zhenyi was more than just intrigued by this topic.


    "How will I help you when I don''t even know who the boy is?" Zhenyi said to Mya.


    Mya nodded. "Miss Zhenyi, please help me talk to the man who helped you on the day of the ident. I love that brave and handsome man. Please, help me."


    Zhenyi choked on air when she heard Mya talking about a certain brave and handsome man.


    Long Jie patted her back. He asked in naked concern, "What happened, Love?"


    Zhenyi shook her head, still coughing badly. She drank a mouthful of water and then calmed down.


    "Who was that man, Cat eyes?" Long Jie asked herter. Even he was curious to know which man saved his wife that day.


    "Ryuu," Zhenyi whispered.


    Long Jie''s eyes widened. He looked at Zhenyi and then at the young girl who had suddenly fallen in love with a man twice her age.


    "I''m sorry, Mrs. Long," Mr. He said, wiping his non-existent sweat. He had an inkling as to who that man could be but he didn''t share it with his daughter as he feared their deaths.


    "Mya, that man is too old for you," Zhenyi tried to make Mya see the logic. "Besides, he is married and has several kids." He also had a girlfriend with whom he had a veryplicated rtionship. She wanted to add but didn''t tell her. "Moreover, that man is evil. He lures innocent girls. You better stay away from such men."


    _____


    "You just called your brother a phnderer," Long Jie said with augh as they sat at their table. He had a hard time controlling hisugh before the young girl. "You are too cute, Zhenyi."


    "Well, he is now a phnderer in my eyes," Zhenyi said while stabbing the knife on the steak."Plus, I didn''t dress like a seductress to be called cute by you."


    ''You are a big tease. And tease should be punished, "Long Jie seductively whispered.


    "I''m looking forward to it," Zhenyi said with a grin.


    "Later baby," Long Jie said with a kiss on her mouth.


    At the same moment, someone approached Long Jie and she excused herself to use the washroom.


    She asked someone for directions to the washroom. As she was walking ording to the direction, she noticed someone walking behind her, too close to be considered good. She deliberately took a different direction and entered the wing where the only staff was permitted. As the person behind her tried to make her smell the chloroformed handkerchief, she bent down, making the person stumble and taking advantage of hisck of awareness for a nanosecond, she grabbed him by his hair and banged his head against the pir.


    She pulled out a dagger hidden beneath her dress and pointed it at his neck. "Too inexperienced. Too unqualified. It can''t be Du Zheng who sent you to kill me? Tell me, who was the dumbhead?"


    The assant''s eyes widened as heard Zhenyi''s questions. As she pointed him at the edge of the dagger, he realized that she was a professional. Damm. Why did he ept the deal?


    "I d-don''t know what you are saying," The assant said, still refusing to reveal his client.


    Zhenyi tched. "Come on, dude. I have my husband waiting for me outside. I''m so hungry right now. And not to add, horny too. The food served here is terrible. Enduring these women ogling my husband and not shooting them in their eyes is already taking a toll on my tired body. So, do yourself a favor and tell me whichdy thought by plotting against me will make them have the position of next Mrs. Long?"


    "I would rather die than sell my boss out," The assant said with a stubborn expression.


    "As you wish. Don''t go saying in hell that Xin Zhenyi didn''t give you a chance to live. I hate when people me me for their actions," Zhenyi said and shed his throat. She picked up the handkerchief and cleaned the ssh of blood from her neck.


    She dialed a number and said," Clean up the mess."


    With the same handkerchief, she wiped the blood off her dagger and hid it beneath her dress again.


    Smiling, she left the area to look for a washroom to freshen up. What she failed to notice was two shocked eyes staring at her. Those eyes had witnessed the murder scene from start till the end.


    ____


    Zhenyi smiled at Long Jie as she slid to the chair next to him.


    "You reek of blood," Long Jie murmured as he smelled iron mingled with her unique scent.


    "Is it too apparent?" She furrowed her brows.


    "Not for amon man," Long Jie muttered. "But someone who technically fills his stomach by killing can''t not smell blood when it''s present in the air."


    Zhenyi kissed his lips and said,"Stop being too smart, okay?"


    "Sure, wife."


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 Chapter 320 - Tang Reines Baby!

    "Let''s go," Long Jie said to Zhenyi, pointingtowards the dance floor.


    "We are not here to dance, Jie," Zhenyi murmured when Long Jie dragged her to the dance floor.


    The music began. Everyone was partnered with their wives/girlfriends.


    Zhenyi and Long Jie perfectly synced with their dance steps. He sneakily handed her a folded paper and She looked at him in doubt.


    One step.


    Two steps.


    Bringing his mouth near her ear, he whispered, "We will change dance partners in a few seconds. You will be switching to Du Zheng after one minute and forty seconds as per my calction. After one minute, you will switch to the man in the blue suit. Disappear after reaching that side. Mya will take your ce. Follow the directions on the paper and you will find for whom we are here. Take a deep breath and I know you can do it."


    "If I don''te within the next ten minutes, leave the premises, Jie," Zhenyi said while parting. "Do not take any risks for me. Your life is more valuable to me."


    Just as Long Jie had calcted, Zhenyi switched to Du Zheng who was mesmerized by Zhenyi''s seductive beauty. He didn''t realize when Zhenyi switched to someone else and Mya took her ce.


    The dance would take ce for another ten minutes and she had a total of ten minutes to search for that person.


    ording to Long Jie''s investigation, that person was here today. Following the directions, she reached the same wing where she had shed that attacker''s throat.


    Walking forward, she came across the person who she had been looking for more than a week now.


    To say she was shocked would be an understatement. She was more than shocked.


    "Why are you here?" The girl''s eyes widened when she saw Zhenyi standing before her. From where she was standing on the second, she could see the hustle bustle happening on the first floor, but still, she didn''t notice when Zhenyi left the dance floor.


    She was the same person who had seen Zhenyi shing the throat of her assant. It''s a differentstory why she didn''t tell anyone.


    "To take you from here, little girl," Zhenyi said as she grabbed her hand and started walking. She was not here to waste the time and that''s why she directly took the action.


    "Stop. Stop." The girl was no one else but Du Zheng''s butterfly. "I''m not going with you. I will stay with him."


    Zhenyi stopped and veered around to take a look at her. She had features identical to Zhenyi. "You look like me. Is that the reason why he is keeping you hostage?"


    Still, too blunt for her own good.


    "No," The girl softly said. "You look like me, Xin Zhenyi. It''s the reason why he is currently obsessed with you." She removed her armfrom Zhenyi''s hold and added," Thank you foring to take me out of here. But I can never escape Du Zheng''s clutches. I''m bound to him. I will stay by his side as long as I''m alive. Do not waste your time on me."


    Zhenyi couldn''t believe her ears. This girl was crazy! Wasn''t she? She was trying to get her out of her and the stupid girl wanted to stay by her captor''s side at any cost? Did she not know that he was a sadist?


    "What''s your name?" Zhenyi asked her softly and taking out her phone, she clicked her picture. "And why do you want to stay by his side?"


    "I don''t have a name. He calls me his butterfly," the girl said to Zhenyi with a sad smile. "I have signed the contract. I have vowed to be by his side as long as we are alive. There is no freedom for me."


    "We have six minutes, little girl, before Du Zheng his men notices something wrong, "Zhenyi informed her. " Zheng Han(Officer Han) had wreaked havoc outside in my territory. He said you are the key to Du Zheng''s connection to Xins. Tell me how Du Zheng wants to use you to destroy me?"


    Now, this information brought great fear to the little girl. She didn''t contact Officer Han to take her out of here. She was left with no resort that''s why she contacted him. She knew how impulsive he was.


    "Please stop Zhang Han," The girl was genuinely scared. "I was sold by human traffickers to Du Zheng when I was fifteen. Zheng Han was the young officer who was trying to arrest those traffickers. I told him that he couldn''t save me but he didn''t listen to me. As I had expected, I was sold to someone else before the police could save me. Other girls were saved but I wasn''t because I wasn''t meant to be." She paused for a moment and then added in a very low voice, "Before I was sent to Du Zheng, I had found some clues about my family and all those clues pointed towards you. I knew that Zhang Han couldn''t protect me, yet I epted his emergency number. I begged him to find you back then. But he failed too. When I found out that Du Zheng was after you, I got scared and asked him why he wanted to do this? He said something about my rtionship with your family. He said only by killing you, he could eliminate Xin family without giving up on me. He is crazy for me. He will kill everyone who will take me away from him."


    "What rtions does he believe that you have with me?"Zhenyi whispered.


    "He believes that I''m the baby who was said to be dead with your mother back then."


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 Chapter 321 - Sick And Frail Ryuu

    "Master, it''s been more than twenty minutes since Madam had gone inside, " Gu Tian said worriedly. He watched Long Jie staring at his watch in the mirror and sighed. They had parked the car in a dark and isted alley. He couldn''t understand what Long Jie was thinking right now and what was the need of sending Zhenyi inside when they had more than capable soldiers.


    A momentter, someone opened the car door and slid into the seat next to Long Jie, and ordered Gu Tian to drive.


    Long Jie hugged Zhenyi as soon as she upied the seat beside him. "Are you fine, Cat eyes?


    He didn''t ask her if she was sessful in her mission or not. Rather he was worried about her. Just what she gonna do with this stupid yet lovely husband of hers?


    "I''m perfectly fine, Jie," Zhenyi replied. She understood what he might be feeling when he was inside waiting for her. He was quite a worrier. But she loved him.


    "Aren''t you gonna ask if I found her or not?" She raised the question.


    "I believe in your capabilities, baby," said Long Jie with a kiss on her forehead.


    In the front, Gu Tian had an urge to get the hell out of the car and let them continue their lovey-dovey. He couldn''t seem to be able to digest this side of his boss-sh-friend.


    "So, what happened to the girl?" Long Jie asked as he positioned her head on his shoulder and she closed her eyes to rest for a moment. He had a feeling that she was not quite herself at this moment but he didn''t ask her the reason as he knew she would tell him soon.


    Just why do all the problems fall on her and her family? Long Jie wondered in his mind.


    Zhenyi said after a long while, "I still can''t get over the fact that the stupid girl refused toe with me. She chose Du Zheng over me."


    "Perhaps, there is something that''s stopping her from epting your health," answered Long Jie after giving a thought.


    Zhenyi opened her eyes abruptly as she remembered something "Jie, do you know where Ryuu will be?"


    "Gu Tian, drive the car to Tang Pce."


    "Master, do you think it will be appropriate for you to visit Tang Pce since Lord Tang is not there," Gu Tian asked immediately. He was still not informed about Lord Tang.


    "Gu Tian?"


    Poor Gu Tian turned back to find Long Jie smiling at him weirdly which sent shivers down his spine.


    "Master?!"


    "Did I ever mention that your Lord Tang is now my brother-inw?" Long Jie asked him with a huge grin at which Zhenyi rolled her eyes.


    ''Childish!''


    Gu Tian: ''blink blink.''


    ___


    "So, this is the Tang Pce?" Zhenyi said as they entered the threshold of the mourous pce.


    "Don''t tell me you have never been here?" questioned Long Jie while staring at Zhenyi in astonishment.


    "I haven''t," Zhenyi replied. "I never asked Ryuu ever about his several identities or what he does. All I knew was that my brother is a superhero and he can do what no one else could even fathom about."


    Long Jie could understand what Zhenyi was trying to say. He reached Ryuu''s bedroom door and nced at Zhenyi as if they should knock or not.


    With a smirk, Zhenyi opened the door to find Alcina feeding Ryuu. Well, this was not the scene they were anticipating to watch.


    "Woah," Zhenyi eximed, covering her eyes with her hands. " I didn''t see anything. Carry on."


    Alcina rolled her eyes at Zhenyi''s antics. She could be childish sometimes.


    Long Jie ignored Zhenyi''s amazed reaction and dragged her inside. He knew that his Cat eyes sometimes liked to enjoy a good romantic drama.Only when Long Jie asked Ryuu if he was fine, Zhenyi removed her hands from her eyes to see a pale and sick Ryuu.


    Well, the scene was enough to worry her to death.


    "Bro, are you fine?" Zhenyi quickly palmed his forehead. She was frowning at him in concern. "If you were sick, shouldn''t you refuse my invitation to lunch? Not only this, but I also made you eat spicy food along with alcohol. Ryuu! I do not know what to do with you?"


    If he wasn''t his elder brother, she would have beaten him to a pulp for ignoring his health.


    "Apparently, he can''t say no to Xin girls," Alcina said as she ced the soup bowl on the table and brought some medicine for Ryuu. "I can''t tolerate your brother, Zhenyi. He is an unreasonable and arrogant brat who thinks scaring his team of doctors wouldn''t have any kind of effect on his health. He knows better than anyone how sick he is. Yet, he insisted on overworking himself --"


    "Stop it, Alcina," Ryuu said. In spite of being gravely ill, his voice didn''tck his usual authority. But only if it worked on Alcina.


    "You just shut up," Alcina red at him fiercely. "You have time to think about everyone''s well being. Even for those who are dead, you have the time to pay respect. But can''t you honor your body by keeping it healthy?"


    "Alcina!!"


    "See, that''s how he scares his doctors away every time they tell him to take medicines diligently," Alcina said to Zhenyi while ring at Ryuu.


    Zhenyi turned her head to look at Long Jie who also happened to nce at Zhenyi in equal fascination. Lord Tang finally met his match.


    "Alcina, stop making a mountain out of a molehill," Ryuu said in a resigned voice.


    "You know the truth, your majesty. I''m just a doctor who is not even paid for her job," said Alcina sarcastically. "But don''t you worry. Feng Siyan will be joining his duty from tomorrow. We don''t have to worry about a single thing."


    Without paying attention to Alcina''s sarcastic words, he turned to look at Zhenyi and Long. "Why are you two here? Everything is alright?"


    "We will wait until you are fine," Long Jie said and Zhenyi nodded. She couldn''t see his Ryuu working his butt off in this frail condition. And as long as this pretty sis was alive, she would never let her sick brother work!


    ''Don''t worry, bro. I have got you.''


    "No," Ryuu firmly refused.


    ''You are not cute at all, Ryuu!''

 Chapter 322 - Deep And Ancient History

    Since Ryuu wasn''t going to take no for an answer, Zhenyi had to narrate the events of the day to Ryuu as to how a girl emerged iming to be their long dead sister. This sudden im was enough to shake Ryuu''s world. Never had he ever thought that one day someone woulde iming to be their long dead sister.


    "She doesn''t want to leave Du Zheng?"Ryuu said with a long sigh. "What are the odds that Du Zheng''s beliefs are true?"


    Of course, they wouldn''t just believe that the girl was rted to their family just because someone believed so.


    "I don''t know, Ryuu," said Zhenyi with a troubled expression.


    "Did you get any DNA samples of that girl?" Alcina asked both of them. She knew how much Tang Reine''s death had affected Ryuu. He might appear all strong and nonchnt, he still had the most vulnerable heart of all the people she knew. When he loved someone, he loved them to the extent of sacrificing his everything and when he hated someone, he would wreak havoc.


    "I didn''t," Zhenyi mumbled as her attention again went back to that nameless girl. "The girl was careful not toe near me. Moreover, even the girl is not sure if Du Zheng''s assumption is right or wrong."


    Wouldn''t have it solved all of her problems if she had agreed toe with her?


    "We canunch an investigation," Long Jie offered.


    "And I have connections that can help you," Alcina said next. Turning towards Ryuu, "You can''t openly participate in the investigation. You shouldn''t use the resources of the outfit either. You guys don''t even know how deep the conspiracy is which resulted in Tang Reine''s death. Moreover, your health doesn''t permit you to step out of this room for at least two weeks."


    Alcina was right to some extent. The world didn''t know anything about the birth of Tang Reine and Xin Yichen''s son-- Ryuu. This was also the reason why the enemies of the Xin family had never tried to assassinate him. It would be better if his existence wasn''t known by the world.


    Using outfit''s or Tang''s resources couldnd him in big trouble. He needed to be the shadow of his family if he wished to protect them.


    Ryuu scoffed."Who will do the investigation on my part? Zhenyi and Ah-Jie can''t do everything by themselves. It''s my responsibility too. I have my own private team and I will lead them."


    "Let me help you onest time, " Alcina said with a desperate expression. "You can''t lead the team, Ryuu. The poison had impacted your major organs. If you don''t get the right treatment on time, you will die."


    Alcina couldn''t express in words how guilty she was right now. If she hadn''t listened to his bizarre n, nothing of this sort would have happened to him. Damm, she hated him so much.


    Zhenyi gasped as the real situation of Ryuu''s health settled in her brain. "Alcina! Ryuu! Both of you, we do not need your help." Turning to Alcina, she said, "Just take care of his health. For a rumoured sibling, I can''t lose my real one. I don''t know who to trust except you this time. Just stay with him."


    Long Jie also agreed with his wife. Ryuu''s health was currently their priority. Besides, he had more than enough resources to help his wife and brother-inw.


    "Zhenyi, I can understand your predicament," Alcina replied with a small smile. "I know Ryuu needs me the most now more than ever. But I have to think about Faye too. You and Long Jie can''t take her with you to Long Mansion. Feng Siyan can''t take care of her because Ryuu needs him here. And I don''t trust anyone else with my daughter."


    "Alcina, you do not need to worry about Faye," answered Long Jie. "I can assure you that she will be alright without you at the mansion. Even if I and Zhenyi can''t take her with us to Long residence, we can make necessary arrangements."


    "No, Ah-Jie. I...I just can''t bear to leave my daughter in any stranger''s care. I stayed five years away from her because I believed that Ryuu would never let any force touch our child," Alcina said to them. "I can''t stay with him and I shouldn''t be with him either. He had capable doctors and family members to take care of him."


    "Alcina is right, Angel," Ryuu said to his worried sister. "Time is surely tough but we will bear with it. I won''t die. I know my capacity."


    Long smiled at Ryuu as he said, "Brother when times get hard, we rely on our family. We can''t take care of our little princess, but there is someone else who will protect her with his life. You just have to trust yourself, no one else."


    ____


    "Jie, do you think that I am selfish?" Zhenyi asked as she stared at the ceiling nkly. They were back in Long Mansion and currently, Zhenyi was lying in her husband''s embrace.


    Long Jie didn''t even think before replying to his gorgeous wife,"Selfish? Perhaps. But who cares! As long as you are happy, I don''t mind you being selfish."


    "That wasn''t the answer I was anticipating," Zhenyi replied with a sigh. "But yeah, your answer turned my heart into a jelly." She paused for a moment before saying, "I know that I was being selfish by forcing Alcina to take care of Ryuu. But I really love my brother a lot. I-I just can''t bear to see him in pain. Although he hid Faye from us, still I can''t stay angry with him. He means a lot to me. You all mean a lot to me. If something were to happen to any of you, I swear I would go crazy."


    "We all turn selfish when ites to someone we love," Long Jie said while caressing her hair. "I haven''t loved anyone as much as I love you. So, I understand what you are going through. You believe that Alcina can cure Ryuu and you also believe that she shouldn''t be with your brother because of their deep and ancient history, and also because he is a married man, right?"


    "Sigh. You know me so well," Zhenyi couldn''t help but dramatically say.


    "You are my Cat eyes. If I don''t know you well, who would I know?" Long Jie said while raising a brow.


    "You better only know me!"


    "Yes, my queen."


    "Sleep, we have a mission to aplish tomorrow."


    "Sleep? Nah, baby. You punished me all night by looking so yummy. It''s my turn to eat you."


    ________


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 Chapter 323 - Disowning Ryuu?

    The Next Day.


    "Wake up, my little queen." Faye opened her eyes to find herself asleep on Zhenyi''sp. She blinked her eyes several times to find Alcina in ce of Zhenyi.She wobbled her lips when she heard Zhenyi''s voice again.


    "Missing,Mama?" asked Long Jie.


    Faye nodded. Although she was angry at Alcina for leaving her alone with her dad and noting to meet her, she still loved her as much as she loved her Ru.


    Not finding Alcina this morning, she realized how much she loved her mother. But it didn''t mean she would forgive her soon. So what if she was a kid? She very well knew how to hold grudges.


    Long Jie helped Faye to sit on the baby seat and passed her theptop where Alcina had recorded a video for her. It was as if she had anticipated this kind of reaction from her daughter. Truly, mothers knew the kids the best.


    The video started something like this¡­


    "Good morning my little queen, the beat to my heart and antidote to my pois--"


    Before Alcina could finish speaking, Ryuu snatched the iPad from her hands and as Ryuu''s confused face appeared on the iPad, Faye giggled.


    She even caressed theptop screen when Ryuu''s face appeared before her eyes.


    "My Faye, Ryuu loves you the most. Your mama is taking care of me since I have a little fever. You will go with your Auntie Zhenyi and Uncle Jie to a surprising ce. I have told you about your Auntie Zhenyi before, didn''t I?"


    Faye nodded her head obediently at the iPad.


    "Be Ryuu''s best Faye and take care of yourself, okay?"


    Faye nodded her head again. Her Ru was the best. He had promised her that very soon she would meet her family and look he fulfilled all his promises.


    Alcina snatched the iPad this time and said, "Baby, mama loves you the most. Wreck havoc. Throw tantrums. Trouble your Aunt and Uncle.Mama has got your back. Again, I love you as much as fishes love the water."


    "And I love you as much as Faye loves Ryuu," Ryuu''s voice rang from behind, and with this, the video ended.


    "Happy?" Long Jie said while smiling at the little angel.


    Seeing the little creature, nodding at both of them, they drove to their destination.


    ___


    "Master!"


    A maid came running to Xin Yichen who was ying a musical instrument in his courtyard. He looked back to see a huffing maid calling for him.


    "Everything is alright?" Xin Yichen calmly asked.


    "Young Miss and Mr. Long are waiting for you outside," the maid said with a hesitant tone.


    Xin Yichen furrowed his brows in confusion. His daughter had been so upset with him that she had not called him since the time she left the mansion several days before. Could it be that Long Jie had coaxed him toe and meet him? It was possible. At least, his son-inw was better than his children. He would surely give Long Jie a little present if that was the case.


    He entered the living room to see Zhenyi grinning from ear to ear at him with an evil glint present in his eyes whereas Long Jie sweetly smiled at him.


    "B¨¤!" Zhenyi said again in an evil tone as she moved a bit, a little chubby human came into Xin Yichen''s view.


    The little creature who was sitting on the sofa stood up with Long Jie''s help, walked to Xin Yichen''s direction, and bowed like adults do when they meet their elders. His Ru had shown her pictures of all the family members before and taught him how to greet when would meet her elders.


    She also mimicked how Zhenyi and Ryuu called Xin Yichen but in a very low and almost inaudible voiceB¨¤."


    Xin Yichen was left speechless when a little girl greeted him and she called him B¨¤. Whose kid was she? Why was she calling him Ba? And why did she look identical to his dead wife? Most importantly, why was she with his daughter?


    As if his predicament was not enough, Zhenyi added, "B¨¤, meet your granddaughter, Faye. And Faye, he is your Y¨¨y¨¨."


    Xin Yichen stood there frozen staring at the little girl? She couldn''t be Zhenyi''s kid. It meant she was¡­


    "RYUU!!!!!"


    _____


    "You both have nothing to say to me?" Zhenyi asked her father and grandfather who were busy feeding their new toy. Faye had them wrapped around her little finger. It had not been an hour since she hade to Xin Mansion and both Xin Yichen and Elder Xin were ready to sacrifice every treasure to have her say one more word.


    "Actually, I have," Xin Yichen said as he looked at his daughter and son-inw. He pointed towards the door and added,"Both of you leave and don''te back. I don''t need my children anymore. I never thought you would be a party in Ryuu''s lies."


    Elder Xin hummed. "And tell that brat, not toe home at all. We are happy without him."


    "Y¨¨y¨¨, she is Ryuu''s daughter," Zhenyi reminded them. "I brought her to you as soon as I found her. You have to trust me, it''s Ryuu who is at fault, not me."


    "And, B¨¤, if I hadn''t brought her here, would you have known of her existence?"


    Now Xin Yichen was stuck in a dilemma. Sure, he was angry at Ryuu. But what was Zhenyi''s fault in it? He owed her an apology too. So, it was natural that he couldn''t be angry with her at all. After all, she was his princess.


    Sigh.


    "You are not allowed to talk to your brother at all," Xin Yichen told Zhenyi and thetter nodded like an obedient person.


    "But B¨¤, you haven''t heard Brother''s side of the story. We shouldn''t me him for this mess--"


    "Jie! You are my husband, not Ryuu''s. So you must listen to me and B¨¤ only. He hid our little queen from us. Do you think that we should let this matter slide?"


    "Weren''t you yesterday on his side--"


    Zhenyi stomped on his foot and threw him a look. Looking at Zhenyi''s fierce face and Long Jie''s confused face, Faye giggled.


    And her giggles were music to Elder Xin and Xin Yichen''s ears.


    "I think we should forgive him, Xin Yichen," Elder Xin said. "Now that I have seen the face of my grandchild, even dying doesn''t feel wrong to me." He paused for a moment before adding,"But our family must not wrong Xiuying. Just because we have epted her doesn''t mean we will ept her mother too. If that boy wronged his wife in any sort, I will not think before disowning him. He can be the head of the Tang family all he wants but he will not be able to be the son of our Xin family."

 Chapter 324 - Unanswered Questions

    Somewhere far¡­


    "Boss!" A man looked up from hisputer screen and nced at the man whose face was covered in darkness. He sighed before saying, "Xin Zhenyi reached her. We miscalcted this time. It seems she knew that the girl is her long lost sister."


    The man who was until now standing in darkness moved a little, his white hair representing the maturedness of his eyes were sharp and filled with evilness.


    "So, Xin Zhenyi ultimately discovered her in the end?" The man said, his voice too calm to describe the storm raging inside him. "Seventeen years. For Seventeen years, I kept that girl away from everyone''s eyes for an objective, not to send her back to the Xins."


    "Boss, what should we do now? Should we persuade Du Zheng to send her back to us? If we didn''t hurry, Xin Zhenyi would rescue her sooner orter... now that she knew who she was."


    The man chuckled. "Rescue her? Let her rescue her little sister. Her sister will be her death. So what if we failed to kill her repeatedly? We will give her an end worse than death. Give clues to Xin Zhenyi. Give her a way to protect her sister from the monster named Du Zheng that I have created."


    "Yes Boss!"


    ''What a shame! Tang Reine just like you, your daughters and husband will die at my hands. What country had I saved in myst life toe across a formidable yet fascinating enemy like you, Xins."


    _____


    "What are you doing here?" Ryuu asked Alcina who was staring at the ground, a smile ying on her lips.


    Alcina startled as she heard Ryuu whispering in her ear. She calmed herself down. It was as if her body recognized his scent and shade or else she would have attacked him for startling the shit out of her.


    Wait a minute, what was he doing here? Wasn''t he supposed to be in bed?


    "Shouldn''t I ask you about what you are doing here?" Alcima cross questioned him while crossing her arms over her chest in a domineering posture. This posture was so natural to her that even Ryuu could guess what her next words would be. "Do you remember that I am here staying beside you just because you are sick and need constant medical supervision?"


    Of course, these were the same words which Ryuu had imagined her saying in his head. Always ready to bite him. Either with her words or teeth.


    "I can''ty in bed all day like a patient," Ryuu said while trying to act cute. Sigh, these cutesy things didn''t work on Alcina and he should remember her.


    "Are you forgetting that you are also a patient? A patient whose one leg is in the grave?" Alcina asked him while scowling at him.


    "Can you stop it! I''m sick of you ying doctor with me, Cia. Something is troubling you and I can see it right in your eyes," said Ryuu. This time very seriously. "Tell me, what is the problem? Perhaps, I will be helpful in solving it for you."


    "If you are doing this for Zhenyi, then don''t bother. I can ask her myself if I ever needed any kind of help," Alcima said, making him confused.


    "What does this have to do with my sister?" questioned Ryuu immediately despite his confusion.


    "Aren''t you helping me because of her? I have no rtion to you except that I am Zhenyi''s sister-inw. So, wouldn''t you be helping me for that reason?" Alcina''s questions poured cold water on all the feelings which Ryuu was unable to express until now with his words.


    "Ah, I shouldn''t disturb your rest, Lord Ryuu. Please go to bed. I will be there with your medicines soon," added Alcina while moving away from him. But Ryuu caught her wrist tightly making it difficult for her to get her wrist out of his hold.


    "You never called me Lord Ryuu before," Ryuu whispered.


    "Dammit! You were never a married man before too!" Alcina''s sudden outburst surprised her too.


    "So, this was the reason behind your sudden hold and cold behavior," Ryuu said, chuckling to himself.


    Ryuu grasped her shoulders forcing her to look into his eyes. To see the pain she had inflicted on him all these years. To see the pain he was going to give her if they ended up together. To see why they would always be those two parallel lines who would stay together but would never meet at a certain point.


    "Didn''t you say before that whether I am married or not has nothing to do with you? Didn''t you say before that out of all the people in the world you hated my family the most? Didn''t you say before that we can''t be anything more than fuckbuddies? Then, what the hell changed now? You never wanted me. Now that I am married to someone else, you suddenly realize that you wanted more. Where were you all those years when you had the chance?"


    Ryuu''s hurtful questions were piercing her heart like a dagger which was dipped in poison and was now being stabbed into her heart. She hated this feeling. But she hated him more. Worst, she hated the vulnerability that she was currently facing.


    What should she say in answer when she had nothing to say in return for his questions. Just like always, she would never get answers to certain questions.


    But she did whispered thesest words before leaving.


    "I never said that I wanted more with you." She smiled softly at him. "I''m happy being your temporary doctor and your permanent baby mama."


    ____


    "What''s with youdies and Alcohol?" Sam said as soon as he upied a stool beside Alcina, who was drinking straight from the bottle now. He could also see a line of empty bottles.Seemed like someone had a very bad day!


    "What are you doing here?" Alcina questioned him instead. She didn''t know from where he got the whiff of that she would be here. Ugh. Why must she meet him now? She had been ignoring him for weeks now. And she had a valid reason for her behavior.


    "My best friend said that I would find you here and so here I am," came the answer with a light shrug.


    Sam''s light shrug failed to hide the worry that he had in his eyes for her. Why did people in his life were bad at taking care of themselves?


    "Moreover, I was hired by the devil to babysit your ass," Sam added mischievously. He took a deep breath when he noticed that Alcina wasn''t giving him the attention he needed. Perhaps, she was too drunk to react. But deep inside he knew that it wasn''t the case. Still, he tried to keep the hurt that he was feeling to himself. "Let''s go back home," said Sam as he grabbed her arm but she dodged him.


    Not everyone can touch her. Only one scoundrel for who she was pinning for.


    She shook her head and directly refused. "I''m not noting with you."


    "Why?" Sam asked her.


    "Because you''re walking down the wrong path," said Alcina with mixed expressions. One could see hurt and regret shed in her eyes. "Sam, what you feel for me is fascination and admiration not love. Do not waste your time and feelings on me. The door to my heart was shut down a long time ago and there is no hope if it will ever open."


    "Let me take care of you Alcina, " said Sam with a smile but his eyes were betraying the cool and nonchnt expressions on his face.


    Alcina denied his touch again. "There is no one else for me to take care of me. He has been taking care of me since the beginning. Since I was eight and he was twelve." With a nostalgic smile, she added,"And he will take care of me until the very end. Until we will take ourst breath."


    One must assume that she was crazy for uttering the nonsense. But only she knew how true their words were. It would never matter that he was a married man now when it came to her well being. Of course, he knew that he would never cheat on his wife with her. And also that she would never be a third party in their marriage. Yet, she was being a third party in their marriage and Ryuu was cheating on his wife emotionally.


    She didn''t even know if Ryuu had told Xiuyimg about the existence of their daughter. And if he did, she wondered what her reaction was? Would Xiuying be a scheming stepmom to her Faye or would love her more than she as her mother could give her?


    So many questions, but she had no answer. Not even to the one that her heart had begun raising these days.


    _____


    DUE TO THE LACK OF TIME, I COULDN''T EDIT THE CHAPTER. GIVE ME SOME MORE MINUTES.

 Chapter 325 - Familial Drama

    Esma was over the moon today as she had received a call from her dear nephew-sh-the only friend in the world who had invited her to Long Mansion himself!


    Finally, she was going to rip the faces off, bitches!


    She had been to the Long Mansion a few times but only as Song Lily''s psychiatrist. ''That woman is real crazy, I warn you.'' And now she had evidence to prove this. Still, she failed to uncover some substantial evidence which would destroy her image in the public. She so wanted to destroy that bitch!


    When she reached the Long Mansion, she saw Gu Tian, Long Jie''s loyal dog waiting for her at the entrance.


    "Miss Dermott, pleasee this way. I will lead the way to where Master has been waiting for you," Gu Tian spoke in a monotone voice.


    He stiffened his back and avoided looking at her. Dammit, he was a man who couldn''t control the reaction of his body whenever he would see a temptress.


    Esma was not wearing her usual clothes today, instead, she was wearing a ck pantsuit diminishing the air of wicked allure surrounding her. Still, the clothes couldn''t hide her core.


    "Call me Esma, Handsome!" Esma winked at him. "What a waste of a handsome face if you behave formally with me!"


    "If I forgot my professionalism for a moment with you, I''m sure Master will chop me off into tiny tiny pieces and would not hesitate to feed me to his dogs," Gu Tian replied, looking all indifferent and sexy to her.


    Esmaughed as she walked ahead. She shook her head imagining Long Jie actually doing that. ''Let me tell you a secret which no one else does, I flirt with men to appear bold and not to look like an anomaly in the room as they make me ufortable. Men freak me out especially if they touch me. I flirt with them, touch them, tease them because I know it''s me who is in control, and women of my sort make men repulsive to us.''


    They reached the living room where not only Long Jie but the entire Long family was sitting and it appeared as if they were waiting for her.


    Esma pinched Gu Tian''s back through his thick suit and whispered," Why didn''t you tell me before that the entire family would be there?"


    With a straight face, he replied," If I did, you wouldn''t havee inside, Miss Dermott."


    "Go die, Asshole." Angry Esma summons a dirty-mouthed Esma.


    "Everyone, this is Esma." Long Jie introduced a very livid Esma to everyone while walking to her.


    In the crowd, Elder Long''s stiff face, Grandma Mian''s cold face, and Long brothers'' troubled face could be seen. The younger generation was more intrigued by the ''beauty in ck.''


    "She is literally so beautiful, " Meilin said to her husband. She couldn''t take her eyes off the woman who was now her Aunt-inw. She had to admit that Long genes were absolutely stunning. One could just look at her face and tell that she had the blood of Longs going through her veins. It was different in the case of Alcina whose foreign features were more dominant.


    "She is dangerous." The reply came from Long Yuan. Yes, he was intrigued by Esma to the point of falling in a daze and he still was...but he knew better than to give her a reason to make an ass out of him again.


    If Zhenyi hasn''t shown him the real face of Esma that day, he would be like Meilin now.


    "Dangerous?" Meilin whispered. "You are probably mistaken, little brother. Tell me from what angle does she look dangerous?"


    "Sister-inw, you find Zhenyi and Alcina innocent too when you met them for the first time, but are they in reality?" Long Yuan whispered back. "And please, do not stare at her. The woman is a genius in hypnosis."


    Meilin''s jaw dropped when she heard what Long Yuan said. "Why can''t the women of our family be normal for once?!"


    "My dear wife, they all are normal in their own way. There is nothing wrong with them," Long Wei said to his wife gently. Throwing a re at Yuan, he added, "And stop listening to Yuan''s nonsense. Look at her, she looks friendly and the way she behaves with bro. Does it looks to you that she is dangerous?"


    Zhenyi yawned while hearing their whispers. She nced at her husband who was now looking at his Aunt Esma. She has to admit that this girl despite being a third grade bad girl, gave off mysterious vibes.


    "If I had known that you called me to meet the infamous Long family, it would have been better, Ah-Jie," Esma said, maintaining the smile on her face despite being livid.


    "We are not bad people, Esma," Long Shaomimg said.


    Esma snickered. "I dare to differ, Mr. Long."


    Long Sheng stood up and walked to Esma. "You are our little sister, dear. We don''t mean any harm to you. We just got to know about your existence and just wanted to bring you back home to make up for the lost years."


    Esma burst outughing while hearing her so-called brother''s words. "Little sister? Says who? I''m not acknowledging any of you as my brother or something. Can you please stop this familial drama? It''s creeping the hell out of me."


    She paused for a minute and then turned to look at Long Jie."You dare to disclose my identity without my permission?!"


    Zhenyi''s ears perked up as she heard Esma talking to her husband in a threatening tone. She wanted to show her where she really belonged but stopped herself because she was told by her husband not to pick a fight with Esma because thetter was looking for a chance to pick one.


    "It was not my son who told us about your existence, Esma," Long Shaoming said this time. "Instead, it was Alcina. You might not know Alcina but she is the daughter of this family."

 Chapter 326 - Maid And The Young Miss

    Esma''s brain hanged for a moment as she heard Alcina''s name. She had an urge to strangle that girl not for disclosing her identity but foring to this family. Didn''t she tell her not toe here? Did she want to die? Dammit, if not for her own good, she needed to think about her daughter''s well-being now!


    "You see guys, we are done here." With this said, Esma turned to go back but was stopped when she heard the voice which she wasn''t supposed.


    "We are not done here, youngdy," Grandma Mian announced. "You are free to leave the house and nevere back but not before taking what belongs to you."


    Slowly Esma turned back to see Grandma Mian holding some official papers in her hands. She passed the papers to Esma who didn''t even know why she took them in the first ce.


    ''Property and share transfer papers.''


    "Take the papers, youngdy and we will be even."


    The papers fell on the ground from her hands and she clenched her fists tightly while she stood there stone cold. ''We will be even.'' These words were echoing in her head.


    Slowly, she picked up the papers from the ground and walked out of the house with a smile.


    "The meeting is dismissed," Long Jie said as soon as Esma walked out of the door.


    Outside, Esma was breathing heavily while leaning against the wall. She was pressing on her heart to stop the palpitations. She felt as if the earth below her was about to swallow her whole.Before she could fall unconscious, someone caught her and took her away from there.


    ______


    Currently, Esma was seeing a fragment of her memories ying in her dreams like a horror film. No one could imagine that this mischievous girl had experienced the horror which no girl would ever wish on her worst enemies.


    Getting physically and emotionally abused by a man who she considered her father wasn''t something that she could forget in a single day. Hell, it had been more than a decade since she was free of that monster. Still, she could not escape the panic attacks that she would experience when triggered. This was the reason why Long Jie never allowed her to meet anyone from the Long family.


    Even after his death, she was guing her dreams. She wondered if she would ever be free of his clutches.


    Unconsciously, tears streamed down her cheek and she pped her arms to get him off her body. She wanted to shout for help but his hand was muffling his cries of help.


    She felt a soft hand wiping her tears and someone caressed her face tenderly, she rxed believing that she was safe again.Maybe, Ah-Jie had saved her from that monster again.


    Hourster when Esma opened her eyes, she found herself in a small room. Judging from the appearance of the room and scenery outside the small window, she could discern that she was still somewhere inside the Long Mansion.


    As she was trying to get out of the bed, she heard a soft and melodious voice talking to her," Oh, are you awake now? Let me get you some water."


    Esma watched Ada sprinting to fetch her water. Silently, she took the ss from her hands and drank it.


    "Why are you still here?" Esma asked her in a hoarse voice.


    "Umm? You want me to leave the room?" Ada asked her in confusion.


    Esma took a deep breath before saying, "You know that''s not what I mean to say. I''m asking you why you are still in Long residence?"


    "Because I work for Mrs. Long and she pays me quite well," Ada answered her honestly. Who would pay a mere assistant like her ten times more than the original sry? She just needed to work for a couple of months and then she would save enough to join the college .


    "You do not need money, Ada," Esma said to her. A hint of anger is present in her voice.


    "So, you finally recognize me," Ada said with a smile. "Last time, you refused to acknowledge my existence. I thought you would do the same."


    "Do not change the topic, Ada," Esma snapped. "I told you to leave this job. Xin Zhenyi is a dangerous woman. If she knew you were acquainted with me, she could harm you. As for the topic of money, I left you the card, didn''t I?"


    Ada smiled and began fumbling through the drawers. "Here is your credit card. You forgot it with mest time." She ced the card near Esma and continued," Take this. It''s yours."


    Esma had to take deep breaths again to calm her down. "Why are you doing this, Ada? I left it for you. I just wished to help you because I know how desperate you were to attend college this fall."


    "Your intention was just to help me but unknowingly, you made me feel so small, Esma," Ada said straight to her. " I was just a pawn in your game, I realized it when I had fallen for you. But don''t you worry, now my eyes are as open as they should be back then. Thank you for your help, Miss Esma. I do not need this card now as I will be able to save up the money I need to attend college this fall because of my employer."


    Only Ada knew what was going through right now. When Esma entered the living room of the main hall, she was standing a little away from Zhenyi. Esma might not have noticed her, but she did. After all, all she could see whenever she was in the same room was her. Love had made her so stupid that she thought that one day when she would stand on her own feet, she would do everything in her power to be equal to her and do everything that it took to make her see her love for her.


    But all those dreams of Ada were shattered today when she realized that it was no more possible for her -- a maid and young miss of the Long family.


    She understood this now why Esma used to say that she was just a momentary attraction to her.

 Chapter 327 - Dinner With Everyone

    It had been two weeks since Alcina was ced beside Ryuu to take care of his health.His health was not improving, rather deteriorating with each passing day. Ryuu might appear healthy to normal eyes but she knew better. It wasn''t only Ryuu and Alcina whose lives had flipped in the course of two weeks but almost everyone was facing the toughness of the time.


    Esma had stopped answering Long Jie''s calls since that day. It appeared that Ada''s words had affected her more than she was letting everyone know. Sam was devastated after the rejection from Alcina. He had been found drunk thrice by Zhenyi in a week.


    Long Jie and Zhenyi were too busy these days handling their work along with investigating the girl who had appeared out of nowhere. Sometimes, they wouldn''t even get time to spend with each other. Still, their rtionship was doing better than before. They had developed a special kind of understanding between them.


    When everyone was facing the toughness of time, there was someone else who felt as if spring had returned to her life. That someone was no one else but Fan Bingbing who was currently in a rtionship with Zhang Han, the young and emerging star of the country.


    "Where is my wife?"questioned Long Jie as soon as he entered the threshold of the house. It was like he had formed a habit that whenever he woulde back, this was the first question he would ask.


    "Mrs. Long is strolling in the garden," the servant politely answered. "She has instructed everyone to not disturb her unless it''s an emergency."


    Long Jie nodded. Handing his office bag to the servant, he headed to his wife''s side.


    Zhenyi smiled as soon as she saw Long Jie walking towards her. She had a phone attached to her ear and it looked like she was on an important call.


    "B¨¤, you shouldn''t have talked to her like that in the first ce," Zhenyi said with a frown as soon as she heard her fatherining and moaning about Alcina''s terrible attitude.


    "I get it. You don''t trust her. But it doesn''t mean you can stop her from meeting her daughter,"Zhenyi replied as she heard Xin Yichen telling her how Alcina and Ryuu had kept his granddaughter away from him first. He was afraid that they would take her away from him again and would never let him meet her. He could be childish sometimes.


    Long Jie stood behind her and buried his head in the nape of her neck. Did he care what servants think about his overly affectionate behaviour with his wife? Absolutely, no!


    "Yeah. I will see you soon. Bye, B¨¤." Zhenyi sighed as soon as she hung up the call.


    "Alcina and B¨¤ are equally childish and stubborn," Zhenyi told her husband. "Can you believe she threatened B¨¤? Not that I me her when B¨¤ is no less stubborn."


    Long Jie agreed. "She can be a pain in the ass sometimes. But she is a good girl. Cares a lot about everyone."


    Zhenyi turned to face him."Aren''t you both getting a little too close?"


    Zhenyi had to begrudgingly admit that Long Jie and Alcina were on the way to bing best buddies. She would tease and pester him like how a younger cousin is supposed to be. And oddly enough, he didn''t find her repulsive or annoying. Instead, she was like a breath of fresh air in the stinking of schemes of Long Mansion.


    Long Jie chucked and pulled her cheeks. "You look lovely when you are jealous." She harrumphed and turned her face to avoid looking at him. Ignoring her tantrum, he kissed her temple and asked,"Why are you not ready yet?"


    Zhenyi facepalmed when she realized that she had forgotten about the dinner event that she had arranged for tonight.


    "Oh, I don''t want to bete for my own event," Zhenyi said while dragging him to their bedroom. "And you better not seduce me!"


    "When have I ever seduced you, baby?"


    "See, that''s what you are doing now."


    ____


    When Zhenyi and Long Jie reached the restaurant, they found Long Yuan sitting inside the private room reserved by them. He was so excited toe here that he had arrived half an hour early. Hihi, kidding. He was just worried that his devilish sister inw was nning something lethal.The couple had invited everyone who was close to them for dinner. But only fools would believe their words!


    Xin Zhenyi feeding them food for free? In your dreams.


    The second one to arrive was Sam who clenched his hands to control himself from pouncing on the Long brothers.He hugged Zhenyi, shook hands with Long Jie, and nodded at Long Yuan to show formality.


    "I knew you would certainlye," Zhenyi grinned looking at her sulking best friend. She was trying to lighten his dark mood.


    "Why won''t Ie?" Sam asked her in return. "I''m getting free food for tonight. Since I''m currently broke, I have more reasons to be there."


    "Very funny, Sam!"


    Soon after Sam, Long Wei and his wife Meilin came. Since the couple had shifted to another house after Long Wei took the reins of his newly ownedpany, they hadn''t seen each other for more than a week.Meilin poured her spilling affection on everyone in the room, even on the stranger Sam who had taken a sisterly liking to this woman. Not all Longs were bad!


    "Who else ising?" Long Wei asked a whileter.


    "I''m not sure about the other three ---"


    Before Zhenyi couldplete her sentence, the door to the room opened and in entered a very alluring Esma dressed in all ck again.


    "Wee, Esma." Zhenyi weed her with a smile. If it was another day Esma might have caused a ruckus but since she had not been herself for a long time now, she returned Zhenyi''s greeting with a smile, shocking Long Jie to a certain degree. He knew something was wrong with her. For instance, kohl in her eyes was missing today.

 Chapter 328 - Why The Sudden Dinner?

    "Ah, SIL, do we have all the invitees now?" Long Yuan asked with a yawn. To be honest, he was hungry and irritated. And ncing at the ridiculously handsome man ying a ponytail, sitting in front of him, he had a dire urge to run from here ormit a mass murder. Of course, he knew that this bloody man who his sister- in-w called Sam was¡­ He was no one else but his greatest enemy ''Cyrus''.


    "Why so impatient, little BIL?" Zhenyi raised a brow. "Do you not like to have dinner with your brother and his beautiful wife?"


    Long Yuan had an urge to throw up looking at this narcissist woman.


    "I think we should organise dinners like this more often, right little sister?," Meilin suggested and Long Wei closed his eyes in horror. ''Why is his wife so gullible?!''


    Esma looked at Meilin and shook her head in amusement. "Where did you find her?" She asked the question to Long Wei who had been studying her for a long time. "She doesn''t belong to your world."


    But it wasn''t Long Wei who answered her but Long Yuan. "Dear beauty, Sister Meilin was my bro''s school teacher''s daughter. He had quite a bad reputation in the school and since the teacher doesn''t give a damn if he was Young Master Wei or not! And punished him in front of the whole school. Bro made a resolve to steal the teacher''s only daughter. To infuriate him further obviously! But who would have thought that his n would backfire and he would end up falling for the teacher''s daughter instead!"


    "Moral of the story: do not try to seduce a teacher''s daughter," Long Jie added amused. "Especially if you are attracted to her in the first ce."


    "At least,I got myself a wife. What about you?" Long Wei retorted quickly. "Thanks to Uncle or else you would be a single dog until now."


    "Single dog?" Esma raised her brow quite amused. "And Ah-Jie? I''m sure he had more women than you all you count on hand."


    "Are you trying to incite my wife to divorce me, Esma?" Long Jie directly said to Esma.


    "Why would I?" Esma scoffed. "Since we both have nothing to do with each other, why would I try to separate you both."


    "I get it, you are hurt," Long Jie said to her. "But you know that it was not my fault. I don''t even know how you know Alcina---"


    "Did I just hear my charming brother calling my name?" A voice belonging to Alcina was heard and everyone looked up to see Alcina standing with a very good-looking and dashing young man.


    Meilin had to blink her eyes several times to make sure that the Adonis standing in front of them was real, not just an illusion. Could there be a man as beautiful as him? Long Wei had to cover her eyes from preventing her to gawk at the man who wasn''t him.


    Sam''s eyes almost turned red when he saw Alcina holding Ryuu''s hand.


    "Dayumm! He is actually not dead?"Esma, who was sitting beside Long Yuan, loudly eximed.


    "It seems like you are not a fan of his?"Long Yuan asked her.


    "Fan? I distributed sweets among the poor and needy when I heard he died,"Esma muttered. "God, now please don''t let his loyal dog follow him."


    Long Yuan had to admit that this young aunt of his was amusing.


    "I didn''t invite you," Zhenyi said, narrowing her eyes at her brother.


    "I was missing my Angel. So, I came to meet her," Ryuu shamelessly lied. He hugged her and then gave a brother hug to Long Jie.


    "Where is Feng Siyan?" inquired Long Jie as soon as the neers upied their seats.


    "Don''t tell me you invited him too?" Zhenyi scowled.


    "He is like a brother to me, Wife. More like a best friend. So, you gotta endure him for a while," Long Jie said in a resigned voice. He still couldn''t understand why Feng Siyan and Zhenyi were always at each other''s throats.


    Alcina''s eyes fell on Sam who was staring right back at her. She smiled at him but he just ignored her and turned his eyes to look at Zhenyi. He still remembered what Alcina had told him that day! She had asked him to forget about her. And so, he was showing her that he had forgotten her just like she said. Yeah, it was a pathetic feeling!


    Not only Zhenyi but even Ryuu and Long Jie could sense the weird tensions surrounding Alcina and Sam but they refrained frommenting anything.


    Few momentster, Feng Siyan appeared in his usual appearance -- ck suit and stone cold face. Long Yuan and Long Wei stood up to greet him as they recognized who he was. He was a big shot not only in the underworld but also in the business arena. They were left stunned when he called the handsome man apanying their cousin as Master. Now they were curious to know about that man''s real identity.


    They introduced everyone to each other respectfully but when it came to Ryuu, everyone felt as if they stopped breathing.


    "Everyone, this is Lord Ryuu." It was Alcina who introduced Ryuu to them.


    Who doesn''t know of Lord Ryuu? Well, not everyone could meet him. Heck, people didn''t even know what he looked like. He was an enigma. The only living heir of the royal Tang family. He was the most feared and respectful man in the whole of the country. Of course, Longs and Xins were richer than God and powerful than the pope. Still, the mysterious Lord Ryuu was on another level.


    "Ah, he changed his name again," Esma muttered under her breath.


    The dinner started soon after and everyone was discussing some or the other thing. Despite their differences, they all were trying to get along with each other and they were really sessful to some extent.


    It was straightforward Alcina who questioned her Sister-inw directly about the question which was going on inside everyone''s brain.


    "So, I wonder why my sister-inw suddenly decided to host a dinner?"

 Chapter 329 - Angst Se...

    So, I wonder why my sister-inw suddenly decided to host a dinner?"


    Everyone turned their head to look up at both thedies. They didn''t understand why despite Alcina''s ill and snobbish attitude, she and Zhenyi got along perfectly. What they didn''t know was that regardless of Alcina being Ryuu''s ex girlfriend, she was Faye''s mom which was enough of a reason for Zhenyi to erase all the ill thoughts that she had of Alcina. She was genuinely trying to develop a smooth rtionship with Alcina not only because she was his niece''s mom but also because of the fact that she was her husband''s cousin who he had started to adore.


    "You guys are right, I didn''t invite you all to enjoy a familial meal. I indeed have a big reason for hosting this dinner tonight," Zhenyi announced and Long Jie leaned against the chair watching his wife in action. Yes, he knew what his Cat eyes was nning! Always remember she would never do anything for free!


    Taking a brief pause, she added,"You see guys, we are currently in a big crisis. Not just me, but all of us. So, instead of solving the problem alone. I thought why not involve you all too? You all are a part of the family." Turning her eyes at the most hostile person among the crowd, she added," Esma, before you say that you are neither rted to Xins or Longs here, let me please remind you that my husband considers you his real family. But if you don''t, you are free to leave the room. And same goes for Alcina too. I see both of you have qualms regarding Longs which Ipletely understand as they are no good people and you are right to be wary of them."


    Esma didn''t stand up after hearing what Zhenyi had to say about her. She understood now why she was here. She didn''t have to choose Longs as her family to be here; instead, she was here because of Long Jie. She was here as his best friend, the person who genuinely cared and loved him.


    On the other hand, Alcina didn''t know how to react. It was true she was not ready to be a Long, but it didn''t mean she didn''t care about a few people in the Long family which included Grandma Mian and Long Jie and perhaps Zhenyi too. If she wanted to investigate her father''s case. she had to be one of them. And Zhenyi was giving her a perfect opportunity.


    "How is Lord Ryuu rted to this?" The question was asked by Long Wei. Lord Ryuu was a big shot. He was neither rted to Longs nor¡­ No, he wasn''t sure about Xins. Zhenyi seemed pretty close to him.


    "Ryuu belongs to my mom''s family," came the reply which was enough to shut him up.


    They wouldn''t disclose Ryuu''s real identity to the world.


    "So, what''s the situation?" Sam asked his best friend. He was d that his best friend asked for help instead of handling it all by herself.


    Zhenyi turned to her husband and gestured to him to continue further. Naturally, he would agree.


    "Do you all remember the attack at Zhenyi during our wedding?" Long Jie asked them.


    Sam was not present at the wedding but he had heard about it.


    "Yeah, what about it?" Someone among the crowd said. "We handed the assant to Xin family whoter told us that they were mere mercenaries."


    "Do you know who hired those mercenaries?"The question was raised by Ryuu to the Long brothers. "When we investigated the case, we found the clues which pointed towards the Long family. We were of the view initially that since Zhenyi belongs to your rival family, some rare elements tried to get rid of her."


    Everyone was shocked to hear this piece of information. Although Long Shaomimh knew, he had hidden it from his children.


    Long Jie began," Then, she was attacked again after a few months of our wedding. She nearly lost her life that time and when we investigated, the man who had schemed behind her was one of her men. Her chief security officer to be exact. Two attacks and both the time suspect would be from either of our families which simply means that the mastermind of this game is tangling us in his web where we would point our fingers at each other. Friends will be foe and foe will be mistaken as allies."


    Pausing for a moment, he fiddled with the iPad and then showed everyone the images which shook them to the core. "All of us are being followed. We uncovered bugs in our mansion, offices and even in the headquarters which means the enemy knows more than necessary details about us. But we do not know who is targeting us and for what?"


    "Do we have any suspects?"Sam questioned him. He was surprised to find himself in the pictures along with Zhenyi. He recognized that the pictures were taken when Zhenyi had stayed with him for a few days.


    "Of course,"Long Jie said. "Du Cooperation suffered a huge blow a few months ago. But look at it now? They stole a few of our important projects right under our nose. Not to forget, they are purposely fiddling with Xin cooperation again. The small-time gangsters who nobody used to talk about are suddenly big shots of Beijing in a single month. Du Zheng has announced an open war against us in the business world. Even if we don''t want to suspect him, he still ends up bing our first suspect."


    "And who is second?"This time Long Yuan asked.


    "Prince Amaris?"Alcina gasped as the name escaped her mouth."The fucker is back?"


    "Language, Cia," Ryuu growled but she just red at him and turned her attention back to her brother.


    "Absolutely, Alcina. He is back," Long Jie said with a wicked smile.


    "Well, who is this Prince now?" Yuan asked, suddenly getting irritated by hearing the number of problems he had to solve.


    "He is my dear sister-inw''s lunatic admirer," Alcina replied, shocking everyone, even Zhenyi.


    "Howe I never heard of him before?" Zhenyi asked Alcina with a frown.


    "Ryuu hid the information deliberately knowing you would have done something impulsive like killing a member of the most powerful royal family and attracting a lot of trouble in return."


    "So, why is he back?"Zhenyi scowled. Not liking the fact that she had a secret admirer who was also a lunatic.


    "Have you checked the inte?" Esma said to hr. "You both have been trending on the inte for thest two weeks since you have been captured by the camera together at a g."


    "Could it be that he is backing up Du Zheng to take you down?" Zhenyi asked her husband who nodded in return. "Why didn''t you tell me?"


    "Because you didn''t even have the time to eat and I couldn''t give you more trouble than you already were in," Long Jie said to her.


    "Well, I have more reasons to kill that bloody Du Zheng."


    "We can''t," Long Wei said. "We guys need to make a foolproof strategy for taking him down."


    Ryuu nced at Long Wei and said,"It seems you have one?"


    "Absolutely, Lord Ryuu."


    ____


    "What do you guys think?" Long Wei asked everyone.


    "I didn''t know big BIL that you are a genius." Zhenyi was more than impressed.


    "Are you doubting my capabilities?" asked Long Wei with a scowl.


    "Of course,st time you almost got us killed. Not only this, because of you, my husband and I have to spend the night in a dark and rainy forest," Zhenyi said with a sneer.


    "And also because of you, Wei, my poor sister-inw was found covered in mosquito and what not bites!" Long Yuan innocently said.


    Everyoneughed at his response except for Zhenyi who red at him.


    "Yuan, stop teasing my dangerous wife."


    ______


    "So, you want me to follow each and every action of Du Zheng. Especially his secret ce or something simr to it?" Long Yuan said to his sister-in-w after Long Wei and Meilin retired for home. "And you want me to do this alone?"


    "No, Sam will help you," Zhenyi said.


    "I''m not working with him," Sam immediately said while ring at Young Master Yuan.


    "Do you think that I am dying to work with you?" Long Yuan fired back.


    "Why so angst, boys? " Esma said with a yawn. "Solve it off in one angsty round...I have checked that the washrooms here are well prepared for just in case¡­ "


    Alcina and Long Jie groaned. Well, this was the Esma they were acquainted with.


    Sam mmed the table and left without looking back. "Will see you soon, Zhen Zhen."


    "So fierce," Esma said while ncing at Long Yuan who also was about to leave the room. "You guys better use protection¡­ just in case you decide to.."


    Shifting her eyes to a gaping Zhenyi she said,"What? You might not know but angsty sex---"


    Before she couldplete her sentence, Alcina shut her mouth by shoving a cookie in her

 Chapter 330 - Surprise With A Clue

    "What do you think about this one?" Grandma Mian asked passing the file towards Zhenyi who was grasping the file with one hand and shoving toast inside his mouth with another. So udylike!


    "Umm¡­ this one looks better than the previous one but¡­ he is too geeky, " Zhenyi replied.


    Song Lily who had been sitting beside Grandma Mian looked at both of them and her facial expressions did not look good. She was not able to forget that because of this pair her husband had sent her back to Song''s ancestral home to reflect on her mistakes.


    "How about this one?" inquired Grandma Mian excitedly. "31. Single. 183 cm. CEO. Heavenly handsome. Isn''t he best out of all?"


    Zhenyi nodded. "But Grandma, you didn''t tell me why you are going through the portfolios of these men?"


    Not only Long Shaoming but also Song Lily paused their activities and looked up to expect the answer from the olderdy. It was clear that she was nning something but the question was what?


    "I''m looking for a good guy for my Alcina," Grandma Mian said, stunning everyone. "She is twenty-eight. I''m worried that no one will bother about her once I die. So, I want to see her married before I die. I want to give her hand to someone who will love and respect her like she deserved."


    Long Jie, who seemed to have just entered the dining room, froze as soon as he heard Grandma''s words.


    "Grandma¡­"


    "Mom¡­"


    "What?" Grandma nced at all of them. "It''s not my fault that I can''t trust any of you when ites to my granddaughter."


    "Grandma, have you asked about Alcina''s opinion? Do you think that she would agree?"


    Zhenyi wasn''t was not trying to dissuade her. She was simply stating a fact. They knew Alcina''s temper all too well.


    "Of course, I have asked her," Grandma said as a matter of fact. "She said that she had no issues with blind dates and is willing to go on blind dates till she won''t find the Mr. Right. I''m telling you Jie and Zhenyi,that the girl cares too much for me. Such a filial girl."


    Long Jie raised his eyes slightly. He understood what Alcina was ying at.


    But since Ryuu was married and both of them didn''t want to take their rtionship to another level, it gave Alcina the right to think about her. After all, she was twenty right and no longer young.


    "As long as Alcina is willing, Grandma," Long Jie said while exiting the mansion.


    ____


    Xin Mansion.


    "Hello, beautiful people," Zhenyi shouted like an excited kid as soon as she entered the main door.


    The butler of the house felt as if their young miss was possessed by a happy ghost. But who were they toin?


    "Aren''t you giving me a little too many surprises these days?" Xin Yichen said as he came to embrace his daughter. It might appear like he was sulking but only he understood how happy he was to see her.


    "Who''s here to meet you?" Zhenyi retorted while returning the hug. "I''m here to meet my favorite niece and Y¨¨y¨¨."


    Xin Yichen pulled her ear yfully. "You brat! Don''t be like that son of mine!"


    Zhenyiughed. "Come on, B¨¤. It has been more than a month since you met your granddaughter. How long will you be angry with bro?"


    "Stop being your bro''s advocate or else I will be angry with you too!"


    Zhenyi zipped her mouth and tossed the key in his pocket.


    Faye, who had been witnessing the little scene since the beginning, giggled. The girl had changed so much in a single month that Zhenyi was finding it hard to believe. Truly, music was a therapy in itself. Not only did she now openly talk to everyone but also was willing to learn to y musical instruments from her grandfather. Observing Xin Yichen''s loneliness made Faye believe that he needed someone to spend time with him or talk to him.


    Although the girl had met her grandfather after five years since her birth, she still had a very deeper connection with him. Whoever said blood was thicker than water waspletely correct.


    Zhenyi walked towards her niece and kneeling down, she hugged her but not before poking her now chubby cheeks. "You see my queen, you have the power to make your Aunt kneel for you."


    Tightening her arms around her neck, Faye gestured her to pick her up and so Zhenyi did. Only after giving several sloppy kisses to Zhenyi, Faye spoke to her.


    "Hello, Aunt Zhenyi. I''m so happy to meet you," Faye said with a huge smile.


    "Ah, baby. Me too." Zhenyi kissed her cheek.


    "I will ask the chef to prepare something for you," Xin Yichen said to his daughter.


    "Yeah, hurry B¨¤. I''m hungry. Plus, I and Faye are going out and will return only in the evening."


    Before Xin Yichen could say anything else, Zhenyi cut him off by saying, "I and Jie will be joining you for dinner, B¨¤. Now, hurry up. I''m famished. Long family is not feeding your daughter well these days."


    Rubbing his forehead, he called the butler to order him to prepare food for his scheming daughter.


    ______


    "Where are we going?" Faye asked as soon as they settled inside the car.


    "I nned a surprise for my little queen. So, you will have to guess what it is," Zhenyi replied with a mischievous smile.


    cing her little finger on her chin with a slight pout, Faye was in deep thoughts. But no matter how much she tried, she just couldn''t guess where they were going.


    Sighing, she asked in a baby voice making Zhenyi bite her chubby cheeks, "How about you give me a tiny clue?"


    Faye even made a cute gesture with her finger.


    Laughing, Zhenyi said, "My queen, if I give you a tiny clue, what kind of surprise will it be?"


    "Surprise with a clue," Faye giggled.

 Chapter 331 - Poor Babygirl

    "This is a very grand grand home," Faye eximed with an open mouth as she observed a very grand Pce as she watched in Disney movies.


    "Ah, you liked it?" Zhenyi asked her with a fond smile.


    "Very," the little girl said.


    "Then, we should ask Ryuu to build one for you?" Zhenyi teased the little girl.


    The bubbly Faye seemed to have be silent for a moment. There was a trace of sadness visible in her eyes. ncing up at Zhenyi, she said with a sad smile, "I do not want a grand grand home, Aunt. I just want a home where I can live with Ru, Mama, B¨¤, and Y¨¨y¨¨."


    When Zhenyi heard her precious niece''s sensible words, she was rendered speechless. Everyone was busy with their problems, they didn''t care what consequences this kid had to face.


    But, that''s it.


    It was more than enough now.


    "Come, let''s go inside," said Zhenyi while taking the little one''s hand in hers. As Zhenyi entered the threshold of the Tang Pce, the surrounding of the Tang Pce stilled for a moment. They were staring at the little figureing their way with open mouths.


    [Is she who they think she is?]


    This question was running in everyone''s heart but no one dared to raise it aloud.


    Although Lord Tang was known for his coldness, but he was never unnecessarily cold or harsh to the staff working in the Tang Pce. He could be the most easing going boss if f he wanted to... but if someone made a serious mistake, there wouldn''t be anyone more cruel than him. What he hated the most was unnecessary gossips!


    And the one apanying the little girl was no one else but the princess of the n, Lady Tang Reine''s daughter. So, it was obvious that they wouldn''t do or ask anything that would offend her.


    "My queen, are you ready for my surprise?"Zhenyi questioned the little girl who was too calm for her age.


    Faye nodded her head without hesitation. She didn''t tell her aunt that she found surprises troublesome!


    With a click, the door to Ryuu''s room opened and they gazed inside only to find Ryuu reading a book while sitting on the bed,Alcina was engrossed in herptop and when both of them looked up, they found Zhenyi smiling at them. Since they didn''t see below, so they naturally didn''t find their daughter and only asked Zhenyi toe inside.


    Only when Zhenyi took a step forward, Ryuu''s gaze fell on his precious daughter who was staring at him with teary eyes.


    He stretched out his arms and she came running towards him.


    Alcina sadly smiled when she saw his daughter tightly hugging her father. It was as if her life depends on the hug. Or maybe, she was worried that she would be taken away from her father.


    "Ah, who dared to bully my Faye?" Ryuu asked his daughter who was refusing to remove her arms around him. Instead of getting out of her hold, he tightly locked her in his arms.


    "No one," She whispered against his neck.


    Ryuu could feel something warm and wet on his neck. And it broke his heart to see his daughter like that. But he was happy that she was finally expressing her emotions instead of bottling them up.


    Perhaps, keeping her away from him was not a bad idea. She was extremely dependent on him and it was the reason why she wouldn''t bother to read her own emotions. And it didn''t just end here, instead of Ryuu, she wouldn''t talk to anyone. It wasn''t that she couldn''t, it was just that she didn''t want to.


    "Do you like my surprise?" Zhenyi questioned her niece.


    Faye turned to look at her aunt and nodded with a happy smile. She, then, nced at her mom who was staring back at her lovingly, and stretched her arms towards her.


    Alcina took her into her arms and after thousands of kisses, she put her back on Ryuu''sp.


    "Do you miss me, kiddo?" Alcina raised her brow to tease the arrogant kid.


    Faye rolled her eyes and turned to look at another side.


    "Did she just rolled her eyes?" Ryuu asked his baby mama.


    "It seems¡­" Alcina mumbled.


    "Just what are you teaching my daughter?" Ryuu nced at his sister and asked.


    "Oh, it seemed B¨¤ didn''t inform you. Faye has sses from morning to evening. Music. Swimming. Cooking.Dance. Singing. Etiquette. And what not! Oh yeah, B¨¤ has been looking for a good martial arts teacher for her too. He thinks it''s the perfect age to cultivate good martial artists."


    Alcina''s jaw literally fell on the ground. She snaked an arm around Faye''s shoulder and leaned ahead subconsciously. Her poor baby girl.


    "Angel, she is just five¡­" Ryuu rubbed his forehead in despair.


    Zhenyi sighed. "B¨¤ says that music is the outlet for emotions and this is what his granddaughters need now. So, both of them sit together in B¨¤''s courtyard and y several kinds of musical instruments. And Faye genuinely likes it."


    Ryuu and Alcina looked at their daughter who nodded in return and then said with a cheeky smile, "B¨¤ is best."


    "As for other sses, they are just to increase her interaction with everyone. She has trouble with eating and so, Y¨¨y¨¨ suggested involving her in the process and it really worked. Don''t worry, they take proper measures and don''t let her anywhere near the kitchen."


    "You love B¨¤ and Y¨¨y¨¨?" Ryuu asked his daughter who replied to him with one word, "Very."


    "Stay for lunch," Ryuu said to his sister who was retiring from work.


    "Can''t," Zhenyi said."We will drop Faye at B¨¤''s in the evening if it''s alright with you?"


    Alcina nodded. "Absolutely. It''s not alright for her to stay beside Ryuu for longer intervals of time. She was ring at me when I had to give him an injection. Can you think that she would let me poke needles inside her father every day if I let her live beside him?"


    "Cia, she is a kid."


    "A kid who is spoiled beyond words by her father."


    "Well, Grandma asked me to give this to you," said Zhenyi as she mailed something to Alcina. " Tomorrow evening. 7pm at the given address. Text me if you need to babysit my bro. Bye, guys. See you soon."


    Zhenyi sashayed after giving rise to a huge argument between the to be couple.

 Chapter 332 - Just One Thing In Return

    "What was she saying?" Ryuu asked Alcina with narrowed eyes once heid a sleeping Faye beside him.


    "Why don''t you ask your sister?" She replied, annoyed.Keeping herptop aside, she sat on the couch and started reading the mail that Zhenyi sent earlier.


    Alcina didn''t notice when Ryuu appeared behind her and snatched the phone out of her hands.


    "What the f*ck are you doing?"Alcina whispered.


    "Curse and see how I spank you!"


    Alcina immediately shut her mouth. She couldn''t understand what was his animosity with cussing.


    "What''s this?" Ryuu''s hand trembled in anger when he read the information on the phone. "You are going on a damned blind date?"


    "So much for cursing, Ryuu!"


    "Why are you doing this?" He asked her. Well, more like snapped at her.


    "This. Blind date. And shit."


    "My life does not just revolve around you. I''m twenty-eight. Alone and exhausted. I need a break from life. No, I need a life. Like a real life."


    Listening to Alcina''s mocking words, Ryuu knew that he had royally fucked up. But more than that, he was getting infuriated with her attitude.


    For once why couldn''t she use her lethal brain and understand what''s wrong with her?


    Was it too difficult for her to agree that she indeed feels something for him?


    Ryuu''s lips curled up slightly, mocking himself.


    "Very well, Cia. You can go on a blind date. I do not care just like you don''t care about anyone. As for my daughter¡­ I would be damned before I let someone be her dad or stepdad."


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    In the evening, the following day at Tang Pce.


    Ady alighted from the ck car and entered the threshold of the Tang Pce. As the oversized sses were removed from her eyes, people who were walking by stopped and stared at her with hearty eyes.


    "Lord Ryuu?" She asked the butler in a soft tone who showed her the way towards his room.


    The butler signaled the staff to mind their own work if they didn''t wish to be fired.


    Ryuu who was dozing off opened his eyes quickly as he heard someone entering his room. Looking at the personing into the room, he narrowed his eyes but the other party didn''t flinch under his sharp gaze. The kitten has grown ws, he let out in his mind.


    "I didn''t know that meeting you was more difficult than meeting the president of the country," She said while upying the couch where Alcina was sitting yesterday.


    "I can ask my assistant to get you the appointment of the president if you wish," replied Ryuu.


    "Hah. Who wants to meet the President?" Xiuying said. Grinning, she continued, "I''m here to meet my husband. Aren''t you happy to see me here, Hubby?"


    Upon hearing her words, Ryuu burst outughing. Thank God, Alcina was not here or else he didn''t know what she would have done to his poor legal wife.


    "Did I just crack a joke?" Xiuying asked with a pout.


    "Count your lucky stars that she is not here or I wouldn''t be able to save you from her wrath, " Ryuu said to her with a hint of amusement in his voice.


    Xiuying''s face darkened after hearing those words.


    "She should count the lucky stars that I haven''t killed her yet. That shameless woman had destroyed my whole life. If it wasn''t for her jealousy, I wouldn''t have been suffering like that."


    "Stop," said Ryuu. "You can''t me her, Xiuying. Even if she shouldn''t have meddled, your life was a mess already. She just unknowingly gives a push to prepone the destruction awaiting for you."


    Xiuying was rendered speechless by his tone. Wasn''t the man getting possessive over a woman?


    "What?" Ryuu asked her when he noticed that she was staring at him creepily.


    "You just shattered your reputation that I have painstakingly weaved in my heart. Sigh. Where is the cold and dangerous man who I met on the first day? Who is this softie?"Xiuying dramatically asked.


    "If you don''t tell me the purpose of your visit immediately, the cold and dangerous man wille out," Ryuu said with a straight face.


    "You are no fun, husband," Xiuying said with a chuckle.


    "Call me husband one more time, see what happens¡­"


    Ryuu''s eyes were a little red and his whole body was shaking with indescribable anger. Xiuying shook her head in irony. Howe that stupid woman didn''t see this man who was ready to sacrifice himself just for her? Was she so blind to his obvious feelings? It was clearly written on his face that he was ready to wreak havoc if meant to get her. She had seen it the first day she met him, but why can''t Alcina?


    "Here," Xiuying passed him something. "My dear older brother is plotting something against you. He thought that your men would not uncover the bugs he had imnted in my things. And he was insisting on inviting you to a family dinner. Don''t worry, I know why he wants you there."


    "And how do you know?" Ryuu raised his brow.


    Xiuying smiled before showing him something. "If he can imnt bugs in my stuff, then why can''t I? The only difference between our bugs is that his were easily detectable and ours won''t be detectable to naked eyes."She paused and then added," You can hear their chats on this device. Your assistant provided me with all the important devices."


    "You surpassed my expectations, Xiuying." Ryuu wasn''t stingy with praise.


    Xiuying''s eyes turned red as she asked, "Any news on him?"


    Ryuu paused for a moment. He didn''t know what to say to her. She was doing everything ording to his orders just in return for one thing and he was failing in locating that thing.


    "We are trying to locate him, Xiuying. But there are no traces of his vanishing.. It''s as if someone doesn''t want him to be found," Ryuu replied with a frustrated tone. "Do you suspect anyone from the Huo family? Who do you think can be responsible for Huo Yusheng''s sudden disappearance?"

 Chapter 333 - Fake Wedding

    "Please involve me in the investigation," Xiuying begged him. "If you can''t find him, I will. Just tell me why won''t you add me to your team?"


    "Xiuying, I have promised you before that I will bring him to you if he is alive. Adding you to my investigation team means attracting danger. I''m sorry but I can''t keep your or your child''s life in danger," Ryuu replied. It wasn''t that he was refusing her help. He just wanted her safe.


    Yes, Xiuying was pregnant with Huo Yusheng''s child. And Ryuu knew about it. Little did Ryuu know that an impulsive act on Alcina''s part wouldnd Huo Yusheng and Xiuying''s lives in a greater threat.


    Huo Yusheng was nowhere to be found after Ryuu and Xiuying''s ''fake'' wedding. And he believed that the Ming family had a great part in this great conspiracy. He had promised that he would bring Huo Yusheng back to Xiuying at any cost but she had to do something in return. She had to pretend to be Lord Ryuu''s wife until her lover came back.


    Ryuu had weaved this whole n when he was in London, injured and in a hospital bed. To keep his daughter and woman safe, he had to take another woman as a wife. Xiuying was acting as his cover to protect his family from the mole. There was a mole in his team and to know who the mole was, he had to make this strategy.


    Wasn''t it the reason why only Feng Siyan and a handful of people knew about the existence of his daughter? Only he, Feng Siyan, and now Zhenyi and Long knew that Alcina was ''Queen of serpents'', the top assassin of Phantoms.


    He knew how important it was to make Alcina believe that he and Xiuying were a real couple. Not because it had anything to do with the n but because of personal reasons. He was tired of chasing her, he now wanted her to do the chase. It was time that she epted that they were meant to be together, not the other way around. As for her blind dates, he would let her enjoy it for a few more days.


    Xiuying slumped on the couch, a lone tear came rushing down her cheek. "It has been months, Lord Ryuu. How long must I have to wait? Why must I be suffering because of her actions? Instead of taking responsibility for bringing destruction to my life, you are protecting her. Isn''t it unfair?"


    "You keep on ming her, Xiuying. Isn''t that unfair too?" Ryuu asked her in return. "Don''t you think that you are punishing her in vain?"


    "Haven''t you heard that everything is fair in love and war?" Xiuying said with a sneer after reminiscing what Alcina had done to her. She was more than devastated when she knew that her lover was drugged by Alcina (the weird woman she met on the cruise) in jealousy. If she was taken advantage of when she was at her lowest, perhaps, the man she loved more than life would have been with her.


    "You have your answers, Xiuying. If you are willing to do anything for Huo Yusheng, so is she ready to do anything for iming what''s her," Ryuu told her, protecting Alcina. It wasn''t weird to him that he was protecting Alcina even after knowing what she did was indeed wrong. He would never let her suffer as long as he was with her. She was his life and the mother of his child. It was obvious that he would be protective of her. "She is not oblivious to her feelings. She is just trying to hide them for whatever reasons I don''t know. If Ipromised you that I will find Huo Yusheng for you, then it means that I will. Don''t care what price I may have to pay."


    Nodding, Xiuying picked up her bag and turned to leave but before saying, "I will be waiting for you to fulfill your promise, Lord Ryuu. In the meantime, I will find out what the Ming family is conspiring behind your back."


    "I will look forward to your reports," Ryuu said.


    ______


    "Cat eyes, are you sure this is your ''super idea'' to hang out?" Long Jie asked his wife who was walking through the shopping mall with Faye. He could see the twinkle of mischievousness dancing in her mismatched eyes. When was thest time she acted her age?


    Without bothering to turn back, she pointed her finger at a shop and whispered something to Faye who nodded in return. Now that they were walking to the kid''s section, he was left with no choice but to follow them. Yes,he was officially demoted from husband to bag carrier.


    In the noon, he received a call from his wife who was gushing about how she had a super idea to hang out together. As a crazy man in love, it was obvious that he would be over the moon hearing his wife wanted to spend some alone time with him.


    But s, she was just looking for a man to carry her shopping bags. However, he was more than willing to be one if it meant he would be clinging to her side. Call him a clingy husband, he didn''t care.


    "Baby, how about you try this one?" Zhenyi picked a peach-colored tulle dress for her niece. Both of them were picky when it came to clothes, so it wasn''t a surprise to him that it was the only dress she had chosen from hundreds.


    Seeing her pouring her maternal love on her niece brought a familiar kind of ache in his heart. He wondered if she was trying topensate for her own lost child by loving Faye. He wished to erase all kinds of pain from her life.


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    Note:


    Due to some reason, I have to give up win win this month. I have been thinking about writing a historical romance.. Do leave thement about what you think and what kind of plot would you like. A viiness as a female lead or something else!

 Chapter 334 - Dark Energy

    Initially Zhenyi wanted to reserve the entire shopping mall, but then she decided against it. She wanted to experience what it felt like to enjoy like normal people for a day. Since the mall was under Long groups, she wasn''t worried about the security. And to lessen the suspicion, three of them were wearing casual clothes and masks over their faces. It wasn''t unusual for people to wear masks during this time when the world just had gotten a little over pandemic. Now three of them were looking like a family shopping in a mall.


    Zhenyi walked to the changing room with Faye when an attendant appeared before them. "Ma''am, how about we help the kid in changing?"


    She was about to refuse when she heard Long Jie saying, "Sure, we will be waiting outside."


    "What are you ---" Before she couldplete her sentence, Long Jie dragged her to the opposite room where in bold letters was written ''Staff only''.


    Now she was trapped between his sturdy chest and wall behind her. Wrapping her arms around his neck, she asked,"What are you doing?"


    "Shouldn''t I ask what you are doing?" Long Jie murmured against her lips. How he wished to lock her in his heart forever.


    "Then, ask what I am doing to you?" Zhenyi whispered to him. Caressing his cheek, she brought her lips closer to him.


    "Are you sure that it''s you doing... not me?" Long Jie said as he flipped her position and spread her on the table behind him.


    Smiling wickedly at her, he leaned over and murmured in her ear as he saw her staring at him with wide eyes. "My wild cat eyes can be as tamed as a kitten sometimes."


    "What are you doing?" Zhenyi gulped looking at his devilish expressions. Understanding what he was up to, she cried,"Not here, Jie. We have a kid to look after too --"


    Shutting her mouth with his lips, he brought her closer to him¡­..


    [Rest is up to your imagination.]


    ____


    "Young Master, what are we doing here?" The man who had asked the question was on the verge of crying. Why must God torment him by making him serve this evil man?


    "Dad, I asked the handsome Young Master to buy Yuyu a lot of toys to y with, " A kid said to his silently crying father. ncing at the man called ''Young Master'', he continued," Young Master is the most handsome and outstanding man the world has ever seen. His unparalleled genius brain and immense wealth is the reason why people from all over the world crave to have a single glimpse of our great Young Master."


    This kid named Yuyu had learned the art of sucking up from his father. He used to wonder why his father would boost the ego of this narcissistic Young Master but now that he had known that just saying a few good words in favour of him could make him attain all the toys he yearn to own, he used all the words of his vocabry to suck up to this Young Master.


    The said Young Master picked up a toy from the shelf and tossed it in the air.


    His assistant was about to say that the boy is a child not a dog when he saw his own son running towards the toy like a puppy wailing his tail.


    "I would like to check out the store myself," Young Master said. "Go apany your kid."


    He was walking in the store as if he was taking a stroll in the garden. The shop attendants wanted to say something but were rendered speechless as they felt that they were looking at the embodiment of ''masculine peerless beauty''.


    He felt something weird and warm in his chest as his gaze fell on a masked child who was staring right back at her with nk dark green eyes.


    ''A special child,''he murmured in his heart. He ran his jade carved like hands into the soft and lush tendril of his long blond hair which were tied in a bun and looked almost silver in the first nce.


    Subconsciously, he took steps towards her but stopped when a masked woman came running towards the kid with a man following her.


    She said something to the child who removed his nk gaze from his face and turned to look at the couple with sheer adoration.


    He felt in his heart that he knew this woman but couldn''t remember where he had seen her.


    Only when he heard her voice, he recognise her.


    ''Xin Zhenyi.''


    He had never thought that he would meet this fascinating enemy/friend of his in such a situation. And if he remembers correctly, the manbeside her must be her husband, Long Jie.


    But it wasn''t the couple who he found fascinating but the kid they were apanying.


    He had to unsolve the mystery of this kid and the dark energy surrounding her.


    ''Buddha, Buddha, why must I be so susceptible to this negative energy the kid is carrying?''


    ''And since when did this evil woman have such a child?''


    ''Whatever, he was going to follow her. It has been a while since he had yed with her.''


    His assistant froze when he saw an evil smirk tugging at the Young Master''s lips.


    "Y-young Master, are we returning back to Kun City?" He hesitantly asked. "Or we have some mission left to finish."


    "Your pea-sized brain will not be able to handle the work stress if you continue to starve. Let''s get food first," Young Master said, walking behind Zhenyi and Long Jie who were heading towards the restaurant on the top floor.


    His assistant had tears in his eyes. His Young Master was so great. He knew that he had been hungry since this morning. That''s why he was taking them to a restaurant.


    If the assistant knew the devilish thoughts going on in Young Master''s mind, he would have puked blood.


    A teenage girl suddenly appeared before Young Master who instinctively flipped in the air like a ninja and stood behind the girl, maintaining a good distance between the two of them.

 Chapter 335 - Buddhist

    A teenage girl suddenly appeared before Young Master who instinctively flipped in the air like a ninja and stood behind the girl, maintaining a good distance between the two of them.


    "Young Lady, please maintain distance from our Young Master. Our Young Master is a Buddhist and has detached himself from all the worldly illusions," The assistant said with a straight face. "He doesn''t like meat, especially the tender meat of a young woman like you."


    The teenage girl had a red blotch on each of her cheeks due to embarrassment. She couldn''t believe that she, the number one beauty of her high school, was refused by this handsome yet weird Young man with a freaking bun on his head. Did he think that he was in some ancient Chinese drama?


    Whatever she had to admit that he was an unparalleled beauty!


    At the same time, a burst ofughter was heard and four of them (Young Master, assistant, kid, and the girl) turned around to find another teenage girlughing at them, clutching her stomach. She had tears in her eyes.


    "He Mya, you bitch, do you think this is funny," The girl screamed at theughing girl. "I will kill you!"


    The girl pounced on Mya to grab her hair but Mya twirled, kicking her leg. The girl fell on the ground on her butt, tears came streamed down her cheeks.


    "Yanyan, what happened to you?" A young man came rushing to the crying girl. He helped her to stand on her feet but the girl stumbled falling into his arms.


    "Brother Shen, it was not He Mya''s fault. She didn''t mean to kick me. I just stumbled in my steps and fell down. It has nothing to do with her. It was my fault for not walking carefully," The girl said, biting her lips. Her eyes were red from crying and the young boy was left wondering as to how much Mya had bullied her as the pitiful and weak Yanyan was crying this much. It must be Mya''s fault.


    "MYA!!!"


    "Yun Shen, just decide whose boyfriend you are, mine or this white lotus''s" Mya screamed at her soon-to-be ex-boyfriend. Boys are not reliable these days. That''s why she wanted that ''man'' to date. But sigh, did he have to be twice his age?


    [A/N: You don''t want Alcina to murder you, do you?]


    "Do you feel any shame for bullying a weak girl?" Yun Shen asked, frowning.


    "Weak?" Mya sneered. This white lotus was weak? From where? Oh, yeah in her head.


    "Brother Shen--"


    "Amitabha," Young Master murmured, closing his eyes, his voice loud enough for the people fighting to hear. He stretched out his hand and the assistant got the memo as to what his Young Master needed. His assistant took out a folded piece of paper from his pocket and handed it to Young Master.


    "Here," Young Master said, outstretching his arm, he dropped the scribbled piece of paper in Yanyan''s hand from a distance, making sure not to touch the girl who was emitting negative energy. The girl needed to borrow some positive energy from the universe. "Chant the scribbled words for one hundred and eight times after rinsing your body. Try adding a few drops of holy water to your bath. It will cleanse all the maliciousness and negativityin your heart." Turning his eyes to Yun Shen and Mya, he chanted again, "Amitabha. Amitabha. Bless the hateful girl with the light of love andpassion." And recharge her dead brain cells too if you are in the mood of giving someplementary goods.


    Without wasting any time, he entered the restaurant with his assistant and kid, leaving the three people shocked and embarrassed behind him.


    ¡­


    "Aunt Zhenyi, Where did you go? I was looking for you and Ah-Jie, "Faye said as soon as she sat on the chair. When she came out of the trying room after trying the dresses chosen by her Aunt and Uncle, she didn''t find them anywhere. She wasn''t worried that they would leave her there alone. She was just a little curious as to why she saw her Aunt continuously ring at Long Jie.


    "My dear niece, I saw a tigress and went there to tame her," Long Jie replied. He felt Zhenyi stomping on his feet but didn''t react or grimaced in pain.


    Faye''s eyes bulged funnily. "A tigress in a shopping center? Ah-Jie, you must be mistaken. Ryu said wild animals live in forests, not in developed cities."


    "My queen, shouldn''t you be calling him Uncle Jie?" Zhenyi lovingly patted her head. Well, how could she let another woman/girl call her husband so lovingly by his name? She was not being jealous, yes, she wasn''t being jealous.


    "Why? Isn''t it necessary to call him Uncle Jie?" Faye looked at her aunt innocently. "Ru calls him Ah-Jie and mama too. So, I will do what my Ru does. Same same. Always."


    "Baby, we shouldn''t follow someone blindly, " Zhenyi tried to reason with the little kid. "Sometimes the person we love the most can be wrong too. It''s not just about what you call your Uncle Jie. It will be a lesson for you in the future. I agree Ryuu is a good person and you should listen to him. But listening to him and following him blindly is different. You can''t hero worship him."


    "Says the woman who idolizes her brother like a fangirl," Long Jie murmured.


    "What did you say?"Zhenyi turned to throw res at him.


    "Me?" Long Jie said funilly. "I can even say something against you? Nah, baby, I wouldn''t dare to offend my queen."


    Zhenyi harrumphed and called the waiter to order food. She was vexed by her husband''s shameless actions. Ugh, she didn''t want to talk about him at all.


    ¡­.


    Note:


    You will be more of this Young Master in the next chapters. He can be a little ''vexing'' but he ain''t a good dude. Cough cough. I mean, he ain''t a bad dude.. Plus,we will be going though a continual leap for a few chapters.

 Chapter 336 - No Concubines Just One Green Eyed Beauty

    While Long Jie and Zhenyi were bickering and teasing each other waiting for their order, Young Master Jun was secretly trying to spy on the couple. Since he has the looks of a teenage boy, no one would believe that he was the same Young Master who was purposely fiddling with Zhenyi. First, he sent her letters just to see her vexed face. Then, he arranged the whole scandal between Du Zheng and Xin Zhenyi.


    His goal was simple: he just wanted Xin Zhenyi to announce that she was married to Long Jie. This way, he would have more reasons to y with the Long family through her. Yeah, it was sick of him to poke Long Jie, but he wanted to see what was so special in the infamous Young Master Jie that Xin Zhenyi was head over heels in love with him.


    As he was about to walk to his table, he was again stopped by another over-excited teenage girl. Sigh. Why must he be so exceptionally handsome? Girls die to get a glimpse of his oozing handsomeness.


    "Hey! Hey! Wait!" Mya came running to him. She was huffing and it was evident to him that she was running for a long time. "I just want to say that you are amazing with your verbal attacks."


    Young Master looked at his assistant who understood what he wanted to say. With a professional smile, the assistant moved forward and said, "Young Master says that he knows."


    "Huh?" Mya was at a loss for words. Pondering for a moment, she added,"Is it the infamous ''narcissism''?"


    Young Master again sharply nced at his assistant who gulped and replied to Mya with the same smile, "ording to Young Master, it''s not narcissism but the art of appreciating his own abilities. If he didn''t admit that he is an unparalleled genius in all fields, how would the world?"


    "Young Lady, please leave a way. Our Young Master is hungry and would like to dine in this fine eatery," The assistant said, showing her way.


    Although these three were a bunch of weirdos, the elegance and grace were trickling with every word spoken by them. One could just look at them and conclude that they were royalties of ancient times. Moreover, the assistant was typically behaving like a king''s eunuch.


    "Since you are talking on his behalf, then why don''t you eat on his behalf too?" Mya said with a graceful smile. Inside, she was wishing to beat this weirdo Young Master by pulling his bun.


    Mya tried to scream as she felt a jolt of paining out of nowhere but no voice came out of her mouth. She turned her slightly red eyes to look at the nonchnt weirdo who did something to her, causing her mute. Was he a freaking magician? He had to be otherwise why would she suddenly lose her voice?


    As she opened her mouth to utter something, she felt a weight in her throat and chest which was muffling her voice.


    "Sit and do not open your mouth until I''m finished with my food," Young Master spoke with trickling venomous elegance. His brown orbs which had flecks of gold were staring at her. All she knew was that she couldn''t move her gaze from his eyes. They were the endless abyss that was sucking her life. "If you want your voice back, just sit here until I''m done."


    All of them quietly finished the lunch, but the Young Master had his eyes fixed on the couple sitting a few tables away from them. He was trying to hear their conversation but since the restaurant was noisy, he couldn''t hear what they were talking about. And the fact that he was able to eavesdrop on them was irritating him further.


    Once they were done, he did something with his hand (Voodoo or God knows what) and Mya came out of the hypnosis. Yeah, she felt like she had lost her voice but it wasn''t true. She was forced to believe that she lost her voice when it was with her all along. He hates when he has to use hypnosis to control problematic people especially themoners like this teenage girl. As much as he wished to deny, it was the ultimate truth that he could hypnotize people only with a weak and fickle mind. If he was told to hypnotize people like Zhenyi, Long Jie, Ryuu, or Alcina, he would surely fail.


    "Why am I sitting here?" Mya asked them in confusion. She only remembered that she hade here to express her gratitude.


    "You wanted to thank our Young Master," The Assistant lied with a straight face. He heard Young Master muttering ''Amitabha Amitabha'' on his behalf formitting the sin of lying.


    "Oh, that I remember¡­"Mya was scratching her head like some crazy. She turned around to find why she was there. But unexpectedly, her eye caught another figure sitting a few meters away from her.


    "Miss Zhenyi?" She excitedly mumbled. She stood up to greet Zhenyi but was stopped immediately.


    Young Master understood that this clingy girl knew Xin Zhenyi, so he ordered his Assistant to be a little more shameless and take advantage of the situation.


    "Miss, since our Young Master helped you earlier, you should help him in return," The assistant started. He should be given a gold medal for being shameless like that narcissistic Young Master of his.


    "Exactly. Have you not heard that we must return the favor?" The kid said, wiping his face. His eyes were always following his Young Master. And his sly eyes had noticed a green eyed beauty sitting with the couple. It was the moment that Young Yuyu had decided that she (the green eyed beauty)would be his one and only bride. He would never take concubines.


    "Our Young Master is new to this city.. We are from a very backward vige and know nothing about this big city. Why don''t you show us around? Can you be our guide?"

 Chapter 337 - Eternal Love

    "Our Young Master is new to this city. We are from a very backward vige and know nothing about this big city. Why don''t you show us around? Can you be our guide?" The assistant tried to negotiate in a very shameless way. If the elder Master knew what they were talking about, he would surely beat him to death.


    "To be ahuman is to help other fellow beings, "The kid imparted some words of wisdom. "Be a true one while expressing gratitude. What would our handsome and outstanding Young Master do with ''mere thank you'' if you can''t help us in return?" Yes, please introduce me to my future wife too.


    Mya gritted her teeth while holding her throbbing head between her hands. Whose face had she seen in the morning that she had to deal with these weirdos? She just wanted to thank them but¡­.


    Damm¡­.


    "Ugh. I will help you. Just stop talking." She turned her head back again only to find thatZhenyi and Long Jie were leaving the restaurant with a kid. With a sigh, she veered around and said to the group of weirdos, "I''m going to meet my idol. You better behave and not say a word. Do you get it?"


    The father-kid duo nodded their heads in sync.


    "Come follow me," She said to them. And they obediently followed her. After all, their goal waspleted.


    "Miss Zhenyi?!" Mya acted like a fangirl while walking to Zhenyi. It was clear from her mannerism to Young Master that this clingy girl idolizes this evil woman.


    ''Tsk Tsk. What''s there to idolize about her? If she knew what this woman was capable of doing, she would be running away from her for his life.''


    When Zhenyi saw Mya followed by two young men and a kid, she was taken aback.


    "Mya?" She said in surprise. Truly, she had never expected to meet her in the mall. But she has a rare fondness for this young girl that she couldn''t describe in simple words.


    "How are you, Miss Zhenyi?" Mya asked with an excited smile. With surprise, she stared at masked Long Jie who was carrying a kid sporting a Pikachu mask and matching dress. "Hello, Mr. Long. Do you guys have a kid too?"


    Long Jie was about to say something when Zhenyi said in a low voice, "Yeah, but do not tell anyone about our secret kid. To the world, we have arranged marriage. But only we know how old and extraordinary our love is." She paused to lovingly look at Long Jie and added, "Right honey?"


    "Yeah," Long Jie found himself murmuring. What was she ying at now?


    "Wow. You guys are so cute," Mya couldn''t help but exim. "You are my idol couple now." Looking at the kid, she said, "Hi little baby, I''m Mya. What''s your name?"


    Faye looked at Long Jie and then at her Aunt Zhenyi in confusion as to where did this cartoone from? She was already vexed after wearing a cartoon dress and now that this odd womannded in front of her¡­ Sigh, why was the life of a five years old kid so difficult?


    Nevertheless, she turned her head to bury it in Long Jie''s neck. ording to her Ryuu, we must not pay attention to worthless pests. And if they are clingy, just act like a wilful child. He had also told her that wilful children are more cute and adorable. So, she would just act cute and adorable.


    "Ah, does the little baby, not like this big sister?"Mya tried to act cute. But only if it would work on the arrogant little mighty Tang.


    "At least look at this big sister," Mya said helplessly. She really liked this kid but the kid wasn''t even looking at her.


    Annoyed, Faye looked at Mya and said in childishnguage, "Faye has no siblings." She then looked at Zhenyi adorably, blinking her eyes, and added, "Right?"


    "Yes, yes, my little queen."


    Long Jie shook his head helplessly. His wife is gonna be a gullible mom in the future.


    At the same time, another little figure emerged beside Mya. He pulled up his non-existent sleeves above his elbow and stylishly put his hand forward to shake with Faye¡­ obviously.


    "Hey, your name is Queen?" He asked while putting forward his hand. With a wink, he added, "You can call me ''my king''."


    Dumbfounded, Zhenyi asked him, "Your name is ''my king''?"


    The kid tsked at her and said indifferently, "Not your king, woman, just this beauty''s king." He then looked at Long Jie who was staring right back at him (more like ring at him) , "Father-inw, control mother-inw. She is getting wilder. And please ept the greetings of your soon-to-be son-inw." Again shifting his attention to Faye, "And my beauty please do not forget this admirer of yours who will always be your King. I have devoted my life to you."


    Behind the scenes, Young Master pulled some bill notes from his pocket and handed them out to his assistant who was slightly confused with the odd actions of his boss. Although Young Master was an oddball, but still...


    "What is the money for, Young Master?" He couldn''t help but ask.


    "To arrange the proper burial of your son," Young Master replied nonchntly. "Only if you get to see his corpse."


    Assistant: Wait what?


    "Gu Tian!! Throw this brazen kid in the pacific ocean along with his parents," Long said, scaring his guards in the process.


    "Jie, you are scaring everyone," Zhenyi murmured while patting his shoulder. "Plus, he is just a kid. No need to take him seriously."


    "You kid, have you ever heard about the gate of hell?" Zhenyi sweetly asked the boy named Yuyu who nodded in return. "I will ask my guards to throw you there if you insist on flirting with our family''s kid. The embers will roast your ass finely. "


    With this said, the couple left with their niece.


    Yuyu found the Young Master boring hole into his head. "Young Master, my mother-inw is so fierce."


    "Then, stop eyeing their daughter."


    "How can I?" Yuyu dramatically cried. "She is my future bride. I will not let this cruel world separate me from my eternal love."


    "Then, prepare a bag to reside in the gate of hell for the time you are left with."

 Chapter 338 - Complications Are Not Worth It

    "Hi! I didn''t know that we would meet again," Jin Xian said, a smile tugging on his face as he upied the empty seat in front of Alcina.


    Alcina cursed her ill fate as soon as she looked up. He was the same man who Esma had set her up withst time. Technically, that wasn''t a blind date as Esma had called her for lunch and then forced her to go in her ce.


    "Umm...weren''t you Allenst time?" Alcina asked him, slightly confused. As much as she remembered, he introduced her by the name ''Allen''.


    "Weren''t you Esma toost time?" Jin Xian asked her, raising his perfectly arched brow.


    If you ask Alcina what was wrong with this guy? She would answer that he was too beautiful. His beauty came across as a little feminine. He and Ryuu were like earth and sky.


    "I think we clearedst time that I''m not Esma," Alcina said suddenly, offended.


    "Sorry, if I offended you but I was really kidding, "Jin Xian said with an apologetic smile. " As for Allen, that''s my English name. I go by Allen Jin."


    "Oh¡­"


    "How many blind dates did Mr. Jin usually attend?" Alicia asked him. She wondered if this poor man was forcibly sent on blind dates because as far as she could see he was handsome and really wealthy. Were not these enough reasons for women to flock around him?


    "Miss Long, to tell you the truth it''s the second blind date I have been forcibly sent¡­ because of my grandmother. Last time, it was my sister who announced she is setting me up with her friend''s therapist. And this time it was my grandmother who was over the moon that I will be marrying her best friend''s granddaughters," Jin Xian said with a deep sigh. "I didn''t want to show up. But then the thought of standing up on a woman didn''t end well with me. So, here I am to apologize to you."


    To say Alcina was touched by his honesty would bepletely true. At least he wasn''t like her who couldn''t say no to her grandmother and nor to her heart. It took a sheer amount of courage to ept what your heart truly desired. And she was failing in this aspect badly.


    "Thank you for telling me the truth," Alcina said with a small smile. It was good that she didn''t have to pretend to be interested in him.


    "Since I didn''t upset you, I should leave now," Jin Xian said and stood up to leave. He was a straightforward, no nonsense type of guy to begin with.


    Alcina nodded. As Jin Xian was about to stand up, she noticed a man sitting on the nearby table spying on her. For God''s sake, she was a top assassin under Phantoms, did Ryuu think she wouldn''t notice his man mingling in the crowd?


    What a sneaky bastard!


    Didn''t he say he didn''t care what she did?


    Now, what were his men doing here?


    ying hide and seek?


    "Mr. Jin, "Alcina softly called out his name and grasped his hand to prevent him from leaving. He paused when he heard her calling him in a mellow voice," Please don''t go."


    He peered up to see her beautiful green eyes beseeching him to not leave her. In a daze, he didn''t realize when he nodded and sat back in his seat. Taking advantage of the situation, Alcina ordered for both of them.


    "I''m sorry," Alcina mumbled as soon as the waiter disappeared after taking their order. "I didn''t mean to¡­"


    "I get it," Jin Xian replied with a patient smile. "Someone is spying on you?"


    Alcina nced at him in shock. " How do you know?"


    " I''m a criminalwyer. How do you think I make a living by my profession?"Jin Xian said nonchntly, leaning against the sofa.


    "Should we call the police?" He added.


    [This guy¡­ he is too sweet to be true. I wish my heart had fallen for this guy instead of that¡­.Ugh. Not going down thatne. ]


    Alcina shook her head. "No, it''s harmless."


    "A boyfriend?" He asked a whileter.


    "Nah, one of hisckeys," Alcina sneered. Was Ryuu even her boyfriend? He was just her baby daddy.


    Jin Xianughed at hearing from her. " Must be special to get a sharp reaction out of you. "


    Alcina slumped on the sofa, "It''splicated." She didn''t know why she shared this piece of information with him. But sometimes, it was easier to share your problem with a stranger than with your close friends. Speaking of friends, she couldn''t consider anyone except for Esma her friend. Talking about Ryuu with Esma was out of the question as she hated him with everything.


    "You see, Alcina, nothing is reallyplicated. We, humans, are strange creatures. We insist on making every single thingplicated just like ourselves. The matters of the heart are always delicate and very fragile no matter how strong the foundation of your rtionship is. If you do not handle it well, you are bound to suffer, "Jin Xian told her wisely. He was honestly talking from his personal experience.


    "What if it is reallyplicated, like realplicated?" Seeing his raised brow, she continued," If I decide to take a step forward, it''s gonna affect at least four lives."


    "I had a girlfriend in college. We were so in love that we didn''t even care about the fact that our families were each other''s, arch enemies. After dating for six years, I chose my family over her, kept on convincing myself that the matter was veryplicated and this was the only way as my parents would never have epted her," Jin Xian told her with a sad smile. "Took me two months to get my head out of my ass to understand that I couldn''t live without her. And when I went back to her, she was gone. It''s been eight years and I am still waiting for her. You know what I regret the most, Alcina? The rivalry between our family wasn''t worth leaving her. I should have stayed and looked for a solution to our problems than tormenting myself by forcing me to leave without her. Complications are not worth sacrificing your love."


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 Chapter 339 - Zhang Family

    "Jin Xian, Ryuu one told me that sometimes strangers give the best kind of advice. I just scoffed at his words thinking he was just being philosophical as usual, but no he was right," Alcina said. "You are right,plications, big or small, are not worth sacrificing the only thing my heart desires. I do not want to even think about waiting for eight years for him to finally divorce her. For once,consequences can just go to hell."


    Alcina stood up, ready to leave the restaurant. She had decided that she was going to get her man. Even if she had to be Xiuying''s ve for the rest of her life, she would not mind as long as she forgave her for being the third person in their marriage. Ryuu didn''t love Xiuying. So,wasn''t it better that they break this superficial marriage?


    Jin Xianughed while shaking his head. This girl was so ready to make a confession. He must not stop her."Should I drop you somewhere?"


    Alcina pondered for a moment before nodding. As both of them were about to exit the restaurant, she bumped into a feminine figure who froze all of an abruptly beside her. Alcina saw a petite woman standing shell shocked staring at Jin Xian. She was wearing a red business suit and her dark hair was cut into a sleek Bob giving her a chic but mature look.


    "Xian?"She mumbled, her eyes still wide.


    Alcina turned her eyes to look at Jin Xian who was staring at her with eyes full of longing, love ,devotion, and what not!


    "Is she the one?"Alcina whispered in his eyes. Since she was a tall woman, she easily reached his ear.


    Jin Xian nodded.


    Alcina''s face was full of smiles. "Hey miss! May I know your name?"


    The woman veered her eyes to look at an exceptionally beautiful and tall woman. "Umm, Huo Juan."


    "Miss Huo, I''m Alcina. Jin Xian''s today''s blind date," Alcina said, her eyes shining with mischievousness. "But you see this wonderful man just appeared to apologize to me. He confessed to me that he couldn''t stay because he is still utterly, totally and madly in love with his ex. And was thinking of ways to woo her back since she is back in the country. I wonder if I should beat the shit out of him or appreciate such rare people who love madly and hardly."


    "Xian--"


    "An, I''m sorry. Alcina is just being Alcina. Don''t pay any attention to her words." Jin Xian was trembling with panic. He has no idea that Alcina was so blunt. He feared that Juan would misunderstand him.


    "Does that mean she is lying?"Huo Juan asked him with slight hesitation.


    "No. No. No." Jin Xian panicked. "I do want to overwhelm you with my feelings. I don''t deserve to say all these things after all the things I have done to you."


    Alcina cleared her throat and both of them shifted their attention to her. "You see guys. I gotta go. But if you decide to marry each other, do send me an invitation. Dude, you got my number or you can ask Esma again¡­ but pay attention that she might end up stealing your beautiful future wife. See you at your wedding. Do not disappoint me, Sensei Xian."


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    Alcina was strolling and humming when she felt someone''s presence behind her. She slowly stopped and turned to find that few guards had encircled her. They undoubtedly didn''t belong to Ryuu or the Long family. They were special men trained uniquely by the Zhang family. And only came out when the missionis A level or more grave than it. She contemted as towhy they are surrounding her now.


    "Young miss, you are ordered toe with us immediately?" the leader said to her coldy but in a respectful tone. She was after all Zhang Ye Bo''s only granddaughter. So, it was obvious that these people would rather die than disrespect her.


    "Tell my grandfather that I am busy and can''te back to entertain him,"Alcina nonchntly replied and flipped like a ninja and got out of the circle these guards had made.


    As Alcina came out of their hold, dozens more guards appeared and enveloped her again. It seemed like they were prepared to bring her back to Zhangs this time.No matter how good she was in martial arts, she couldn''t win against more than thirty people who were taught the same of killing like her.


    "Fine ,"Alcina groaned and went inside the parked car.


    "It better be urgent ,"She red at them. But no one reacted. She wondered if the old man had died and was now called back to read the will. But why would be her luck so good? The old man couldn''t die before killing her.


    Three hourster, the car entered the mighty entrance of the Zhang ancestral house. The house span up to thirty acres ofnd. The Zhang n was one of the most powerful hidden ns. When other ns moved out of the viges to gain more power. Zhangs stayed out of the power struggle. Since they were into medicines, they chose to stay away from the big business families in the capital. They were infamous for being reclusive. However, their power and influence must not be questioned. They were still the best in their field. The majority of the best doctors in Asia,in both traditional and western medicine came from this n. They were renowned for producing geniuses.


    "It''s nice to see you, Butler Mo," Alcina greeted the Butler while entering the main hall.


    The butler gave her an apologetic smile. From his smile, she could deduce that her Grandfather was more than just upset this time. She wondered what she had done this time to make the house help tremble in fear.


    As if on cue, she saw her grandfather sitting on a wheel chair beside Mo Jiang, his longtime caretaker, Zhang Boyan, the heir of the Zhang family, Zhang Ming, her grandfather''s advisor and a few more significant people.. They were starting at her as if she hadmitted a great sin.

 Chapter 340 - That Damned Family...

    As if on cue, Alcina saw her grandfather sitting on a wheelchair, and beside him standing were Mo Jiang, his longtime caretaker, Zhang Boyan, the heir of the Zhang family, Zhang Ming, her grandfather''s advisor, and a few more significant people from the Zhang family.


    When they saw Alcinaing towards them, Zhang Ye Bo gestured everyone except for Zhang Boyan and Mo Jiang to leave.


    "Grandfather." Alcina bowed respectfully, observing that her grandfather''s face was red from anger. His hands were trembling. His old face had aged twice in a single day. It was clear that she was holding back his real feelings. She truly wondered this time as to which ''big sin'' she hadmitted this time.


    When was thest time he was this angry?


    Ah, it was the time when she came back to the Zhang family, disappearing for more than two years. During that period she had given birth to Faye. Her body had taken more than five months to recover and so, she wasn''t able toe back to the Zhang family. Moreover, in her vulnerable condition, it was impossible for her to run away from Ryuu. Thinking about this, she remembered how he took care of her and their daughter during that tough time when they were under attack and were hiding in Southeast Asia.


    Coming back to Zhang¡­.


    "Alcina, I will ask you the questions and you will answer me truthfully," Zhang Ye Bo said, his white beard twitching with anger.


    Oh, old man, you are angry? What a coincidence. So is she! You were the reason why she couldn''t confess to his man.


    "Yes grandfather, " Alcina obediently replied. Alcina''s rtionship with her grandfather was simr to her rtionship with Tang Reine.


    The only difference was that despite her hatred for Tang Reine, she respected her the most but when it came to this old man, she had no words to describe her feelings. All she could say was that she hated this old man with every fiber of her being, but because he was the reason why she was alive today, she owed him. She would endure all the mistreatment as long as he didn''t cross her bottom line. And everyone knew that her bottom line was Faye and Ryuu.


    "Where were you from thest two months?"


    "Beijing."


    "Who were you staying with?"


    "A friend."


    "Were you taken here without your will?"


    "Yes."


    "Did you meet Long Shaoming?"


    Alcina hesitated for a moment but then replied, "Yes."


    Zhang Ye Bo clenched his shaky hands in a fist. "Did you tell him that you are Elena''s daughter with his bastard brother?"


    "My father doesn''t deserve to be called names, Grandfather," Alcina softly whispered but still loud enough to be audible.


    "Did you tell him or not!" Zhang Ye Bo said in a harsh and loud voice. How could he not hate Long Ah Shaan when that bastard was the reason why his beloved daughter was dead? The only reason why Alcina was precious to him --- Alcina looks exactly like her mother.


    "Yes," Alcina murmured.


    "Who are you now to the world?"


    Alcina paused for a long while and then decided to say the truth," Long Alcina."


    Behind them, Zhang Boyan closed his eyes in despair. He wouldn''t be able to bear what was going to happen next. He pondered when would she leave this stubbornness of hers?!


    "ZHANG ALCINA!! Do you know what you have done? Since you so badly want death, why don''t I give it to you myself?" Zhang Ye Bo''s voice was heard in the whole Zhang residence. The servants were trembling like dried leaves hearing the angry voice of their old master. Everyone knew how much he treasured this only granddaughter of his. However, his love alone for her wasn''t enough to save her from the cruel punishment she would be going through for breaking the rules of the n. "Do you at least feel ashamed of yourself, Alcina?"


    "I''m sorry, Grandfather, for hurting you. But no one will answer my questions. That''s why I took the matter into my own hands," Alcina replied to him. Her head was no longer hanging low. Instead, she was staring right into his old eyes which were the same color as hers. The chillness andck of fear in her green orbs weren''t something they were unfamiliar with. Instead, Alcina was infamous for her stubbornness and rebellious streak. She was what your parents warned not to befriend. She was walking and talking juxtaposition of hardheadedness.


    "I''m ready for any punishment. Just forgive me," She then added. Her words made clear to him that he or any of his cruel punishment couldn''t stop him from seeking answers. And she was not begging his forgiveness for going to the Long family but for the emotional pain, she had caused him.


    "MO JIANG!! Bring it out!" Of course, the old man refused to ept that he wouldn''t be able to change her mind. But Zhang Boyan standing beside him knew that no force in the world could change Alcina''s decision. Perhaps, Zhang Ye Bo failed to see how much she loved her father or perhaps, he didn''t want to see it.


    "Master?" Mo Jiang''s teary eyes urged his master to think once again. How could he see his master hurting the delicate and fragile Young Miss? Just look how thin her arms are?


    "Do you wish to be as willful as her?" Zhang Ye Bo was beyond mad this time. Why must everyone submit to this willful girl?


    "I will bring it out immediately." Mo Jiang knew the more he dyed it, the more angry the old man would be, and the crueler the punishment would be.


    Alcina''s eyes darted to Zhang Boyan who was looking at her coldly. Both of them knew what was about toe. But Alcina was thest person on the to be scared of punishment. She was numb to her grandfather''s punishment. After all, it wasn''t the first time¡­ she was not getting punished for being Long Ah-Shaan''s daughter for the first time¡­. And it won''t best either¡­.


    When Mo Jiang came with ash, Zhang Ye Bo spoke, "Hit her till she agrees to cut all her ties with that damned family."


    Alcina just smiled coldly at the three of them. "Start Mo Jiang, I have to leave in the morning.. The earlier you finish, the quicker I will be back to my destination."

 Chapter 341 - Raise Hell

    "10¡­"


    "12.."


    "15¡­"


    "20¡­"


    "30¡­"


    Zhang Yi Bo looked at his granddaughter who was enduring the painfulshes withoutining. He was worried about her more than she understood. His method was wrong and he knew it too. But he wanted her to feel this severe pain to realize what awaited her in that family. If not for that family, his precious daughter would have been alive.


    This pain ofshes was nothing in front of the pain that the Long family was about to cause her if she insisted on looking for the past..


    "50.."


    "Should I continue, Master?" Mo Jiang looked at Zhang Ye Bo who was coldly staring at his granddaughter.


    Alcina again proved to him that his punishment had no effect on her¡­. Perhaps, he needs to take a soft approach this time as his hard approach evidently failed¡­


    "Make sure she kneels in the ancestral hall all night. If she fails to do that. Doubleshes and double the amount of time kneeling in the ancestral hall." With this said, he was gone.


    ''Alcina, you will listen to me. So what ifshes no longer work on you? Something else surely will¡­ Just wait for me to know about your weakness¡­ ''


    "Young Miss, please let me get the medicine," Mo Jiang said with tears in his eyes. He wished to cut off his hands for hitting the delicate flower like young miss. Why wasn''t he dead? He should die for hurting her, shouldn''t he?


    "Mo Jiang, I have to leave early in the morning. If you go to bring medicine, it will take unnecessary time. Let me go to kneel in the ancestral hall. I do not want to upset Grandfather more than he already is." Alcina limply stood up. Throwing away her heels, she walked towards the ancestral hall, and on reaching, she slowly bent her bleeding knees to kneel while folding her hands.


    Zhang Boyan saw that Alcina''s peach colored summer dress was stained red. Rubbing his forehead, he leaned his back against the door and kept on looking at her.


    Never had he ever seen such a determined and strong character! No amount of wealth or pain could waiver her heart. Her leaving the Tang family and returning to Zhang family was enough proof for him to know that she never cared about wealth and the life associated with it. And the pain she was currently going through told him different tales about her.


    He still remembers the time when he first saw Zhang Ye Bo punishing Alcina with the samesh. She was eighteen at that time. She had dared to break the first and most important role of the n. Despite being the medical genius of the generation, she chose to abandon the noble profession by choosing God knows what over it.


    How could a proud young man like him bear to see a beautiful and fragile Alcina getting beaten in front of his eyes? Or this was what he had been telling him. The truth was he was jealous of how she would not say a word when that man from the Tang family would do anything for her but would scream murder if someone else would try to do the same.


    To get close to her, he had begged Zhang Ye Bo to giveshes to him instead of her. Surprisingly, Zhang Ye Bo agreed to give him 50shes on Alcina''s ount. And when he thought he was done, Zhang Ye Bo had asked Mo Jiang to give 70 more to Alcina. That was the day he learned that saving Alcina from Zhang Ye Bo''s wrath means putting her in further danger.


    Zhang Ye Bo was ruthless¡­


    He thought that his punishment was working on her¡­ When the truth was¡­ Zhang Ye Bo and his severe methods had given rise to a monster¡­ a monster that was numb to both physical and emotional pain.


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    The next morning¡­.


    As the sunlight entered the room, Alcina shouted, "Mo Jiang, the night has ended. Tell grandfather that Ipleted my punishment."


    A momentter, Mo Jiang came running. "Young Miss, let me help you please."


    "Nah. Nah. I''m fine." Alcina stopped him from helping her. "I have to leave early." So, what if her bones were breaking and her strength was losing? She couldn''t go back on her words. What kind of woman would she be if she goes back on her words?


    She had promised Faye that she would have breakfast with her at any cost. And of course, she had a confession to make. She was going to im the love of her life. She had enough of everything. She wanted Ryuu now. He was hers! Only hers! So what if she had to be a viin for the sake of her and her daughter''s happiness? Ifter she had to beg for Xiuying''s forgiveness, so be it.


    Just the thought of Ryuu and their life ahead was enough to ignite strength inside her. The pain she was feeling was nothing in front of the happiness she was going to have.


    As Alcina tried to stand up, she fell on the ground. From the kneeling, her body went numb. She tried a few more times but failed¡­ her legs along with her arms were tingling¡­ she couldn''t decide what she was feeling in words¡­ It was an out of world experience.


    "Young Miss, are you alright?" Mo Jiang came forward to hold her but was stopped by another hand. "Young Master?" Mo Jiang called out his name in surprise.


    "Drink this," Boyan said, ignoring the Butler, and passed a ss containing liquid of some sort to Alcina.


    "What''s this?" She asked him suspiciously.


    "If you want to go back, then quietly drink it. Or keep on lying here," Boyan casually said. He behaved as if her near to death experience wasn''t affecting him at all but it was far from true.


    Alicia red at him but silently took the ss from his hand and drank it.


    "You lied to me. It has resting pills¡­" Alcina wasn''t able toplete her words before she had fallen unconscious. Thankfully, he was there to pick her up in his arms.


    "Young Master, she will raise hell once she wakes up," Mo Jiang said concernedly.


    "Who cares? The world doesn''t only have one stubborn person."

 Chapter 342 - Anyone But You Zhangs

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    As Zhang Boyan was carrying Alcina to her room, he heard Alcina incoherently sleep talking. This girl had walls as high as a fortress around her heart. She was always sharp evechangesr sleep. He wondered how she was mumbling in her sleep today. If she hadn''t swallowed the medicine, he knew that she would have cut his limbs until now.


    Heid her in the middle of the vast bed and ordered the maids,"Clean her up first and then apply the medicines I sent you on her body. Make sure that she sleeps for at least a few hours."


    "Young Master Boyan, pain relievers don''t work on Young Miss," the old maid who used to serve her said. " She will be awake in a few hours."


    He rubbed his temple in anxiousness and said,"Clean her up first. Then, I will see her personally."


    Zhang Boyan was another genius of their generation. He was the heir of the Zhang n. So, it wasn''t unusual for him to check Alcina''s health. They both were trained together in traditional medicine after Alcina had returned to the Zhangs. She was already a teenager when Zhang Ye Bo had found this granddaughter of his.


    "How is she?" Zhang Ye Bo asked when he saw Zhang Boyaning downstairs.


    "Imagine experiencing fiftyshes and then kneeling in the cold for a whole night,"Zhang Boyan sarcastically replied. Of course, he hated the old man just like Alcina but was tolerating him just because he was an elder.


    "If you are so worried about her, why don''t you tie her up by marrying her?" The old man retorted. ording to him, every problem would be solved as long as Alcina married this young man and settled down. Once she became his wife, she would leave all her stubbornness.Also, she would stop investigating her parents.


    "Huh." Zhang Boyan heaved out a long suffering sigh. This old man was seeking his death. Still, he replied, "Clipping Alcina''s wings means inviting a Phoenix to burn down the whole Zhang n.Elder Zhang, I don''t even know what she does for a living. But the air or the bloodlust surrounding her is enough to tell me that whatever she does is not so noble. God forbid, if she still makes those deadly poisons--"


    "Boyan! Don''t talk about forbidden topics. She had vowed that she would never make poisons." Elder Zhang was aware of Alcina''s talent for making the deadliest poisons in the world. But he had made Alcina vow on the Zhang n that she would never make them.


    Poor old man, perhaps didn''t know how much she hated him and his n. Just because she respected him didn''t mean she didn''t hate him.


    And he seriously thought that a simple vow could stop her from creating poisons?


    She could concoct the kind of poison one had never thought existed.


    "What about the Long family now? Both of us know that she wouldn''t end her ties with them just because you say so. Give her time and use another approach. " Boyan was tired of making this old man understand his point of view.


    Alcina wasn''t the same rebellious teenager out to end the world like before. She had changed so much since the time he had seen her. She had matured in the course of these five years. He wondered what changed the sensitive and the impulsive girl!


    Little did he know that it was motherhood that changed her. Although she didn''t touch or see her daughter for five years, she still made a lot of changes in her life. She started making her life choices keeping her daughter in mind.


    "I know how to make her listen to me," Zhang Ye Bo said, shutting all the ways of continuing this conversation.


    "Young Master, you can check up on Young Miss now," A maid came to inform him. She hesitated before saying further.


    "What happened?" Zhang Boyan asked her.


    "Umm...she had been calling for someone in her sleep." The maid was shocked to see Alcina crying in sleep, calling for someone to help. She had never seen their young Miss crying so pitifully before. She was always the epitome of strength and stubbornness. She used to wonder if Alcina had ever shed a tear. But seeing her breaking down in her sleep made her realize that she was a human too just like all of them.


    "Calling someone in sleep?" Elder Zhang spoke up."Is she calling someone''s name?"


    The maid nodded. "Something like Ryuu¡­"


    Zhang Ye Bo closed his eyes and sank into his wheelchair.


    "Who is he or she?" Zhang Boyan asked him.


    "He is the current head of the Tang family...the same boy who she threatened to marry before." Zhang Ye Bo was beyond furious this time. "I will make sure that he dies. Bastard! He is the reason for her stubbornness. Does she think I don''t know where she is!"


    Zhang Boyan fell quiet after hearing him. That boy still affects Alcina the same.


    Quietly, he left the room to check up on Alcina and only returned after administering her wound and injecting medicine.


    Just like he had anticipated, Alcina woke up after a few hours. Since anesthesia didn''t work on her, she woke up with a great pain.


    "Ah¡­ why does my body hurt like hell?"


    "Maybe , if you weren''t so difficult, it wouldn''t..."


    "Jeez, why is it you?"Alcina made a dirty face as she saw Zhang Boyan standing before him.


    " Why? Were you hoping for someone to see?"Zhang Boyan said with gritted teeth.


    "Anyone but you Zhangs."


    "Alcina, if Zhangs aren''t your family then who are? Longs or Tangs?" He didn''t know why he was so angry. Yes, he knew from the beginning that she didn''t like this family. But still¡­


    "Longs? Nah. They are snakes. Tangs? Yeah, they are close enough to my heart to be called my family,"Alcina nonchntly replied. She was daring him to go and snitch on her.


    "Girl¡­ do you know Tangs and Zhangs are arch enemies?" Zhang Boyan felt like banging his head on the wall.

 Chapter 343 - Goodbye

    "So?"Alcina raised her brow. She was already in pain and this dumbo was making her headache too. "Whether they are enemies or not ¡­ it had nothing to do with me."


    "Really?" Zhang Boyan asked sarcastically. "Are you not in a rtionship with that man? Is he not a Tang?"


    "Zhang Boyan, you still haven''t got me all figured out like you think. If therees a day where I have to choose between Zhangs and him, trust me, it will always be him. Whether I am his woman or not¡­ this has nothing to do with where my loyalty lies."


    "Alcina, why must you choose such a dangerous life when you can live like a queen here between your own people?" questioned Zhang Boyan.


    " Queen?"Alcina sneered. "I am already one. As for my own people, you guys are not. I''m still a Zhang because my grandfather wants someone to pay for the death of his daughter¡­.and that is me¡­ Long Ah Shaan''s daughter."


    "Now please get the hell out of her. I have to leave for ''home''."


    _____


    A few minutester Alcina alighted the stairs and found Zhang Ye Bo sitting on his wheelchair and from his attitude, it appeared as if he had been waiting for her.


    "Are you leaving?" He directly asked her. He could see that she was ready to leave.Seeing her walking normally, it seemed she was not as injured as these people were making a big deal out of it.


    "Yeah," She replied shortly.


    Both the old man and Alcina were straightforward and people. They would not revolve in circles to make their point.


    "I heard you are looking for Boyan''s new medicine." The old man had heard from his spies in the medical council that Alcina was asking about one particr medicine. Boyan was in charge of that medicine. And so, the young man had tried to suppress the news that Alcina was inquiring about it from reaching his ear.


    "Yeah. The party is willing to pay any price," Alcina replied. She wasn''t surprised to find that the old man knew about it. It would be really surprising if he didn''t know about it.


    "I will have someone send you the medicine but not before you pay the price," Zhang Ye Bo said immediately.


    "Are you sure?" Alcina paused as she heard his words. She needed medicine as soon as possible. The medicine could save Ryuu. As for price, she was ready to pay any price.


    "Yeah," He replied, staring at his granddaughter''s slightly twinkling eyes.


    "Okay, tell me what''s the price? I will take the medicine with me. You can send a doctor too to see the patient. Tell me quickly what''s the price?" See, Alcina was really excited. She had been trying to treat Ryuu but medicine waspletely working on him. If she got this medicine, they could minimize the side effects.


    But only she knew what a heavy price she had to pay to get it.


    "The price is that... you marry Boyan immediately." Zhang Ye Bo was hellbent on clipping her wings.


    "What?!!" Alcina stood there shell-shocked.


    "Marry him and the medicine is yours," The old man indifferently answered.


    "Are you kidding me?!" Alcina shouted for the first time at the old man.


    He nced at her as if he hadn''t dropped a bomb on her head and said, "Alcina, I will repeat once again, marry Boyan immediately and take medicine after that."


    Suddenly, Alcina burst outughing. Sheughed so hard that her stomach started hurting. Zhang Ye Bo and others started looking at her in confusion. Did they just crack a joke?


    "Grandfather¡­" Still, she couldn''t control herughter.


    "Did Boyan not tell you that he had already sent the medicine?"Alcina asked, stillughing.


    "Impossible!!" The old man shouted. "The council would never make a decision without asking me."


    "Do you remember mom''s caretaker?" Alcina asked him slightly amused. "She was poisoned. Your people found her dead in her home. Zhang Boyan was obsessed with her case, remember? He along with the core members of your council wanted that poison. They were ready to pay any price for that poison."


    Of course, Zhang Ye Bo remembered. The council was of the view that if they found who created that poison, they could create medicine out of it because the content of the poison was almost simr to the content of the medicine they were working on. And so, they had announced that if they found the genius who had concocted the poison, they would agree with all of his/her conditions for persuading him/her to join their team.


    A week ago, that genius contacted them and informed them of his conditions. He would give the council form of the poison and in return, they were to sign a contract with him. And they sessfully signed the contract.


    "That¡­" The old man was at a loss for words.


    "Of course, that genius was me, Alcina Long... soon to be Alcina Tang." Alcina was quite aware of the fact that the Zhangs were greedy for knowledge. And so, she used this weakness against them. She got the medicine before the old man could shove his shaky legs in the deal. "And, you see old man, this is thest time you will see me or meet me. I tolerated all of your torture because I wanted answers. But since I realized that there was no benefit in living in the past and avenging those people who brought the cmity on themselves, there is no meaning in staying a Zhang. After all, I never wanted to be one."


    "You are making a mistake, Zhang Alcina," Zhang Ye Bo said, too calmly.


    Alcina just shrugged like it had nothing to do with her. "Goodbye, Grandfather. Let''s not kidnap me like this again in the future. You may not know but Ryuu has a tendency of going berserk if someone touches his people."


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    Note:


    Volume three after Alcina and Ryuu''s love confession.. If I remember correctly,I informed you all that Volume two will be focused on unveiling Longs and Xins secret.

 Chapter 344 - Dont Ever Change

    "Ryuu! Ryuu! Ryuu!" The old man screamed like an insane. "What can that bastard give you that I can''t? I have been raising you since I brought you here. Why can''t you be thankful once?!!!"


    "He can give me safety, home, care, and a family. All the things that you never gave me and nor you can," Alcina said while walking towards the door. "Goodbye, Grandfather. I will meet you at your funeral if not at my wedding."


    "Stop right there," Old man shouted. "One order and my men will lock you here forever."


    Alcina just turned back to smile at him."Oh, then, by all means, call them. ¡­ call and see if theye."


    Realization hit the old man. She had done something to the guards...


    "Come on, Grandfather. I kill people for a living. If I dared toe here¡­ it was natural that I would have thought of a way to get out of here."


    "Ciao Ciao, Old man."


    ___


    The first thing that Alcina did afternding in Beijing was heading directly to Xin Mansion. She got out of the cab and entered the huge gate of the Xin residence. Since she wasn''t driving her own car and cab drivers weren''t allowed to go any further from this point, she got out of the cab and started walking the rest of the distance.


    She was trying to walk normally and if anyone would see her in this condition, no one would say that she was just given heavy steroids a few hours ago or that she was the same person who had enduredshes and night-long kneeling on the cold floor.


    "Master, Miss Alcina is here to see Missy," Butler announced.


    "Where is she?" asked Xin Yichen with a frown. "Didn''t she promise to meet her in the morning?"


    "She is waiting in the living room."


    It wasn''t that he had any kind of bad blood with Alcina. It was just that his granddaughter had been looking at the main door since the morning, waiting for her mother. Faye was a sensitive kid. So, when Alcina didn''te on time, she was heartbroken. She had started thinking if her mom had abandoned her again.


    "My mama is here?" Faye also heard Butler''s voice. Her eyes twinkled once again as she sprinted towards her mom.


    While sprinting, Faye stumbled and fell on the floor, making her lips bleed in the process.


    Alcina and Xin Yichen ran towards the kid whose lip was bleeding badly.


    "Get me the first aid box now," Alcina shouted and took her daughter in her arms. She held back the pain which was caused by hugging Faye. Her kid was more important than the temporary pain that she was feeling currently.


    Gently, she applied medicine on Faye''s lips and then coaxed her to sleep. Now that her daughter was in her arms, she let her feel the scent of milk and baby powder. She caressed her face tenderly.


    [You must me me for leaving you alone, don''t you? But tell me how would I have taken you with me when my own grandfather has a peculiar way of expressing his love and care? Your grandfather was ready to shake the world just because you identally got hurt. Baby, you are so lucky that you have a family that loves you more than them. Forgive your mama, if I did something to ever hurt you. Trust me, I never wish to hurt you. ]


    With thest lingering gaze at her, she left the room. She found Xin Yichen out walking back and forth. When he saw Alcinaing out, he immediately asked, "How is she? Is she alright? Is she in pain? Was she crying? Oh, no, our baby doesn''t even know how to cry. I sometimes wish for her to cry. So, at least she will tell us that she is in pain."


    He was bbering in worry. And it was amusing to see him all flustered and worried. Ryuu and Zhenyi were very lucky to have him as their father. Sure, he had some drawbacks but which human doesn''t?


    "Mr. Xin, calm down. She is alright. She was just frustrated," Alcina tried to calm him down. She noticed that Ryuu and Xin Yichen were so simr in many aspects. Both of them get worried too soon. Taking a little pause, she added, "Since she doesn''t know how to express emotions properly, she gets confused and frustrated but you keep on doing what you are doing. It''s helping her. I have never thought that my daughter would be sozy. She found talking andmunicating with everyone troublesome."


    Xin Yichen nodded. "She is indeed a unique child. But remarkable nheless."


    "I called herzy ass," Alcina said, tempted to roll her eyes. But she was too tired and in pain to roll her eyes.


    "And I chose to ignore all the negativements about my precious, " Xin Yichen retorted. To him, there was nothing greater than his kids or grandkids. He was that mom who couldn''t see any wrong in his children.


    "Mr. Xin, don''t ever change. You are the world''s best father and grandfather," Alcina said. She didn''t know what came to her but she wanted him to know this.


    "Thank you," Xin Yichen said with teary eyes. "I have devoted my life to my children. And hearing you say these words¡­. You don''t know what they mean to me."


    "You know Ryuu loves you too?" Alcina couldn''t help but say. She didn''t want both of them to be on bad terms because of her. "Do not let your rtionship with your son degrade for an outsider like me. Talk to him when you get time. He can be an ass sometimes."


    Xin Yichenughed and nodded. "You are not an outsider, Alcina. The moment you give birth to my granddaughter, you be a part of the family. I don''t know what your status is in Ryuu''s life. But if you want, you can always lean on us."


    "Thank you," Alcina replied. "I will take my leave. Please take care of yourself and her too. "


    She was afraid that if she stayed there any longer she would end up crying. She didn''t know why but she was so vulnerable today.. If someone hugged her right now, she knew that she was going to cry harder.

 Chapter 345 - Alcina Fever

    When Alcina reached Tang Pce, she saw the pce staff was looking at her weirdly. It was as if they could see her wounds. Thankfully, she was wearing a ck turtleneck paired with jeans and sneakers. She looked casual and carefree as if nothing was wrong with her.


    "Has Ryuu taken his medicines?" Alcina asked as soon as the butler came into her view.


    "Thank God, Miss Alcina, you are back," the butler spoke as if he was on the verge of tears. Only he knew the torment that all of them had to go through.


    "What happened?" inquired Alcina with furrowed brows. Something was definitely not right with these people.


    "Please see for yourself," The butler answered.


    As Alcina entered the living room, she froze in her footsteps. She saw Jin Xian sitting there. His jaw was broken, one of his eyes was ckish purple and whatever the name was of his eternal love, was applying ice to his face. Someone had done a number on his face. She noticed that they were still wearing yesterday''s clothes.


    Wait¡­


    It was Ryuu''s doing, wasn''t it?


    She couldn''t take it anymore.


    If he was jealous, he should havemunicated with her properly rather than beating the poor man.


    "Ryuu!!! Come out, you fucking Lord!!"


    Everyone was startled as they heard her shriek. No one talks to Lord Ryuu like that¡­


    "Alcina?"Jin Xian said as he came out of the stupor. "Are you all right?"


    "What would happen to me?" Alcina said, suddenly self aware. "You tell me who beat you? Was it Ryuu? Let me kill him for hurting you."


    "Oh, please, do something about your crazy man. He would have killed me if not for An---"


    "Cia."


    Jin Xian gulped and stepped back. This man was the devil''s incarnation. When he told Alcina to listen to her heart, he didn''t know she was entangled with this dangerous man. Even his aura was so suffocating that he found it hard to breathe.


    On the other hand, Ryuu felt as if he could breathe back as soon as he saw her. He thought that he had lost her but here she was, wreaking havoc, shouting at him, threatening to kill him for a pest and what not!


    He didn''t need to think twice about his image before pulling her in his arms. He hugged her so tightly that he was afraid that she would slip right from under his arms.


    Was it toote to tell her that she was the reason he was dying every second since she went missing?


    He thought that she was gone¡­ she wouldn''te back to him.


    "Cia. Cia. Do you even have any idea how scared I was?" Ryuu murmured against her hair. Although Alcina was taller than the average Asian girl, she still only reached a little above his chin. Breathing her soothing scent, he continued,"I thought¡­ I thought I lost you. I searched every corner of the cityst night¡­but couldn''t find you. I really believed that you left me.Please, don''t do this to me again. I would die next time if something like that happens. Promise me, you will at least tell someone where you are going if not me."


    Alcina had a hard time controlling her tears. She wants to punch him, kiss him, and hell even hug him to sleep if it would stop hurting. It wasn''t just her wounds that were hurting but her heart too. It was so clearly written in his eyes what she meant to him Yet, in a momentarily jealousy and loss of control, she ended up losing him. She had sent him to Xiuying with her own hands. It was only her fault and no one else.


    He broke the hug and kissed her temple, nose, and in the end cheeks. "Don''t leave me, okay?"


    Alcina nodded. She winced when he engulfed her in a bone crushing hug again.


    "What happened?" Ryuu asked her with a worried expression. "Why does it look like you are not alright?"


    "Ryuu, I''m alright. Remember, I''m strong."


    "Alcina baby, you are strong, not invincible." Ryuu broke the hug and started looking for any visible wounds. "Let me see if you are hurt."


    Alcina got out of his hold and stepped back. If he thought she would forget what he did to Jin Xian, then he had another thinging.


    "What?" He innocently asked when he saw her throwing daggers at her with her lethal green eyes.


    "You beat him?" Alcina questioned him while pointing at Jin Xian.


    Ryuu shrugged, "He was thest person who met you. When you disappeared without leaving any trace...it was natural that I would suspect him."


    "Liar. You know he can''t abduct me," Alcina said, throwing another re at him. "If he dared to, I would have crushed his bones right there. Still, you beat him. Just what the hell were you thinking? "


    "Alcina I am taking my words back. This man is a devil. Leave him and look for a normal and gentleman," Jin Xian chimed in, much to Ryuu''s irritation.


    Ryuu threw him an indifferent look which made Jin Xian shut her mouth immediately.


    "I''m sorry, Xian," Alcina apologized on Ryuu''s behalf but that barrel of vinegar wouldn''t. "How about I ask someone to send you back?"


    "That would be appreciated," Huo Juan said with a gentle smile before Jin Xian could say.


    "Mr. Butler, please send few wine bottles from Ryuu''s exclusive collection to Mr. Jin and Miss Huo," Alcina said after they left. She knew how painstakingly Ryuu had collected those bottles. They were not just bottles of wine but one could say that they were liquid gold to him.


    Strangely, he didn''tin like he usually would. It was only because Alcina was letting him touch her without making a fuss.


    "Are you still angry?" Ryuu murmured as they found themselves standing alone in the lobby of the Pce.


    "Sam was right when he called you a devil," Alcina replied. "You beat that poor man just because he went on a date with me."


    "Don''t remind me of those two morons," Ryuu hissed. "I''m leaving this Jin guy since he has another woman...but I am telling you that you are not allowed to meet Sam. At least, not until his Alcina fever disappears."


    "And whose fault is it?"Alcina questioned him.


    Ryuu shut the distance between them by snaking his arms around her waist. Since he caught her all of a sudden, Alcina yelped in pain when his strong arms crushed him.


    "What happened?" His eyes suddenly sharp. He noticed her wincing when he hugged her before. Initially, he assumed that it was because he had hugged her too tightly. But now¡­


    "Did you hurt yourself?" He knew that it wasn''t impossible for her to not get hurt. After all, their line of work involved killing and stuff. "Let me see."


    "Ryuu, I''m telling you that I''m fi-- Ah." Alcina couldn''t help but yelp again as he identally touched her ribcage over her clothes.


    "I''m telling you, Cia. If I don''t find you fine¡­." Ryuu dragged her to his bedroom despite her refusal. But he was so insistent that Alcina couldn''t fight against him. Plus, she didn''t have the energy to fight him.


    He made her sit on the side of the bed and tried to remove her turtleneck. "Ryuu, please. Don''t remove this."


    "What are you afraid of?" He asked while removing her turtleneck.


    "Nothing¡­" What could she say? He would go mad if he saw what she was hiding.


    "Do you not trust me?"


    "Of course, I do."


    "Then, let me do whatever I am doing." He was stubborn just like her.


    To say when Ryuu removed her top was shocked would be an understatement. He never felt so useless, so powerless before. It was as if he felt something pressing his heart¡­


    "Alcina¡­" He whispered.

 Chapter 346 - This Is A Part Of Second Volume

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    "I''m telling you, Cia. If I don''t find you fine¡­." Ryuu dragged her to his bedroom despite her refusal. But he was so insistent that Alcina couldn''t fight against him. Plus, she didn''t have the energy to fight him.


    He made her sit on the side of the bed and tried to remove her turtleneck. "Ryuu, please. Don''t remove this."


    "What are you afraid of?" He asked while removing her turtleneck.


    "Nothing¡­" What could she say? He would go mad if he saw what she was hiding.


    "Do you not trust me?"


    "Of course, I do."


    "Then, let me do whatever I am doing." He was stubborn just like her.


    To say when Ryuu removed her top was shocked would be an understatement. He never felt so useless, so powerless before. It was as if he felt something pressing his heart¡­


    "Alcina¡­" He whispered.


    "No, Ryuu," Alcina closed her eyes and whispered back."I would not be able to take your pity."


    Ryuu didn''t say anything. He unhooked her bra and then helped her to get out of the jeans. Her naked body wasn''t something that he hadn''t seen before. He had worshipped it more than he could count on his hands. But today, the marks on her body were burning his insides. He picked her in his arms and made her lie under the covers.


    As she inhaled his scent mingled with his warmth, she didn''t know when she fell to sleep. Once she was asleep, he removed the cover off her body and gently applied for medicine all over the fresh wounds. They would take weeks before healing. It would be a surprise if she had a fever tonight.


    ____


    When Alcina woke up, she found herself naked in Ryuu''s bed under the warm duvet. Looking around, she found him working on theptop beside her.


    "Hey, you awake?"He asked as soon as he saw her staring at him.


    "Yeah¡­"She replied to him in a sleepy but soft voice. "Why didn''t you send me to my room?"


    "Why would I?" He asked in return. "Who would not want to share a bed with a beautiful naked woman?"


    "Did you forget that you have a wife waiting for you somewhere?" Alcina retorted.


    He fell silent for a woman before saying, "Why do I feel like a king who had a harem full of beauties?"


    "Do you have more women than Xiuying and me?"Alcina asked him speechlessly.


    "Why do you care?"


    "Yeah, why do I care?" She murmured. ncing at him, she found him waiting for her reply. She gulped before contemting how to confess to him. She wished that she was as shameless as Esma. She wouldn''t have to worry about getting embarrassed. Clearing her throat, she moved to sit. Perhaps she forgot or perhaps she didn''t care that she was naked. He could now clearly see¡­


    "I have something to confess," Alcina said in almost a whisper.


    "Hmm?"


    "I have been thinking about us¡­ " Alcina said while staring at her fidgeting hands.


    "And?" He raised his brow. His interest increased in what she was about to say.


    Closing her eyes, she said in a single breath, "HowaboutyoudivorceXiuying?"


    Of course, Ryuu heard and understood what she had just said.


    "Alcina, why should I divorce my wife?" Ryuu cross-questioned her.


    "Because¡­ because you love me," Alcina said like it was the most obvious thing.


    "And who said this?" Ryuu asked, his eyes filled with amusement.


    "You don''t?" Alcina inquired, too shocked by the revtion. She had no idea from where these stupid tears came from but she found them trickling down her cheeks. When was thest time she cried? On her father''s funeral? No, not even then. Why would she cry at his funeral when she knew for a long time that he was going to die soon?


    Now it was Ryuu''s turn to be shocked. He has never dealt with a crying Alcina. Hell, he had never seen her crying. "Hey! Hey! Don''t cry! Of course, I love you. Who would I love if not you?"


    "You do?" She asked, sniffling her red nose.


    He nodded in reply.


    She pounced on him to hug him. "I realized that I love you and want to stay with you forever. I am so stupid, so crazy, so dumb. Why must you love someone like me?"


    "What''s there not to love?" He inquired, stroking her back. "I won''t say that I loved you the moment I saw you because both of us know how great enemies we were that time." Chuckling, he continued, "You, a girl out of nowhere, defeated the eleven years old arrogant future, Lord Ryuu, in hand-to-handbat. After that, my mom, who loved me the most in the world, punished me for the first time when I was thirteen."


    Alcina punched his chest with her fist lightly, "That was because you tried to kill me, foolish man. You left me, a ten years old kid, alone in the deadly forest because you hated my existence. "


    "That was because you were eating my brains out as you wanted ck cobra as your pet," Ryuu said, rolling his eyes as he recalled that time. He was seriously so dumb to try to kill her hair because he hated her. "But everything changed when mom died, you were the only one besides me with your infuriating attitude. Zhenyi was missing, mom was dead, B¨¤ was grieving and he had totally forgotten that he had a son too."


    Alcina smiled recalling that tough time. "So, you fell in love with me then?"


    "Hell no," Ryuu immediately replied. "I hated you more than. Though we hate each other, we still love each other''spany. I don''t know exactly when I fell in love with you. Maybe, it was when I dropped you at Zhangs for the first time, or maybe when I was only a step away from death and you suddenly emerged with a rifle in your hand like a goddess of death. You didn''t save me only from death that day¡­ you saved me from self-harm too. I never realized before that day how I wasmitting suicide by putting myself in deadly situations. That was the day was my awakening, Cia. That day I realized that I want to live more with you and our daughter. I didn''t want to die without seeing her face.


    Alcina hugged him tightly as she realized that time. The time before they went on hiding in southeast Asia. "What about Xiuying, Ryuu?"


    "What about her?" He answered with another question.


    "I don''t want to destroy her home."


    "Xiuying and I were never married. We indeed signed the marriage certificates. I didn''t take vows with her. And I don''t consider signing a piece of paper as marriage. She was a part of the n, Cia, and she knew it," Ryuu informed her. "She is my wife in everyone''s eye because she wants something in return from me."


    "Why didn''t you tell me before?" She asked immediately, breaking the hug.


    "I want you to decide what you actually want," Ryuu answered. "You have been running for some answers for thest twenty years. You didn''t want tomit because you weremitted to your revenge."


    "I''m tired, Ryuu. I just want to live with you and our daughter. For the first time in life, I am ready to put you before anything else," Alcina said." I don''t want to avenge them anymore. They are dead and can''te back. What''s the benefit in going after revenge?"


    "You are right, Cia. Let''s live and love together forever."


    _____


    Volume Twoes to an end here. In the next volume, we will be focusing on


    the long lost kid of Xin family,


    the big problem that Zhenyi is going tond in,


    The arrival of prince Arrival


    Zhenyi vsw authorities


    And let''s not mention Young Master.


    Yaay! Ryu and Alcina''s wedding too.


    monthster.


    ____

 Chapter 347 - Honeymoon (unedited)

    Five monthster.


    "You said we are on our honeymoon?!"


    "We were," Long Jie replied in a calm voice. "I promised you a fifteen days honeymoon in the Mediterranean."


    "Ouch!" Zhenyi pinched his tanned abdomen while ring at him. "Ouch! Zhenyi! Jeez, what are you doing?"


    "You never said that you will force me to work on the sixteenth day," Zhenyi said as she red at him intensely. She should have understood that she wasn''t a big bad wolf but the poor innocentmb. Her husband yed her again. She was over the moon when one day he surprised her with this amazing and delicious honeymoon trip. But boy, she was wrong, so wrong.


    With a wicked smile, Long Jie pinched her slightly chubby cheeks. He wondered what would happen if he told him that she had gained weight?


    "If we don''t work, how would we attend the wedding?" He gently asked her.


    "Wedding?" Zhenyi furrowed her brows as she saw him opening the wardrobe and tossing clothes at her. "Whose wedding?!"


    A bulb lit in her head immediately.


    A huge grin crept up to her face and she pounced on him.


    "Hey! Hey! Easy!"


    With her legs wrapped his waist and arms around his neck. A sloppy and wet kissnded on his cheek.


    "You are the best!" Zhenyi eximed. Yes, her husband was the bestest in the whole wide world.


    "Really?"Long Jie inquired quite curiously. His wild wife was truly a tsundere. Just a moment ago, she was throwing a tantrum and now she was clinging to him like a ko.


    "Of course, "Zhenyi replied, adorably blinking her eyes at him. " You are nning a surprise wedding for me right? Our wedding anniversary is just afew days away. You will marry me again on our wedding day?!"


    Now it was his turn to be stunned. Just how did her brain work?


    "You are not?"Zhenyi asked as she saw his stunned expression.


    "I--"


    "Drop me on the bed," She immediately said, realizing that she was expecting too much.


    Obviously, there was no way he would not try to pacify his angry wife.


    "Cat eyes, how about you listen to me first?" The more he spoke, the uglier her face turned. She was trying her best not to w his beautiful face. Realizing he was done for, he quickly thought of a way to save his ass from getting shot. " Okay, I will let you use those handcuffs on me if you apany me today? After all, I can''t carry out this mission without your help. "


    "Swear on me that you won''t cheat this time?" Zhenyi squinted.


    "I swear on me that I won''t cheat this time," Long Jie instantly repeated after her.


    _____


    Donned in a white sleeveless crop top and washed denim jeans, Zhenyi was standing on the deck of the boat, and was looking at the moving yacht in front with the help of binocrs.


    "Doesn''t look like there are more than ten people on the yacht, " Zhenyi informed her husband. "Tch. So careless! Did he think that just because he is hiding in the middle of the sea, no one will catch him?"


    "Ming Ze is a cunning bastard. He really thought that he could ruin the Tang family with Xiuying. Poor him¡­. He doesn''t even know that she was working against him from the very beginning¡­"


    Zhenyi hummed in reply. Zooming in on one particr spot, she asked, "When did you know that Xiuying was working for Ryuu?"


    "The same day when we informed him about Du Zheng and the mysterious girl," Long Jie revealed.


    She turned around to look at him in surprise, "You have known it for months? Why did you not tell me? I would have helped you guys."


    Long Jie cupped her face before leaving a tender kiss on her mouth. "You and Alcina are both impulsive. Apparently, you would have yed hero and immediately discarded Xiuying for Alcina to unite Ryuu and Alcina."


    Zhenyi nodded. Well, wasn''t it the most intelligent thing to do? This way, Faye would have gotten her parents too.


    "No, it isn''t the most intelligent thing to do. Xiuying was just a pawn in the hands of the Ming family. Ryuu wanted to make sure she was safe from them. Moreover, Huo Yusheng was in their hands. He wanted to get rid of the Ming family and their allies without hurting Xiuying," Long Jie told his wife even though he knew she would just scoff at the logic.


    Even though Zhenyi and Ryuu were siblings. There was a huge difference between them. Zhenyi wouldn''t think twice before killing anyone hindering her ns whereas Ryuu wouldn''t touch an innocent. He would rather let an army of enemies go for saving one innocent.


    "Since I am impulsive, why are you not going there alone?" Zhenyi red at him. "My ideas are always like me. Disorganized and impulsive."


    "Zhenyi," Long Jie warned her. "Let''s not start it again."


    "So what if I had gotten rid of Xiuying from the beginning? Wasn''t she just a nuisance? My poor niece suffered for nothing." Now Zhenyi was being unreasonable and she knew it too. But she was here to enjoy her time with her man not to kill someone. Moreover, she was tired, hungry, and¡­. horny.


    "Sir, we have reached," the pilot said.


    "Let''s go."


    "Whatever!"


    ____


    "Long time no see, Mr. Ming!"


    The ss fell from Ming Ze''s hand as a smiling Long Jie pointed a gun at his throat.


    "Guards!" He shouted but to no avail.


    "My wife is handling your guards," Long Jie answered him with an even more wide smile. "You see, she is angry at me. And your poor guards are gonna experience what it feels like to die at the hands of a frustrated and angry Zhenyi."


    _____


    This chapter marks the beginning of the third Volume. Are you guys ready for angst, drama and lots and lots of smut along with cuteness?


    We gonna see little Tangs, Longs and may be Xins tooter.

 Chapter 348 - Long Time No See

    "Long time no see, Mr. Ming!"


    The ss fell from Ming Ze''s hand as a smiling Long Jie pointed a gun at his throat.


    "Guards!" He shouted but to no avail.


    "My wife is handling your guards," Long Jie answered him with an even more wide smile. "You see, she is angry at me. And your poor guards are gonna experience what it feels like to die at the hands of a frustrated and angry Zhenyi."


    "What do you want Mr. Long?" Ming Ze calmly asked. He was too calm for a person whose legs were almost in the grave. It was as if death didn''t bother him. However, it was not the case. He just believed that Long Jie or his wife couldn''t kill him or to say in simple words, he believed that he was invincible.


    "Just a few answers," Long Jie replied. "First question -- what do you want from the Tang family?"


    Ming Ze leaned against the lounge chair and smiled against the gun. He knew that Long Jie wouldn''t hesitate to kill if he wasn''t Ming Ze. After all, the man had a reputation for being a cold-blooded murderer but his PR had maintained his reputation quite well.


    "Mr. Long, why do we have to be on different sides when we can be friends?" Ming Ze said with a deep throaty voice. Wouldn''t Long Jie be a better option to take down Lord Ryuu?


    "Friends?" Long Jie appeared a bit interested after hearing his words. "How so?"


    With no hesitation, Ming Ze began, "Mrs. Long is the only child ofte Lady Tang. It should have been her leading the Tang family in ce of Lord Ryuu. But, thete Lord not only gave that ce to an outsider¡­ but also Lady Tang had no objection to such an unjust decision. Miss Zhenyi was left with nothing but a lousy Xin family."


    Ming Ze''s eyes widened for a moment as he felt someone poking a syringe on his neck. "Call my Xin family lousy, next time it will not be a syringe but my favorite dagger."


    Seeing Long Jie''s bored expression, he turned to look at the source of the voice. He could see Zhenyi holding a syringe which still had evidence of green colored liquid.


    Smiling, Zhenyi walked to the other side and sat on her husband''sp. She kissed his chin before asking him about what they were talking about.


    Apparently, she just heard the word lousy Xin family and shoved the injection on his neck without any second thoughts.


    And then she says that she is not impulsive?


    "He was offering me a deal," Long Jie informed her. "Something that will bring us a lot of money and...power."


    Zhenyi formed her mouth into an ''O''. She then looked at Ming Ze who was sweating profusely. "Money and power? I''m in. So, what''s the deal?"


    "The deal involves killing Ryuu," Long Jie answered his wife.


    Silently, Zhenyi pulled the gun from Long Jie''s hand and shot Ming Ze''s shoulder.


    Again, she is not impulsive a bit!


    "Are you fucking crazy?!" Ming Ze hissed. He felt like he was dying. Oh, even if he wasn''t! The mad couple would make sure he was dead!


    "No, I was just making sure that I heard what my husband said correctly. But it seems it was true," Zhenyi casually said. "Since you are already dying, why not answer a few questions?"


    Zhenyi talked in such anguid manner that it didn''t seem like they were not discussing death but the vor of popsicles.


    "I am not dying but you all are. In the next ten minutes, my men will be here. They won''t have a problem in taking down you two," Ming Zeughed. Did they think he would not take any precautions? Although he knew Lord Ryuu would send his men after the culprit but never had he ever thought the so-called men wouldn''t be anyone other than the notorious Long Jie and his wife.


    Zhenyi turned to look at her husband who was caressing her hair and asked, "Jie, even if they found him, how would this dumbhead get the antidote of the poison?"


    Did he mention Zhenyi''s love for the word Dumbhead knows no bounds?


    Long Jie shrugged. "What does it have to do with us? He could die for all we care. After all, we are here only to kill him. It doesn''t matter how he died as long as the oue is the same."


    Zhenyi nodded. "Make sure you charge Ryuu tenfold the normal price. After all, not everyone can afford us as assassins."


    "You both are crazy," Ming Ze shouted. "That Lord Ryuu is using you." Pointing his finger at her, she screamed like a mad man," You were supposed to lead the Tang family, not him. He is not even a Tang."


    "You were supposed to say '' I will answer all your questions if you give me the antidote''. Weren''t you given the script?"Zhenyi asked him seriously.


    "You...You¡­ You are crazy. No, you are a psychopath. " Ming Ze had no idea that Xin Zhenyi had this side to her. She was really Tang Reine''s daughter. Ruthless and crazy!


    "Answers, Ming Ze. Immediately. My wife and I are on our honeymoon."


    Zhenyi beamed. "Quickly."


    "We just wanted to dethrone Lord Ryuu," Ming Ze began speaking.


    "Where is the throne?" Zhenyi asked her in confusion.


    Long Jie answered her by kissing her shoulder. She turned to look at Ming Ze again.


    "We wanted to take away all the powers from Lord Ryuu not because we believed that he wasn''t a Tang but because of our greed," Ming Ze muttered. Only he would say in this circumstance that his greed made him suffer at the hands of these tap psychopaths. " We want the Ming family to have all the things that the Tang Family had control over. And we have been waiting for this opportunity since Lord Ryuu appeared but my father insisted that we wait for the right opportunity.." He stopped for a moment as his eyes turned ferocious and then added, "And the perfect opportunity came when Xin Yichen came to ask for Xiuying''s hand for marriage."

 Chapter 349 - Perfect Opportunity

    "And the perfect opportunity came when Xin Yichen came to ask for Xiuying''s hand for marriage."


    Ming Ze couldn''t be luckier that time. First, Xiuying was heartbroken as she found Han Yusheng cheating on her with her cousin. And she demanded to break her engagement with Huo Yusheng. Then, Xin Yichen appeared with the key to the door that would unlock their Kismet.


    However, just as the marriage thing with Lord Ryuu was finalized, Huo Yusheng approached him along with the evidence that showed how he was not in his senses and how he was plotted against.


    How could he let that boy take what he has been waiting for years?


    He joined hands with Huo Yusheng''s enemies who also happen to be his step-siblings and removed him from his path.


    "What did you guys do to Huo Yusheng?" Long Jie asked. His main motive toe after Ming Ze was to find Huo Yusheng.


    It took them almost four months to know that it was Ming Ze who was behind Huo Yusheng''s disappearance.


    "He is held hostage by our men in Austria, " Ming Ze replied in a monotonous tone."The Huo family wanted to get rid of him because he was dangerous for their business. They supported us."


    "Tell me the exact address where Huo Yusheng is?"


    Ming Ze informed him of the exact address.


    "Who gives you the courage to go against the Tang family?" Zhenyi asked him, this time very seriously.


    "Jin family, "Ming Ze answered.


    Zhenyi gestured to him toplete what he had to say because she was one of those people who believed that everything that''s happening had to have a backstory.


    Moreover, she was investigating the Jin family secretly but to no avail...


    "Many years ago, Jin family nned Lady Tang''s death," Ming Ze started speaking. Long Jie was shocked to hear what thetter said but Zhenyi didn''t look shocked. She was calm, too calm as if she was aware of it.


    Ming Ze continued with a sigh, "They asked for our support but my father refused because Tang Reine was a dictator, a very powerful dictator. She could shake the country with her single move. Everyone who the Jin family asked for support denied because they were honestly scared of her."


    Taking a small pause he said, " She was a very scary woman. She never cared for the consequences. And she was never kind to betrayals. Although every single family serving the Tang family hated her, they couldn''t deny that she was good for business. During her time, they all got more wealthy and powerful."


    It was true that Tang Reine was a true psychopath but an intelligent psychopath nheless. She could make money out of a bag of sand.


    Everyone knew that the Tang family was rich but no one knew how much.


    Zhenyi heard him say, "But when the Jin family seeded in killing her and the child in her womb, the other families were left speechless. For a long time, they couldn''t believe it really happened. And when all of us were ready to overthrow the Tang family for the Jin family¡­ Lord Ryuu emerged."


    Of course, every sane person would be infuriated if what happened to all these families would happen to them too. They seemed for years to get rid of a woman only to be stuck with a man who worshipped thend she walked on.


    They didn''t know who Lord Ryuu was. The old Tang had announced when he gave his position to his daughter that after his daughter someone else who was also a Tang would lead the family to a greater height. But no one knew who he/she was.


    In the end, no one had expected to be ruled by a teenage boy.


    Ming Ze continued," Lord Ryuu changed everything. People started to adore him. He was like a god to them. He brought more profits and power. If Tang Reine was powerful because people feared her, Lord Ryuu is untouchable because these families cherish him too much."


    "What happened to the Jin family? Did they not schemed to get rid of him?" Zhenyi asked him. She wanted to know if Jin family was still ying with Ryuu.


    "You don''t know what happened to them?"Ming Ze looked at him in surprise.


    "No," Zhenyi replied immediately. She had been investigating them but get nothing in result.


    "More than Five years ago, Jin family''s spies were almost sessful in assassinating Lord Ryuu but at thest moment, he was saved by a woman in a very weird disguise," Ming Ze said in a bitter voice. It was evident from his voice that he didn''t like the oue. "But the Jin family''s spies recognized her as the same woman who Tang Reine had brought to the Tang family many years ago. If I remember correctly, she was her best friend''s daughter."


    Zhenyi and Long Jie look at each other in shock.


    Just who was Alcina?


    Was she a superwoman?


    "Then, she killed the Jin family''s spies?"Long Jie asked him. He knew better than anyone what that frail was capable of doing.


    Ming Ze sneered. "They were two people against an army of a hundred. And not to mention, she was heavily pregnant. They went into hiding. That bitch was so smart that not even the close men of Lord Ryuu could find them."


    At that time, Alcina was pregnant with Faye. Ryuu had locked him saying it was to stop her from running away with his kid. But he never told her that it was because they were getting hunted.


    If not for Alcina''s fox-like brain, she would not have been able to reach Ryuu that day. In the end, she was ready to die with him if she failed to save the three of them.


    Ming Ze paused for a moment before saying, "Everyone believes that she was the only one who saved him that day.. But I believe there was someone else too."

 Chapter 350 - Tangling In The Web

    Ming Ze paused for a moment before saying, "Everyone believes that she was the only one who saved him that day. But I believe there was someone else too. Someone who helped them from behind the scenes. Because if there wasn''t¡­ Jin family and their allies wouldn''t have perished in a single night especially when Lord Ryuu was powerless."


    "Cause of death?" Long Jie asked.


    "Elders died from weird diseases¡­ The younger generation was burned in the fire. And the kids¡­ they went missing. Not a single person was spared except...except her."


    The Jin family was the envy of the upper ss for so many years. Where the Tang family was reclusive, Jin was associated with the elite ss. They enjoyed showing off their power and mysterious background. But when they disappeared suddenly five years ago, nobody noticed as the families associated with Tangs had a tendency to stay mysterious.


    But only a few knew that the family had disappeared from the face of the earth forever.


    "Who?"Long Jie asked him. Even he wanna know which person survived the disaster or if that person was posing a threat to them.


    "Tang Yuzhang''s daughter, "Ming Ze whispered while closing his eyes.


    "Ada?" Zhenyi whispered back. "She is a Jin?"


    Yeah, Ada was Tang Yuzhang''s daughter and she carried Jin as her surname, not Tang. When she had known that she was Tang Yuzhang''s daughter from her father, she had stopped investigating her. Apparently, both father and daughter were rivals and Ada would rather die than use a penny given by her father. That was the reason she was working for Zhenyi.


    "Her mother,Jin Xi, tried to trap Tang Yuzhang into marriage by getting pregnant with his child," Ming Ze informed them."But he refused¡­ he dered that she was free to abort the child or keep it. But he would never marry her." As he was reminded of that time, he let out a chuckle. That was not the only n Jins had made to trap Tang Yuzhang but he always escaped them unscathed. "He said that he would pay for the child''s expenses if she gives birth but won''t be a father figure to her child. It wasn''t because he was a scumbag but because he knew that Jin family was trapping him. They would probably force him to go against Lady Tang and it waspletely true. He was a very smart man and he always defeated their silly schemes."


    Tang Yuzhang kept himself from his only child because he didn''t want Jin Xi or her family to use his child as a pawn to destroy the family that gave life to him. He knew if he showed his love or care for his child, Jin family would use it to control him by using his daughter which in turn would only torment his daughter.


    It wasn''t easy for a father to stay away from his only child but he did in the end because he could see the bigger picture.


    "You are saying that someone killed the whole Jin family in a single night after Ryuu was assassinated?" Zhenyi asked him with wide eyes.


    Ming Ze nodded.


    Zhenyi stood up and took out her phone to call. "At my location in five minutes."


    Bang.


    Long Jie put a hand on her shoulder while asking, "Is he dead?"


    "Nah, he knows so much but won''t say anything useful," Zhenyi informed him. "He is just tangling us with the Tang family''s secrets. Because the fucker knows that we will investigate and reach the truth. And he or the mastermind behind all this probably had eyes on us. They want us to solve these mysteries for them. As long as these mysteries are unsolved, they would never touch us without thinking twice."


    Xin Zhenyi was a shrewd and extremely smart woman. She would never enter the tiger''sir without any protection.


    "Hmmm, I also think the same. Let''s take him with us to China," Long Jie replied. "Yuan would love to try his experiments on a real human doll."


    "Mhmm," Zhenyi rubbed her head against his arm and hopefully said," How about you carry me to our yacht? I am so tired."


    "So acting spoiled." He pinched her chin.


    "Husband, I worked hard. Have mercy on me." Now she was actually behaving spoiled.


    With a sigh, he picked her in his arms. "I have really spoiled you so much."


    Zhenyi beamed at him. "You know I love you?"


    "Oh, you do?" Long Jie raised his brow." How about you tell me?"


    "Later, love." Zhenyi kissed his neck. "Now, let me sleep in your arms."


    ¡­


    Later in the evening, when Zhenyi was napping, Long Jie quietly picked his phone from the nightstand and left the room to call a certain person.


    "Brother Jie?" He heard Xiuying''s soft voice.


    "How are you, Yingying?"Long Jie awkwardly asked her. He was not the one to make small talks. But the person on the other side of the phone was his cousin. Still, he wasn''t as close to her as he had gotten to Alcina in a short period. Perhaps, it was because he and Alcina were simr in many aspects and Xiuying had never taken the initiative toe closer to him.


    "I''m doing good," she replied in a small voice. "Did you find him?"


    Her voice was so full of hope that Long Jie didn''t have the heart to break the news he had received from his men in Austria to her.


    "I did," he still told her. "Xiuying, before anything I want you to know that you should not be so hopeful¡­ his condition¡­ it doesn''t look so optimistic¡­"


    "He is alive, right?" Long Jie could feel her teary eyes.


    "Yeah, he will survive. But he may never be able to walk again¡­ even if he did...it will probably take him years...and Yingying that man may never be the same who he used to be....Are you sure that you are ready for it?"

 Chapter 351 - Over Excited Mama

    The Next day.


    After finishing off the job and spending a fifteen days honeymoon in the Mediterranean, Zhenyi and Long Jie returned to Beijing. Since they had colorful time even in the air, Zhenyi was sleeping on his shoulder.


    Apparently, she was suffering from jetg andck of sleep.


    And when she opened her eyester, she realized that their car wasn''t heading towards their home but to a different route. Feeling her questioning gaze, he said, "We are going to Wei''s. "


    Meilin and Long Wei weed their baby boy a few months ago. Since they chose for Meilin to give birth to their son abroad, they returned to their country just a few days ago.


    "We didn''t even bring any gifts for the baby," Zhenyi said to him. Although she was stingy, still she couldn''t visit the baby for the first time without any appropriate gift. In addition, she was the baby''s elder aunt.


    "We can give him gifts next time we visit, "Long Jie said contrary to her beliefs. They were family. They don''t need to behave so formally. Plus, these brothers never cared for formalities.


    Since Long Jie was excited to meet his nephew, she didn''t say anything. It was another kind of joy to see twinkles in his eyes. Smiling at him, she said," I didn''t know that you liked kids so much."


    He cupped her face before leaving a tender kiss on the corner of her mouth. "Who doesn''t like their family''s kids? Yuan had been in the air, boasting that he got his first uncle-nephew picture. So, I thought why not throw him back on thend!"


    Now that he had said that she recalled how good he was with Faye.


    Zhenyiughed. Of course, Long Yuan, the stupid and reckless Long could do something like that. He loved getting on everyone''s nerves, especially hers.


    "Shouldn''t he be spending time alone with his wife?" Zhenyi questioned him with furrowed brows a momentter. "What''s he doing at Long Wei''s house?"


    "I heard Liu Shishi is preparing for her concert these days," Long Jie informed her. "They are doing fine if that''s what you are asking."


    Apparently, Long Yuan and Liu Shishi finally signed their marriage certificates, making a certain song happy to a great extent.


    "Hubby, you and the boys do nothing but gossip on the inte all day. You guys need to find a real hobby," Zhenyi told him. No-one would believe her if she told them that her dangerous husband was caught gossiping with his other brothers many times in thest few weeks. They certainly were nning something but s, they were not including her.


    However, Long Jie didn''t react to her cuteint and just smiled mysteriously at her.


    A few minutester, the driver stopped the car at Long Wei''s new mansion. Seeing the long trail of cars in the parking lot, Zhenyi asked her husband in confusion, "Are they holding a party or something?"


    "Meilin was excited about gathering all the cousins and friends but I didn''t expect her to act so quickly," Long said, scratching his head. He should have known this given Meilin''s over-excited nature.


    "Apparently, you underestimated the power and excitement of a new momma wanting to show off her baby," Zhenyi said while shaking her head.


    Entering inside, they were weed by the housekeeper who led them to the garden where a celebration was held. The garden was decorated with delightful balloons and beautiful flowers. Chairs and a long table were arranged on one side and food and drinks on the other.


    In short, the decoration was lively and warm. Enough to make one smile and befortable.


    "Hey!" The first one to notice them was Long Wei himself. He came and hugged both of the neers. Seeing their glistening tanned skin, he grinned, "How was the honeymoon?"


    "So deceiving," Zhenyi muttered under her breath.


    "Perfect," Long Jie replied to his cousin while kissing her cheek.


    Understanding that Zhenyi must have discovered Long Jie''s hidden intentions, Long Weiughed, "You deserve this bro! To think he can deceive the tigress!"


    Hugging and coaxing his wife, Long Jie threw a re at him,''Unreliable brother!''


    "Where is Meilin?" Zhenyi asked Long Wei. That over-excited woman should have started singing praises of her son by now...but it seems she was missing.


    "Oh, she is inside. Coaxing Jun to sleep," Long Wei informed them. His son was crying to sleep. So, his wife took him inside as it was his nap time.


    "Oh."


    "Come, everyone is here. They were not sure if you guys would join us," Long We said, leading them to the other side.


    "Ugh. Where is the alcohol?"Esma''s voice was heard first? She was scanning the drink counter to find something to drink. But was left speechless when she found all kinds of juices and non-alcoholic drinks.


    "Sister Meilin said it''s little Jun''s party. So, we will not be getting alcohol to get drunk here," Sam answered, patting Esma''s head.


    "Damm, I just attended this little party for little Jun for free alcohol. Are you shitting me, dude?" Esma burst out.


    Sam nonchntly passed a blue-colored jar before Esma and said in a veryzy tone, "200 bucks."


    "Fuck¡­"


    "300 bucks," Sam added immediately.


    Zhenyi turned her eyes to look at Long Wei in question.


    With a sigh, he answered, "Anyone who cursed in this house would have to pay a hundred bucks per swear word."


    "Poor Esma," Long Jie genuinely sympathized with Esma. Only he knew how tough it was for her to speak without cussing. It was next to impossible for Esma to spend the day without cursing.


    Seems like someone is going to lose a lot of money...


    While leaving, Long Wei said, "And yeah, Zhenyi, you need to take care of your best friend. He is getting too chummy with my wife. I''m afraid that he will end up stealing her from me."


    Truly, the Long brothers were more than necessary overprotective and possessive of their women.

 Chapter 352 - Child Labor

    Long Wei also wanted to add the part where Sam came to visit Meilin abroad after she gave birth to visit her and the baby but he didn''t. Apparently, Meilin and Sam were typical girly besties who would gossip about anything and anyone. They were getting tighter each passing day and it was worrying Long Wei.


    "Lord!!! Why did I decide toe to this weird party?" Esma shouted while beating her chest in despair. Yeah, she knew that she was being dramatic but right now, she really wanted to cry."Did this Wei''s wife even know what party actually meant?"


    Sam was amused at her antics. This woman was even more dramatic than him. Finally, there was someone who could beat him at dramatic behavior.


    Long Jie and Zhenyi shared a look before shaking their heads. Both Esma and Sam were cut from the same cloth.


    Passing them, they headed in the other direction. They chose to ignore these two dumbos as one was busy weeping over her misery and the other wasughing at her misery. See, that''s why they were bing friends. Many things had changed in these five months and this was one of them.


    "Hey, little beauty. You should call me uncle" they heard Long Yuan''s infuriated voice. Who was he messing with now?


    "I only have one uncle," the kid repliednguidly.


    "And that''s me," Long Yuan said, pointing at his face. How could this little arrogant refuse to call him, the handsome and genius Young Master Long as Uncle? There must be something wrong with her eyes.


    "Nopes, my uncle is behind you," Faye answered back. This kid was talking more than she used to before. However, it seemed like after spending time with her grandfather and great grandfather, her arrogance has skyrocketed.


    Long Yuan turned back to find Long Jie and Zhenyi walking to them. Did this kid just call his bro her uncle? Nope, he would not allow this. Only he could be the uncle of all the kids of this universe.


    Sprinting to Long Jie and Zhenyi, Faye eximed, "That''s my uncle and that''s my Aunt." The little angel was very happy to see her second favorite people.


    "Angel, what did you just say?" Long Jie asked again to confirm whether it was really an auditory hallucination or not. Even Zhenyi was shocked. She didn''t know why but Faye never called Long Jie her uncle. He was Ah Jie to her always. Even Ryuu had told her to call Long Jie uncle but the girl would always look at Alcina''s face and then shake her head. It was a mystery to everyone why she did that.


    Hugging Zhenyi''s legs, Faye gestured her to pick Zhenyi up, "He is annoying." The little girlined pointing her little finger at Yuan. "Always ordering me to call him handsome uncle. Is he even handsome like my Ru?" She rolled her eyes as if he really wasn''t worth her attention. Again, she turned her head to look at Long Yuan and said,"My B¨¤ says no one can order me around, do you get it?"


    She still called Xin Yichen B¨¤ like before. She was adamant about calling him B¨¤ rather than Y¨¨y¨¨. God knows how this girl''s system works.


    Alcina had dressed her in a very ssy outfit. Her hair was now cut up to her shoulder and she was wearing a sandy colored cap backward. She was looking like a little rogue with her chin lifted arrogantly. However, she was so cute that even her arrogance was adorable to everyone''s eyes. She might be haughty but was pleasing to the eyes.


    "Such an arrogant child," Yuan feigned to scold her but stopped when he saw her turning her head with a sneer. The nerve of this weird kid. She started showing him attitude after she saw Zhenyi and his brother?


    Even Zhenyi and Long Jie were shocked to see her getting all heated up. The Faye they knew was toozy to engage in small talks and stuff.


    Just what did Yuan do to get her all heated up?


    "Yuan, just what did you do to anger her?" Long Jie asked him directly. They all knew what kind of child Faye was.


    "I may have ordered her to bring me food and cold drinks. And she behaved for the first two rounds but suddenly she bolted¡­" Long Yuan didn''t find anything wrong with what he was saying. Yeah, he was making Faye do thebor for him as he was so tired from ying with baby Jun that he didn''t have the energy to bring food to his table. If he could he would have made this kid feed him too. "Someone forgot their kid in the garden. I was just making azy kid move a bit."


    You ass, it is childbor.


    Instinctively, Zhenyi''s arms tightened around her poor niece. This young and healthy man was making a kid work for him¡­ wait a minute, she will make him cripple.


    Long Yuan looked up to see several res directing at his face. Did he do something wrong? His brothers used to work for him as he was the baby of the family¡­ he just¡­ was doing what he had been used to?


    Was it wrong of him to order a child around?


    "Yuan, you made a kid work for you?" Liu Shishi''s mellow voice rang. She first gazed at her husband, then at the several tes and empty sses on the table, and finally at the pitiful child clutched in her sister-inw''s eyes.


    She couldn''t believe her husband at all!! Did he even see how beautiful the kid is? Did his heart not melt at the sight of the kid?


    "LONG YUAN! YOU BETTER PREPARE FOR YOUR FUNERAL!!!"


    Hearing Long Jie''s callous words, Long Yuan disappeared in a second. He must have done something wrong, he realized.


    "I''ll be back," Liu Shishi went after him, leaving them alone.


    "Where are your mama and dad?" Long Jie asked the kid.


    "Mama felt sick. Ru took her to the washroom. Said me to wait here as they will be back soon," Faye replied in a pitiful yet a little confident tone. The spectators found her manner of speaking so interesting that they couldn''t help but wish to pinch her cheeks and in their hearts, resentment for Yuan increased tremendously.


    "Where are the guards?" Zhenyi asked this time. She was mad but not at Yuan but her niece.


    Faye pointed in one direction.


    "I will deal with themter. But first, let me talk to you." Zhenyi''s tone was full of warning. It seemed like she was about to scold the child. "Faye, what''s wrong with you? You are so small yet you didn''t refuse him. I know you are taught to always help others but it doesn''t mean that you will not say no when you shouldn''t and can''t do something. I have been noticing that you never say no when you don''t want to do something."


    She paused for a moment and softened her tone, "It''s good that you always help others. But baby, asking for help and ordering you around are two different things. Remember who you are. You are both Tang and Xin. You can''t let anyone order you around. If you can''t deal with them, immediately call your guards to your aid. Do you get it?"


    Faye''s head was lowered but she still nodded. Why are adults tooplicated?! She didn''t know before that he was ordering her around. She was trying to help him but that man emotionally harassed her by forcing her to call him uncle.


    "Ah, what happened?" Zhenyi turned to find a pale Alcina followed by Ryuu. She had to admit that in these five months, all of them had gotten too close. Be it Esma, Yuan, Wei, or Ryuu. They had formed a unique kind of bond as all of them shared simr interests and were very thoughtful and useful to each other.


    Someone narrated Faye''s parents the whole story.


    With a sigh, Alcina said, "Your aunt is right, baby. You can''t keep on doing this."


    Ryuu took Faye in his arms. Why were all of them scolding his little princess? Shouldn''t someone else be punished? Seemingly, Ryu and Xin Yichen couldn''t find any fault in their little princess.


    "Cia, why are you scolding her? She is so young. It''s not her fault," Ryuu said, looking at both his sister and fiance. Yes, fiance.


    Zhenyi and Alcina could just shake their heads. He was...just being Ryuu.


    The matter cleared soon and they all went to join the table as they were getting called for lunch. It was a beautiful day and they were having a lot of fun.


    Truthfully, Ryuu and Alcina still wanted to keep the existence of their daughter a secret. But after listening to Xin Yichen, who didn''t share their thoughts, they thought that it was better for their daughter too if she got along with everyone.


    Apparently, they couldn''t encourage her aloof behavior.. And to make sure, she mingled with more people, so they decided to bring her with them to this party where she could meet all the people who posed no threat to her.

 Chapter 353 - Its Hurt, Zhen Zhen

    Apparently, they couldn''t encourage her aloof behavior. And to make sure, she mingled with more people, so they decided to bring her with them to this party where she could meet all the people who posed no threat to her.


    "I still can''t believe that this is your daughter," Long Yuan gaped at Alcina who was feeding her daughter but not before throwing a re at him.


    Long Wei tossed a grain of corn in Yuan''s open mouth from a distance. Everyoneughed as Yuan realized what just happened to him.


    "Seriously, Alcina, you never introduced her to us before." Meilin was evidently offended. How could she not meet this beautiful baby girl before? Especially when she was a unique one.


    "Well, I have my reasons." Alcina shrugged.


    "Hey baby Tang, you just look like your father," Esma said with a depressed sigh. She couldn''t bear another Lord Tang. "I can still endure this face but please don''t take after his obnoxious personality."


    "My dad is the best," came the reply, much to Esma''s distress.


    "You eat grapes," said Sam while passing her some grapes.


    "Grapes are sour," She deadpanned.


    Hearing her reply, everyoneughed.


    "Even I want to know what Ryuu Ge does to make you hate him so much," Meilin asked the question to Esma. Since all of them were now family friends, so they were on first name bases." Because I can''t understand how someone could hate him."


    ording to Meilin, she has yet to see a man so handsome and posh. It wasn''t that he was overly sophisticated or something. Elegance had seeped into his bones. Even if he didn''t try, his presence couldn''t be less than that of a king.


    "Dear Wei, control your wife. She has stars in her eyes while staring at your cousin''s man," Esma spoke much to Meilin''s distress. "As for why I hate him? Try getting imprisoned in his castle and you will know. And if you ever did, make sure you don''t get his alien loyal dog as your babysitter."


    "If you were not a lesbian, I would have thought you have a thing for Feng Siyan," Zhenyi chuckled.


    "Who the hell told you that I am lesbian?" Esma was now offended.


    Zhenyi raised her brow. "Are you not? You flirt with men and then disappear before they could make a move on you. I have seen you flirting with countless men in these five months but never saw you leaving with them. However, your activities with a waitress at my club were recorded in the CCTV cameras."


    "Screw you," Esma cursed her.


    "One thousand and seventeen hundred bucks," Sam''s voice was heard.


    ¡­.


    Later, everyone met baby Jun and gave their blessing to him. He was a beautiful and healthy baby. And almost everyone was mesmerized by him, resulting in getting thick red pockets from everyone.


    Now that everyone would be leaving soon, Ryuu stood up first to make an announcement.


    "Well, everyone, we have an announcement to make, " Ryuu said while helping Alcina to stand up as well.


    A guard came and ced something on the table.


    ''Wedding invitation.''


    "We are getting married," Alcina announced with a huge grin. "And you all are invited."


    The news was so huge that everyone was excited. They went to congratte the couple. Since they had a daughter together, everyone had expected them to end up together sooner orter.


    Sam felt an arm draped around his shoulder as he saw the lively scene from a distance. He didn''t want to go forward to wish them like everyone else because he knew that he wouldn''t be able to do so. So, why bother pretending you are fine when you certainly are not?


    He found Zhenyi hugging him. Embracing her back, he murmured, "I''m genuinely happy for her. I swear."


    "I know," Zhenyi said as a matter of fact. Even a blind could see that he was d that Alcina found her real happiness after a lot of unnecessary struggles.


    "She clearly loves him," He whispered next. And only he knew how much it was breaking his heart to feel her love for Ryuu when he perhaps loved her the same, if not more than Ryuu. And they both have a beautiful daughter too. He couldn''t bring himself to hate that little kid.


    "I can see that too," She responded with a nod of the head. Although she was more than d that Ryuu and Alcina had finally decided to take this step, she couldn''t refuse that her heart wasn''t breaking for Sam.


    She and Sam had a very weird rtionship. They wouldn''t talk daily or asionally but would be up to date with each other''s affairs. If one of them was in trouble or pain, they would leave everything behind just to be with each other. Doesn''t matter if they could help each other or not!


    Right now, Zhenyi knew that she couldn''t get him Alcina. If it was someone else, she would have threatened or stolen that woman for him but it was Alcina, the love of her brother''s life and his daughter''s mother. She was helpless. She felt like she was stuck in the middle of nowhere.


    "But it still hurts, Zhen zhen," He whispered, tightening his arms around her. He wished to leave this ce and nevere in front of them ever.


    "Just because you have epted that she doesn''t feel anything for you doesn''t mean you have no right to feel sad about it," Zhenyi reminded him. Even if he loved someone who didn''t love him in return, it didn''t take away his right to feel about his unrequited love. Just as Alcina had to refuse his intentions, he had an equal right to feel sad about it.


    Zhenyi contemted for a moment before saying, ''Although Ryuu is my brother, it still can''t change the fact that both of them love each other messily. Their way of loving each other had hurt many people around them. They could have prevented hurting you and Xiuying in the process but they messed it up. Ryuu involved her for his benefit and she got involved out of her desperation. And you fell for Alcina''s daring personality, but when you saw her in tears for Ryuu, you felt as if the world hade to end. Sam, we can''t me anyone. Love is messy and painful. It is not as beautiful as textbooks or poets make it sound like. If you ask me I would say that being in love is another kind of hell to go through."


    "Since when did you get so smart, Zhen Zhen?"Sam mumbled, wiping his nonexistent tears.


    "Since I fell in love with that unromantic, Jerk," Zhenyi replied while pointing her finger at her husband.


    "Let''s go," Sam said, dragging her with him.


    "To where?" Zhenyi looked at him in confusion.


    "To give mepany," Sam replied while dragging her with him." I want to get drunk and wake up the next day to a new day and new resolve. I want to work on myself but not before giving me this much-needed break."


    Sam truly needs a break. These past five months were like living hell for him. The emotional turbulence, he felt, was making him lose his mind. Plus, his job with Long Yuan was proving to be another kind of mental torture.


    "Although your idea is terrible. Your words are corny. I still can''t say no to your ideas as long as it involves alcohol." Whenever there is alcohol, Zhenyi will be there just like Esma.


    "But your husband?" He asked her. He knew how possessive that jerk of her husband was for her.


    "Ah, he asked me to console my about to cry best friend," Zhenyi said, patting his shoulder.


    "Bastard, just want me to not create a scene at his cousin''s big moment," Sam hissed. ''Did he think I don''t know how all of a sudden he was getting too chummy with his long-lost cousin?''


    "Right, he can be petty sometimes." Zhenyi agreed. She was still not ready to forget how he lied about the honeymoon to her. She wouldn''t forgive him until he let him use handcuffs on him.


    "You must take care of me always, ZhenZhen."Sam was behaving like a puppy who was previously thrown into the dumpster and was now back with his owner.


    "Of course, you are my bestest friend in the whole wide world." Was it even something worth asking? As long as Sam was useful to her, she would never abandon him. After all, he was her only best friend.


    "Say husbands are temporary but BFFs are for life." Now Sam was getting too sentimental. And she gotta stop him before he tossed her in some trouble.


    "Sam, to get drunk you need to leave this ce alive." Fortunately, her threat worked.


    "Stop threatening me¡­"


    .....


    Note:


    I know you people want Ryuu with Xiuying but it is not possible. You can call Ryuu a cheater but it still doesn''t change the fact that he loves Alcina for a very long time. They had been through life-changing situations. It''s not easy for him to forget her and live nonchntly with Xiuying when she is just a means to an end.


    These people are ruthless and unforgiving... If Xiuying hadn''t been helping Ryuu, she would have been long dead. Their world is different from ours. Only those benefit them, lives and the liability gets disposed of.


    Ryuu''s position is akin to a king. He didn''t need a weak woman, who he needs to protect all the times next to him. He needs his equal and in my opinion that woman is Alcina.


    Thank you for your kindments and Reviews.. We will try to have a mass release soon. ?

 Chapter 354 - Grand Wedding

    It was Alcina and Ryuu''s wedding day. The grand Tang mansion was brimming with happiness once again with the bomb-sting news of the grand marriage of the only heir of the Tang family.


    No one knew who the bride was but they were least interested in the background of the bride. They were just happy with the information that they had gotten an invitation to Lord Ryu''s wedding.


    Tang Family''s allies were naturally invited along with the friends and rtives of Xin Yichen. However, there were a few more hidden ns like Zhangs, Juns, and Rens. Today, it was heard that the patriarch of the Jun n would be attending the wedding with his grandson, or the next heir of the Jun family. Ren family had sent their representative as they were invited on very short notice and couldn''te. As for Zhangs¡­ they had hidden animosity with Tangs for as long as anyone could remember.


    Ryuu and Alcina spoke their vows in the ce where they met for the first time. If someone had told them that time that one day, both of them.were gonna speak their wedding vows at the same ces they would have shot you without blinking.


    Alcina was looking lovely in her simple yet graceful wedding gown. And Ryuu, as usual, was a dashing king in his ck tuxedo. Not to forget, their Faye was dressed as a princess as she was.


    Only family members attended the wedding ceremony and the rest of the people were supposed toe to their reception.


    "Are you sad?" Ryuu asked his wife when he felt her sad eyes wandering in the hall.


    Her maternal grandfather didn''te as she had long known. Yet, she thought for her sake he would. But you see, that was her only wishful thinking.


    Alcina smiled at him. "Why would I? I have known from the start that he will note. His hate for you outweighs the responsibility or dare I say love for me. Whatever. It''s better that he is not here. I wouldn''t be able to tolerate the nonsense he was gonna sprout about you and our daughter."


    Ryuu felt his heartbreaking for her. "You don''t need to worry about someone who doesn''t care for you, love." He gestured to her with his eyes to look ahead. "That''s your family. The only family that matters."


    Alcina looked ahead and chuckled when she saw Long Jie teasing Zhenyi and she was cutely pouting at him. Her daughter was nestled in Grandma Mian''sp and the older woman was in awe of the little Tang. Xin Yichen was talking to Elder Xin with aforting expression.


    Yes, this was their family. The only family that matters.


    Alcina rested her head on Ryuu''s shoulder and whispered, "Thank you for fulfilling this dream of mine that I was never aware of¡­"


    He pecked her temple and murmured, "Anything for you, my wife."


    Seeing them standing alone, someone came to congratte the newly wedded couple. They made a toast.


    When Alcina sipped on her drink, she looked up to nce at Ryuu in surprise who just winked in return. Only when the elderly couple left and they were once again alone, she dared to ask the question, "You changed my wine to grape juice?"


    Ryuu grinned. "Not my fault that you didn''t notice before. You think I will let you take the risk of consuming even a sip of alcohol?"


    "I don''t want to...but it was you who told me to hide the ''good news'' from everyone for a few more days," Alcina pouted at him. Yeah, yeah little Tang was about to get a sibling.


    "I just want to do something in order for the first time in my life," Ryuu grumbled. "People date first, then marry and finally have children. But our situation was messed up. We have a kid first, then fall in love and in the end, we are getting married."


    "Who said this is the end?" Alcina interrupted him. "Our wedding is the beginning of our life."


    ¡­


    "Come on, Zhenyi, it''s your brother''s wedding and you are not allowed to drink anymore," Long Jie sighed. He didn''t remember what number of ss she was on.


    "Exactly, it''s my bro''s wedding. And wedding means free and loads of drinks," Zhenyi beamed.


    "You are not drinking and that''s my order," Long Jie said in a hard tone.


    "Nobody can order Xin Zhenyi around," Zhenyi narrowed her eyes on him.


    "Exactly," Long Jie said. "Nobody can order my wife around but as your husband, it''s my privilege to do what a nobody can''t."


    "I hate you so much," Zhenyi couldn''t help but grumble.


    Long Jie kissed her mouth saying, "I love you too, babe."


    Zhenyi just red at him. She stood up to leave the table but he caught her hand. "Where are you going?" He then asked.


    "Washroom. And I am not taking you with me," Zhenyi replied.


    "Okay, go but safely."


    Zhenyi sighed and massaged her temples. " Yeah¡­"


    On the way to the washroom, Zhenyi was muttering graphic curses in all thenguages she knew under her breath. How dare that husband of hers not let her drink on such an auspicious event? He was so bad, so mean to her.


    She was fine when she entered the washroom but when she came out of it, she found herself more than just tipsy. "Oh, God, wine and I don''t go hand in hand." Even when hard liquor couldn''t make her tipsy easily, the wine had a tendency to make her drunk very effortlessly.


    As she was about to take a step inside the hall where her husband was waiting for her, Zhenyi felt herself falling...but before her pretty face could touch the hard marble on the floor, an arm caught her waist and pulled her up.


    She nced up to find dark obsidian eyes staring at her in concern."Are you fine?" the stranger asked her.


    Zhenyi found herself nodding. "Thank you."


    Zhang Boyan smiled at the beautiful woman he just saved from falling. Did he mention that she was extremely beautiful? He couldn''t use the textbook definition of beautiful on her. And did he say anything about those magical eyes of hers?


    They were like many magical elements fusing just to make something mystical in the end.


    "Here," Zhang Boyan took out something from his coat pocket and ced it on Zhenyi''s palm. "Suck on this candy. It will help you in intoxication."


    Zhenyi nced at this strange man again. She didn''t recognize him. And seems like he didn''t know her either. Again, looking at his face, she could tell that this man was handsome but not like her husband. With sses hung on the bride of his nose, he looked intelligent but quite ssy.


    She didn''t give him back the sucker that he had ced on her palm but she wasn''t fool enough to consume anything given to her. "Thank you again."


    Seeing that she was standing before him, she said, "Ah, it seems I am blocking your path. "


    Zhang Boyan smiled at her. He quite likes these kinds of confident and smart women. He didn''t say anything and moved forward. If he was meant to meet her again, he would surely take her number.


    ¡­


    "You didn''t expect me to be here?" Zhang Boyan chuckled at the bride. She was looking lovely today with the man standing protectively beside her. She deserved to be loved but he wondered if he really was the right man for her?


    Alcina was certainly not expecting Zhang Boyan of all the people from the Zhang family to attend her wedding on their behalf. "You can''t me me for being skeptical especially when Grandfather is nning to make me a widow anytime soon."


    Zhang Boyan just smiled at her. He didn''t refute her words. "Truth be told, I am here as the heir of the Zhang family to send the message that we don''t wish to make the Tang family our enemy. What your grandfather and Tang family have should be kept between both parties. Innocents need not be implicated. We are a medicinal n. With mutual cooperation, we can help each other to a great extent. Don''t you think so, Lord Ryuu?"


    Ryuu was studying the man donned in a navy blue three-piece suit. He was giving off the impression of an intelligent and mature man. Yet, he couldn''t bring himself to trust Zhangs. But for his wife''s sake, he said, "Sure. We will discuss the conditionster, Young Master Zhang."


    Before Zhang Boyan could say anything, his gaze fell on the owner of those magical eyes he met before. She was dressed in a knee-length royal blue colored strapless tulle dress. Her hair was made in a beautiful loose bun.


    "Eyes on the wrong person," Alcina whispered.


    "Who is she?" Zhang Boyan found himself asking.


    "My sister-inw,"Alcina replied.


    Just as the words left Alcina''s mouth, Zhang Boyan saw a very familiar man pulling her into his arms and she answered him by kissing his chin. His eyes fell on the ring shining on her hand that was ced on the man''s shoulder.


    Yeah, he noticed that she was married. But it was toote.


    .....

 Chapter 355 - A Moment With You

    "Stupid!" Alcina murmured as she saw Zhang Boyan''s eye still fixated on Zhenyi. This man had a thing for forbidden women it seemed.


    "I can hear your thoughts, Alcina," Zhang Boyan said, his gaze still on the woman embraced in someone else''s arms.


    On the other hand, Long Jie was having a hard time controlling his drunk wife. She was stumbling in her steps but was stubborn enough to not rest for a while. He didn''t know what he was gonna do with her.


    "What''s that?"Long Jie asked his wife when he felt she was being something in her palm.


    "Oh, it''s a sucker," Zhenyi showed him, spreading her palm. "Umm...someone gave it to me. Said it will help men in curbing intoxication. Since he helped me by preventing me from falling on my face, I had to ept it as a thank you."


    "He?" Long Jie raised his brow.


    Irritation, distress, and anger squeezed through him at the thought of imagining any fly roaming near his precious wife. He knew how unique she was and it wasn''t unusual for people to be attracted by her distinctive attitude and personality. Although she might appear harsh and intense, she still was one of a kind. And who doesn''t have a thing for having something extraordinary?


    Zhenyi was officially convinced that her husband was a person who could get jealous at the slightest matter. She uttered such a big sentence and did he just hear ''he'' out of all the words? Was he even serious? Or was he kidding her?


    Good thing, she was drunk and powerless, or else she would have punched his sexy jaw. He was too infuriating!


    "I said so many words but you, out of all those words, only hear the word ''he''? Do you even care about your wife?" Zhenyi raged. She understood that she was being mean and petty but she wanted to be. me it on the alcohol.


    "I have been telling you for a long time to stop drinking but you don''t listen to me," Long Jie sighed as he tightened his hold against her back. "Now, you are picking a fight with me in vain?"


    Zhenyi''s nostrils red as she heard his words. Did he think she was an unreasonable woman who knows nothing but to pick fights with him?


    "You know what!" Zhenyi fumed, getting out of his hold. "I am not gonna talk to you. Go find yourself another wife who would dance on your orders and not pick fights with you. In short, you are free to rece this unreasonable wife of yours."


    "Zhenyi," Long Jie immediately called her name in desperation. He was about to grab her wrist to stop her from leaving but at thest moment, he heard someone yelling emergency in his earpiece.


    "Keep an eye on my wife. No unwanted person shoulde around her. And don''t let her drink," He ordered her guards before running towards the exit.


    Duty calls, guys.


    Zhenyi was grumbling under her breath as she walked towards her brother and sister-inw, all ready toin how her husband was wronging her.


    "Why do you look as if you have squeezed some lemons?" Alcina asked as soon as she saw her sister-inw approaching them with a sour look on her face. She had no idea as to what was wrong with thisdy. Even she wanted to know about the person who had the misfortune to offend this vicious Xin Zhenyi.


    Perhaps, Zhenyi didn''t notice the man, who had saved her earlier from falling, standing just a few inches away from Alcina, or she was so engrossed in her grumbling that she refused to see anything else. Whatever the reason was...but she had yet to spot Zhang Boyan standing next to Alcina.


    "Lemons? Your brother snatched my premium lemon-vored alcohol," Zhenyi slightly hissed at Alcina."I can''t understand why I married him. Kinda regretting my decision after he put a ban on my alcohol consumption."


    "Sis, did you forget you and Sam were hospitalized for a week after drinking almost a barrel of alcohol just a few weeks ago?" Alcina kindly reminded her. After that party at Meilin''s home, Long Jie found Zhenyi and Sam passed out in a club. And after both of them were hospitalized for alcohol poisoning.


    Long Jie started ming himself for the stunt Zhenyi pulled and in desperation, he banned her from drinking any kind of alcoholic drink. It was only today after so long that he let her touch it on the ount of Ryuu and Alcina''s wedding.


    "If it was for me, I would have banned everyone from consuming alcohol here" It was Ryuu who said this to his drunk sister. He had an urge to pull her ears today seeing her getting drunk after escaping the cmity not long ago.


    "I''m not an alcoholic," Zhenyi defended herself but it seemed none of them believed her.


    If she could, she would have stomped her foot on the ground childishly for upsetting her. But you see, she is Xin Zhenyi, she has to maintain her image.


    Turning her head, she was all set to go to her B¨¤ toin about all three of them, but before she could move forward, her foot twisted and she again stumbled. Again, a strong pair of arms caught her waist and pulled her against his chest.


    Once again, Zhenyi looked up to find dark obsidian staring right back at her in worry, concern, and...amusement.


    "Are you fine?" Zhang Boyan asked her as soon as she was on her feet again. Still, his hand was holding her arm.


    "Yeah¡­"Zhenyi mumbled. "How do you know to be present at the right ce whenever I stumble?


    Zhang Boyan''s lips tugged up to form a smile. He had never found suspicion lovely until now. Did he mention before that the royal blue of her dress was reflecting in her eyes under the grand chandelier that hung right above her head?


    "Perhaps, I was sent to grab you before you fall?" Zhang Boyan replied to her.


    "I guess you should end it here by saying thank you and go back to find your husband," Ryuu said to his sister. He didn''t like the feeling of this Zhang Boyan strutting anywhere near his sister.


    Unlike Ryuu, Zhang Boyan was not in a hurry to send this goddess back. At this moment, he didn''t even remember that she had a husband. He held his hand forward and said, "A dance?"


    "For the thank you?" Zhenyi lifted up her brow.


    Zhang Boyan smiled at her response. He didn''t mind using gratitude if it meant to have one dance with her. "Yeah¡­ A dance in exchange for one thank you."


    "Fine," Zhenyi replied while walking behind him to the dance floor.


    "This is not right, Cia," Ryuu sighed as his eyes roamed across the hall to find Long Jie but he didn''t see him anywhere. Since he was off duty today he didn''t even know what was going on.


    "I wonder how Ah-Jie is gonna behave when he sees Zhenyi with Zhang Boyan," Alcina said in worry. "I don''t even know why she is testing his patience. I have been noticing both of them for a few days, she has been doing one or the other thing to infuriate him."


    "I thought I was imagining things," Ryuumented. "But it seems that I was right. Something is definitely going on between the two of them. But I wonder what?"


    "You look as if you are lost in some other world," Zhenyi remarked.


    Zhang Boyan smiled at her. "I am just thinking."


    "May I ask what you are thinking about?" Zhenyi asked with a polite smile.


    "I am thinking what will you gain from this dance," Zhang Boyan honestly replied.


    "Pardon?" Zhenyi paused for a second in her movement. "You think I want something from you?"


    Zhang Boyan chuckled. "Absolutely no. I am just saying that there is surely something that you will get from this dance. I''m justthe means you are using to reach the end."


    Zhenyi was not shocked at his words. She had long known that this man was not as ordinary as he appeared. He was a Zhang for god''s sake.


    "You are right," Zhenyi didn''t lie at this moment. "I will indeed get something out of this dance. But I wonder what Mr. Zhang is earning out of it?" Turning her gaze across the hall she saw many dignitaries speaking to each other. "Your few minutes could have been well spent if you have made connections there."


    "A moment with you," Zhang Boyan too honestly replied.


    "Excuse me?"


    "You asked what I was earning out of this dance. I said ''a moment with you'' is what I am earning. And it is way more valuable to me than anything in this world." With this said words, the song ended and Zhang Boyan bowed before saying, "Thank you for this moment, Miss Zhenyi. I will always cherish it for as long as I live." Zhenyi was dumbfounded at the oue. "And your husband is right behind you. If you wasted any further seconds talking to me, I am afraid he will murder me right here on this dance floor. And who would want to die at the hands of a ferocious Young Master Jie?"


    "My husband is not ferocious," Zhenyi said before running to follow after her husband who had long left the hall.

 Chapter 356 - Half Sister?

    "Jie!"


    "Jie!"


    Zhenyi ran after Long Jie, calling out for him loudly. But he didn''t stop walking. His steps were neither swift nor slow. He was walking in a manner as if he didn''t hear his wife''s voice calling for him.


    Since Zhenyi was running after him in heels, she was bound to fall down. However, as she stepped on the final stairs to descend to reach her husband, her feet slipped and she lost her footing.


    "Jie," a loud shriek escaped her mouth coupled with the sound of a thud.


    Hearing the thud, Long Jie turned his head back to see Zhenyi dropping from the stairs. He ran towards her but before he could reach her, her head had hit the metal railing and blood had started rushing from her forehead.


    No. No. This was not happening. She was not getting hurt again. He couldn''t go back to the time when she was silently lying on the bed.


    "Zhenyi!"Long Jie wasted no time and collected her in his arms. Before Long Jie, the hidden guards had started acting when they saw Zhenyi hurt.


    "What happened?" Zhang Boyan happened to pass by. He froze when he saw Zhenyi lying in Long Jie''s arms unconsciously. Collecting his wits, he immediately added, "I''m a doctor. Let me see her."


    Zhang Boyan pursed his lips and took out his identity card from his suit pocket to show him that he was indeed a doctor. "Let me see her. We can''t afford to dy."


    "Would she be alright?" Long Jie asked Zhang Boyan, walking back and forth while thetter was checking up on the unconscious Zhenyi. "No. She must be alright or I will make sure you won''t ever be able to practice medicine again."


    If Zhang Boyan was not bandaging Zhenyi''s wound on her forehead, he would have certainly punched Long Jie. If Long Jie couldn''t shut up and let him do his job, he should at least leave the room to let him do his job in peace. But seeing the situation and ce he was in, he didn''t retort.


    Truth be told, he didn''t want toe in Zhenyi''s bad books by arguing with her husband.


    "She will wake up after a few hours," Zhang Boyan replied after a while. "Her wound doesn''t need stitches. It''s just a minor tear, nothing major to worry about."


    "Nothing to worry about?" Long Jie sneered. "My wife is unconscious and you are saying I shouldn''t worry about her? What kind of doctor are you?"


    Instead of feeling joyful that she wasn''t seriously hurt, he was even more anxious now. He was feeling as if Zhang Boyan was messing with him. How could she be alright when she fell from such height? He had got to be kidding him?


    "She fell unconscious due to her alcohol intake not the injury on her head," Zhang Boyan informed. "You have to keep an eye on her alcohol consumption."


    Actually, one couldn''t me Long Jie for thinking so unreasonable. Zhenyi''sst ident had done a number on him. It seemed he was greatly traumatized by her ident. And whenever she gets hurt, his unreasonable self emerges.


    "How about you get your wife checked by your doctor again?"Zhang Boyan uttered when he saw that Long Jie didn''t believe his examination. "I''m sure he will be here any moment. Get Miss Zhenyi checked by him once again and hear the same exnation from him."


    Long Jie didn''t pay any attention to him. He just ignored him and let the other doctor who came a few minutester check his wife. When the doctor checked her, he also informed him of the same examination as Zhang Boyan.


    "Dr. Zhang?" The doctor who checked Zhenyi for the second time called out in surprise. He couldn''t believe his eyes that he met his idol here. Dr. Zhang Boyan, thirty five, heir of the Zhang family that was a medicinal n, was one of the top surgeons in the country.


    Zhang Boyan just politely nodded. Although he was a genius at what he did, he wasn''t arrogant or proud as one at his post must be. It was because he knew that he wasn''t the only one who could achieve what he has achieved today. He has always believed that if Alcina had pursued the same career, she would have long surpassed him but the girl was more interested in poisonous animals or the weirdest stuff she could concoct from the elements they all used to make medicines from.


    "Mr. Long, I suggest you follow Dr. Zhang''s prescription," The doctor kindly suggested. "Dr. Zhang is a genius in our line of work. With Dr. Zhang''s examination, I don''t think anything can go wrong."


    Long Jie just nodded. "Sure. If anything ''unfortunately'' went wrong, I am sure Dr. Ma will be here to face consequences."


    The doctor felt his forehead sweating unusually. Why was it so hot in this room? His heart disease must be ring up? Wasn''t that why he was feeling so nervous?


    "Mr. Long, I will take my leave. Please inform me once Mrs. Long wake up, I will check up on her once again." With this said, the doctor ran faster than an athlete.


    "Does it always work out for you?" Zhang Boyan asked Long Jie while his eyes were still fixed on Zhenyi''s ''innocent'' face. Why must such a beautiful girl marry this cold blooded psycho? She could have married any normal man and lead a happy life.


    "Work for me what?" Long Jie asked in curiosity but he didn''t bother to look at him. Anyway, he was just seconds away from throwing him out of the room.


    "Threatening people for your benefit," came the reply.


    "Most of the time," Long Jie replied. "And other times, I just get rid of them. Simple."


    "I wonder if it''s in your Dna or it''s just your and Alcina''s thing," Zhang Boyan found himself replying.


    "So, you are from the infamous Zhang family," Now Zhang Boyan had Long Jie''s all of the attention. Even he wanted to know about this Zhang family.


    "And you are the reason why Alcina is still connected with that family of traitors," Zhang Boyan scoffed. He replied to him in the same manner as Long Jie did. Of course, he knew why Alcina was so hung up on the Long family especially when she didn''t care about them. "If you really cared about your so-called half sister as you make it appear, you would not have made her acquainted with your family. They are snakes with their fangs spread, all ready to hiss her to death once they get the opportunity. Although Lord Ryuu is powerful, I wonder how long he would protect her. One day he had to choose between his wife and your wife¡­ After all, he is just a nominal head."


    "What did you say?" Long Jie asked him too calmly.


    Before Zhang Boyan could reply, the door to the room opened and in enteredAlcina along with Faye. She was shocked to see both men conversing together. She didn''t know why but the look on Long Jie''s face scared her.


    "What are you both talking about?" Alcina found herself asking the question. The smile on her face was stiff and awkward. It was as if she was worrying that her secret might be discovered anytime soon.


    "He was telling me how I should have let ''my sister'' not get acquainted with the Long family," It was Long Jie who broke the uneasy silence.


    Alcina''s face changed in an instant. The thing she had been worried about had happened. Long Jie found the truth. She found Long Jie staring at her with usation in his eyes. She opened her mouth to say something but closed it again when no words came out.


    "Mama?" Faye''s soft voice jolted Alicia from the stupor.


    Alcina looked down to find her baby girl blinking at her.


    "Washroom?" Faye reminded her while pointing at the washroom door.


    "Oh, go baby I will wait for you here," Alcina said.


    "No, mama. You said you have to go to the washroom," Faye looked at her mom in confusion.


    "I-i¡­"


    "It''s okay, mama." Faye''s eyes shifted towards the bed and she found Zhenyi lying there. Her forehead was covered with a band aid. "What happened to Aunt?"


    "Your Aunt fell down and hurt herself," Zhang Boyan replied to the replica of Lord Ryuu. "You should walk carefully and prevent yourself from falling down like your Aunt, okay?"


    Faye just nodded at the stranger.


    "Ge?" Alcina whispered.


    "Not now, Alcina," Long Jie said, turning all her advances to talk to him. Turning towards Faye, he added,"Take your mama to your dad and tell them not to worry about your Aunt. She is just sleeping."


    This novel is a contracted work with W e b n o v e l. c o m (remove spaces). If you''re not reading ''The Typhoon''s Dangerous Wife '' on W e b n o v e l, it has been stolen. It''s very heartbreaking to see pirates profiting from my hard work.. Please support the original author,(tanu_sam).

 Chapter 357 - Jun Clan

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    On the other side.


    Xin Yichen was engaged in a conversation with his old acquaintance when someone announced the arrival of an important guest. No one had imagined the patriarch of the mighty Jun family woulde himself to congratte Ryuu and his wife on their wedding.


    Not even the wealthiest families of the country could invite them.


    Jun family was not based in Beijing so it was natural that not many people know about them. However, since everyone in the room was remarkable personality in their respective fields, it was not surprising that many of them were aware of the position patriarch Junmanded in his arena.


    "Master Jun, it''s very nice to finally meet you after a long time," Xin Yichen humbly greeted the senior man. Master Jun was a man in his sixties, but one couldn''t help but look at him in awe at the powerful and fascinating aura emitting him.


    Knowledge always attracts everyone and being some one as knowledgeable as Patriarch Jun was always the center of attraction where ever he went.


    Patriarch Jun nodded and epted the greeting with a smile. When he was informed that he was invited by Tang family for the wedding of the current head, he was delighted. It seemed that those people still knew how to value their acquaintances.


    And now the respectful treatment that he was getting from everyone was no less impressive to him.


    "My boy, greet Master Xin," Patriarch patted his eight years old grandson''s head.


    Xin Yichen''s eyes nced below and he found an eight years old boy bowing. Such refined manners and elegance were something only a member of the Jun family could possess. No wonder, they had producedwell known schrs for many generations.


    "Ah, what''s your name child?" Xin Yichen questioned the boy. Ever since he had gotten a granddaughter, he had grown a soft spot for kids in his heart. Still, nobody could take the ce of his granddaughter in his heart.


    "Jun Yiran," Jun Yiran aka little Yuyu replied. He was a little down as he was dragged by his grandfather to this wedding. He hated socializing but when his favorite ''uncle'' or Young master ordered him to follow his grandfather, he had no choice but toply with him.


    Let him grow up, then he would beat that arrogant young master''s ass inbat. Even his father listened to his boss, and he as his father''s son was ignored like always.


    However, when he heard that they were going to Beijing, he was over the moon. And the reason was a certain green-eyed beauty. He had to find her in this big city or she would be coveted by someone else.


    "What a sweet child!" Xin Yichen smiled. "I have been hearing a lot about you little master Jun. It''s my honor to meet the future of Jun n."


    Yuyu opened his mouth to say that he was not the real young Master Jun, however, he closed his mouth to avoid speaking something he should not. Even if he didn''t want to take the ce of the Young Master, he would have to. It was unchangeable. Something, he had been hearing since the time, he was born.


    In the end, he half-heartedly murmured, "Thank you."


    Patriarch Jun could understand silently what his grandson was meaning to say but he didn''t blow his cover. Some things couldn''t be changed and he knew it better than anyone. His grandson had to rece the inept young master in the future.


    "Come, I will take you to Ryuu and Alcina," Xin Yichen offered and Patriarch Jun and Yuyu walked behind him, making small talks on the way.


    ____


    Ryuu was waiting for his wife toe back by his side. It had only been five minutes since she left his side and he was anxious already. Could he say that he was getting too overprotective and over-possessive of her already? But what could he do when he just wanted her second pregnancy morefortable than thest one.


    Only he and Alcina knew the problems and struggle they had to experience during Faye''s time. He would never be able to express how grateful he was to God to let him survive that disaster and assisted him toe back by his family''s side, alive.


    No, he was not invincible. Even he had bad times. He too had desires that he sometimes forced him chose himself over his family but he never did. From the beginning, he was taught to chose his family over his happiness. But today, when he finally tied the knot with the woman, he loved more than anything else in the world, he felt content for the first time in years. It was the kind of feeling that he would never be able to describe in simple words. It was simply heavenly yet indescribable.


    "Alcina?" Ryuu called out her name as he saw her walking towards him, holding their daughter''s little hand. Her face was unusually pale and not even for a moment, he thought that it was due to nausea, she was previously feeling. Something was bothering his wife and he has to find out what.


    Alcina gave him a small smile as she stood by his side.


    "You, all right?" He asked her again. Lately, he had been getting worried over even trivial matters as her emotions are fluctuating constantly.


    Alcina nodded at him.


    "Dada, Aunt got hurt," Faye whispered tugging at Ryuu''s coat. Her big green eyes were staring at her father. Since the time, she saw a bandage on Zhenyi''s head, she was feeling ufortable for some reason.


    "Aunt got what?" Ryuu thought he heard something wrong. Wasn''t his sister fine a moment ago? No, it was not possible for Long Jie to hurt his wife for a little misunderstanding.


    "You didn''t mishear," said Alcina in a tight voice."She fell and knocked her head on the wall, I guess. But she is alright... just a small gash. And Long Jie is apanying her." And he knows what he should not yet.


    Ryuu sighed. Zhenyi had been drinking carelessly. What else could he expect from a drunkard? He just hoped whatever problem the couple was facing, they would soon resolve it because Zhenyi had a habit of drowning her problems in the bottle of alcohol.


    He rubbed Faye''s head gently and murmured, "Don''t worry, kiddo. Your aunty will be fine. Your uncle will be staying by her side. But you must not run like you always do otherwise you will trip and get hurt like your aunt."


    Faye nodded as if she could understand after she saw the live example.


    "You sure you are not feeling sick?" Ryuu asked Alcina.


    "Of course," Alcina squeezed out a smile. They would talk but once the reception was over.


    "Ryuu! Alcina!" Both of them turned their head to find Xin Yichen approaching them, followed by an elder and a kid. "Meet Patriarch Jun of the Jun n and his grandson Jun Yiran."


    Who doesn''t know the Patriarch of the Jun family and his genius grandson, who was dered the heir of the n just a few years after his birth? It was said that the child was blessed by the heavens and he would be the future of the Jun n which was on the verge of extinct.


    As per courtesy, Alcina and Ryuu greeted the old man. They were delighted to find that he chose toe personally to bless them at their wedding. And not only this, even his grandson tagged along with him.


    "I have heard many great things about Lord Ryuu of the Tang n but have never gotten the chance to see him by my own eyes," Patriarch Jun said with a reserved smile. His eyes seemed to be recalling someone or some memory of the nostalgic past. "But now that I have seen Lord Ryuu with my eyes, I can all the thingste Lord had said about you are not enough to define your charisma. You are indeed one fine young man. What a pity that yourte grandfather is not here to see you getting married with his eyes."


    "Thank you for your kind words, Patriarch Jun," Ryuu answered him with a smile. "Meet my wife Alcina and daughter Tang Faye."


    Even if Patriarch Jun was surprised to find Ryuu had a child before marriage, he didn''t show it on his old face. At least, Ryuu was better than his own son who at least had a life with a woman unlike his son, who had devoted all of his life to Buddhism. No, he was notining that his son was a religious person but he would be d if he showed a tiny bit of interest in women and worldly affairs for once. Not only was his son considered trash by the members of Jun n, he even refused toe in contact with any woman.. He had always hoped this his son would at least give him grandchildren one day to continue their generation but it appeared like he had ced hopes on a wrong person.

 Chapter 358 - Childhood Engagement

    "Hey!! Where are my wild mother-inw and ferocious father-inw?" Yuyu asked his green eyed beauty."My queen, did I mention how d am I to finally meet you again? I have been thinking about you all day and night since the first time I saw youst summer."


    If Jun Yiran knew beforehand that he would be meeting his green-eyed beauty, he would have brought a big present for her. His future bride was so precious that he was afraid that no ordinary present could be presented before her. Indeed, the present must be special just like her.


    Patriarch Jun''s jaw literally dropped on the floor as he heard his grandson''s talk. On one hand, he had his stiff son and on other hand, he had this slippery grandson. Although he was powerful and dignified, he still didn''t hold the power to protect his grandson if he continued flirting with the Tang princess. He gulped when he felt a drop in temperature.


    "You know him, baby?" Alcina questioned her daughter. She was afraid that Ryuu would pick the other kid from his cor and throw him out of the gates of the earth. He was just a second away from bursting like one big deadly volcano.


    Sigh, why must the male in her life be so dramatic?


    Faye nodded. Where did this strange boye from? She still remembered that she met him once with that self-proimed sister of hers. However, she realized that this boy''s weird manner of talking had yet not changed. He still was insisting on calling her the endearment given to her by her aunt.


    She only liked when her aunt called her queen or any other family member. Truth be told, she found endearments quite troublesome. Just call her Faye or the Chinese name that his grandfather had given her. What was her Chinese name again? It was also known as Xin Fae. Xin Yichen insisted on adding his very first grandchild to the family registry. He used Fae instead of Faye as he believed she was their little fairy.


    Back to patriarch Jun...


    "You brat! Do you even know what you are saying?" Patriarch Jun was enraged. This boy was embarrassing him. He wished his son was as shameless as his grandson in the women''s department. If his damned son was, he wouldn''t have suffered from the mental trauma of not being able to find any grandchild in the future.


    Little Yuyu pouted, "Grandpa, didn''t I tell youst time when we came to the city that I found a granddaughter-inw for you? You even said that if you liked my choice when we meet her next time, you will help me convince my inws? But it seemed that couple wasn''t my real inws."


    "Brat, when did I say?" His grandfather scowled. Now that little Yuyu had said this, he was reminded how his grandson had wreaked havoc when his father and uncle had forcibly dragged him home as he refused toe back. He had been singing praises of a green-eyed girl that he had seen in the city. Everyone was saying that the boy was possessed by some evil spirits. It seemed like the spirit was back in his body again.


    "You told me when I said how uncle failed to find a woman for him but I found a granddaughter-inw for you," Little yuyu said while tugging at his shirt. "Help me, grandfather. She is my eternal love."


    Alcina''s lips twitched as she beheld the precious scene unfolding before her eyes. How she could see the seriousness in the little boy''s eyes despite his innocence and mischievousness! Looking at her daughter, she sighed. It seemed like this girl was gonna keep Ryuu on his toes. And she pities her daughter''s future admirers.


    It was another kind of curse to find Ryuu as a father-inw. Haha. It seemed their days wouldn''t be as nd as she was thinking earlier.


    Xin Yichen had his eyes narrowed at his shameless kid. Stealing his beloved, no chance in this lifetime. His mean son had already kept his granddaughter away from him for five years. Now he wouldn''t let another pest snatch her away from him. How great it would be if he had several grandsons to protect the woman of their family?


    Ryuu raised his brow at the gutsy kid and said, "Kid, go home. My daughter is too young to get married. Since I don''t believe in child engagements and all, I wouldn''t let you roam around her."


    "Why?" The kid wasn''t the one to back off. "I''m a handsome boy who will be an extremely handsome man in the future. I will work harder. So that I can marry your daughter one day. Why must you be so unfair? I know she is young but it doesn''t mean I will stop trying."


    Ryuu scoffed, "Express your eternal love when she is big enough to understand it. But if she rejects you, don''te back running to her again."


    "Deal," Little Yuyu grinned. It seemed his real father-inw was a reasonable man. "Take care of my girl, father-inw. I will be back after a few years." His evil grin turned into a sweet smile as he turned to his girl and he added, "Take care of yourself, my dearest green-eyed beauty."


    With this said, little young master Jun walked towards his guards to ask for a phone as he was going to share this joyous news with his mother too. After all, his mother was more joyous than him to know he found a girl.


    "I apologize for my grandson''s shameless behavior," Patriarch Jun was seriously embarrassed but he wasn''t hurt. "But it seems he sincerely like little miss."


    "You have nothing to apologize for, Patriarch Jun," said Alcina. "He is a kid. And kids are known for speaking their minds. As for the deal...I believe he is intelligent and smart enough to know its meaning. And whatever deal he made is between him and Ryuu. I hope my husband won''t regret it in the future."


    "Thank you for being so understanding, Mrs. Tang," The older man smiled widely at her. "But it seems my grandson is sincere about your granddaughter."


    "Patriarch Jun, kids are too young to understand the meaning of their words," Ryuu said. "I have never believed in childhood engagements. She is my only daughter and the reason for my life. I would never give her hand to someone at this age. I know engagements at such a young age aremon in our society to maintain good rtionships between two families. Still, I am one of those people who would choose to give the freedom to their child to choose the kind of life they wanted. I hope my words won''t offend you."


    "A man who will not hesitate to stand up for his family in my opinion is a man worthy of my admiration," Patriarch Jun said with a warm smile. "I share your opinions, Lord Ryuu and it''s the only reason I haven''t asked for the engagement between the children." Turning towards Xin Yichen who appeared as proud as a Peacock, he sighed, "You have my admiration, Master Yichen, for raising such an excellent son. Lady Tang was not wrong when she used to gloat about having you."


    Patriarch Jun was one of few people who knew about Ryuu being Xin Yichen and Tang Reine''s son.


    Xin Yichen smiled,"I haven''t really taught him, Master Jun. It''s him who has taught me how to be adecent father."


    "You are too polite, Master Xin."


    Xin Yichen and Patriarch Jun walked to the other side after congratting them.


    "The kid was so arrogant," Ryuu scowled once again when they were alone. Yes, he showed himself to be a bigger person by not saying anything to that shameless kid but it didn''t mean he wasn''t on his hit list. Instead, he was on the top number.


    Plus, he never liked the idea of these childhood engagements. If Zhenyi wasn''t engaged to Long Jie, he would have never let her marry him. He knew better than anyone the kind of man Long Jie was. Although Long Jie was not a good man, he was a good husband to his sister which was enough for him.


    "I would call it confidence," Alcina added after a while. It was quite amusing to see a kid challenging Ryuu."It takes guts to speak his mind before three big personalities. You, by all means, don''t appear gentle to normal kids, and just by looking at his temperament I can say, he has a good upbringing."


    "Still not enough for me to hand over my baby to someone," Ryuu reminded her.


    "Ah, I hope we don''t have more daughters," Alcina sighed.


    "Cia, are you discriminating between girls and boys?" Ryuu looked at her, horrified. Although he would love to have a baby boy too, he still would never wish to not have daughters. Daughters or sons...he would love all his children equally.


    "No, I am worried you will get a head full of white hair in the next few years, worrying to the moon and back about your daughters."


    "I hate the thought of parting with any of my children."


    "We just have one, Ryuu."


    "Don''t worry, love. We will have plenty of them..in the future."

 Chapter 359 - He Is Gone

    By the time Zhenyi woke up, it was already the next day. With a wince, she opened her eyes and slowly lifted her body to sit on the bed. Looking at the interiors of the rooms she realized that they were not at their home. And suddenly, the memories of yesterday came flowing to her.


    She also recalled how she stumbled on the staircase and fell down, worrying a certain man to the core. But as long as he was not angry at her, she was all fine.


    Speaking of him, she wondered where he was. The room was empty and he was nowhere to be seen. The other side of the bed felt cold under her hand and so, with a sigh, she left the bed too and went to freshen up.


    "Where is my husband?" Zhenyi asked a staff member when she came out of the room where she was staying. Even after visiting Tang pce so many times, she was still not used to theyout of the ce.


    "Young Master Jie wasn''t seen in the house since the morning. But the housekeeper said he left early in the morning," The staff member politely replied to her.


    Zhenyi scowled when she heard the staff member. He left without informing her. This wasn''t how he behaves. No matter how important the task would be, he would always inform her beforehand. Did he not know that she would worry about his whereabouts?


    She got it that he was still mad at her but wasn''t it going overboard this time? Wasn''t it just a dance with that guy?


    Okay, she admitted that she had been going overboard these days with her antics. She was infuriating at him in every possible way. But she had an honest reason behind all the drama that she had created.


    "Did he inform anyone when he would being back or where he was going?" Zhenyi prevented herself fromshing out at the poor staff member. She didn''t want to be called a mad woman creating a scene because she was upset at her husband.


    "No, he didn''t say anything. He just left without saying anything to anyone," The staff member replies monotonously.


    Zhenyi nodded. She entered her room and started looking for her phone. Once she found her phone, she asked her assistant to bring her clothes and other necessary things.


    Without saying anything to anyone, Zhenyi too left for office. Even if she was worried by her husband''s unusual behavior, she didn''t let it show on her face. They would be married for a year this month and never in those days had he ever behaved so coldly with her. She knew that she was used to being pampered by him and it was the only reason why his sudden disappearance this morning was troubling her.


    Alcina was right. She was too spoiled by all the men in her life that she didn''t know their right value.


    "Gu Tian?" Zhenyi said as soon as the call got connected. If Gu Tian didn''t know where her husband was she was afraid no one else would know at all.


    "Young Madam?" On the other hand, Gu Tian was dumbfounded to receive a call from thedy boss. He wasn''t scared of his boss but his wife kinda intimidated him whenever he met her. But now that he knew that Lord Tang and she were biological siblings, he had vowed to neverin about her unreasonable attitude to his boss. After all, his life was more important to him.


    Now that thedy boss had called him, he wondered if it was rted to his boss who had been behaving weirdly sincest night.


    He pondered if he should tell her about her husband or not.


    "Gu Tuin, can you please tell me where my husband has gone too?" Zhenyi asked in a very calm voice. But Gu Tian as an expert in reading people could say that her calm voice was quivering. Her worry was apparent in her voice." He left early in the morning without saying a word. I just want to know if he had an important meeting or something like that."


    Gu Tian heaved out a sigh. He was right. Master was indeed behaving strangely since yesterday. Even if he didn''t want to say all these things to her, he had to.


    "Young Madam, I indeed received a call from the Masterst night. He didn''t say anything but to clear his schedule for the next week as he was leaving for a substantial job," Gu Tian informed her. "I tried asking to tag along but he straightly refused. He said he didn''t know how long he would take but he would be back as soon as possible."


    Zhenyi sighed as she leaned her head against the car window. After a while, she again asked, "Did he say anything else?"


    She wanted to know if he said anything for her. But no he had not. It was as if he had forgotten about her.


    "Young Madam, please don''t worry. Master wille back fine. It is not the first time he is leaving for missions like these without leaving any significant information behind," Gu Tian said thoughtfully.


    "Thank you, Gu Tian," Zhenyi said. "If you receive a call from him, please inform me." With this said, she hung up on the phone.


    Gu Tian understood her plight. She might appear mean and wicked to everyone. She indeed loved her husband a lot. It was just that everyone loved differently. Her way of loving was selfish. She knew the ce she had in Long Jie''s heart and that was the reason why she would often misuse it for her benefit.


    Take the example of their recent trouble. Zhenyi was adamant about confronting Du Zheng now and Long Jie was against it. He was telling her toy low for a few more days before taking any action. And this resulted in Zhenyi being rebellious to her husband.


    To be honest, she wasn''t wrong at her ce too. She was of the view that if the girl was really her long-lost sister, she couldn''t bear to see her in predicament. She wanted to free the girl from the monster named Du Zheng.


    However, Long said that this was not a good time as they didn''t even know who the real enemy was or who they were fighting against. The other party wanted them to act impulsively while they were waiting for her to make one single mistake that could ruin her.


    ______


    "Ah, you are back?" Zhenyi asked, surprised as she saw Fan Bingbing sitting on her usual chair. She had invited her friend sh assistant to Ryuu''s wedding but thetter wasn''t able to attend as her boyfriend was on tour and she was apanying him.


    "Why? Are you not happy to see your amazing friend back?" Fan Bingbing questioned her with an evil grin.


    Zhenyi rolled her eyes. "I thought you woulde back only after celebrating pre-honeymoon with your boyfriend."


    "Are you jealous, my dear?" Fan Bingbing raised her brow.


    Ignoring her nonsense, Zhenyi asked, "So, how did youe too soon? Didn''t you say it will take some time?"


    Fan Bingbing''s face fell. "Han had toe back to China sooner as his manager failed to negotiate with the endorsement deal they were about to sign or that was what he told me. We came back yesterday, he urged me to attend the wedding but I was suffering from Jeg."


    "Ah, don''t worry. I don''t think Alcina will mind," Zhenyi said with a smile. "Plus, if you had been there, you wouldn''t have found your first unrequited love drowning in the sea of alcohol."


    "Is he alright?" Fan Bingbing asked carefully. She still couldn''t forget the day when she had found Sam passed out in a club. She had never seen him so miserable and sad before. She has always known him to be arrogant and rude.


    "Yeah, he is much better now," replied Zhenyi.


    ¡­


    "Do you have something to say to me?" Ryuu asked his wife once again. They were now enjoying breakfast in their own room. Since they just got married, they were going to take full benefit of their honeymoon period. Even if Alcina was not pregnant, she was sure that after their honeymoon, she would surely be as Raw sex and Ryuu goes hand in hand.


    "Why do you think so?" Alcina asked him, averting her eyes off his face.


    "Because you are looking at me with those big guilty eyes," Ryuu immediately said. "If you have something to say, then say, Cia. Don''t hesitate. No matter how big the crisis is, I''m not nning on leaving the room for the next few days and neither are you."


    Alcina looked at him once again. The reason why she still hadn''t told him anything was that she didn''t want him to be tangled in her messes. The man had been doing stuff for her since the start and now that it was his time to rx for the first time in many years, she didn''t have the heart to break the little bubble he had created for her.


    Plus, even if she told him what Long Jie had found. He wouldn''t be able to do anything. Now that the truth hade out, she had no intentions of hiding it. Worstes to worst, she would let him confront her whenever he wanted or he was ready.


    But she just hoped that Ryuu''s rtionship with Long Jie and Zhenyi wouldn''t be implicated because of her.


    "Ryuu, everything is alright.. Even if it is not, I believe it will be one day. Let''s not think about it again, okay?"

 Chapter 360 - Unedited

    "Young Madam?" Gu Tian''s anxious voice entered Zhenyi''s ear.


    A dread spread through her body as soon as she heard an eager and worried voice. She had been in panic since yesterday and now that Gu Tian was calling her early in the morning, her thoughts took her to a deand.


    "Is Long Jie alright?" It was the first question that Zhenyi asked.


    She didn''t care about anything at this time but her husband.


    "I have not been able to contact him," Gu Tian quickly replied. He struck his forehead as he realized that he had worried the other person.


    "Then, why the hell do you sound so freaked out?" Zhenyi asked him. She had an urge to strangle this stupid assistant of her husband. But if she hurt him, she was afraid that her husband would get madder at her.


    "We are in a fix," Gu Tian informed her quickly. He got so worried that he didn''t know who to call at this time. Generally, such problems would be handled by his boss and if he wasn''t present then by Long Wei but now that both of them were not present, he didn''t know where to go.


    Gu Tian narrated the events of the whole day to Zhenyi and how they were now stuck in a big mess, all credit goes to a certain man who had disappeared without any trace.


    Zhenyi stifled a yawn as she heard him reporting to her. It was six in the morning for God''s sake. After all the toss and turnsst night, she has finally fell asleep.


    Although she could understand Gu Tian''s plight, she still didn''t know how to help him. Right now, all she knew was that she had to keep the news of Long Jie''s disappearance under wraps.


    "Again, Gu Tian, why are you calling me?" Zhenyi asked him after hearing his report.


    "Young Madam," Gu Tian sighed. "When you asked Mr. Long to take your ce, he didn''t without asking any question. Don''t you think it''s your time to help him out?"


    Suddenly, the sleepy Zhenyi''s eyes turned sharp. This assistant had grown fangs as soon as his master was gone!


    "Gu Tian--"


    "No, hear me out first, Young Madam. Master always helps you without asking any question. He had been stressed for a long time, given how Du Cooperation is using cheap tricks to stole contracts right under our noses," Gu Tian said in a single breath. "His courage had been increasing day by day but Master had no interest in clipping off his wings before as he had been eyeing him and his actions. However, he got the news from somewhere that Master wouldn''t attend the meeting that was going to be held today with the foreign clients. He made all arrangements to steal this deal too and it seems if someone won''t interfere, he will seed once again."


    Gu Tian was using emotional ckmail by recalling her past events and it was clearly working on her. Foxy Du Zheng!


    [Where the hell are you, Jie?]


    In the end, Zhenyi just spoke four words before hanging up. "Send me the information."


    ¡­.


    "Mr. Randell, I hope I was able to answer all questions wlessly," Du Zheng humbly smiled at the foreign man sitting in front of him. Currently, they were sitting in a luxurious private room of a restaurant enjoying the outstanding services.


    Coincidentally, this restaurant was the same restaurant where Long Jie met Zhenyi for the third time. He had spent a lot of his time on nning that business meeting into a date that time.


    Mr. Randall nodded thoughtfully. "To be honest, I am impressed by what yourpany had to offer. Yet, I couldn''t answer you for sure. I was invited by Mr. Long first. He had a very tempting offer for me back then¡­"


    Of course, Du Zheng wasn''t offended by his honest answer. He knew that it would take him sometime before leaving Long Jie behind. However, he was still sure that this deal was his.


    "Ah, you were not informed that Mr. Long would not be appearing today?" It was Du Zheng''s turn to be amused. A little birdy had informed him that Long Jie was in Georgia. Thus, this deal was his to secure. As much as he knew Randell, he was certain that he wouldn''t be signing it with anyone other than Long Jie himself as he had made it certain on many asions.


    This deal might not mean a lot to Long Jie but it had a great importance to him as securing this deal meant entering the jewellery industry without a hitch.


    No one better than Randells can provide for better raw material in the whole of Asia.


    "Mr. Long is indeed noting it seemed," Mr. Randell said with a sigh. He checked his watch to find it was five minutes over the settled time. He stood up to shake hands with Du Zheng to finalize the deal. But before they could seal the deal with a handshake, the door to the private room opened abruptly and appeared a smiling Gu Tian.


    "Let''s get it done, my temporary assistant " Behind him Zhenyi said, fighting a yawn.


    "Mr. Randell, thank you for waiting," Gu Tian said with a polite smile. "Mr. Long had to leave the country at the end moment for an emergency. I hope you will not mind his absence."


    "Mr. Gu, we were expecting Mr. Long," Mr. Remdell''s voice stoic meaning he wasn''t impressed with their attitude. First they werete and then instead of apologizing they were asking them not to mind it?


    Du Zheng was quite happy with the current happenings. This Gu Tian seeded in unimpressing Randell. Ah, Long Jie, you lost another battle to me.


    Before Gu Tian could speak in his sickly honeyed voice, a feminine raspy voice rang, putting Du Zheng in grave shock. "Mr. Long is indeed not present. However, it didn''t mean that his employees are not capable enough of handling the business during his absence. I''m sure Mr. Randell''s employee are as Mr. Long''s to handle emergencies wlessly."


    Randell was stunned, impressed and outnumbered. He didn''t know how to retort. If he said, he would not sign the deal with anyone else other than Long Jie from LG, it meant admitting that only he was a good person to do business with in his ownpany too. But if he said he was ready to listen to their bargain, it meant submitting before them.


    He was out in quite a dilemma now.


    Gu Tian stepped aside to reveal the figure standing behind him to the other party.


    A stunning woman was standing in the door, dressed in a khaki colored suit. Her hair tied in a pony behind her neck. As she stepped inside, the men standing by the tear were blinded by her overwhelming aura. There were hints ofziness and viciousness in her mismatched eyes.


    The click of heels against the marble jerked Randell out of his stupor.


    "You are?" Randell asked once he was hit by sanity.


    "Xin Zhenyi," Zhenyi introduced shortly. She put forward her hand and asked them like a good host to sit down before sitting first. Unconscious, they obliged. She had this charm of making people do what she desired with a simple gesture.


    "President Xin of Xin Cooperation?"


    Zhenyi smiled in agreement. In no time, Randell was speechless.


    "I don''t remember President Xin interested in mypany?" He furrowed his brows.


    "I''m not. I''m here on the behalf of President Long," Zhenyi informed him. "I wonder if Mr. Randall is ready to hear the proposal personally prepared by Mr. Long."


    Before Randell could answer, Du Zheng intervened,"Ah, you arete, Miss Zhenyi."


    Zhenyi turned her eyes to find a smug Du Zheng ncing at her. "Howe I didn''t notice my good friend Mr. Du sitting right here by Mr. Randell''s side?"


    "Long time no see, Miss Zhenyi," Du Zheng smiled despite wanting to rip off the facade of innocence off her face.


    "Long time indeed," Zhenyi muttered. ''Don''t worry but, Du Zheng. You will be dying soon.''


    "I didn''t know President Xin and CEO Du we''re acquainted." Randall said. He didn''t notice the sudden change of air between the two of them.


    "That''s very sad to hear." Zhenyi said with a tragic look on her face.


    "Very sad indeed." Du Zheng replied. It was his misfortune to know this woman. Always shoving her led where it didn''t belong. Turning to smile at Zhenyi , he added,"I didn''t know that President Long''s sudden visit to Georgia would force Miss Zhenyi toe here on his behalf."


    "People had been gossiping how President Long''s falling from the list of top business men¡­ it seems time is indeed hard for President Long to ask a woman to attend a very important meeting on his behalf.." These words were not spoken by Du Zheng but the third old man sitting between Du Zheng and Randell, also the man who Zhenyi age been observing for a whole.

 Chapter 361 - Knighting Saving The Husband In Distress

    "People had been gossiping how President Long''s falling from the list of top businessmen¡­ it seems time is indeed hard for President Long as he had to ask a woman to attend a very important meeting on his behalf." These words were not spoken by Du Zheng but by the third old man sitting between Du Zheng and Randell, also the man who Zhenyi has been observing for a while.


    But this time Zhenyi''s attention wasn''t on the meanment said by an insignificant being but on the word ''Georgia''. Her Jie was in Georgia ording to Du Zheng. It was enough to improve her whole mood. She didn''t know how this man knew about his whereabouts but she believed that he wasn''t lying.


    "I''m sure, Mr. Chen didn''t know about the phrase ''think before speaking''," Gu Tian sent a warning on the old man''s side who just sneered in return.


    "Ah, I didn''t catch what you said. Care to repeat?" Zhenyi''szy persona shifted sharply.


    On the other side, Du Zheng closed his eyes in distress. Personal attacks on Xin Zhenyi act like catalysts! Did this man not know how crazy this woman is in actuality? Even if he didn''t, she would make sure that he knew next time.


    Long Jie might be a cold-blooded killer but at least he cares about his public image. But this woman? She didn''t give a damn about what people said about her. Her habit of instilling fear in people is so bad that he is afraid she would make Randell sign this deal on the nook of the gun just to satisfy her ego.


    In short, she was known for being petty.


    "Miss Zhenyi--"


    Du Zheng tried to speak but was cut off by her overbearing tone.


    "President Xin or Mrs. Long for you, Mr. Du."


    For the first time in life, Gu Tian wasn''t annoyed by her overbearing and roguish attitude. He didn''t fear the three insignificant men but he did fear his Master and if they slightly offended Young Madam, he didn''t know what cmity would be falling on them.


    Furthermore, there was Lord Tang too. He dared not fathom what would be the oue of this meeting turned into a brawl.


    Gu Tian hade to a conclusion. Lord Tang and his sister were not simr to each other in many respects. Yet, both of them were dangerously possessive of their people. They loved and cared for people fiercely.


    "Oh, so it''s President Long''s wife," Chen Shuyan said with a mocking smile. "Here I was thinking why President Long would need to send a woman on his behalf, now I know it''s a wife trying to be a knight by saving her husband in distress."


    His words were downright offensive still neither Du Zheng nor Randell said anything. Chen Suying was elder to both of them and also their business partner for this particr project.


    The fact that Du Zheng didn''t like Long Jie and President Xin was not a secret in the industry. After all, the business war between Xin groups and Du''s had upied the front pages of the financial newspaper. Chen Shuyan being a major shareholder after the Du family would naturally have a prejudice against Xin Zhenyi after they were mercilessly crushed by them a few months ago.


    Whenever people from the Xin group and Du side woulde together, an argument or fight would always break out.


    Both sides were treating each other as enemies.


    Chen Shuyan saw her gaze resting on his face, and he was convinced that he had sessfully enraged her. He had heard from someone that President Xin was extremely short-tempered and so he used her husband to make her lose her cool.


    But only if it was so simple¡­


    "Young Madam, you need not pay attention to the words of an insignificant person" Gu Tian couldn''t help but remind her. He didn''t want her to pull out her gun and shoot the bastard!


    He would clear the mess dly yet he wasn''t sure if it was a fight he expected now.


    Zhenyi smiled, knowing what Gu Tian was trying to tell her. She turned her head to meet his gaze and said, "Gu Tian, start the meeting. We are here for work."


    And just like that Gu Tian and Randell were busy negotiating for the next hour.


    None of them paid any attention to Du Zheng or his oldpanion.


    When the men were in a meeting, Zhenyi was carelessly fiddling with her phone. It seemed like she was stifling a yawn while hearing the parties negotiating with each other.


    Zhenyi felt a burning gaze on her, and when she looked around and met Du Zheng''s gaze, she wickedly smiled at her, confusing him to a certain extent.


    He narrowed his eyes and gave her a warning look.


    Zhenyi again smiled spitefully and ced her phone on the table before taking a long sip of her tea. This restaurant serves the best tea in the world.


    Speaking of the restaurant, she suddenly missed her husband again. She remembered all too well their meeting at this ce. This ce held a special meaning to her. Wasn''t it the reason why she had bought this certain restaurant at a very high price?


    Chen Shuyan had be somewhat arrogant after Du Cooperation had snatched a few medium-level projects from LG, and so his words came across as snobbish. "Mr. Randell, we have given you better terms than the one Long Cooperation is giving you. Furthermore, don''t you think it''s wrong to go back on your words when you have already agreed to sign the deal with us."


    As he said so, he turned to give a mocking look to Zhenyi before sneering in his way.


    He didn''t just stop here. He continued to throw shades at Long Jie, "And who doesn''t know what kind of shady business President Long is involved in. You are new to our country''s market and you don''t want your first experience to be unnecessarily involved with police and otherw authorities."


    Randell''s business manner was well known in the industry. Not only did he hate dealing with criminals, but he also tended to discriminate between people having gray records. If he knew what Longs do for a living, it wouldn''t be a big surprise that he refused to sign the deal.


    Surprisingly, Zhenyi didn''t say anything to Chen Shuyan at all.


    It was Gu Tian who was more unpleased," Mr. Chen, you should know the consequences of ndering someone without solid evidence."


    "Mr. Gu. President Xin. My team and I will reach you by tomorrow with a concrete response. Mr. Du and you have put forward a hard to decline bargain. I hope both the parties will try to understand my dilemma," Randell said with a polite smile.


    "Sure," Zhenyi gave him another of her business-like smiles.


    Chen Shuyan opened his mouth to say something offensive once again, but before a word could escape his mouth, his phone rang.


    What a timely phone call!


    But was it as simple as everyone was thinking it to be?


    "What did you say?" Chen Shuyan''s expression shifted gravely after hearing the other person on the phone. "I will be right there."


    Chen Shuyan didn''t bother to bid goodbye to anyone as he ran for his dear life.


    Everything was going to be ruined. His future, his prestige, his name...every single thing.


    "Ah, it seems Mr. Chen''s big mouth got him in big trouble this time," Zhenyi said, shaking her head.


    Next to her, Gu Tian stifled augh. Even he was confused why she was quiet today. It was because she had everything under her control from the beginning.


    Not long after, Du Zheng''s phone rang too.


    "What?!"


    "I''ll be there."


    Hanging up the phone, he gave a restrained smile to Randell and said, "I apologize, Mr. Randall, but it seems that I have an emergency at thepany."


    And this way, Du Zheng left too, leaving three of them in the private room.


    Zhenyi gestured to Gu Tian, who handed the papers to her. She waved her hand at Randell to sit down once again. Once they were seated, she put the papers in front of the foreign man and said, "Sign the papers, Mr. Randell."


    "President Xin, I think we have it covered that I will be taking time till tomorrow," Randell said, his brows furrowed up, showing how confused he was with her actions.


    Now it was Zhenyi''s time to be amused. "What makes you think that I will be waiting for you? Hmm? You want to enter this country''s market, not the other way around. Sure, people think LG''s falling but are you sure it''s as it looks? Du Zheng is a good businessman, I agree with it. But he is a man driven by jealousy and hate. He is using you to enter apletely new industry and you are the only one who can make it possible for him. If you sign the deal with Dus, you not only have to protect your ass but his too.


    Allow me to say that You need us not the other way around. You have five minutes to think and after the given time I will be gone. It doesn''t matter if your answer is no or yes."


    "That''s not how we do business," Randell said immediately.


    "It is not?"Zhenyi said, feigning innocence. "Howe no one told me? I have been doing business like this for years."


    "Are you signing, Mr. Randel."Gu Tian asked.


    " Do I have other options?" Randell asked


    "Yeah, you can be mypetitor and wait for me to shred you into pieces." Zhenyi brightly smiled at him.


    ¡­.

 Chapter 362 - Call

    A week after Long Jie''s sudden and suspicious disappearance, Zhenyi got a call from her father asking her to visit his residence. Without thinking what might be the reason for his abrupt call, Zhenyi promised him to visit. After all, he sounded a little desperate to see her.


    It was on the way to Xin mansion when Zhenyi received a message causing her to press brake in the middle of the road.


    For a second she was frozen as she didn''t know how to behave.


    *knock knock*


    Zhenyi turned to find her bodyguard knocking on her car window. She looked at him and raised her brow asking what the matter was.


    "Ma''am, are you fine?" The question of concern from a man devoid of any expression sounded weird to passerby''s ears but not to zhenyi who was used to it.


    Zhenyi nodded and gestured them to drive behind.


    Instead of replying to the message, she dialled the number of the damn messenger and let the call on hand-free mode.


    Zhenyi thanked heaven millions of times in her heart as the call connected.


    "You damn man! Why are you still alive?!"


    Thankfully, she was inside the car or people would have surely looked at her as she had lost her senses for shouting at the phone like that.


    A smile tugged on Long Jie''s lips as he heard her angry shout yet he could hear the worry and concern in her voice from a thousand miles away. Why was his care eyes so cute? She made his heart go crazy!


    His phone was on speaker and so it was natural that the man around him heard her too.


    He signalled them to leave and in a moment everyone disappeared. Did he care that his men heard his wife shouting at him? No, why would he? Instead, he was happier that his men knew who the real boss was. His Cat eyes were the ultimate boss.


    Holding his phone in the air, he said with a sigh, "I missed you, Cat eyes."


    Zhenyi''s heart skipped a beat as she heard his raspy voice saying that he missed her too just like she did every moment.


    [Ah. Her heart misses being close to his heart.]


    But she wouldn''t be Zhenyi if she made things easy for him.


    "Oh, did you by any chance called someone else, Sir?"


    Only Long Jie knew how cute she would be looking while feigning ignorance when all she wanted was to hug the hell out of him.


    [Ah, why aren''t there virtual hugs?! He longs to touch her. ]


    "I called no one," Long Jie said, his lips twitched thinking how his wife was lying straightly that it was him who called not her.


    Ah, she didn''t know how difficult it was for him to find awork on the top of the mountain.


    He knew that she would have called him countless times but the ce where he had been for thest few days didn''t have goodwork quality. Hell, he was in the middle of the forest. It was no wonder the message sent five days ago was received by her just now.


    And even he was shocked when her call suddenly connected. It must be the God of Love who pitied him by connecting their call just like he connected their fate.


    He ordered his men to stop as he picked up her call. Truly, he was dying to hear her voice. It didn''t matter if shesh out at him or curse him or hell even threaten to divorce him. He wouldn''t say anything as long as he get to hear her.


    Seven days without her were akin to hell. Only he knew how he went through these hellish seven days.


    "Exactly, you called no one," Zhenyi grumbled. She took a turn to a deserted road that lead to Xin Mansion.


    "You are driving?" Long Jie asked surprised when he heard her grumbling about the dirt road.


    "And whatdoes it has to do with you?" Zhenyi said annoyed. Instead of coaxing her, he was changing the topics thinking she would forgive him?


    No way in hell.


    "Ah, why are you annoyed, my love?" Long Jie said with an amused smile.


    "Who the hell is your love?" She yelled at him.


    "You, who else?" He spoke so naturally that even Zhenyi felt as if she had wronged her poor husband.


    Oh, wait..he wasn''t a poor husband and she had not wronged him in any way. Instead, she was the poor wife here whose husband had left her for someone another woman.


    Fine, she was being dramatic but he still left her. Alone.


    "Long Jie!" Zhenyi suddenly called out his name.


    "Yes! Love?" He softly said.


    "I''m so mad right now," She said loudly. It was a good thing that no one else was sitting inside the car.


    Long Jie sighed. "I''m sorry, Cat eyes."


    Hearing him saying sorry, Zhenyi whole mood took a U-turn. Taking a deep breath, she said, "Why are you saying sorry? Don''t bother me. I was just grumpy that I didn''t get to talk to you."


    Pausing for a moment, she then said, "Jie, are perhaps away from me because I was fighting with you for no reason for thest few days? I know that I was trying to infuriate you but trust me, I now realize how childish I was acting."


    ...


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 Chapter 363 - Undying Love

    If this trip to this foreignnd was not gravely important, he wouldn''t have left her all alone there. But he knew there were people who would look after her until he was busy with his own personal mission.


    Plus, his wife was more than capable of taking care of herself and everyone.


    At this time, he had to think about himself first. For the first time in years, he was ready to seek answers to the questions that had always haunted him. He had always wondered why he was treated differently in the family but never dared to find the answers. It wasn''t because he didn''t care but because he was afraid. He was afraid that many things would change if ever tried to find them.


    As a kid andter as a teenager, he was always afraid of changes in his life. It was only the arrival of his Zhenyi in his life that changed his point of view. She came to his life like a hurricane and messed with every stupid resolve of his.


    "Zhenyi," He said her name in his soft and raspy voice, sending tingling feelings to Zhenyi. "Can I ever be angry with you? Sure, my wife is mean, petty, childish, hell even stubborn but she is still my wife. The wife I loved more than anyone else. "


    "You dare call me all the bad names?" Zhenyi sobbed andughed simultaneously. "Come home once and see how I will beat you."


    "Ah, I am all yours when I reach you," Long Jie grinned."You can do everything for me. Even use those handcuffs this time."


    "You wicked man, you cheated me that time too. I''d never fall for the words," Zhenyi replied angrily.


    Long Jie let out a heartyugh. "I still think you look ravishing with those handcuffs."


    "Shameless man!!"


    "Only for you."


    "I will see how you will try to be shameless for anyone other than me," Zhenyi''s tone was rather overbearing but he seemed to have loved it. Oh God, he loved everything about her, even her vices.


    Long Jie once againughed while imagining his dangerous wife sitting at home.


    "Jie?"


    "Hmm?"


    "When will you be back?" She asked in almost a whisper.


    "Soon," he replied.


    "You will not tell me where you are?" Zhenyi questioned him.


    Long Jie raised his brow. "What makes my Cat eyes think that?"


    "You would have told me until now where you are if you really wanted to tell me," Zhenyi said. "But don''t worry, I will not force you. I will wait until you are ready to tell me."


    See, that''s why he loved her too much.


    "Did I ever tell you how much I love you?" He suddenly said. No, it was not sudden, he had always known it. It was just that at this moment, his love for her was overflowing. If he could, he would have tightly hugged her in his arms.


    His cat eyes had matured.


    "No, you didn''t, " Zhenyi replied. "But you can tell me now. I have all the time in the world to hear you confessing your undying love to me."


    "Undying indeed," He said with a silly smile.


    ¡­


    "Do you want to say something to me?" Long Jie asked his silent wife. After talking nonstop for several minutes, she was now as calm as a turbulent sea. However, as he said, he could feel those turbulent winds raging inside her heart. Call it an intuition or anything else but he could feel that something was troubling her.


    "No," Zhenyi told him immediately. Her quick reply was rather suspicious to him.


    Long Jie raised his brow. "Fine. You know where toe if you want to talk to someone."


    "Oh, yeah...that''s why I''m going to Xin Mansion and after that, I will have brunch with Esma, "Zhenyi nonchntly said.


    "Zhenyi?" His voice was tight. It had a tinge of warning in it. "Stop trying to change the course of conversation. You know I don''t like it when you try to hide something from me. Didn''t we decide on being transparent to each other all the time?"


    "But didn''t you just say that I know where toe if I want to talk to someone," Zhenyi innocently said?


    "And where will you go?" Long Jie asked him with the same warning tone.


    "Obviously to you," Zhenyi told him."My dear husband, how can I go to anyone else when all the roads of my fate and heart lead to you? Even if I forget for a moment toe to you, my heart always knows."


    Long Jie was struck shocked when his wifepleted the sentence. Don''t mind him. It was just that they weren''t an excessive PDA kind of couple. They weren''t even very vocal with their feelings. It was only once in a Blue Moon when his wife would try to be as cringy as now with her words. But did he find it weird?


    No, he felt so happy that if his subordinates weren''t there, he would have done a happy dance. But you see, he had to take care of his image too sometimes.


    "Babe, why aren''t you saying anything?" Zhenyi again said.


    "Whoever said distance makes the heart go fonder was right¡­ my wife learned the skill of words, it seems," Long Jie said to her. He heaved out a long, suffering sigh before saying, "Why are you making it difficult for me to stay away from you."


    A rosy tint covered Zhenyi''s face and she had to hide it with her hand. She hit her head to remind her that she was still driving.


    "Cat eyes, it looks like I have to go," Long Jie reminded her.


    "Ah, it''s okay. Finish your task. I will wait for you home, "Zhenyi said with a smile. She was a bit reluctant to cut the call but she had to. Before disconnecting the call, she didn''t forget to whisper," I love you, Jie."


    Long Jie looked at his phone in his hand with a strange look before sighing. He turned to look at his men and asked, "What''s the position?"


    "We found the location, sir. We wouldn''t have been able toe back safely if we went deeper," His subordinate said. "Someone anonymously helped in sharing the correct location."


    "Of course, she did," Long Jie scoffed before walking ahead.


    ''If you think I will forgive you so soon, then you have another thinging , Cia.''

 Chapter 364 - Good News

    Just like always when Zhenyi entered the Xin mansion, the housekeeper told her how her father was anxiously waiting for her. She just shook her head. Why must her father behave as if they are meeting after so long?


    Whatever, she was used to it now!


    Plus, she was in a very good mood now.


    "Ah, my princess is here," Xin Yichen grinned as he saw his daughter entering the room.


    Zhenyi paused when she saw her father grinning in happiness. She didn''t know what happened but when was thest time she saw her B¨¤ this happy?


    She didn''t remember. But happiness looks good on him.


    "B¨¤, you look handsome, " teased Zhenyi with a smile. Truly, he looked young, almost boyish with this beautiful grin on his face.


    "I know right," His grin widened. "Who would say that this young and handsome man is the grandfather of two?!"


    "Two?"Zhenyi carefully asked him.


    Xin Yichen clicked his tongue as he realized the mistake that hemitted. His apologizing gaze met his son''s who just shook his head in helplessness.


    Following B¨¤''s gaze, Zhenyi found Alcina and Ryuu smiling widely.


    "Really bro?"Zhenyi questioned him with a hesitant voice.


    It was Alcina who nodded her head with a proud smile. Shouldn''t she act a bit shy? Ah, she wouldn''t be Alcina if she would have this shy bone on her body.


    "Wow, "Zhenyi''s mouth formed in an ''O''. For a moment, she didn''t know how to react. She was truly happy for them. To have another niece or nephew? Wow. It was a dreame true kind of feeling.


    Sprinting just like her little niece, she hugged her brother and gave a sloppy kiss on his cheek.


    "Ew," Ryuu made a face but Zhenyi knew he was d.


    "Can I hug you?" Zhenyu was afraid that she would break Alcina if she hugged her. Especially the little baby in her sister-inw''s tummy.


    Alcina rolled her eyes. "Can you both siblings stop overreacting?"


    Zhenyi sighed. "But you are pregnant. We both are just trying to not hurt her."


    See, they even argue like same. No wonder they were just like each other.


    "Exactly," Ryuu agreed. His wife thinks getting pregnant and delivering a baby is a child''s y. He had seenst time how difficult it could be.He wanted to do the best for her and his children.


    What could Alcina do now? Both of them were behaving as if she was a ss doll and if they touched her a bit hard, they would break her. It was only Ryuu before. Then, he taught this weird thing to their daughter too who would ask before hugging her these days. One could understand how tough her life was these days.


    Now that almost everyone knows about the arrival of new baby in their family, she was afraid that everyone gonna behave the same way as her stupid but loving husband. If this happened, she was afraid that she would go mad soon.


    "Oh God," Alcina groaned. "I''m pregnant, not sick. So stop behaving like I will break if you guys touch me." She then hugged Zhenyi before thetter one change her mind.


    Zhenyi obviously was on pins and needles as Alcina wrapped the arm around her. Her fear of pregnant women wasing up once again. But after taking a few shallow breaths, she normalized herself before they would find her weird.


    "Aunt Zhenyi!" Zhenyi''s favorite-est person called her. She turned to find Faye putting forward her arms, indicating to pick her. Obliging to her demand, she picked the heavy little Tang in her arms. Faye circled her arms around her neck and then gave a few wet kisses on her cheeks. Zhenyi was smiling widely with her eyes closed as she let this little girl do whatever she wanted to. When she opened her eyes, she found her twinkling green eyes looking at her. "Do you know we''re gonna have a tiny baby in our home?" She then blinked her eyes and said,"But I don''t want a tiny baby girl."


    Ryuu and Alcina''s little girl was more like Alcina. Painfully blunt. How good it would be if she inherited the skill of words from her dad?


    "Ah?" Zhenyi blinked her eyes at her, feigning ignorance. "Our Faye wants a baby boy, then?"


    "I dunno," She pouted adorably. "Boys are annoying."


    "And who said this?" Zhenyi questioned her.


    Faye directly pointed her finger at Ryuu. "Dada said boys are annoying and I should not talk to them. He also said if I talk to boys I will get rashes. And it hurts."


    Alcina narrowed her eyes at Ryuu as she knew why he was teaching such nonsense to the little girl. Turning her gaze back to her daughter, she said, "But baby, you liked Aunt Meilin''s baby, didn''t you?"


    Faye took a minute before nodding her head. "Are all babies adorable like Jun?"


    Alcina nodded.


    But Ryuu refused. "No, our baby will be more adorable than any Long baby."


    Zhenyi lightly nudged him in the stomach when he said this. "Stop being so narcissistic."


    Her and Jie''s baby would be the adorable-est babies in the world. Oops, where did the thought evene from?


    Ryuu looked at her as if he was offended. "What?! I''m not kidding. Our genes are superior to them. Look at my daughter and look at Jun. He is a bald, his features are not so sharp like my daughter and even not smart like her."


    Zhenyi just kept on staring at him as if he had grown horns. Was it her brother? He wasn''t petty and narrow-minded? Since when did he startedparing his kids with others?


    Xin Yichen couldn''t take it anymore and burst intoughter. He shook his head as he saw his Reine speaking in Ryuu. They both were so simr in some aspects.


    ...


    Author note:


    If you have not added ''THE VILLAIN'' to your library, add it soon. You are missing one of amazing book...

 Chapter 365 - Young Master Again?!

    Xin Yichen couldn''t take it anymore and burst intoughter. He shook his head as he saw his Reine speaking in Ryuu. They both were so simr in some aspects.


    All of them turned to find Xin Yichenughing at him. There was a trace of sadness in his eyes too but the look of happiness on his face was apparent too. "Your mom was just like you." He told this to Ryuu. "She would praise her kids to the moon and back. And if someone dared to say something about her kids, then Lord save that person."


    "Mama was like that?" It was Zhenyi who asked the question. Between the two siblings, only she didn''t remember much about her mom. If not for the stories she had asionally heard from her brother and father, she wouldn''t have known anything about her.


    Alcina scoffed. "My mother inw was the actual epitome of narcissism."


    If Tang Reine was alive today, it was crystal clear that the rtionship between both mother-inw and daughter-inw wouldn''t be so harmonious.


    Ryuu threw a look in Alcina''s direction but she just rolled her eyes at him.


    "Alcina is right," Xin Yichen said with a small smile. "She used to say if she didn''t recognize that she is unparalleled in beauty and brains, then how would the world appreciate it? There was no harm in praising yourself once in a while."


    "Once in a while?" Alcina asked him, surprised. "I have seen my mother-inw singing her praises all the time. She didn''t even feel tired. I used to wonder if even one of her children inherited her narcissistic traits, what would be of the Tang n?"


    "What would be of the Tang n?" Zhenyi sneered. "It will still stand with its head held high. What else!"


    "Exactly!" The voice came from the door. When they turned back, they found Ming Jie entering the door with her husband. Proudly walking forward, she removed her big sunsses and handed them to her hubby but not before blowing a kiss. "Dear, kids your god mom missed you so much."


    Ming Jie even opened her arms demanding huge from all of them. She was gone case.


    Xin Yichen rolled her eyes at her antics. Why must his wife have friendships with the most entric people on the?


    However, the three kids hugged her simultaneously. Their love and adoration for her were clear.


    "Aunt Jia,how are you?" Alcina asked thedy.


    "Your Aunt Jia is as beautiful and young as always, kiddo," Ming Jie said. Ever since she had known that Alcina was Ah-Shaan''s daughter, she had formed a great bond with her, making a certain daughter of hers extremely jealous. Why were Reine and Ah-Shaan''s children more sensible and intelligent than her two dummies? It was not fair!


    "Godmaa must stay as beautiful and young as always," Ryuu ttered her.


    Ming Jia beamed at them. How cute!


    Wasn''t hispliments the reason why Ryuu was her favourite among all of them! Oops, he used to be. His won''t be long snatched by someone else.


    Seeing Zhenyi without Long Jie she immediately asked, "Where is my favourite, boy?"


    Everyone knew until now who her favourite among all of them was. It was Long Jie.


    "Ah,he is busy with work," Zhenyi replied with a slight smile.


    "What work? I heard from Ah-Siyan, he is not in the country," Ryuu asked with furrowed brows. First, he left Zhenyi alone in the Tang Mansion, andter, didn''t even try to contact him for several days. He was worried about two of them now.


    "I didn''t ask much. But he is in Georgia, dealing with some stuff," Zhenyi diplomatically answered. She was certain that no one knew where her husband was. It was better not to lie to them.


    No one noticed how Alcina''s face changed when she heard what Zhenyi said. Now she knew why she has not seen her brother for so many days. He had believed in Zhang Boyan''s words. Damn, things wouldn''t be so smooth ahead, it appears.


    Later, they informed the Ming family about the good news too. And Ming Jia had taken the responsibility of the mother-inw as Alcina would need one these days. Naturally, everyone was happy with the news.


    There was happiness everywhere these days.


    However, Alcina had this weird feeling in her gut that was saying that things wouldn''t be so smooth ahead.


    ¡­


    Another week passed too. Everything was going fine. Long Jie had not returned yet but at least Zhenyi knew he was found. If he couldn''t call her, he would at least leave a message for her every day.


    During this period of time when Long Jie wasn''t home, Zhenyi had exhausted herself with double the amount of work. Not only was a load of her own had increased, she even had to see after her husband''s things. It was tiring but she didn''tin, after all, overworking was better than tossing and turning on the bed at night.


    She might say that she was not worried about her husband, even she knew it was the excuse that she was giving herself for not missing him.


    But she really do miss him. That too badly.


    However, the real reason for her haggard condition was surely not her husband. It was something else. And she was afraid. Yes, there are moments when even the dangerous and fearless Zhenyi was afraid.


    Instead of that unspeakable reason, there was someone else who was having a great time in annoying the shit out of Zhenyi. From thest seven days, the infamous narcissistic*oops* self loving, Young Master was troubling Zhenyi without taking any break. It was like he was ying one or other prank to get her attention and as expected, he got her attention.


    Every conversation between the two equally stubborn personalities would end up with blowing each other''s devices. Since Zhenyi was hopeless case in hacking and stuff, she had her own team to deal with that stubborn man!


    Even she had no idea what he gets by getting the rile out of her but whatever the real reason was, it wasn''t hidden from anyone that he loved to frustrate the hell out of her!

 Chapter 366 - Zhenyi In Misery

    It was Monday and Zhenyi was looking as haggard as the word itself suggested. Her body had changed in the whole week. The dark circles under her eyes were prominent, sudden weight loss was making her plump body to look more like all bones, but it was the constant headache that was troubling her the most.


    Now even Fan Bingbing was worried about her. Never had she ever seen her friend like this before, however, she could understand the predicament that Zhenyi was going through. It wasn''t easy for someone like her. But she needed to keep her shit together. If her friend was thinking of chickening out, she was right here to beat her up and make her take the right track once again.


    If Long Jie was here, he would have killed her for not taking care of his wife well. But even he should know how stubborn his wife was. She worked too much.


    "You areing with me," Fan Bingbing said to her in her strict voice. What an irony today she was bossing around her own boss!


    "Go back to work, Bingbing," Zhenyi ordered her without bothering to look up from theputer screen. She was wearing sses and looking at the number on the screen but only she knew that she wasn''t exactly reading the numbers on the screen as her vision was blurring.


    She hadn''t been herself for many days now. Even she could feel that she had gotten weaker than before.


    "You are really worrying me now, Zhenyi," Fan Bingbing said as she sat on the seat in front of her."Earlier, when you would be troubled, you would surely open your special collection (alcohol) but for almost two weeks, you haven''t touched it."


    "My husband has put a ban on my alcohol," Zhenyi replied, her eyes still on theputer.


    Thinking of him, she realised how badly she needed him right now.


    "You are saying as if you always listen to him," Fan Bingbing scoffed.


    Zhenyi always does what she wants to do. Even Long Jie had a hard time changing her opinions sometimes. Buttely, she had been listening to him. She was a tyrant and she couldn''t change herself in a day. And Long Jie knew it way better than anyone. Moreover, he seemed to love his tyrant wife a lot just like all other versions of her.


    "I don''t but I am thinking of starting to listen to him from now," Zhenyi replied with a straight face. "Moreover, he is never wrong."


    Fan Bingbing looked over at her boss sh friend who was speaking with apparent displeasure for her advice, she sighed out, "Stop trying to delude yourself. You know why you are behaving the way you are. So, just put yourself out of misery."


    "I never put myself in misery," reminded Zhenyi patiently. "Instead, I''m infamous for putting everyone in misery. Do you want to be the first today?"


    Fan Bingbing sarcastically smiled, "Sure, if it means you are going to the appointment I made for you."


    "Stop crossing your boundaries, Bingbing," Zhenyi warned her with narrow eyes.


    But was Fan Bingbing one to be threatened? No way!


    Zhenyi had rubbed her daringness on her too. If she could keep up with a boss like her for years, did she need to be afraid of her?


    No way.


    It was just Master Yichen, who she truly feared.


    If he were to know that his precious daughter was neglecting her health¡­. She dared not fathom the consequences.


    "Says the woman whose hobby is being nosy all the time," Fan Bingbingmented. She shut Zhenyi''sptop and then dragged her out of the office. "You have two options:e with me peacefully or I will call Master Yichen. You know what will happen when he gets to know¡­"


    "You won''t stop being my B¨¤''s spy," Zhenyi hissed but she still obliged.


    To be honest, she wasn''t ready to share her predicament with anyone. Especially not her father. He had a tendency of going over the top when matters involve her.


    The employees outside her office were looking at Fan Bingbing with a gaze of utter admiration. There was someone in the entire world except for their Boss''s husband who was capable enough of dragging her out of her office.


    Zhenyi, who had no idea what her employees were thinking inside their heads, let Fan Bingbing take her to wherever she wished today. She was too tired to deal with her.


    When they were outside the elevator, Fan Bingbing paused as she saw Zhang Haning out of the elevator reserved for staff. He, too, paused in his footsteps, when his gaze fell on her girlfriend''s hand. She, who was holding Zhenyi''s wrist, left it as soon as Zhang Han''s gaze fell on her hand.


    "So much for being a caring friend," Zhenyi murmured but Fan Bingbing just threw her a shut up look heading for her boyfriend.


    She hugged her boyfriend and forgot what she was nning to do.


    "I came to ask if you would like to have lunch with me?" He asked her with a silly smile.


    Zhenyi realised one thing: that the boy was whipped. It was not bad that he only had gaze settled on her friend.


    Fan Bingbing was about to nod when she remembered that she had to take Zhenyi for the appointment. So, she could only decline, "I can''t have lunch with you today. I have to go with Zhenyi for a very important appointment but don''t worry, we will have dinner together."


    "I will be leaving for Ann City in the evening," Zhang Han told her. He was dispirited after the rejection but his smile didn''t diminish.


    But who was Zhenyi if she couldn''t read his emotions written all over his face? Even the smile on his lips couldn''t hide the hurt in his eyes.


    Suddenly, she was reminded of her husband. He would usually do the same thing.


    ...


    Are you ready for the new Arc filled with suspense, drama and lots and lots of twists?

 Chapter 377 - Not A Simple Woman (unedited)

    "How did it happen?" Long Jie finally asked Gu Tian. He had been sitting in the car for about twenty minutes now and this was the first sentence he had spoken ever since he had sat inside the car.


    It could be said that the intensity of the news was so hard that it took several minutes for Long Jie to take in this piece of news.


    Gu Tian, who was sitting on the passenger seat, looked in the mirror and saw Long Jie''s nk face looking out of the window with empty eyes.


    "It happened four nights ago," began Gu Tian. "Nobody knew what happened, but it was around eleven on Tuesday night when I received the news from the team of bodyguards assigned to her that she wanted to raid Du Zheng''s house out of the city. Nobody could say anything before her orders. So, they left before I could join them. I wasn''t in the city, Master."


    Long Jie didn''t know why he was giving an exnation. If Zhenyi said something, she didn''t stop until she did it. He knew this more than anyone.


    Gu Tian didn''t stop talking just here,"It was around a fewhourster when I received the news that Mrs Long was taken to hospital. Apparently, she got hurt in the st."


    He felt the sudden drop in the temperature and he was afraid to look into the mirror. Even without turning back, he could imagine Long Jie''s darkened face.


    Long Jie wasn''t impulsive and petty like Zhenyi but the man too had his bottom line established. He was never the man to engage in meaningless fights but it didn''t mean that anyone could just touch his bottom line and leave unscathed. Xin Zhenyi was his bottom line. As long as she was happy and healthy, Long Jie was the happiest man in the whole world but a scratch on her skin and doom was awaiting you.


    "Master?" Gu Tian said after a while.


    "Was she¡­"Long Jie couldn''t form other words. He couldn''t ask if she was injured or in pain because he couldn''t imagine her in one.


    "Five stitches on head, " Gu Tian replied and Long Jie closed his eyes in anguish.


    No one knew how useless he was feeling at this moment. He had been gone for weeks now with no proper way of contacting him. What would have he done if he had lost her? What if she was badly hurt likest time?


    Even the thought of her wincing in pain was working as if someone was piercing his heart with thousands of knives.


    "Pull strings. I want to see her as soon as possible," Long Jie ordered him.


    He saw Gu Tian''s hesitant gaze and barked, "What?!"


    "Mrs Long, she is not epting visitors. Apparently, the court refused to grant her bail and she informed herwyer not to let someone meet him. In short, she didn''t want to see anyone,"Gu Tian said with a knitted brow. He got to know this from Feng Siyan who had been working on behalf of Ryuu to get her out of jail.


    "What do you mean by that?" Long Jie asked him in a loud voice. "Why can''t I meet her? She is my wife! Dammit! I have every right to see her."


    "Master," Gu Tian said with a sigh. "She even refuses to see Master Xin. And Lord Tang was requested by her to note forward."


    Long Jie looked at him in bewilderment. "You are telling me that Brother is doing nothing to get her out of jail? Are you kidding me? Did he not know she was in danger? And where is he now?"


    "He is at his residence. Mrs Tang is seriously ill. She almost lost her child. As much as he is concerned about his sister, he had his wife and unborn child to look after too," Gu Tian said.


    Long Jie paused in his movement. He looked at him in sheer shock. "She is pregnant?"


    Gu Tian nodded. "And in a very delicate situation."


    Long Jie sighed, not knowing what to do. "You are saying that Zhenyi refuses to meet anyone? She didn''t meet anyone at all?"


    "Fan Bingbing. She has been by Mrs Long'' side in hospital. She didn''t leave the hospital even for a night," Gu Tian replied. "And she even met Mrs Long after she was arrested."


    "Contact her and send my message to her," Long Jie said.


    ¡­.


    In jail, Zhenyi, who had back to back exhausting interrogation with different officers for thest two days, was now sleeping on the soft single bed that she was allotted. She wasn''t stupid enough to believe that the limited amount of luxuriespare to other jail members that she was enjoying was given to everyone. It must be Fan Bingbing''s doing. She had gotten all the things that she needed.


    She had a fine time sleeping. Her mind had been exhausted by engaging with the interrogating officers. But a good sleep was all she needed to boost her dying energy.


    She has been feeling drowsy a lot these days. And so, she woke up with more yawns than freshness.


    "I haven''t met someone enjoying their time in jail," The woman who was sharing the cell with Zhwnyi said with a weird look on her face.


    "Really?" Zhenyizily smiled at her. Her eyes once again went to the unique rose tattoo on her wrist.


    "Rose," She said while looking at her with nk face.


    "What?" Zhenyi raised her sluggish brow at her.


    "My name," Rose said to her. "You can call me Rose."


    Zhenyi nodded while murmuring her name.


    "You don''t belong here," Rose told Zhenyi.


    Zhenyiughed at herremark."And neither do you."


    Rose weakly smiled at her. "You are right. I don''t belong here. But you see, this cage is sometimes better and safer than any open sky."


    "You are right," Zhenyi agreed with her. "Jail is indeed safer than home sometimes."


    "Is that why you are here?" Rose asked Zhenyi.


    "In Jail?" Zhenyi raised her brow at her in a questioning manner.


    Rose nodded at her.


    "Ah, no¡­" Zhenyi found herself replying. "I was bored and thought why not y hide and seek."


    "Hide and seek?" Rose blinked at her, not at all understanding her.


    Zhenyi nodded, appearing allzy and amused. "Someone is ying the game of hide and seek with me. So, I thought, why only join too?It gets lonely ying a game all by yourself, don''t you think so?"


    Before Rose could say anything, a man dressed in uniform came and called out Rose''s name. He informed her that her husband was here to meet her once again. Surprisingly, Rose refused to see him. And the official didn''t look surprised at all. Instead his expression was saying as if he had anticipated this reaction.


    "You are not meeting your husband?" Zhenyi asked, quite surprised.


    Rose snorted. "Husband? He is just a man who called me a criminal even before the court called me one. He believed that I killed the woman who he never cared for and respected. If she gave birth to him, then she meant more than a mother to me."


    Zhenyi could understand her feelings. She said after a while,"Do you want to get out of here, Rose?"


    "Leave the jail?" Rose asked her with glossy eyes.


    Zhenyi nodded.


    "What for?" Rose asked her. "The only thing that mattered to me was snatched away from me. My three years old son. My husband got his full custody. I have nothing left to live for."


    "If I can get you out of jail and get you the custody of your child?" Zhenyi asked her.


    Rose blinked her eyes several times and then she sighed and turned away her head. "It''s not a good thing to y with someone''s feelings."


    "Although I am bored, I still am not so bored to y with your feelings. After all, my time is precious and I have to do a lot of nning and scheming before my husbandes back and gets my ass out of this pretty jail," Zhenyi began speaking. "I will get you out of jail if you agree to do something for me."


    "You are using me," Rose scoffed. "I have nothing to offer you."


    "You have, sweetheart," Zhenyi grinned. "Your connections with Rosary."


    There was a hidden gang several years ago that was said to be extinct several decades ago whose symbol was a rose wrapped around a rosary. But Zhenyi knew better than to believe that the legendary gang of looters went extinct just like that. Several years ago, she hade across one old member of this gang in a crossfire. Her men had unconsciously saved his life.


    He was hellbent on owing back the favour that he owed her and her men. But when she told him that she didn''t need a poor old man to owe her. In fit of anger, he has disclosed his identity and went away with a promise of paying this debt of favour.


    "How did you know?" Rose asked with her wide eyes.


    "Apparently, your tattoo gives away your identity," Zhenyi smiled at the shocked woman. "So are you willing to make a deal with this beautiful devil?"


    "You aren''t a simple woman," She finally told her.


    Zhenyiughed. "Of course, why else would I be here?"

 Chapter 378 - Random Zhenyi (unedited)

    True to her words, the next morning when Rose was taken out for her court hearing, she didn''te back to the cell. And Zhenyi just assumed that Bingbing might havepleted her task. Yeah, Fan Bingbing had been acting as her personal assistant these days instead of Cao Feng. She was not heartless enough to drag that poor injured man here, was she?


    No, she wasn''t¡­


    It wasn''t a big deal for her to get Rose out of here especially when she hadn''tmitted the crime in the first ce. Even if she had, what did it have to do with you? She just wanted to make use of her! She wasn''t the embodiment of justice. Why did she care about others? She never imed to be a good woman and so don''t be surprised when she acts like a bad one. She had cleared time and time ago that she was a bad woman, thorough and thorough.


    As for Rose, if things went ording to her nning, Rose would soon get custody of her son. Her scumbag husband and his mistress might have to spend all their life behind bars for killing the older woman. And only after that, she would be able to get out of here.


    And about her? She would just get the hell out of here. Who would like to stay at the same ce for all their life?


    Most definitely, not her!


    She would get out of here when she feels like it. Currently, she is enjoying her stay here.


    Her father had been making an effort to talk to her and she was dismissing his requests of seeing herevery single time. She didn''t want to see him for now.


    No, it was not because she was heartless enough to only just follow her n and make her father restless as per her n but rather because she knew if he came before her eyes, the inner little girl inside her woulde out and she would break down before him. And her father didn''t need that at this time. He needed to keep a strong front or else how would he be to participate in what she had in store for him next?


    That son of bitch who she had never seen before was ying games after games with her. Did he think that she was a push over? He had been testing her limits way too often these days.


    That day outside the Du Zheng house, she had smelled gasoline and what would be the use of gasoline there if not to burn down the ce?


    Even someone as stupid as her knew that it wasn''t Do Zheng work because if that man cared about anyone genuinely in the whole wide world, it would be himself. So, why would he kill himself and his lovely butterfly in the fire?


    It didn''t make any sense to her that time.


    And no, she wasn''t stupid. But just like everyone,she too had her moments of stupidity. And that''s what she did back then.


    Whoever that third party was, their main goal of being present there was to force her to go inside. They couldn''t physically force her to go inside but mentally? Yes! And this is what they did.


    Theyid a very well nned n. A n that no person was able to avoid even if they saw through it.


    When she went inside, she had known that she was walking to the enemy''s trap but at that time just like the enemy had thought, she would put her life in risk just for getting her long lost sister out of the fire.


    They yed an emotional game of values and principles with her. Who doesn''t know that Xin Zhengi was ready to go to any length to protect her family? Xin and Longs were way too obsessed with familial values.


    And that was what she went inside for¡­ however much to her dismay, she didn''t find Yue Ling there. She had most likely turned into ashes with other people who died there. And this feeling of guilt that was born inside her for not being able to save her was destructive.


    She scoffed when she thought how the other person wanted her to submit her sanity to regret. She really apuded that person for the mind game that he had been ying. He had made the right shot and even she was left in bewilderment and a sense of respect for that wicked scheming mind.


    However he popped that sense of respect that had formed inside her heart by making a small mistake.


    He only made a slightmistake but who would have thought that mistake would cost him defeatter in the future. Did he really thought that she, Xin Zhenyi, would just let the police throw her in jail because of the guilt that was gripping her sanity and reasoning like poisonous ivy because of the fact that she failed to protect the person her mother gave away her life just to bring her into the world?


    This was the smallest yet biggest mistake made by them. They had almost seeded. Almost. But they failed in the end.


    Did they not know that she, Xin Zhenyi, was the most random person in the world? She did things randomly! nning and scheming was not her forte! Don''t think that she never schemes at all! She did it only when the situation called for it or she just gave this task to her all-powerful Ryuu!


    They might not know but even thoughts and evil idease to her randomly. She didn''t need to waste her time on unnecessary nning.


    And just like this, a very random thought came to her when she was getting bored in that bleak and sad looking hospital!


    ...


    Her senses asked her a question and she found herself unable to answer it for a long time. And when she did, she found this dilemma inside her heart clearing away.


    How could she have any emotional familiarity with someone she had never met before? No, she had no emotional familiarity with Yue Ling. She was just mad that if Yue Ling was really her long lost sister, how could they keep her hostage?


    Okay, she was more than just mad.


    She felt weird and foreign emotions at the thought of her.


    But you see, she didn''t even know if she really was her sister. Even if she was, it still didn''t change the fact that the girl brought it upon herself. If she wasn''t so emotionally weak, if she had thought about herself over Du Zheng''s wellbeing when she went to save her, it wouldn''t be the oue now.


    Yes, one might call her petty and heartless but it was who she was.


    Even if she was feeling regret for not acting earlier, it still couldn''t mean that she would let one death destroy her whole family?


    Yue Ling was so obsessed with not letting her hurt Du Zheng just because she thought she was blund to her. Or whatever nonsense she was uttering! Not for a moment, did the girl think about how he was using her! She should have run when she had the time but she didn''t do so.


    In the end, she reached the verdict that Yue Ling couldn''t be the reason for the destruction of Xin, Tang and Long families'' destruction.


    Yue Ling was nothing but a liability. She was there as their damnation. And even her death brought cmity. Look at Zhenyi...where is she now?


    In jail...when she needed to be under serious medical supervision.


    It was the reason why she requested Ryuu to note out at any cost. The enemy of theirs wanted to use this opportunity to lure out the bigger power behind her that had been her and Xin family shield for years. Ryuu was her Ace now.


    And look how, she was going to make the best use of her Ace.


    However, she just hoped that Ryuu would be able to control his worrying nature.


    If Ryues out now, not only his life would be in danger but Faye, Alcina and their unborn baby''s too. And she didn''t want this for them especially after knowing what had happened during Faye''s time.


    She just couldn''t bring her brother''s family into this mess when they needed him more than anyone else!!


    Although she was selfish most of the time, she still wasn''t to this extent to ask people to only care about her!


    Moreover, she had a very capable husband to protect her all the time. As much as she knew him, if he had received the news, he would be on his way, threatening everyone to let them meet her.


    Her Jie could be a bit ferocious sometimes, you see. But she still loved him a lot. And she was looking forward to see him as she had a very exciting news to share with him and she just couldn''t wait any longer.


    With a sigg, she out back her thoughts and started humming a melody that she had heard Rose huming in thest few days that she spent with her.

 Chapter 379 - Unedited

    "Your husband wants to see you."


    This was the first thing Fan Bingbing said when she met Zhenyi the next time. The look on Fan Bing bing face as she uttered these words was saying that there was more to this matter than she was letting the other person know.


    "He is back?" Zhenyi asked her as if surprised. There was no excitement or twinkle in her eyes. Instead, there was a nd look on her face, not matching the person who was trying to act all surprised or shocked.


    "Stop acting as if you are surprised," Fan Bingbing said in frustration. "Your father and husband had been blowing up my phone. They are asking me to ask you to meet them."


    When she said Long Jie and Xin Yichen were blowing up her phone, it was not an exaggeration. The first thing Long Jie did after reaching China was to meet her and order(yes order not request) her to ask Zhenyi to meet her.


    "Ah?" Zhenyi askedzily across the mirror. "Tell them I amfortable and have no wish toe anytime soon." She paused for a moment and knocked on the ss wall between them and said in a bit of a fierce tone,"And instead of wasting time feeling sad and guilty, just look for the true criminal. Poor me has been suffering here all alone."


    "Zhenyi!! Your words are contradictory," Fan Bingbing told her.


    On one hand, Zhenyi was saying that she wasfortable in jail and in the very second sentence she was saying in a pitiful tone that she was suffering here all alone. Even she,as Xin Zhenyi, very personal assistant, didn''t know what to believe. Her friend-sh-boss could be a pain in the neck sometimes.


    "Whatever!" Zhenyizily yawned. She paused for a minute and then added, "You look awful."


    "Stop worrying about me," Fan Bingbing said harshly. She knew that her eyes didn''t look better than panda eyes. Eye bags under her eyes were prominently visible now along with the pale tone of her skin. If she didn''t know better, she would have said that Zhenyi looked better than her even when she was staying in jail and she¡­


    Nevermind.


    "Who the hell is worrying about you?" retorted Zhenyi. "I''m just stating the facts. It looks as if telling the truth is a sin these days."


    Ignoring Zhenyi''s dramatic behaviour which was the result of her inactive lifestyle of jail, she said "You look quite weak. Are you taking your med? And food on time?"


    Zhenyi had lost way too much weight in the past couple of weeks. She was looking unbelievably thin and fragile.


    She didn''tment for a long time. In the end, she just said, "Hmmm¡­ My dressing needed to be changed. Isn''t it three days already?"


    The doctor had advised her to get her dressing changed after every three days.


    Fan Bingbing nodded her head. "Where would you like to get your dressing changed here or in the hospital?"


    "It''s not like it''s in my own hand," Zhenyimented. "Just inform the officers and they will see."


    " I will see what I can do, "Fan Bingbing quickly said when she saw that their time was almost up. "About Long Jie¡­."


    "Not now¡­"


    ¡­


    On the other hand, Alcina who had just opened her eyes after a long slumber got startled after seeing an older woman smiling warmly at her. She bowed her head to show her respect as their gazes met.


    "Good morning, Mrs Tang, how are you feeling?" She asked her in a voice that settled all the negative feelings rising inside her head. "I''m your doctor Su Bei. Would you please let me take your pulse?"


    Alcina unconsciously raised her wrist and the doctor tenderly caught it to take the pulse.


    She nodded in appreciation and said, "Your stats look better than before." Alcina blinked her big green eyes at the elderlydy. "Still not good enough to put you out of bed rest. You may not know but you have put you and your baby''s life at quite a big risk. Stress is fatal for future mama, I hope you know this."


    "I''m sorry, Doctor Su," Alcina murmured. She didn''t know what had happened to her at that moment. But seeing Ryuu''s face at that moment had made many of her fears true. "My husband?"


    "Lord Ryuu is with the little missy outside. Would you like me to call him?" The doctor told her.


    Alcina shook her head. Her little girl must have been scared. She was quite overprotective of her parents. And she couldn''t imagine why she might have been thinking all this time. It was good that Ryuu was with Faye. No one understands and reads Faye like the way Ryuu does. Their bond might be enviable but Alcina knew the importance of it.


    "You have a very beautiful and unique daughter," Su Beimented with a fond smile on her face. "Ifdy Tang had been here, she would have been so proud of her. Her children and grandchild are as remarkable as she was. If not more."


    Alcina nodded her head with a grateful smile ying on her lips. "You seem to know her well."


    "How can I not?" The doctor said with so much pride and happiness that Alcin could understand her for a minute. She looked at her hands, "With these hands, Lord Ryuu and Young Miss Zhenyi hade to this world. I''m an olddy now and have quit my profession a couple of years ago. But yesterday when Lord Ryuu called, I couldn''t express my happiness knowing I am going to help Mrs Tang bring another life to this world."


    "You delivered Ryuu?" Alcina asked the excited doctor.


    The doctor nodded enthusiastically. "He was such a big baby. When those beautiful brown eyes nced at me, my heart melted like butter on a hot pan." She let out a humorousugh. "Young Miss was a unique case. Lady Tang tried so much to hush the crying baby but she didn''t. In the end, a very troubled Master Yichen held her in his arms and the baby started wailing more loudly. Even thinking about that day makes meugh. They were bing parents for the second time, yet they were so awkward. It was only when little Lord ran inside the room and asked her father to let him hold her. Just as Lord Ryuu, took her in his small arms, the baby girl stopped crying and was looking at him with those beautiful big eyes of hers. He made Lady Tang envious for the first time that day. "


    Alcinaughed. "I can imagine. Even today, the pair of siblings can make anyone envious."


    The doctor sighed out all of a sudden. "How good it would have been if the little young master would have been saved? Lord Ryuu would have doted on the little young master too." Alcina could read the pain on the elderly woman''s face as she said,"It was such an unfortunate incident that not only Tang family lost their head in that horrible event but the future and the future heir of Xin family too. Our little Young Master Xin."


    For a long time, Alcina couldn''t understand what the elderlydy was talking about. She looked at her with knitted brows as if asking her to borate. Who was she talking about? Which Young Master Xin?


    As much as she knew, there was no Young Master Xin, only Young Miss Xin Zhenyi.


    "I don''t understand what you are talking about, Doctor Su?"Alcina directly asked her. " What Young Master Xin are you talking about?"


    Doctor Su Bei had a look of understanding on her face as she said, "You might not know but even in Lady Tang''s third pregnancy, I was her doctor. She wanted to know about the gender of her baby and I didn''t find it suspicious as who in the family didn''t know her dislike for surprises? I loved giving shocks but hates receiving surprises. She wanted to know the gender of her unborn baby. And it was a boy. The little Young Master Xin. This was the name, she used to use while talking to her unborn baby."


    To say that Alcina was surprised, had to be an understatement. How could she not know her mother-inw''s tendency of surprising-- no shocking the hell out of people?!


    If the doctor was saying that Tang Reine''s child was a boy, not a girl, then it meant that she could be right and Tang Reine was doing nothing but ying a game once again.


    "Are you sure doctor that it was a boy?" Alcina once again asked her.


    "Of course, why would I lie about it? It had been around neen years since that day, but I can still remember it like yesterday," Doctor Su Bei said. "I was supposed to send the reports to Lady Tang''s residence that day even though I have informed he rod the result over the phone, but before I could send the reports, my office caught fire and all the records of her including many other people were burnt. This is why I remember that day all too well."


    "How did your office caught fire?" Alcina asked her.


    "Short-circuit happened."


    No, it short-circuit don''t happen, Tang Reine and her sharp brain happened!

 Chapter 380 - Consequences Be Damned

    Just as Zhenyi had reminded Fan Bingbing, it indeed was time for doctors to get her dressing changed. Although Xin Yichen couldn''t get his precious daughter out of jail, especially after the heavy charges were imposed on her, still it didn''t stop him from making sure that his daughter didn''t want for anything. It could be said that Zhenyi was provided for everything inside her cell.


    She was taken to the infirmary that was located inside the police department. When she was taken there, two women police officers followed her. To be honest, she hated when these officers in uniform tried to touch her. As she had once made clear, she still was quite vocal about her allergy to police. And this visit to jail was not making it any better.


    As she entered the infirmary room, she noticed that the two female officers didn''t follow her inside rather stopped outside and just as she took a step inside, the door behind her was closed with a thud.


    Yes, she find it he weird but still she didn''t speak out loud about it.


    A tall and built man, d in awhite doctor''s coat was standing there with his back facing her. One might not notice, but her sharp eyes did. The doctor''s coat was looking a bit awkward on the man''s body. Again, she didn''t make anyment about it.


    Turning her head, she noticed that the door was locked from outside and looking at the small room turned into an infirmary, it didn''t look like there were any CCTV cameras installed.


    However careless! She snickered in her heart.


    Looking at the man standing before her, she wondered out loud, "Ah, did they just leave me here with a man all alone?"


    "Is it what you were hoping for?" A deep masculine voice asked her in return. The question carried faint amusement and suppressed anger.


    "How could it be?" Zhenyi scoffed dramatically. Twirling her strand of hair, she added in a sickly sweet voice,"I''m a virtuous wife, who would be damned before looking at other men except for her outstanding husband."


    "Yes, a virtuous wife who is not letting her husband see her after the trouble she is stuck in," the resentment in his voice became more apparent and he turned to look at a frail yet devastatingly gorgeous woman.


    Zhenyiughed while shaking her head and hurried her steps toe to him As she walked ahead a bit fast, her feet tripped making her fall on the floor, but before her lips kiss the floor, Long Jie caught her by her waist and pulled her think and bony body that used to be soft and round a month ago in his arms.


    The small amount of meat that took almost a year to grow on her body was gone just like this in a blink of an eye. He was feeling and on behalf of the fat on her body.


    Zhenyi''s eyes curved up as she murmured while burying her head in his chest" Damn, you still smell like home. I missed you so much."


    She wrapped her arms around his waist so tightly that Long Jie could feel her expressing her pain and tiredness by the hug. She didn''t tell anyone before but she was tired of staying alone here. Although she wasn''t hurt here, she still wanted someone to talk to her, take care of her, spoil her and pamper her.


    Although she knew that Long Jie loved her a lot, perhaps even more than she loved him, this month spent without homage her belief that she couldn''t even think of living without him by her side. And now most certainly, they were going to live like this right beside each other until one of them dies, with each other, loving each other and annoying the hell out of each other.


    Long Jie patted her head tenderly as he saw a bandage tied against her head. He asked in a soft voice, "Does this hurt?"


    Zhenyi half nodded and half shook her head.


    Long Jie helplessly sighed. She was trying to act spoiled, right?


    They stayed in the same position for a long time and when Long Jie broke the hug, he noticed that his wife was not ready to leave his body. She was clinging to him like a ko. As much as he wanted to keep hugging her, he still had to do the job he came here for. So, he made her sit on a chair and started removing her old dressing in a careful manner.


    She trusted him so much that she didn''t even ask if he knew how to change a dressing. She knew that he would never hurt her. Like ever. The whole world could be her enemy. But this man would be her permanent ally, in all situations.


    "Are you not going to ask how I came here?" asked Long Jie to a very silent Zhenyi. Sometimes, this woman''s silence could be scary.


    "Why would I?" She retorted while ncing at her. She raised her brows while adding in a nonchnt manner,"Who cares where the mangose from as long as you can eat it!"


    "I didn''t know you like mangoes," asked Long Jie instantly. Yes, he knew she was just giving him a random example. But he just liked teasing her.


    How could Zhenyi not understand that he was trying to tease her to lighten up the tense atmosphere? Under his calm and loving demeanour, he was scared, worried and anxious. She could understand and read all those masked emotions written on his face clearly. What kind of wife would she be if she couldn''t understand the plight of her husband?


    "I don''t," Zhenyi whispered while wrapping her arms around his neck. She kissed the side of his mouth and added," I only like you."


    "Your coaxing won''t work on me," Ling Jie pointed out immediately. He was immune to her dramatic behaviour now.


    "I''m not coaxing you," Zhenyi pouted. She was trying to seduce him. She can''t believe that he was immune to her seduction! How presumptuous! "I''m just stating a fact."


    He carefully removed her arms that were wrapped around his neck and gripped her extremely delicate chin with his fingers and said with a pained expression, "Love, you have be too thin. Let me take you out of here!"


    "How would you?" She gaped at her daring husband. "They will call me a fugitive. Do you want to be a fugitive''s man?"


    Even though his suggestion was tempting, she still couldn''t ept being called a fugitive for something she had nevermitted. It would have been better if she was the one bombing that property. If she was the one, she wouldn''t have red up at the suggestion of fleeing from the jail.


    "I don''t care as long as I am your man," Long Jie added stubbornly.


    Zhenyi sighed while shutting her eyes as she couldn''t understand what to do with this man except for loving the hell out of him."You are one crazy man, Mr Long. I don''t want to run away from here like a criminal. I haven''t killed that bastard¡­ trust me, if I had... I wouldn''t have gotten caught.".


    "Still talking about killing," he replied while pinching her chin.


    "No, just stating a fact," she retorted.


    "Stop stating facts," Long Jie insisted. "They are dangerous."


    "Uhuh¡­" No one again spoke for a long time. He just changed her dressing. And once he was done, he pulled her and hugged her. "I''m afraid that the next time I see you...you would have faded away."


    "Stop being dramatic," Zhenyi chided him.


    "Look at you," He again said. " You look so thin and weak."


    "I''m not weak," She said in annoyance. "It''s just morning sickness that''s killing me."


    The words slipped out before she could stop it. She blinked her eyes at him but as the realization hit her, she put a palm on her disobedient mouth.


    "What did you say?" Long Jie looked down at her, shocked. His wide eyes were looking at him as if she was his criminal.


    "I¡­" No words formed inside her mouth. She just stared at him speechlessly.


    "Zhenyi!!!"


    ¡­


    "I can''t believe this¡­" Long Jie ran his hand in his hair as he looked at the woman who was nervously looking at her feet. He was pacing around the same room for thest fifteen minutes, asionally ncing at him.


    "Why do you look angry?" Zhenyi softly asked him when she finally mustered up the courage.


    "Because I''m," Long Jie directly said.


    "Do you not want our baby?" Zhenyi blinked those outstanding eyes at him. And she knew that those eyes were his weakness and she was using his weakness against him at this moment when he was supposed to be mad at him.


    Well, he wasn''t mad at her but at him.


    Long Jie shook his head and kneeled down to be at an equal level as her. He lifted her chin to make her look at him. "How can I not? But this mess...you have jumped into¡­? Let''s run away, Zhenyi."


    Zhenyi looked at him as if he had lost his mind.


    "Consequence be damned, Cat eyes! Let''s run away. You, I and our baby. I don''t need anything else.. This wealth and power, I don''t need it at all."

 Chapter 381 - Unedited

    "So, what did she say?" Sam asked Long Jie.


    "She said not to show her my face until I develop some brain cells," Long Jie told him with a pained expression.


    Sam burst outughing as he heard Long Jie. "This is so like my Zhen Zhen."


    Right now, Sam and Long Jie were sitting facing each other. After meeting Zhenyi, Long Jie received Sam''s call who was insisting on meeting him. When he left her there all alone, only he knew how he returned.


    He didn''t want to leave her there but he was thrown out of the door as he asked her to run away with her. What was wrong with his suggestion?


    "Stop being an asshole," Long Jie growled at him. "Do you know how much it pains me to see her behind the bars?"


    "Chill, she will be fine," Sam casually said.


    Long Jie stared at him in astonishment. Wasn''t he Zhenyi''s best friend? His best friend was in jail and here he was munching on the pizza? Wasn''t he supposed to be worried for her?


    Feeling his gaze on his face, Sam just mumbled while chewing the pizza,"I know that I am handsome but you are not my type. Plus, I will never steal Zhen Zhen''s man."


    "Aren''t you supposed to be worried for your best friend?" Long Jie asked him.


    He had seen Sam''s possessiveness and overprotectiveness for Zhenyi a number of times in the past one year. He didn''t envy their rtionship because he knew that he would never be able to take Sam''s ce in her heart. And he didn''t even want that. He wanted a ce of his in her heart and he had it. What he couldn''t understand was this man''s nonchnt attitude towards this situation.


    "Aren''t you, Uncle Yichen and Ryuu, worrying about her since the start?" Sam said while looking up from his te. "Did it change anything? Did you find relevant evidence? No? Then, stop lecturing me. Worrying ain''t gonna solve anything."


    Long Jie shook his head. "I don''t want to worry about her either. But can I stop it? No. I can''t just casually sit like you when my mind and heart are somewhere else."


    "You met Zhenyi today right?" Sam asked him. "Do you find Zhenyi worried or scared there?"


    Hearing his question, Long Jie thought back to today''s afternoon. No, she wasn''t worried or scared. Although she was a little nervous, it still had nothing to do with her time in jail.


    Still, she wouldn''t be Xin Zhenyi, if she would get scared and worried just by enduring a little pain. That woman was made up of steel. Not everything can affect her.


    "She wouldn''t be Zhenyi if you find her troubled even in the hardest of the crisis," Long Jie found himself replying.


    "Exactly," Sam yelled. "You have nothing to worry about. Just chill, she wille back once she gets bored in jail."


    Long Jie didn''t know what to say to him. Both Sam and Zhenyi were gone cases. They could never think like normal people. Their brains worked quite differently.


    "Why does I feel that you are worried about something else too?" Sam asked, narrowing his eyes at Long Jie''s face. "What are you hiding from me?"


    How could Long Jie let Sam live in peace when he himself was rotting in hell?


    "My wife is pregnant," Long Jie dropped the bomb with a smile.


    Sam''s eyes widened while his jaw hung in the air and the pizza in his hand fell on the te. No, he heard wrong.


    How the fuck Zhenyi be chilling in Jail with a baby in her womb?


    "Fuck. Fuck. Fuck. Fuck," Sam ran his hand in his hair as he paced back and forth. "Fuck. Fuck. Fuck. Fuck." He stopped for a moment and stopped by Long Jie. "What do we do, Long Jie? How can we get my nephew out of jail?" Before Long Jie could reply, Sam once again started walking back and forth with the same mantra. "Fuck. Fuck. Fuck. Fuck."


    The same man, who was preaching to Long Jie how he shouldn''t worry about Zhenyi as it was not going to solve anything, was walking back and forth in the same room like a mad man. He had no control over what he was doing and saying. All he knew was that he had to get his nephew out of jail.


    "Sit down," Long Jie sighed. "I''m getting dizzy watching you."


    Sam threw him a re while doing what he was doing.


    Thankfully, at this moment his phone rang and seeing caller ID a sad smile marred his beautiful face. "Brother," He greeted in a respectful voice.


    There was only one person in the whole wide world who could receive such an amount of respect from Young Master Long Jie.


    Tang Ryuu.


    "I heard you came back," Ryuu asked him. He hadn''t known until today that Long Jie had returned. It was only when Feng Siyan came to report he learned that Long Jie was back.


    "Yes, I arrived yesterday," Long Jie said.


    Ryuu seemed to have let out a sigh as he asked,"Would you mind joining us for dinner?"


    Long Jie paused for a moment. Ryuu had never talked so formally to him before. "Err...I will be here in half an hour."


    Thinking that it must have something to do with Zhenyi, Long Jie agreed and after that he disconnected the phone. As he looked at Sam who was still chanting the same mantra over and over again, he sighed in defeat. He couldn''t bear to be around such a person anymore.The more depressed people he would be surrounded by, the more depressed he would be.


    He and his men had been working all day and night since the time he had returned to China to search for evidence to get Zhenyi free.


    With a sigh, he picked up his coat and walked out of the door.


    ¡­.


    Just as Long Jie had told Ryuu, he reached Tang Pce thirty minutester. Handing the car keys to a bodyguard, he entered inside. He was directed by the butler inside the hall where Ryuu was waiting for him.


    When he reached inside he only saw Ryuu sitting on a couch dressed in casual clothes. Just like always, there was not even a single ripple on his forehead. It was like no trouble in the world could touch him.


    Hearing footsteps, Ryuu raises his head to see Long Jieing towards him. He asked the housekeeper to bring tea for the two of them.


    "Have a seat," Ryuu smiled at him.


    Honestly, he didn''t call Long Jie to talk about Zhenyi. He knew that everyone was working hard to save her. But right now, he called Long Jie for Alcina. When he talked to her today, he found that her panic attack was rted to Long Jie. She thought that Long Jie was injured in Georgia. His wife had known all along where her brother had been all along.


    They didn''t talk much as they had their tea in silence.


    "I met her today," Long Jie spoke breaking the silence.


    Ryuu paused as he looked at the man in front and then slowly ced the cup on the table.


    "She let you meet her?" Ryuu asked her, surprised. If Xin Yichen got to know Long Jie get to meet her when he was not. There was going to be a whole show tomorrow to be watched.


    Long Jie scoffed. "You think so? She was hellbent on avoiding me. But I wouldn''t be her husband, if I backed down without a fight."


    Ryuu shook her head mirthlessly. "Why am I not surprised!" He paused for a minute before asking,"How is she now?"


    "She is fine, I guess," Long Jie answered.


    Ryuu nodded. "Since you are here, why don''t you meet Alcina too? She had beenining to me about how she hates lying in bed all day."


    Long Jie understood what he meant. So, he called him here for Alcina. He had heard that she almost lost her baby but didn''t know what exactly caused this. "What happened to her?"


    "She was stressed and suddenly copsed," Ryuu told him.


    "Is she fine now?" Long Jie inquired.


    Just as Long Jie was about to say something, he heard someone''s footsteps descending down the stairs.


    Ryuu immediately acted as he saw a disheveled Alcina alighting the stairs with her elderly doctor running behind her. She was panting when he had picked her in bridal style and then made her sit on the sofa.


    She was panting badly but her struggle didn''t stop her from speaking in a trembling voice, "See this, Ryuu." She hadn''t noticed Long Jie sitting there yet. "This was sent to me by Sam just now. Look in this video, someone is pouring gasoline around Du Zheng''s vi." She shoved her phone in Ryuu''s hand. "See it." After saying it, she broke into a fit of cough and started gasping for breath.


    "Doctor!!" Ryuu heard someone call for a doctor but he was already running towards his car with his wife in his arms.. He was taking her to hospital.

 Chapter 382 - Unedited

    Long Jie was currently sitting across from Feng Siyan who was examining the video sent by Sam inside a room. It was a room built inside Tang Pce where most of the technical tasks were done. An elite team was responsible for the same.


    Around two hours ago, Alcina was taken to the hospital. Her condition had suddenly deteriorated due to a rise in her blood pressure. She had been under a lot of stresstely and so she was put on strict bed rest.


    Ryuu was still guarding his wife in the hospital, daring no to let her slip before his eyes.


    This time was very hard for the Xin family. One father was leaving no stone unturned to free his daughter and the other father was making sure his unborn child and wife defeat this cmity that struck them.


    While he was just thinking if this disaster could have been prevented if he had stayed beside his wife. If he had been beside Zhenyi''s side, she wouldn''t have been suffering all alone with their first baby in her womb.


    Long Jie still couldn''t believe that he was going to be a father. The joy he felt when he learned about this news, he couldn''t describe it in words.


    When he had learned that Long Ah Shaan was his biological father rather than Long Shaoming, he had felt as if he had lost his existence. That scary emptiness that he had been feeling was wiped by the news of the arrival of his own blood and flesh in the world.


    Long Jie''s heart melted as he imagined how beautiful it would be when his son or daughter woulde to this world. He was going to love his child so much that he/she would get sick of getting loved, but he wouldn''t get sick of loving them, caring for them and cherishing them.


    He would get his Zhenyi back at all costs. And finally, he had some leads. He wouldn''t be able to remove the murder allegations from her name, but these proofs at least could help her in granting her bail.


    Of course, his wife had no will toe back so soon. As much as he knew her, she was certainly sitting there, scheming the demise of people. But he was scared this time. He wanted her safe along with their baby.


    What surprised and amused him the most was how skillful his wife was in hiding the news. Not even police medical reports could discover that she was nning. This shows that she had connections and some dangerous power behind her.


    "What''s amusing you?"Feng Siyan couldn''t help but ask. He had been seeing a myriad of emotions passing on his friend''s face. Seemed like he had gotten crazy after his wife went to jail.


    "Nothing," Long Jie sighed. He wasn''t going to tell the news to anyone yet. He would wait for Zhenyi toe out. He looked at theputer screen and asked,"What did you find?"


    Feng Siyan''s posture immediately changed and his expression became serious. He pointed at a particr figure on the screen and said,"As you can see, this person is pouring gasoline all around the vi. This side of the property is neither used for cemetery nor for exit. Miss Xin didn''t know about this path. Only the person who was clear about the blueprints of the property knew about it."


    "Zhenyi''s standing at the gates of the property with her guards," Long Jie added. "We can prove them that the property wasn''t just burn by the bomb. As for where the bomb came from, we are investigating the matter. Anything else you noticed?"


    A man, who had been immersed in the video until now, said,"Sir! Here is something we found!"


    Long Jie and Feng Siyan immediately went over there and saw what he was showing. "Isn''t this uniform of Du guards? They are burning their own property?"


    The man continued to zoom on that side. And when he paused, he said,"Sir, this car had been standing there from end till the beginning. No one came out of the car. It only moved when the house finally burned down."


    It was as if they finally found something substantial to help Zhenyi. Although it was not big, it still could be manipted to make it look big.


    "Send the evidence to the police but make sure to twist it in favor of Zhenyi," Long Jie told Feng Siyan. He paused for a minute before adding,"And arrange a meeting with Officer Zheng. It''s time that he and I talk face to face once again."


    ¡­.


    "Stop doing this!" A woman shrieked as another one poured a cup of lukewarm coffee on a man''s head.


    "You evil woman!" The woman named Miaomiao shouted. "What the hell are you doing?"


    Once again, Aria was found in a brawl against her ex-boyfriend Chen Zihang''s current girlfriend, Ming Yu.


    [Character reference Chapter 48]


    "Aria! What are you doing?" Ming Yu, Aria''s cousin caught her by her waist and stopped her from pouncing on the bitchy ex.


    "How dare you call my family names?!"Aria growled. She wasn''t the same Aria Qin who endured insults a year ago from these people. "Do you think that I need to covet this second hand man of yours?! You have been using things discarded by me since the beginning and dare say that I am snatching him from you?!"


    "Miaomiao, let''s leave,"Chen Zihang said. He had been rejected by Aria and he couldn''t let his current girlfriend know this truth. He didn''t want to hurt her by telling her that he was jealous that Aria found someone. He couldn''t bear to see a mere police officer being her boyfriend.


    "No, Zihang, I need to teach her a lesson--"Before Chen Zihang or Ming Yu could say anything or do something to prevent them from fighting, Aria and Miaomiao got into another bloody fight.


    The matter deteriorated to this extent that police were called and both the women were taken into custody for engaging in a fight in a public ce.


    Inside the police station, both Aria and Xu Miaomiao were sitting on the same bench with their hands handcuffed. A female officer came to record their statement. Her face was showing how much displeasure she was while talking to them. But suddenly, her face changed as a person dressed in a uniform that defined his higher rank appeared.


    "Officer Zheng?" The female officer showed a shy male as she straightened up her back to walk to his direction but before she could take any further step, Aria shoved her leg making the female officer stumble and finally fall down on the floor.


    Aria hid a bashful smile on her face as she saw the female officer kissing the ground. However, her actions were seen early by a certain officer who had juste. Ignoring the looks on her face, he put forward his hand to the female officer to help her up.


    The female officer, who was initially embarrassed and angry, felt springe over as her idol helped her stand up. She thanked him in a soft voice.


    Zheng Han (Officer Zheng) just smiled at her.


    Before he could do or say anything Chen Zihang and Ming Yu appeared with their respectivewyers.


    "Aria, are you alright?" Ming Yu asked her in a worried tone. If his aunt got to know that Aria was in jail, he dared not fathom the consequences. She would surely end this girl. And if his mother got to know that Aria was hurt in any way, he would end this boy.


    "Zihang,"Miaomiao whispered as Chen Zihang came.


    In the next moments, both of them were realized after several warnings.


    "Let''s go back,"Ming Yu said as he opened the door to the car.


    He saw that Aria''s gaze was still behind where a man and woman were standing under the dimly lit area, dressed in fine uniforms, appearing as if they were the embodiment of justice.


    "


    "Isn''t he your boyfriend?"Ming Yu asked. He and Aria were pretty close and it wasn''t out of ordinary that he knew that Aria had a boyfriend who was a police officer.


    "He was," Aria murmured, her gaze settled on that damned man''s face.


    When Zheng Han had caught her gaze, he bid goodbye to his colleagues and moved in her direction. He could feel her re from a miles away.


    "Go in," Aria told Ming Yu.


    "What?"Ming Yu didn''t understand.


    "Go inside the car,"She told her slow cousin who nodded and did as he was told.


    When Zheng Han stood before Aria, his so-called ex girlfriend, he didn''t say anything. It was only when her hand slowly raised and made its way on his cheek.


    "This is for taking advantage of my trust, "Aria spat out. She pped him again. " This is breaking my heart."


    Zheng Han didn''t stop her from pping him. He knew that he deserved it.


    In the end, Aria hugged him, not leaving him for several minutes. "This is for never meeting again."


    .

 Chapter 383 - Unedited

    Inside the office of the Commissioner of Police, a middle-aged man was sitting on the chair. Apart from him, there was two men present there, one was quietly upying the chair in front of him, and another was standing to receive the order.


    "Please call officer Zheng right now!" Themissioner was beyond angry this time. He could not believe that things like this could happen with their department. He was ashamed to even show his face to the seniors.


    "Is everything alright sir?" The man who was standing asked in concern. He had a bad habit of sucking up to his seniors. And he was doing the same this time too but too bad, themissioner was not in a condition to hear him


    "Are my words not clear?!" Tan Qin, the policemissioner asked, his nose ring up in anger. He wouldn''t tolerate one more disobedient officer no matter how capable they were.


    "I will call officer Zheng Right now!!" Poor man ran for his life. He didn''t want to get demoted.


    Running outside, he began to look for officer Zheng and when someone told him that thetter was having lunch in the cafeteria, he reached there and informed him while panting that the Commissioner was asking him to report right now.


    "Alright, I will take a look," Officer Zheng said as he left the untouched food there and headed towards the Commissioners office. Although he was pretty confused with the sudden call, he still didn''t say anything. He was too busy with Xin Zhenyu case and other personal stuff to care about anyone else.


    "You called me?!" He voiced out as soon as he entered the office.


    Never had he thought that he would be answered with a thud. Looking at the source of the sound, he saw a file smacked on the wooden desk.


    "Look at it and answer it yourself!". Instead ofmissioner Tan, officer Wang answered as the former was busy firing res at him.


    Obviously, he slowly opened the file. His guess that it had something to do with the Xin Zhenyi case wasn''t wrong. It indeed has everything to do with that case.


    " This¡­"Officer Zheng had no words to say right now. Hell, he hadn''t even thought about this.


    "Will you tell me, my good officers, why you called Xin Zhenyi on the night of the st?!" Commissioner Tan asked him in a loud voice. He was not holding back his anger. This case was already so messy and his officers had to go and make it easier.


    Thankfully, Officer Wang took over the lead of this meeting now as he said," ording to the reportwe received, she received thest call from you before going to Du Zheng''s Vi."


    He was obviously asking Officer Zheng why they were not informed. Even when interrogating Zhenyi, he was raised against her. He still couldn''t understand if he was against Zhenyi or not.


    "Do you know how messy this case has be?" Officer Wang voiced out. "Our department''s regtion is at risk. Thank heavens and these bigshots that the media has yet to know about this case!"


    Xin Yichen and Long Shaoming had done a pretty good job at sealing the information. No one except for a handful of people knew that Xin Zhenyi was in jail. If the media were to know of this¡­


    No one dared fathom what would happen then¡­


    There would be journalists swarming outside the gate of the police station. People''s eyes would be on them.


    "If the news went out, it would be the most high profile case of the country!" These words spoken by Officer Wang were not incorrect. Perhaps, the most high profile might be an understatement. " Will the media and the party in power gawking at you like an eagle spare us? What will we do? Are we already under less stress already?!"


    It was not easy and simple to put someone like Xin Zhenyi in jail. She was the richest woman in the country, if not the richest person. Her connections were not limited to the business sector too. She had a very close connection with the government too. Her grandfather had been president of the country for more than one term. She was Xin Yichen''s only heir, one of the most feared men in the whole country. And not to forget, Long Jie''s wife. The man didn''t need an introduction to define him. He was a brand of his own.


    "I know it was my mistake¡­" Officer Zheng was ready to admit his fault. His hate for Zhenyi caused this problem. He epted it.


    "Now spill the beans¡­"


    "Three years ago, I was sent to deal with a gang who were directly linked with women traffickers. They would kidnap girls and sell them at higher prices in other countries," Officer Zheng begin narrating the event of what happened three years ago. "Although we managed to catch the criminals, we still couldn''t catch their mastermind." He sound still offended about this. "We have saved more than a hundred girls back then¡­ I was injured then as I was disguised as one of the traffickers¡­"


    He paused for a minute, remembering that particr day, "A girl of not more than fifteen years old saved my life." Even if he wanted to, he could never forget this memory. "She was the only girl who wasn''t freed in the end."


    Both Officer Wang and Commissioner Tan were listening to his story and wondering where he was taking them to.


    "When I was freeing all those girls, I still remember how she shook her head at me and had taken steps back, saying she couldn''t go with me. I was startled. And why wouldn''t I be? Those people tried those girls very cruelly. How could one not want to leave them?"


    From the look on Du Zheng''s face, it was estimated that he still regretted that moment.


    "I tried persuading her but she didn''t agree with me. I still felt that my persuasion wasn''t enough¡­"


    Keeping aside guilt, for now, he continued," The gangsters had gotten wind that someone was acting as a mole inside them, giving the information out. So, I was given orders to take out all the girls that night when the gang members were distracted. It wasn''t easy but I managed to do so. Once again, I attempted to convince the girl and again she refused."


    "I couldn''t leave a vulnerable and such a young girl like her there alone. I tried and tried and tried yet I failed in the end. I couldn''t put the lives of hundreds at risk for her alone. However, I still left my number with her, asking her to call me if she ever needed help."


    Looking at the two men in his front he said, "That girl is my regret, Sir. It was her who technically saved me and all those girls. Yet, I couldn''t save her life.That girl was no one else but Du Yue Ling. One of the people who is said to be dead in the bomb st caused by Xin Zhenyi."


    "How is this story connected with this attack and your apparent lie?" Officer Wang asked him, still not being able to connect the dots.


    "In all those years, she only called me twice," Officer Zheng said. She refers to Yue Ling here. " One timest year¡­.that time she was quite scared and begged me to save Xin Zhenyi. I was confused...I asked her where she was. Clearly to tell her that Iwille and take her out. but she told me that she would be put in danger along with me if he came to save her. I didn''t know how Xin Zhenyi was back then. It was only when President Xin of XC was said to be injured in a st, I found out who the girl was talking about."


    "On the night of the st at Du Zheng, the girl contacted me again. This time begging her to save her. Unfortunately, I was out of the city on a mission...I couldn''t help her even if I wanted to," Officer Zhang mumbled. "So, I called Xin Zhenyi and asked her to save her. In return, I will owe her a favour."


    "And what did she ask you in return?"Officer Wang asked, quite curiously.


    Zheng Han paused for a moment before saying, "Breaking up with my ex-girlfriend. She and Xin Zhenyi are cousins."


    After hearing the whole story, the other officers had a look.of bitterness on their faces. One of them asked, "Do you know what the real identity of the girl named Yue Ling was?"


    "What?" He asked in hesitation.


    "Xin Yichen''s long lost daughter!!!" Commissioner Tan said out loud, shocking a certain person.


    "Are you sure?" Officer Zheng still asked. "Just because the girl is said to be the long Lost daughter of Xin Yi Chen, it still didn''t mean that Xin Zhenyi didn''t kill the people and st the property."


    "No feminine remains were found at the crime scene. If the girl had burned in the fire, we would have at least found something? She was not there at all!" This was what they only found recently.


    "What do you mean?!!".


    "It means she could be alive!!!"

 Chapter 384 - The Baby?

    "Miss Xin, pleasee out. Your bail has been granted," A female appeared dressed in police uniform and unlocked the cell to take her out.


    Zhenyi was still in shock. Did she not make it clear to her husband that she had no intention ofing out? Sure, Long Jie would never go against her.


    Then, was it B¨¤?


    Zhenyi failed to assess one thing that if it was only for her she might have been still inside the cell as per condition but now it involved a baby too. And after seeing Alcina on the brink of miscarriage, Long Jie had no wish to see Zhenyi like this too. He would rather spend several days coaxing Zhenyi than let her get hurt here.


    Zhenyi appeared dressed in a white blouse and dyed jeans. These clothes were sent by Fan Bingbing to her.Her bare face was making her appear more fragile and weak. When she entered the room where she was asked to go after all the formalities, she saw Long Jie standing there, d in a three piece suit talking with officers while showing his superiority.


    As if he could feel her gaze on him, he turned his head to find her standing there all alone. She was like a flower in the middle of thorns. He said something to themissioner and then walked to her side.


    Wrapping his arm around her shoulder, he first kissed her temple in front of everyone and then made her exit the police station without saying a word.


    He opened the car door for her and then drove the car without saying a word.


    Zhenyi was looking at him, still waiting for him to talk to her. Instead of talking, he was humming a song.


    She opened her mouth to say something but words stuck in her throat as she found him driving the car still humming the same song.


    Getting irritated with this behaviour, she just put on the music and closed her eyes.


    Out of sight. Out of mind, right?


    She only opened her eyes when the car stopped.


    As she opened her eyes, she found herself in front of the building where she first spent her night with Long Jie.


    The Penthouse.


    So many memories connected with this ce.


    Long Jie opened the door for her and she got out of the car, her eyes still looking at the building in her front. It was only when she turned her eyes to look at him, she found him intensely staring at her.


    He wrapped one of his arms around her waist to prevent her from getting hurt by a car and another on the side of her face and lowered his head to capture her lips.


    He sucked and nipped her lips in a gentle manner. It felt as if he was trying to control himself yet he was trying to pour all his emotions and words he wanted to say to her through this kiss. He was never good with words and so instead of telling him how much he missed her and how scared he had been all this time, he showed her everything with his actions.


    Several minutes after he broke the kiss, he heard her say, "I missed you too."


    He tightened his arms around her waist and embraced her thin body in his arms. He still didn''t say anything because he didn''t know what to say. Or he didn''t want to say the wrong words.


    "Let''s go inside," Long Jie said.


    Zhenyi nodded her head but she didn''t ask him why they were here. She just let him take the lead.


    When they entered the penthouse, she saw Gu Tian standing by the door waiting for them. He bowed his head and greeted her and she smiled in reply.


    Long Jie had her hand sped in his while Zhenyi was still studying the penthouse. She was trying to look for traces that suggest they spent the night here.


    "We had our first food fight here," Long Jie said with a nostalgic smile while pointing at one point. It was as if he could read her mind.


    Zhenyiughed and nodded her head. "It''s been a year. I can''t believe it. I still remember how much I hated you then."


    Long Jie rubbed her wrist with the pad of his thumb and murmured, "And now?"


    She turned her head to look at him brightly. "Now, I love my husband more than myself."


    Long Jie kissed her nose but didn''t say anything. With a smile on his face, he led her inside.


    Inside the room, Zhenyi''s doctor was waiting for them. She did some tests including an ultrasound once again. This time both Zhenyi and Long Jie were able to hear the mesmerising sound of their baby''s heartbeat.


    Ah, they were so happy.


    "Mrs Long, as you said that this pregnancy is a surprise for you. I discussed options with you but you said you will inform me about your decision after discussing with your husband," The doctor said while maintaining a professional smile.


    Zhenyi gazed at Long Jie with soft eyes but he squeezed her hand and looked at the doctor. "Will Zhenyi be alright? And the baby?"


    The doctor nodded at him. "Although Mrs Long is extremely weak this time. But there is nothing incurable. The fetus is weak too as its health depends upon the mother. With extra care and rest, the fetus can be strengthened. Of course, termination of pregnancy is also an option. You both are young and have no incurable or serious illness. If you choose termination, you can n pregnancyter too."


    "I want to keep the baby," Zhenyi told Long Jie. "I know I need to be extra careful but I trust you. I know you can protect both of us."


    Long Jie looked at the doctor and said, "You have the answer now, doctor."


    The doctor smiled politely once again and narrated dos and don''ts to both of them and prescribed medicines that Zhenyi needed to take.

 Chapter 385 - Extraordinary

    Ryuu was standing on the balcony when he saw a teenager smoking. He was wearing the patient''s clothes. His tall andnky body was leaning against the wall, a half-burnt cigarette in his hands.


    This side of the hospital was reserved for VIPs and he wondered who this boy was.


    His first thought was that the boy was a son of a rich household but his posture didn''t look like that of a prodigal young master. He appeared as if he belonged to their world.


    Ryuu didn''t know what possessed him but he gripped the teenager from his neck and uttered, "If you are in pain, then ask the doctor to give you steroids."


    The teenager, also known by the identity of Young master Jun, turned to look at a tall and dignified man grabbing him by his neck and talking to him. One minute Ryuu was holding him and the other, the teenager had dominated him.


    Ryuu''s back hit the back and was grabbed by his neck.


    "Does this dignified young master look like a public property that anyone coulde and touch him?" Young Master Jun growled at him. How dare this mane and grab him?


    Wait a minute, why did he look familiar?


    Ryuu wasn''t looking at the cigarette in his finger anymore but at his eyes. "You were poisoned," He murmured. Those bloodshot eyes were the symptom of the poison Alicia had given him several months ago. Those white spots on his face. He knew what it felt to be poisoned by this poison. Constant body ache and fatigue. Yet, this boy had gripped him against the wall. He just had one word for him. This boy was not a normal person. He seemed extraordinary to him.


    "This medicinal marijuana won''t save you," Ryan said, waving his hand indicating his hidden guards not toe ahead. He wanted to deal with this boy all by himself. "It might numb you to the pain for a few hours but it won''t stop the poison from killing you. Slow death is more painful, kid."


    Young Master Jun growled. What''s with this pair of siblings calling him kid?


    Of course, he had recognized him as that masked man.


    "Tell me, how did you get poisoned?"Ryuu questioned him in a calm voice. Who could have ess to this kind of poison except for his wife? It was Alcina who created it. No one else in this world was capable of creating the exact same poison.


    "None of your business," Young Master Jun said curtly.


    Ryuu smiled but took out his phone and dialled a number.


    "Ah Siyan, my location. Urgent. Capture the boy. Tang pce now," Ryuu said these words and threw the phone on the ground to catch the running boy.


    Young Master Jun flipped and caught the balcony railing to descend the hospital floors but Ryuu was faster than the poisoned kid. He was in awe of the boy''s movement. Just a few more years, this kid could surpass him in martial arts. Damn, he wanted him in his team now. And would personally train him after taming his wildness.


    The teenager had justnded on the ground when Ryuu and his guards encircled him.


    "Game over, boy," Ryuu smiled kindly. He ruffled his hair gently as his guards held his arms. "Don''t struggle," He told her gently. "I have no intention of harming you. You are too precious to be harmed, child."


    Young master Jun narrowed his eyes at him and growled.


    "Don''t you think he kinda reminds of Zhenyi with his aura and attitude, " Ryuu couldn''t help but chuckle.


    Feng Siyan just looked at the teenager with unique ash blonde hair. He wouldn''t say the boy reminded him of Young Miss but he resembled Master a lot. It was just that his master was capable of expressing every emotion and the teenager could only express annoyance. And not to mention, he didn''t seem to like talking.


    "What to do with him?" Feng Siyan asked for orders.


    "Get Zhang Boyan to treat his poison," Ryuu said. "And take care of him."


    After giving orders, he returned to Alcina''s side. He saw his wife sitting on the bed frowning."Hey," He kissed her temple. "How are you feeling?"


    "Can I say like shit?" Alcina gazed at him. "Can we go back home?"


    Ryuu smiled but shook his head. "You need to be under strict medical supervision for a while. I will be by your side, you won''t be alone. Right now, baby, you have to take care of yourself."


    Alcina''s eyes teared and she hugged his waist. "Am I holding you back, Ryuu? I know you have to be by Zhenyi''s side. She is in deep trouble."


    Ryuu sighed. If Zhenyi was important to him, then so was she. But Zhenyi wasn''t his priority. Alcina was. She was his wife. He had vowed to be by her side in sickness and health.


    "Cia, have you no idea what you mean to me?" Ryuu asked her. "You are my life. You mean the world to me. If something happens to you, I feel pain.I can''t see you in a bit of pain. "


    "I know I have to be by Zhenyi''s side too but right now, she is not my priority. You are," He sighed and caressed her face. " She has everyone from the Long family behind her. B¨¤ is there for her. Let''s not forget the Qin family too.And not to mention, Long Jie. "


    "And you may not know, but Long Jie bailed her out, "Ryuu told her with a smile. " Although she is not permitted to go to Long Mansion or Xin Mansion, she is staying with Long Jie in his Penthouse in the city."


    "Really?" Alcina asked him, her eyes twinkled once again. "How is she?"


    "She is fine," Ryuu answered. "Probably, annoying the hell out of your brother."


    Alcina ended up chuckling hearing him say that.


    ...


    Author Note: I have more burden on my head than I can handle. I haven''t forgotten about this book.. I will be posting around 3 chapters every week.

 Chapter 386 - Unedited

    Zhang Boyan hadn''t thought one day he would be called in the Tang Pce at an urgent call. Not only the richest man of the country could invite him as a personal doctor and this Lord Ryuu was using him as his personal doctor at his beck and call


    If not for giving Alicina a face, he wouldn''t have stepped foot in this house ever again. Apart from Alcina, which was an excuse he was giving himself at this time, he knew he hade in hopes that he would see that woman again.


    Then again, he shouldn''t be thinking about her at times like this. She was a married woman with a remarkable husband.


    "Dr Zhang, please this way," Feng Siyan said monotonously as he showed Zhang Boyan the way to the guest quarters of the Tang Pce.


    They entered a wing where men dressed in ck uniforms were standing there in a stiff posture. They were on duty and from their posture he could imagine the rigorous training they went through.


    The golden emblem weaved on their uniform indicated that these were elite soldiers under the Tang family. One of the best-trained men under the domination of Lord Ryuu. He wondered why the security of this wing was stricter than the main house.


    "How is he behaving now?" Feng Siyan inquired.


    "He is going through unbearable pain," A guard who was wearing the same uniform as the rest of the soldiers replied. "But he didn''t stop fighting, instigating our men to beat him. However, as per Lord Ryuu''s orders, we are treating him gently. We gave him the painkillers that Madam had given to Lord back then."


    "Dr Zhang, I believe you are acquainted with the poison case Madame treated using the medicine developed by you?" Feng Siyan shifted his attention to Zhang Boyan. "We found a teenage boy with the same poisoning case as Master. Since it''s not safe for Madam toe in contact with poisons or any dangerous element for the time being, Master instructed to provide you with all the information Madame had saved regarding the poison case. The boy inside is innocent and wrongly implicated. Thus, Master wishes to save him at any cost."


    Zhang Boyan nodded as he heard Feng Siyan. He was taken to a room where he studied the poison and the cure before meeting the boy. Dressing in a protective suit, he entered the room where the boy was detained.


    It didn''t look like a detainee''s room but a simple room with a bed and all the things needed for basic utility.


    His gaze fell on a tall and frail figure sitting on the corner of the bed. As the boy sensed the iing footsteps, he looked up to meet his gaze.


    Zhang Boyan smiled at the boy. "Hi I''m Dr Zhang. I will be treating you."


    Young Master Jun grunted before looking at her in annoyance.


    "Your name, young man? I think I should know your name before we begin the treatment," Zhang Boyan''s smile was as kind as ever.


    "I will tell you my name if you seed in eliminating this pain that I am feeling," Young Master Jun decided to meet him halfway. He didn''t know what this Lord Ryuu wanted from him but as long as he survived this whole death incident he would be grateful.


    Who knew he would stop annoying this Lord''s arrogant sister if he was treated by them?


    "Sure," Zhang Boyan smiled in satisfaction.


    Outside, the wing that was surrounded by soldiers in ck uniform were attacked by men in red traditional martial arts dress.


    "What''s happening?" Feng Siyan who was standing outside the Young Master''s room was bewildered.


    "We are under attack," One soldier announced but Feng Siyan could see that his side was not trying to kill the attackers but merely defending themselves. As he clearly saw who the second party was, he paused in his action.


    What the hell was happening?


    Why the special force fighting against the elite force?


    And the special force is controlled by no one Master Tang Yuzhang.


    "Stop!!" Feng Siyan shouted and everyone stilled.


    The red soldiers formed a circle and they stood proud but in an attacking posture. Soon, they took a step back and a man walked forward in a dignified gait.


    On glimpsing who appeared, Feng Siyan bowed respectfully. Seeing theirmander now, everyone bowed behind him.


    "Master Tang Yuzhang," Feng Siyan called out this name respectfully. "I apologize for whatever mistake we unknowingly made but may I ask why the special force is attacking the elite force?"


    Tang Yuzhang narrowed his eyes on Feng Siyan''s face. "Four hours ago, you seized our man from the hospital forcefully. I wonder why you ordered to abduct a harmless and sick boy?"


    Feng Siyan bowed his head once again. "Forgive me, Master Tang Yuzhang. It was Master who ordered to detain the boy. He was given the poison and Master wanted to protect the boy."


    Tang Yuzhang stilled for a moment. A look of uncertainty shed through him before he returned to his usual expression.


    "It''s true that he is sick but the doctors failed to recognize his disease,"Tang Yuzhang said while looking at the sky. "May I ask how Lord Ryu knew that it was a poison?"


    "Master was attacked by the same poison several months back," Feng Siyan revealed. "It was the medicine concocted by the Zhang n that had saved Master from the face of death. We hope that we will be able to save this boy too."


    Tang Yuzhang didn''t say anything for a long time. He then heaved out a sigh as his old eyes moistened. "Feng Siyan, I don''t care what doctors you call. I don''t even want to know why Lord Ryuu is saving the boy. But all you need to know is that the boy is very special to me. He is more valuable to me than my life. I had to use two forces to protect him.. And this can give you the idea how important he is to me."

 Chapter 387 - Following Her!

    "Can you leave me now?" Zhenyi asked her husband.


    He was holding her waist as if she would disappear anytime if he didn''t hold her. Currently, they were lying under the sheets. Her back was touching his hot furnace chest and his arms wrapped around her waist. His fingers were caressing her tummy softly. His actions were tickling her now but could she stop him?


    No, he had been doing the same thing sincest night!


    "Cat eyes, can you please not move?" Long Jie murmured in a sleepy voice as he pulled her closer to his chest as if he could pull further. "I''m trying to feel the baby. Moreover, I missed you a lot. So, let''s just lie in bed. It''s not like we are going to the office."


    "Jie, It''s me who is put on house arrest. Not you! Get up and go to the office! You are making me dizzy now!" Zhenyi said, frustrated.


    Ever since she got out of jail, he had been following her like a tail. It was fine in the beginning but as the day came to end so was her patience.


    If she watched TV, he would sit beside her and stare at her face or belly, making her extremely ufortable. If she ate something, he would check ingredients twice or thrice. Hell, he would taste the food himself before giving it to her. She was no queen and she wasn''t pregnant with a royal heir either but this man was making her believe as if she was.


    If she walked, he would walk beside her, making sure she didn''t slip or fall!


    What was she supposed to do?


    "What makes you think that I will go to the office leaving you in this condition?" Long Jie immediately questioned. Zhenyi didn''t know why but her husband sounded incredibly offended.


    In thest twenty-four hours, Long Jie had sessfully mastered the art of getting offended at every single thing she said.


    You know what, she would let him do whatever he wished! She had already troubled him so much! He was just insecure and scared that she would disappear again. If not going to the office provided him with the security that he needed, so be it. It wasn''t like she was getting bored staying all day with him.


    "Jie, how about you leave me for a bit?" Zhenyi asked, gazing up to see his beautiful grey eyes. Ah, those eyes. She missed a lot. When she saw his wrinkled brows, she sighed, " I had to go to the toilet!"


    "Oh, sure," Long Jie reacted faster than she had expected. She knew he didn''t want to unlock her from his arms but she needed to attend nature''s call. Taking the chance, she quickly slipped from his arms and then from under the sheets. As she wore her slippers, she found him moving after her. Apparently, following her.


    See, this was what she was talking about!


    "Where are you going?" Zhenyi questioned him as he grabbed his robe to hide his naked smooth chest.


    "I''m following you," Long Jie said without hesitating.


    "To the toilet?" Zhenyi just stood there and asked.


    Long Jie naturally nodded as if it was the most natural thing to do. "What if you slip?" He expressed his doubts, "Remember that time?"


    Of course, she did remember the time when she slipped in the washroom and made himte for the office. Ah, some old beautiful memories.


    Zhenyi gave him her decent puppy eyes as she moved over to where he was standing. Wrapping her arms around his neck, she kissed his jaw, and said, "I will be fine. I know you are scared but Jie, seeing your apprehension is making me anxious. It''s just going alone to the toilet."


    Long Jie tightened his arms around her. He didn''t want her to be anxious at all. He wanted her to feel safe and happy with him. He wasn''t doing it intentionally but he wasn''t one to me. Imagineing back home and getting to know that your wife is in jail for murdering someone? On top of that, she was admitted to the hospital and had some stitches on her head? As if it was less, she had been in a bomb attack. Last but not the least, his wife experienced all of these while being pregnant.


    How could he not be scared?


    However, he didn''t want her to be scared. He wanted to keep her happy all the time. Her pregnancy was alreadyplicated enough and now with tensions roaming on her head, everything was being overplicated for her.


    He kissed her forehead and removed his arms. "Go, bute soon. I will be waiting for you in bed."


    Zhenyi gave him a wide grin while trotting away. When she returned, she found him on the bed reading a book. As his gaze fell on her, he ced the book on the nightstand and opened his arms wide for her. She slid into his arms under the sheets. It was raining out and she didn''t feel like leaving the bed either.


    Once again, he locked her in his arms. She raised her gaze to look at his face. It was not only her who had lost weight but him too. He had dark circles under his eyes and his eye bags were deeper than before. His skin was dry, not at all well kept like before. Raising her finger, she trailed his forehead, bridge of nose, cheekbones and finally his jaw.


    Long Jie didn''t stop the beauty in his arms from doing what she wanted to. He belonged to her. She could do anything to him. He wouldn''t stop. Hell, he wouldn''tin at all!


    As if trailing his face wasn''t enough, she lifted her mouth to bite his nose. Instead of wincing, he let out a chuckle and let his beautiful vampire bite him all she wanted.. Then, she kissed his nose, his eyes, and finally, her lips lingered on her forehead.

 Chapter 388 - Innocent Kisses!

    "You left one important part," Long Jie murmured as he closed his eyes.


    "Remember what the doctor said?" Zhenyi kindly reminded her. "No sex for the time being. Cons of getting pregnant!"


    "What does a kiss have to do with sex?" Long Jie said, opening his eyes to look at her bare face. Without a speck of makeup, she was as gorgeous as ever. "I am just asking for an innocent kiss. Nothing more."


    "Innocent kisses?" Zhenyi scoffed. "When have you ever kissed me innocently? I''m sure even right now your dirty mind''s wheels are running fast."


    "Can you not remind me?" Long Jie groaned. "I am trying to not go down thatne but you are making it intentionally difficult for me."


    Zhenyi wickedly grinned as she heard his words. She moved a bit and sat on hisp. He groaned as his little brother twitched down there, making her grin wider. She moved her mouth closer to his and whispered, "Have you noticed how my boobs have grown in thest few days?"


    Long Jie didn''t say anything but pinned her against the bed''s headboard with one hand and removed her sweatshirt with another. She was not wearing anything else.


    She was nothing but skin and bones and yet she had the audacity to say that she had gained weight somewhere?


    "You are quite daring, aren''t you, Cat eyes?" Long Jie asked, raising his brow.


    His grey eyes darkened with heat and she moaned when his hands touched her perfect mound. She was neither big nor small in his hands. She was perfect as ever. Her response increased when he tweaked her nipple.


    It was his chance to grin. He didn''t know she was now more sensitive to his touches. She gasped as she understood what he was about to do. He dipped his head and caught her breast in his teeth. His hot mouth and tongue worked like magic on her boob.


    She moaned profusely, gripping her hair.


    "How does it feel?" Long Jie asked as he saw her lost in pleasure.


    "I...I have no words," Zhenyi said, stuttering.


    Long Jie said nothing more and started licking, sucking and biting another breast too. She moaned and pulled his hair. Leaving her nail marks on his shoulder asionally.


    When someone knocked on the door, Zhenyi groaned in frustration.


    "Sorry, love, we aren''t alone here," Long Jie said, grinning. He moved and covered her with the sheets before going out to see who was banging on the door. He grabbed his robe while getting out of the end and immediately wore it. His wife didn''t like him prancing half-naked outside the bedroom. What could he do about it?


    Zhenyi took the opportunity and slid into the washroom to have a hot bath. It was only when she was inside the washroom, she was reminded how she was not allowed to have hot baths anymore.


    Looking at her t tummy, she sighed, "Oh, baby, you made your mama aszy as a cucumber. I am supposed to do nothing but eat and sleep. What a punishment for a workaholic! Then again, anything for you. Juste safely, okay? Your father is most excited to meet you! Let''s take care of each other for your father''s sake. I''m telling you, he''s gonna love you the most in this world!"


    Instead of taking a hot bath as she had nned, she took a quick shower and changed into a new set of clothes. Since she would bezing around all day, she intentionally chosefortable clothes.


    When she went back to her room, she saw Long Jie arranging breakfast on the table near the floor to the ceiling ss window. They could have breakfast together and enjoy the beautiful scene of rain together.


    Then again, what was she supposed to do looking at the dark sky and rain pouring? She didn''t like thunder and lightning at all but if he wanted to, so be it! She could do anything for him! Anything meant anything!


    "Sit here, "Long said, smiling as he saw her dressed in another set of clothes. He pointed at the couch and she sat there to follow his wishes. He scooped soup in her bowl before cooling it a bit. And then put something else on her dish.


    "How about you feed me today?" Zhenyi asked, staring at him. She saw his eyes twinkle at the request. See, that''s how easy it was to make him happy. He didn''t need big things to be happy. Just small things. As long as she involved him in every part of her life, he was the happiest man alive. His happiness was connected to hers. She had learned it the hard way!


    "Really?" Long Jie asked. He knew his wife didn''t like people doing her work. She was thoroughly and thoroughly self-dependent! She would raise hell if he did her work. But today she was asking to be spoiled and how could he not listen to her?


    He sat near her and gently fed her breakfast! After the torture, he went through all this month, this was his favourite day! He could have her all to himself now. Oh, Lord, was it even possible to love someone this much?


    Xin Yichen was angry that he didn''t get to meet his daughter and she was living with her husband in the penthouse without any care. As much as he was mad at his daughter being kept away from him, he was relieved that she was with her husband. Only Long Jie could love her daughter as much as he did. He couldn''t help himself going overboard with his daughter sometimes. He knew he should stop interfering in her life yet he couldn''t help it sometimes.


    Ryuu on the other hand was still sitting beside his wife in the hospital. The doctors were of the view that if Alcina''s condition didn''t recover, she might end up losing her baby and it could affect her chances of getting pregnant again in the future. Yes, he would love to have his babye to him safely but not at the cost of Alcina''s life.


    The problems in their lives were at the peak but it didn''t mean they would ept defeat easily. They would fight and win!

 Chapter 389 - Impregnated A Woman

    Time was moving fast for Zhenyi and Long Jie. Nine weeks passed in a blink of an eye and both were still living at the penthouse. The police investigation was still ongoing and they were not able to collect any substantial evidence that would prove her innocence.


    Her wedding anniversary was spent in the same penthouse but she was happy that she was her husband the whole day. They got congrattory calls from everyone.


    Long Jie had decorated the whole house for their date night and she could say that she had a very pleasurable day and night.


    She had a court hearing in two weeks and yet she was lying on the couch, chilling. Long Jie was at the office. He had an important meeting and so he had to reluctantly leave her sight.


    When Long Jie was worried about how his wife might have to go back to jail if they failed to put out any evidence in Zhenyi''s favour, his wife was enjoying her pregnancy.


    You see, it''s not every day she gets pregnant!


    The dangerousdy had binge-watched an entire series of a mafia show on Netflix. Ah, while watching and roasting the scriptwriter, she had an amazing idea of writing a script about her own life. At least, her life was more interesting than this me show.


    She heard her phone vibrating somewhere under the cushions. She switched off the TV and picked up the call after spending a good five minutes looking for it first. In hurry, she didn''t even look at the number.


    "Hi! Aunt Zhenyi!" Her favourite human in the world said in the most adorable voice she had ever heard.


    "Aiyoo, my niece looks very pretty," Zhenyi said with a smile as she realized that it was a video call. "How are you, kiddo?"


    "I''m good," Faye replied in a full sentence. The girl hade a long way. There was a time when she wasn''t able to utter a word. But with her family''s love and patience, she learnt many great things. Most of all, speaking.


    "Where is mama?" Zhenyi asked her.


    "Mama is inside her room resting," Faye replied to her aunt.


    "And where is your dad?"Zhenyi inquired.


    "Dada is with mama," Faye shrugged.


    "Then, how did you call my number? Zhenyi questioned her. Faye wasn''t allowed to use gadgets without supervision and neither the girl was any interested in mobiles andptops. Give her a colourful story book, she would be happy.


    "Shu Shu taught me how to call using dada''s phone," Faye said as if it was some national secret.


    Zhenyi furrowed her brows as she asked,"Since when did you have a Shu Shu?"


    Shu shu is a term used for Uncle, generally father''s younger brother in China.


    Before Zhenyi could say anything, Faye spoke proudly, "Faye has Shu shu like YuYu has Jiu Jiu. Faye told him he is Faye''s Shu shu but Yuyu still calls my shu shu his Jiu Jiu."


    Jiu Jiu is a term used for uncle, generally mother''s brother in China.


    Zhenyi had a headache hearing Faye''s confusing words. Still, she didn''t lose her temper. After all, it was her niece. She could trouble her all she wanted.


    "My queen, don''t use Faye frequently. Say ''I'' in ce of Faye and repeat your sentence again,"Zhenyi told her and Faye tried.


    "I have Shu Shu like Yuyu has Jiu Jiu," Faye said in a soft voice. "Yuyu calls my Shu Shu his Jiu Jiu. I don''t like it!"


    Zhenyi understood that Faye was talking about some kid. And why did it appear that her niece was fighting with another kid over someone else? It wasn''t like her at all!


    "Faye, you don''t have any Shu Shu,"Zhenyi calmly tried to make her understand. "But you have Jiu Jiu. You have so many Jiu Jiu like Uncle Jie, Uncle Yuan and Uncle Wei! Does your friend have so many Jiu Jiu like you?"


    Fate''s eyes watered as she heard Zhenyi''s words. "Faye has Shu Shu!*


    For the first time, Zhenyi heard Faye raising her voice at someone. Her beautiful green eyes watered as she herself was confused why she was reacting in such a way. It wasn''t easy for Faye to understand emotions but now she was crying for some guy she called Shu Shu.


    Zhenyi felt her heart aching for her niece. "Faye, listen to aunt!"


    "No, aunt is wrong! Faye has Shu Shu!" Faye said once again as tears trickled down her cheeks. She threw the phone on the ground and ran out of the door.


    "Faye!"


    "Faye!"


    Zhenyi called out her name several times but she got no reply. Ah, Faye was angry with her. What could she do now? She couldn''t go to Tang Pce now and neither could she see her niece angry with her. Hence, she disconnected the call and dialled Alcina''s number.


    Thankfully, Alcina picked up the call on the first ring. Seeing Zhenyi''s dishellved state, she chuckled,"Dear Saozi, how many days it has been since youst showered?"


    Saozi-- Sister-inw, generally brother''s wife.


    Zhenyi pursed her lips. She had been puking her guys out and yet Alcina had the audacity to ask her when she also took shower?


    "I think Faye is mad at me, "Zhenyi sighed, ignoring the quetsion she was asked.


    "Is it even possible?" Alcina said, scoffing. "The girl can be mad at anyone but you. Moreover, she doesn''t know how to get mad at people."


    "No, she is," Zhenyi told her. "She threw the phone on the ground and ran outside when I told her that she has no Shu Shu, only Jiu Jiu."


    "Wait, since when did we have a younger brother?" Ryuu''s startled voice rang. "Did B¨¤ impregnate a woman and we weren''t even informed?"


    They all fell silent as they pondered this possibility. Did it mean Faye was not lying and Ba had impregnated a woman and they were not even told?


    ...


    Author note: Ryu and Zhenyi are craving for a beating it seemed! XD!

 Chapter 390 - Dead!

    Zhenyi immediately disconnected the call with Alcina and dialled her father''s number. Xin Yichen was not in the country recently. For some unspeakable reasons, he had left the country two months ago. Now that she thought back to how he informed her that he would be out of the country especially when his daughter''s trial was about to take ce, she found it quite fishy. What could be the reason for his sudden disappearance other than the possibility that he had hidden some other children of his in another country?


    The call connected and Xin Yichen''s surprised voice rang in her ear. "Zhen Zhen, are you alright?"


    It was midnight where Xin Yichen was currently. He was stunned to find Zhenyi calling him sote at night. Seeing her number shing on his phone screen, he felt a sudden rush of fear as if something was not fine with her.


    "I don''t think I am fine," Zhenyi said immediately, mad. "How can you hide such big news from us B¨¤? Do you think we will be some kind of wicked half-siblings to our brother? You have another son and we don''t even know?"


    "Who told you?" Xin Yichen asked, shocked.


    "Ryuu said that you had impregnated a woman and didn''t even bother to tell us that we have another brother!" Zhenyi grumbled. "I''m so mad, B¨¤."


    "Ryuu said this?" Xin Yichen said through gritted teeth.


    "Who else?" Zhenyi scoffed.


    "Good," Xin Yichen said with a smile. "Very good. Good night, Zhen Zhen. I will be home tomorrow."


    With this said, Xin Yichen disconnected the call and Zhenyi was left gaping.


    "Don''t tell me, B¨¤ just hung up on me?" Zhenyi asked herself. She threw the cushion on the floor and got down the couch to lie on the carpet on the floor. "Ughh!"


    She started the same dumb mafia series and began watching it, roasting the actors and scriptwriters in between. She didn''t realize when she fell asleep on the carpet but when Long Jie returnedter in the evening, he found her fast asleep. He shook his head and kneeled down to scoop her in his arms but not before pecking her head.


    She stirred in her sleep and mumbled something he didn''t understand. He ced her on the bed and covered her cold body with a duvet. He felt his phone ringing in his pocket and when he saw the caller, he scowled.


    Long Shaoming was calling him again.


    Didn''t he make himself clear that he had no interest in talking to him ever?


    He had enough lies.


    He cut the call without thinking. But when he saw Long Shaoming''s message saying, it''s urgent, he called back.


    This better be urgent.


    "Your grandfather is in hospital," Long Shaoming said in a breathless tone.


    "It''s not like he is dying," Long Jie retorted. Even if he was dying, it had nothing to do with him.


    "Long Jie! It''s urgent! He won''t survive another night!" Long Shaoming shouted over the phone.


    Hearing his father''s serious tone, he paused for a minute before saying, "I will be there." He called Esma as soon as his call with his father ended. "What the heck you did?!"


    "Hello, best friend. It''s nice to talk to you too!" Esme sarcastically said.


    "Enough with the sarcasm, Esma. Just tell me what the heck you did?!" Long Jie shouted at her. Oh, he didn''t mean to be mad at her. But he knew that she did something she was not supposed to!


    "You fucking dare to raise your voice at me? You asked me to wait. I gave you one year. Hell more than one year. You were busy with the mess your impulsive wife created and so I took the matter into my own hands," Esma said. "Seems like your father informed you. Get your best clothes ready, Best friend. We have a funeral to attend."


    "Esma, I told you to wait because I didn''t want to implicate you in this mess. I was trying to protect you. You killed Long Yuhan," Long Jie said, making her see the severity of the matter.


    "Long Jie," Esma called out his name softly. "Goodbye. Take care of yourself and your family. You know I love you the most in the world. I''m sure you love me the same. Ah, goodbyes are not my forte. I think I am doing a pretty good job at it."


    "Esma, don''t do anything stupid, "Long Jie immediately said. He was feeling ufortable hearing her calm tone. It wasn''t like Esma at all. " Tell me where you are? I wille to see you now. I was just mad at you. You know I will not let any harme your way. Please tell me where you are?"


    He knew his best friend was irrational most of the time and did things that even she didn''t understand.


    "Ah Jie, I''m leaving," Esma whispered. "It''s time."


    "Esma, listen to me!!" Long Jie said loudly but she disconnected the call. However, he did hear an announcement in the background that seemed like she was boarding a ne at the airport.


    ''If you think you can get rid of this best friend, think again!''


    His worried eased when he received the text from his stupid and crazy best friend.


    Even if he didn''t want to, he had to leave for the hospital now. He messaged the security nted in the entire building to be on more guard as he was going now, leaving his wife alone in their care. The security was already strict enough to not let even a fly pass. After all, Xin Zhenyi''s life was more valuable than the president of the country.


    Long Yuhan passed away a few hourster Long Jie went to the hospital to fulfil his responsibility as the head of the n but he didn''t forget to remind the old man that he was not going to be forgiven. His wicked ghost would roam around the, seeking for peace but he wouldn''t find it.


    No, Long Jie didn''t feel an ounce of remorse at the death of his grandfather if not some peace¡­

 Chapter 391 - What Will Happen?

    Long Yuhan''s funeral was an intimate affair. The news was released the morning after he died but no one was allowed to join the funeral except for the intimate family.


    Zhenyi wasn''t allowed to join. Not because the police had restricted her movement and she couldn''t attend but because Long Jie refused to let her attend it. She could have taken permission from the authorities as such a tragedy had happened but Long Jie told her that it was not right for a pregnant woman to attend the funeral. It was superstitious as hell but she agreed in the end because he easily got worried these days.


    So, he went to fulfil his duties and she stayed in the penthouse. No one asked questions as to why his wife was not with him. Even if they had, he wouldn''t have told them the truth. They had decided to keep her pregnancy news hidden until the case was over.


    Two weeks passed and it was the day of the court hearing. She was dressed as she usually did. Just Because she had a court hearing would she dress less extravagant? Not at all!


    She was wearing a loose beige long dress and an oversized long coat. In her second trimester of pregnancy, she only had her boobs to prove that she was pregnant, no bump or whatsoever.


    Her doctor imed that it was normal for some women to not have a very apparent baby bump even in the second trimester. As much as she was excited to have a baby bump, she knew how unsafe it was for her. It was not easier for her to hide this information but she and her husband did a good job at this.


    She heard someone opening the bedroom door and turned to find her well dressed hot husbanding her way. When he nced at her clothes, he scowled. "Why are you wearing heels? Did you notinst night how your feet were hurting?"


    "I just wanted you to massage my feet. It didn''t hurt that bad," Zhenyi said with a smile. She hugged him, rubbing her face against his chest. "Sometimes, I want extra love and care."


    "Of course, you do," Long Jie said. He hugged her in his arms. He didn''t feel even a tiny bit angry that his wife made him massage her feet for two hours straight just because she wanted some extra love and care. He knew how difficult it had been for Zhenyi to adjust to the sudden change in their life. But she was trying a lot. There were sometimes when she couldn''t handle her erratic emotions. She would shout. Fight with him. Other times, she would bury her head in his arms and cry for an hour straight. He would always prefer her angry mood to her crying sessions.


    His Cat eyes never cried but the pregnancy hormones were making her do things she never did like demanding extra care and love. She would wreak havoc if he didn''t give her time.


    Some days she would demand that he cook for her because she was craving something cooked by him. And how could he cook? He was a mess in the kitchen just like her. But he tried. And whatever disaster he cooked, she would eat with a wide smile. And that wide smile of herpelled him to learn cooking for her. And now he could cook some simple dishes that didn''t need a lot of science and logic.


    "How are you feeling today?" Long Jie asked. Last few months, she had lost way too much weight. And now she was slowly gaining it. Still, it looked like she was malnourished.


    "I''m feeling sleepy," Zhenyi murmured. "I couldn''t sleep wellst night. Right now, I just want to sleep. I don''t want to walk. Don''t want to go out of the house. Don''t even want to talk to some people. Surely, don''t want to look at those sickeningw protectors."


    Suddenly, Long Jieughed. You see, it wasn''t easy for him to adjust to this Zhenyi. This always tantrum-throwing Zhenyi was unknown to him. And did he mention overly clingy too?


    "Baby, let''s get it over with," Long Jie said as she wrapped his arms around her shoulders and walked out of the building where a car was waiting for them.


    "Jie, what will happen today?" Zhenyi asked him in a soft voice as they sat inside the car.


    "What will happen but your husband bringing you home?" Long Jie asked back making her smile a bit. "What are you worried about, Zhenyi? You don''t trust your family?"


    "It''s not like I don''t trust my family," Zhenyi said, looking at him. "I know you all are doing everything it takes to bring me home. But you should know that the enemy is not someone weaker. He had this nned for a long time. He will not leave without a fight."


    "Don''t worry, Zhenyi. You have us. Nothing will happen to you," Long Jie said.


    "What I am worried about is not me but our baby. He has yet toe to this world and is facing problems because of us," Zhenyi expressed ber concerns. " What if I had to go back to jail again? How will we hide my pregnancy?"


    "What is the need of hiding the pregnancy now?" Long Jie questioned. "You already crossed the first trimester. The doctor said if nothing went wrong in the first trimester, your pregnancy wouldn''t be as difficult. We can finally tell the news to everyone."


    "Jie, I refuse to believe that everything will sort out easily today. Something will surely go wrong," Zhenyi said, expressing the fear in her heart. "I''m scared for the unforeseen circumstances. Let''s not disclose the news yet. I don''t trust anyone."


    "Don''t stress. Everything will be fine," Long Jie said, rubbing her back. "I will make sure nothing goes wrong. I will protect you and our baby."


    When Zhenyi was thinking that she and her baby were the targets, the enemy had long changed his target. Even he knew that putting Zhenyi in jail wouldn''t solve anything.. So, he moved to the next prey.

 Chapter 392 - Traitor

    Alcina was reading a book in the garden when she felt her phone vibrating somewhere. She wanted to pick up the call but since she was heavily pregnant, shecked the energy to move just to pick up a call. Or one could say she waszy. If it was really an important call, they would call again.


    The weather was nice.


    The Sun wasn''t bright.


    Perfect to read the crime mystery story she was holding in her hands.


    Ryuu wasn''t home and Faye was attending her sses leaving her with nothing to do. It wasn''t like she was allowed to do anything in the first ce. She was Alcina, Lord Ryuu''s precious baby mama.


    Oh, please, she refused to believe that she was given the status of the goddess in everyone''s heart because she was married to Ryuu.


    It had to be because she was giving birth to this prestigious Tang family''s child. The servants and pce staff looked at her and her tummy as if a little prince was sitting inside and as soon as he came out, he would wield a sword and win nations, increasing the prestige of this family a thousand fold.


    It was funny and at the same time annoying. Try everyone staring at your belly constantly.


    A few days ago, a weird priest came to their home. He was old and was wearing those clothes of ancient times. Ryuu was extremely polite to him. At one time, he was being honoured by Ryuu and the other time swords were pointed at him. And the one to point a sword at him wasn''t her husband but another man in the same traditional Chinese clothes, someone with the name of Tang Yuzhang.


    Of course, she knew about Tang Yuzhang. She had heard stories of hai bravery and loyalty. She remembered him as the same man who used to follow herte mother-inw.


    She didn''t know what happened to that priest after that incident but she had heard everyone in the pce whispering how the old priest who was said to be meditating for fifteen years, in the end, turned out to be a traitor.


    Apparently, the old priest had a hand in Tang Reine''s death and all those rumours saying the third child of thetter would bring cmity to the family were considered baseless.


    It wasn''t the third child that was cursed or the priest that was very gifted in seeing the future and past but a well-nned conspiracy. He had been working with the enemies and he not only killed Tang Reine but the third child too.


    Everything had always been a conspiracy.


    Nothing magical was happening. It was just that someone genius had nned it for a long time and Tang Reine fell prey to those conspiracies.


    Between all the mess, an innocent life was taken.


    Alcina groaned when she felt her phone ringing again. It wasn''t Ryuu who was calling her and so she didn''t see a point in picking up the call. And how did she know that it wasn''t Ryuu? It was simply because she had set a different ring for every family member. It helped to decide if she wanted to attend the call or not!


    Her eye fell on a sh of blond hair and when she looked carefully she saw a thin md tall teenager scowling at the tree. She had to admit that the boy was beautiful. Yes, beautiful, not handsome. He had such a well defined facial bone structure. Not everyone could have beautiful features.


    Alcina felt pity for him in her heart. The poison was created by her and in the end, someone stole it from her only to use it on this innocent boy. She knew when she saw his reports that it was difficult to cure him but Zhang Boyan along with her help seeded in treating him to a certain extent.It couldn''t be said that he was cured now. It would take six more months.


    It was easier for Ryuu to treat because she knew from the beginning what medicine he needed and his treatment wasn''t dyed. But in this boy''s case, many drugs were tried on her which worsened his condition.


    She felt bad for the boy who was locked inside the walls of the Tang Pce. She didn''t understand why Ryuu liked teasing this boy. He loved to get a reaction out of this arrogant but very adorable young master.


    Maybe, it was because he resembled thete Tang Reine a lot. It wasn''t just his attitude only but also his unique hair colour that resembled thetedy Tang a lot. Yes, Tang Reine had blonde hair which was very unique to someone of Chinese origin. But she loved to dye them ck, red or any other colour ording to her preference.


    Perhaps, it was the reason Ryuu liked to get a rile out of him.


    As she moved the book in her hand fell on the ground and seeing that no one was in sight and the maid apanying her went inside to bring orange juice for her, she tried to bend down to pick up the book but she was unable to.She sighed as she was about to call someone, she found the same book ced on the table before her. It was only then she saw the boy going back but she quickly spoke to stop him.


    "Thank you, "Alcina said. She wondered what he was doing in the garden. He usually didn''t leave the wing assigned to him. Tang Yuzhang requested that the boy was given privacy.


    He just shrugged but Alcina further asked, "What''s your name? Well, what is this young master''s name?"


    Alcina''s tone was full of respect. Oddly enough it worked on him.


    The young master was happy with her tone so he just said, "You can call this Young master by the name Jun."


    His arrogant tone had a hint of pleasure and Alcina hid her smile behind the book. How could someone be so adorable?

 Chapter 393 - Nauseaous

    When Santiago and Persephone reached Valencia and Nash''s house, they were stunned to see Valencia sitting on the steps of the gate, her hands holding her head. Her face appeared ashen as if she was lifeless.


    "What happened, Val?" Santiago asked his sister as he took the seat next to her, rubbing her back. She leaned into his embrace as she gazed up to look at her brother.


    "Did Nash and you fight?" Persephone asked next. She hadn''t seen her best friend so lifeless before.


    Valencia shook her head. "I''m nauseous. Been throwing up for a while."


    Persephone''s mouth formed in an ''O'' as she sat next to Valencia on the other side and grabbed her hand in excitement. "Wow. Congrattions. I''m so happy for you guys."


    Valencia and Santiago both scowled at her. She has been throwing up to the extent of passing out and here Persephone was congratting her. What was wrong with this woman?!


    "Come on, guys!" Persephone said, rolling her eyes. "Don''t make that face. She is throwing up. And she is nauseous too. Don''t you understand what it means?"


    Santiago, who now had an understanding of the matter, looked at his sister who was done with both of them. Then, he shook his head and nced at his a bit dumb but overly excited wife, heaving out a sigh.


    "Persephone, do you by any chance remember that my sister is a gynaecologist?" Santiago asked his wife who used her lips.


    "If it makes anything easier to know that I''m currently on my periods," Valencia too replied. Why was her best friend so concerned about others'' lives? She wished that Persephone started thinking about her own love story too. Then, her gaze fell on the light hickeys her sneaky sister-inw was trying to hide. Someone had a good time together. She resisted the urge to roll her eyes.


    "Seems like Nash is not working hard," Persephone grumbled and Viin lightly pinched her. "Oww. Stop pinching my butt, Santiago!"


    "I don''t know about my fiance but my brother is surely working hard for baby number two," Valenciamented, gathering the energy to retort.


    Persephone waved her hands, dismissing her im. "Give my honey pot some rest!"


    "What?! What honey pot?" Valencia asked her, bewildered as she looked around to see what pot she was talking about.


    Persephone patted her shoulder and pointed at the exact location, making the other two speechless and embarrassed.


    "You know what, Santiago? Take your wife inside. I can''t talk to her without losing my mind," Valencia said. She didn''t have enough energy to bear with Persephone''s humour.


    Santiago sighed and stood up to pull his wife with him. "Aren''t youing inside?"


    Valencia''s face fell. "Can you tell Nash that I have to leave for an urgent case in the clinic?"


    "What''s with you two? Trouble in paradise?" Persephone asked, seriously.


    Valencia shook her head. "Nash is a good man. He is very good to me and Santiago. There is no moment in thest few months when we even had to argue. He always gives in to me. And since he always does things keeping me in mind, I also try to meet him halfway. A rtionship needs mutual efforts and I understand it. So, no,Persephone and Santiago, there is no trouble in our paradise."


    "Then, what''s the problem?" Santiago asked her. "Is it work-rted? Are you ill? Or you are missing Cameron? If you want to go back, you just need to tell Nash. I don''t think he will mind shifting with you back to America."


    "Of course, I miss Cameron and truly want to see him," Valencia said. "But my problem...I don''t even know what it is. Nash started cooking and I started feeling nauseous. You know what? I can''t exin. Tell Nash that Emma called and I will be back before dinner."


    Then, she realized her car keys were inside and there was no way she was going inside again. So, she looked at Santiago with the best puppy eyes she could form and caught his sleeve. "Big bro, how about you let me take a ride of your ssic babe?"


    "Valencia, don''t think about it! I''m not into you," Persephone yelled at her, hiding behind her husband.


    "Persephone, I know a good physiatrist. I don''t mind spending some appointment fee for you," Valencia said, through gritted teeth.


    Santiago held Persephone by her shoulders and made her look at the car parked outside the gate. "This is the babe she was talking about. Stop running your brain unnecessarily. I''m afraid your leftover brain cells will decline if you insist on using it so much."


    Persephone pouted, crossing her arms over her chest. "I thought I was your babe."


    "As much as I would love to hear what transpired between the two of them in detail, I have to leave. And for leaving, I need car keys," Valencia reminded the couple that she was still there. "Bro, please. If you don''t save me today, you will cry over my loss all your life."


    Santiago flicked her forehead. "Don''t say nonsense." And passed her the keys. No rash driving. No scratches ande back in one piece."


    Valencia let out a gratified smile and disappeared with the car.


    Santiago grabbed Persephone''s hand and said, "Let''s see what''s going inside. Suddenly, I had a bad premonition."


    "What can scare you, my Viin?" Persephone asked innocently, raising her brow.


    Santiago smiled widely and pecked her cheek. "Sometimes, you are ridiculously cute."


    "Is it a bad thing or a good one?" Persephone inquired.


    "A little too good," Santiago replied. "Open the door and let''s meet my other babe."


    "Aiyoo, you have too many babes," Persephone replied, trying to sound less jealous. "I wonder what our Eleanora would be doing?" She palmed her head for thinking nonsense. "What does our Eleanora know apart from sleeping?"


    Santiago sighed as he couldn''t refute. Their baby waszy and didn''t like people picking her too much.. She was like a cat who would be happy dozing off the entire day.

 Chapter 394 - Identity Of The Enemy

    When Alcina opened her eyes, she found herself in a dimly lit room. She was sitting on a chair and her hands were tied behind her back. She felt an indescribable sense of danger for her and her baby. She knew that she wouldn''t be able to fight in this condition.


    If it was a normal situation, she would have been able to escape the kidnappers. But she was eight months pregnant and there was no way she could even bend down to grab a thing from the ground. Therefore, the question of fighting against an enemy she didn''t even understand was out of the question.


    She had to do something or she would not be able to save herself and the baby.


    Ryuu must have been worried about her. What would he do if something were to happen to her and the baby? Would he live the same life Xin Yichen lived without Tang Reine? She couldn''t imagine dying and leaving Ryuu alone to fight his demons.Nobody wanted to die. And she too wanted to leave this ce safely. She must go back to her husband. He must be waiting for her.


    Why was it happening with her?


    She left that life behind a long time ago.


    Now that she was finally happy in her life, she was haunted by this tragedy. Why?


    Alcina''s eyes wandered in the darkroom, looking for means to get out of here safely but they rested on a spot where a slim figure was tired,on the chair next to her. It was Jun, the boy who requested to join her.


    What was he doing here? She wanted to call his name out but she was afraid that she would put his life in danger. She shouldn''t have allowed him to follow her. And she shouldn''t have gone there on her grandfather''s call. It was a trap. How stupid was she to walk right into it?


    Yes, she was desperate to break free from Zhang family but never had she ever thought that her own grandfather would betray him in such a way. Why the hell was she so stupid trying to be a perfect granddaughter for him?


    Momentster, she heard the sound of footsteps. Someone was walking towards her. Her heart jerked in her chest and she felt a sudden baby movement. Biting her lip, she prevented from letting out a shriek.


    The door opened and a person she hadn''t ever expected, even in her wildest dream,entered the room. No, he couldn''t be the enemy. No, he was always the innocent party. He never had any expectations from anyone. He was the most unambitious man she had evere across.


    How could it be him?


    What Alcina didn''t understand was that sometimes most unambitious persons are those we need to be more wary of. At least, we knew what an ambitious person desired to aplish but the former one is the wolves hiding in sheep''s skin.


    He was one such man and nobody could ever see through him.


    "My dear niece, nice to meet you!" The man smiled at her. However, his smile was not kind. It was sinister that made the hair on her body stand quickly. He took several steps towards and asked in a mellow voice, "How are you doing?! Are my people treating you well?" Then, he palmed his head and added, "Ah, how stupid of me to ask such an unnecessary question?"


    "Long Sheng, "Alcina whispered. No, it couldn''t be him. There had to be a fault in the whole thing that was happening. All along, she had believed that it had to be Long Shaoming who was the reason for her father''s sorry condition. "Why is it you?"


    "Why can''t it be me?!" Long Sheng banged the table. He seemed offended by the choice of her words. "Why do all of you always underestimate me?!"


    What Long Sheng always hated was how he was always underestimated by every? First, it was Long Ah Shaan, the genius son and heir to the prestigious Long Family. Everybody used to worship the ground that the bastard walked on.


    After Long Ah Shaan''s death, it was Long Shaoming. The leader and the protector. Why he was never valued? Was he, Long Sheng, less valuable than the two of them?


    As if being treated like shit by his brothers was not enough, his nephew rose to power, suppressing his son! Today, Long Jie had everything while his son was still living on the mercies of the former. Why was his family treated so unfairly?


    Yes, he nned and plotted for years to get his son to have everything and every chance that was taken away from him. But why was Long Jie announced as the heir to the Long family without any fair test?


    Long Jie was the son of a traitor and he should have been punished for the same offence as his father.


    "You are the mysterious enemy, " Alcina said. It wasn''t her assumption. Everything made sense to her now. Why did Long Sheng sabotage his own family and Xin family? It made sense now.


    For power, he betrayed his own family. How could someone be so selfish?


    "So what if I was?" Long Sheng scoffed.


    Rather than feeling remorse for killing hundreds and thousands of people for a goal that was meant to satisfy his ego, he was feeling proud. He was so proud to announce that he was the same mysterious enemy who made Xin Yichen leave the country and take shelter in another one. He was the same man who forced Xin Yichen to not announce to the world that he had a child. He coerced Xin Yichen into epting all his conditions by threatening Zhenyi''s life.


    How easy it was for him to make Xin Yichen submit to him! How could he not be proud? He had all the reasons to be proud of himself!


    The mysterious enemy everyone had been guessing and assuming from the beginning was no one else but Long Shaoming''s brother and Long Jie''s uncle.

 Chapter 395 - Lunatic

    "What do you want from me?" Alcina questioned. She had every right to know what he wanted from her and why he kidnapped her now. From his words, it could be estimated that he had no idea that Ryuu was Tang Reine and Xin Yichen''s son. What would he get by kidnapping her now?


    "Your parents hid you from me all these years. And yet you ask what do I want from you? Your death will provide me justice, "Long Sheng said in anger. He always wanted the end of Long Ah Shaan''s family. Whether it was Long Jie or Alcina, he wanted both of them dead because Elena Zhang betrayed him when he was about to achieve his goals.


    "You are a traitor and yet you have the audacity to ask for justice. What kind of a monster are you, Long Sheng?" Alcina screamed at him. He was a murderer and a traitor. What rights did he have to demand justice?


    "If I am a traitor then what should we call your mother?" Long Sheng asked her with a sneer.


    "Zhang''s family sent Elena to lure Ah Shaan to her trap and destroy him. She wasn''t supposed to fall for him or elope with him. What a pity the man she was poisoning ended up bing the father of her child, "Long Sheng said with a look of disgust. "That mother of yours was the reason why your father had an early death. She was poisoning him. When she realised that she was in love with him, it was toote to save."


    "My mother died first of cancer," Alcina whispered. As much as she knew her mom died before his father.


    Actually, Long Sheng took the help of the Zhang family in overthrowing Long Ah Shaan as Elder Zhang owed him a favour. He redeemed the favour by asking Elena to make Long Ah Shaan fall for her.


    As bad as it could be, Long Ah Shaan fell for the petite and gorgeous woman called Elena Zhang. She was half Asian and half Western. She was the most beautiful woman he had seen. It didn''t take him long to fall for the fragile woman and he didn''t care if he was cheating on his wife. He got two women pregnant at the same time.


    It couldn''t be said in crystal clear words that Long Ah Shaan was. a good or bad character. His marriage to Song Lily was fixed even before he was born. He was always meant to marry Song Lily. And so as long as both of them turned legal, they were married. But he never loved his wife. He always wanted to break free from the bond he never wanted in the first ce.


    Song Lily was a shrewd and maniptive woman. She understood a long time ago that there was no life for status for her in this society if she wasn''t married to Long Ah Shaan. So, she used all the ways it took to get him about to her, even if using her pregnancy.


    Thus, Elena and Song Lily were pregnant at the same time. However, the former had no idea about it at that time.


    Yet, it didn''t give Long Ah Shaan any right to cheat on his woman with another woman. But, don''t they talk about Karma? He experienced hell after choosing Elena over Song Lily. The woman he loved more than anything else was poisoning him in the disguise of loving him.


    It was another mystery if he killed Elena or not! And there were some questions that were never meant to be answered or their answers shouldn''t be sought and it was one such question.


    "She died of cancer or Ah Shaan killed her when he realised that the woman he loved was a goddamned traitor, "Long Shengughed at her idiocy.


    "Your mother was killed by your father. Do you know when Long Ah Shaan left Song Lily for Elena thetter was pregnant with their first child?" He further asked her.


    Alcina looked at her, stone cold. What was this strange feeling in her gut?


    "I made sure Long Ah Shaan''s first child died but sadly he arrived, "Long Sheng said with apparent disgust. He did everything in his power to make sure that the child in Song Lily''s womb was killed but he failed and the child was born to snatch everything from his family.


    "He was born weak but he survived to im everything that belongs to my son. Long Wei. He is the eldest and he should be made the n head but no Long Ah Shaan always gets what he wants and his son got too!"


    The hatred in his voice was so clear. He wasn''t the man who perfectly yed the role of a good brother and filial son. He was a monster who plotted and killed his own family.


    "Long Sheng, why did you destroy your own family?" Alcina asked. Her eyes carried him with pity for this mad man. What did he get by destroying his own home?


    He could have lived a happy and carefree life but no, he chose the battle against his own family?!


    As much as she could see, he still lost even after killing everyone, he was still a loser.


    "For getting everything I deserve," Long Sheng said in a time that said the world owed him something. "How can everything I deserve to be given to others?"


    Long Sheng needed to understand that the world didn''t owe him anything. All those things he believed belonged to him were never his in the first ce.


    "Now I will kill you," Long Sheng suddenly said, after ending his sob story.


    "Would youmit the sin of a pregnant woman?" Alcina asked, calmly.


    "It''s not my first time and it won''t be myst either," Long Sheng said andughed like a lunatic.


    "You killed Tang Reine and her child too! Just how crazy are you!" Alcina screeched at him.


    "Who said her child is dead?" Long Sheng said.

 Chapter 396 - A Magnificent Killer

    "What do you mean?" Alcina asked stunned. Does it mean Zhenyi wasn''t lying?"You have her child?"


    Long Sheng didn''t say anything and just looked angry. He wanted to kill someone right now and he would kill her now.


    "Did you put Zhenyi in jail?" Alcina shouted at her. Does it mean this lunatic put Zhenyi in jail for something she never did? Ryuu and Long Jie would kill him if they got hold of him.


    "So what if I did?" Long Shengughed like the lunatic that he was.


    "Did you get Long Jie kidnapped too?" Alcina asked him. How could she forget the time when Long Jie was kidnapped just like Zhenyi? For years she was in a dilemma how Long Jie and Zhenyi could meet at that time. It never made sense to her. But now it did. If not for Ryuu, both Zhenyi and Long Jie would have been killed by now.


    "Who else would dare to?" Long Sheng chuckled. He kidnapped his nephew. He wanted to kill Long Jie and his father''s stupidity gave him an excellent chance. For more than a year, he has locked both Zhenyi and Long Jie, waiting for the perfect moment to end both of them. But his one mistake caused the children of people hated the most to escape unscathed.


    "You always wanted to kill Zhenyi?" Alcina asked.


    "Yes. But she left unscathed each time. She was the only child of Xin Yichen and Tang Reine. How can I leave her alive?"


    It didn''t make any sense to Long Sheng why Zhenyi must be alive. She should have been killed too just like her mother. The Jin family failed to kill Tang Reine''s heir.


    "Let me go, Long Sheng," Alcina shouted when she felt a pang of pain in her lower abdomen. She could barely breathe now. " My parents are dead. There is nothing you will get by killing me. If it''s for those shares, you can have them. I don''t even want them."


    "Any spawn of Long Ah Shaan is my enemy. You must be protected at all cost." He said and brought his gun to point it at Alcina.


    Before the bullet could hit Alcina, Jun, who was pretending to be unconscious, jerked up and kicked the old man in the shin. He untied her ropes and quickly she stood up, ignoring the pain in her abdomen.He banged the chair against the old man''s and immediately put her behind him. He was trying to protect her.


    "Run Saozi!" Jun shouted at the frozen Alcina.


    "Jun, it''s not possible," Alcina said, ignoring his orders. "We don''t know how many people are outside, waiting to kill us. I can''t run. I can''t even walk." She sounded so desperate and sorry at this moment. Angry tears were streaming down her face. "Go, Jun. You don''t need to be implicated in this mess. I''m weak now. I can''t fight. Go, leave the building and call for help. Run, Jun save your life."


    "I made a promise to you, Saozi," Jun said, his voice as apathetic as ever. " I will not leave without you. I have sworn on my n and honour. We aren''t taught to go back on our words. Our words are as good as our blood."


    "Don''t be stupid Jun," Alcina scolded him. " You have a whole life ahead of you."


    "I apologize but I must protect you first," Jun said,picking up the gun before Long Sheng could and grabbed Alcina''s hand to walk out of the door. "I will see if someone is ahead. You follow me."Jun shot the guards who were standing there to protect the entrance. He didn''t know how many people he shot before they reached the entrance.


    When the bullets in his gun ended, he found a sword there and pierced it through their bodies. He was moving like a ninja warrior. His moves were impossible to notice. As scared Alcina was, she still couldn''t keep her eyes away from him. She understood what Ryuu meant when he said the boy was not ordinary. He was a miracle in himself. Ge was cutting the skin with such precision.


    His hairs loosened as he flipped once again and his clothes were torn when more than ten men came with their swords. His skin was cut when he was attacked but those he hit fell to the ground,dead.


    He was not just a killer but a magnificent one. She didn''t even know if something like that even existed.


    Alcina winced when she felt a gun pointed at her head. Here, she was, once again at the point of a gun.


    "Put the weapon down or she dies." Long Sheng shouted.


    "Kill her. I don''t care about her. I just want to save my life, " Jun said and killed the soldiers encircling him. He showed as if Alcina''s life had nothing to do with him. His rude tone startledAlcina and Long Sheng.


    Before Long Sheng could kill Alcina once again, Alcina bowed her head and got out of his hold, kicking him in the groan. Ohe on, she sure was pregnant but it couldn''t change who she was. The queen of fucking serpents!


    It was a pity that due to pregnancy, she had no hidden poisoned thing on her body or all of them would have been long killed. Sheng was caught off-guard and his gun fell. As she picked up the gun from the ground, she found that it was empty and Long Sheng was just bluffing.


    The teenager had injured almost fifty people.The sword had broken and the guns were out of bullets too. He took a rock and banged it against Sheng''s head. He wouldn''t be able toe after them now.


    "Run, Saozi!" Jun ran to Alcina and picked her into his arms. It was better to run with Alcina in his arms than leaving the pregnant woman behind to be killed.. Moreover, this woman had saved his life and he couldn''t see her getting killed.

 Chapter 397 - His Cry

    "There is a car!" Alcina pointed at the car.


    "It will have GPS.We will be caught in no time. Someone from your security team was a mole. We can''t take a risk," Jun told her, running.


    "Is that why you follow me?" Alcina asked in curiosity.


    "Or why else?" Jun scoffed.


    "Why did you put your life in danger, idiot?" Alcina said, wanting to p this idiot.


    "If I say because you are my Saozi, would you believe me?" Jun asked. His eyes were tense and hesitant. It was nothing like that proud Young Master at all.


    "You...you¡­" Alcina''s eyes widened as she realized what had happened. "Jun, my water broke."


    It was not the right time to think about the long lost son of the Xin family. It was time to think about the one that was about toe out.


    "Oh, shit!!" Jun ran faster while Alcina was trying to not scream in pain. He ran for a kilometre with Alcina in his arms when he saw a trucking their way. He stood in the middle of the road and the truck stood up.


    "Please, help us. My Saozi is about to give birth." Jun said, begging for help. He had to save his sister-inw(Saozi) at all costs.


    "Whatnguage are you speaking boy?" The truck driver stopped the truck and poked his head out of the window and said, "I don''t understand you¡­"


    The driver was trying to speak broken and weird ented English.


    Jun and Alcina looked at each other as they couldn''t understand the driver''snguage too. He then looked at the truck number te and realized that they were not in China anymore.


    "Your Country?"


    "Country?" The driver as if he could understand this word. He got the trick, just focus on one English word he could understand. Pointing at himself. "Country?"


    Jun nodded his head.


    "Country C, " The driver said proudly. Pointing at two of them, he said in broken English. "Are you both Chinese?"


    Jun node his head again and said, "Help us. My sister-inw is about to give birth.Please help us."


    The driver pondered for a while as he looked at the woman in pain in a boy''s arms,and then said. "Okay, sit in the back of the truck. a vige on the route. But no help. No big hospital.small vige in mountains. No connection. No phone. My Amma will help you. She knows some doctor work."


    Jun and Alcina could not fully understand the man''s words and ent but it was still better than nothing. As soon as they keep Alcina and baby safe, everything will be fine. So, they got in the truck while she was yelping in pain.


    Three hourster, the truck stopped. It was snowing badly and Alcina felt like dying. She wanted to be strong for the sake of the baby but it was so tough for her to hold on anymore. The baby coulde out anytime now. It was hard for her.This pain of giving birth was something she had felt before but now she felt like she couldn''t hold on anymore.


    The backward vige that the driver was talking about was around one kilometre away from the ce the truck was stopped and it would take someone to take her there as she couldn''t walk. Jun carried her once again and walked to the vige. It was snowing and she could feel herself freezing. The reason why the vige was backward had to be theplexity of the ce it was situated. Routes were impossible to be made here and yet people were staying in such a tough area.


    If she wasn''t here, she wouldn''t have believed that such a ce could even exist.


    She was taken inside a mud but very beautiful house. There were somedies who moved faster to help her while she was lying on the cot, yelling in pain. There were all foreign but kinddies who were trying to help her as much as they could.


    Even though they all couldn''t understand hernguage, they could understand her pain. They didn''t need words to understand the pain of another woman.


    An elderly woman whose head was covered with a patterned scarf and was wearing a thick and embroidered loose maxi like dress, caressed her head and whispered to her softly in hernguage. She couldn''t understand hernguage exactly but she could feel it was meant to console her. They were trying to tell her that everything would be okay but how could it be so okay just like that.


    The delivery was as painful as the first time and she was missing Ryuu and her family terribly but she knew that she had to hold on for her baby''s sake. She couldn''t let the baby or Ryuu let down. If she survived the cmity, she would return with two children of the Xin and Tang family. She had to hold on. She prayed that Zhenyi would be free so she could handle her brother or Ryuu would be going berserk.


    She knew the extent to which Ryuu could go for her and the baby. Everyone might believe that Ryuu was the calmest man they had ever seen, but it was so far from true. He was the storm that could destroy everything in just mere seconds.


    She let out onest shriek and then she heard the sound of a baby crying. A tear creaked from the corner of her eye as the elderdy showed her the crying baby.


    It was a boy.


    She did it.


    Her baby might have been crying but her heart wasughing at the intensity of the joy. Her baby was safe. She saved him. Tears streamed down her face as she felt him against her skin. The joy of being a mother was just as same as it was for the first time. This time, she wouldn''t let her child away from her eyes.

 Chapter 398 - XiaoBao

    Alcina fed her son for the first time and closed her eyes, feeling him against her skin. He was perfectly alright to her. He was weak but thedies said that with proper care he would be fine. She just needed to take extra care of him.


    When her baby slept in his arms after his tummy was full, he wasfortably nestled in her arms. It was the best feeling in the world. And she couldn''t help God enough for gracing her with this moment. She handed her baby to the kind olddy after making sure that he was asleep and untied the ne that she was still wearing and passed it to the daughter of the olddy.


    "This is the least I could do to repay what you did for me, "Alcina said in English because the girl could understand it. It was her luck that she came across few English speakers. Although it was heavily ented, it was still better than nothing.


    The olderdy ced the baby back in her arms and waved her hands frantically. "No. No. No. No."


    "Mom says we can''t ept it. It''s gold and it''s expensive." The girl tranted it into English.


    "Didn''t your mom say we can''t leave the vige until the roads are clear and it''s safe enough for us to leave?" Alcina said in a weak voice. " I don''t know when that will be. There is no phone connection. No way to contact anyone. I can''t call home or send words to my husband."


    She didn''t know how long they would be stuck in this ce as the outside world was not safe for her and her newly born. Even if these people were foreign, they were kind to her and her child. She didn''t want to exploit kind people.


    "Please take this. And help me save my little brother-inw and son," Alcina begged. "This is the least I can do to repay your kindness. Please. We can''t be a burden on you all."


    The olddy caressed her head and said something in hernguage.


    "Mom says she is taking your ne to keep it safe. And when your husbandes, she will give him a number and he will repay you for the treatment of his family," The girl tranted the words. "She wouldn''t take a woman''s ornaments because in our culture they are a woman''s pride."


    Alcinaughed weakly. "Of course, you can. He would be happy to repay you in any way for saving his family. You don''t know how you have blessed him by saving his precious family."


    No one better than Alcina could understand Ryuu''s generous nature. If he got to know how these people saved his family, he would move heaven and earth to pay these people back. They didn''t just save his family but him too.


    One month passed slowly, neither the snowfall stopped nor the roads cleared. Jun was still under treatment. That day when Jun saved her, she had not noticed at that time but he was severely injured. And how would she have noticed when she was in great pain. She didn''t know how he managed to save her with the condition he was in. He was barely hanging by a thread.


    Alcina was someone who had great knowledge of medicine. Her baby was born prematurely and Jun had lost way too much blood that day. Although doctors were not avable there, she did find the herbs that could help.


    Not only, but she also help Jun and her baby, she helped the vigers too with her skill. She wouldn''t say no to anyone who woulde to her for treatment. Her stay in the vige was made easier this way. People were helpful here. They were backward, sure but their knowledge in science and other things were better than modern man. What else was that the people were kinder here. They would stop by each other''s house and ask them about life for no reason at all and she noticed how people don''t mind it at all. It was baffling to her how everyone knew everything about each other.


    This smallmunity lived happily without any care of the world. Although not everyone knew English, they were not illiterate. They knew theirnguage and it was enough for them. However, the elder generation was motivating their younger ones to learn anothernguage too and so the barrier between them and the world would end.There were smallmunity schools and people enthusiastically sent their children to school in hopes that they would attend college and get good jobs.


    Life was easier and happier there and Alcina understood what Amma meant that day. Amma, the kind elderdy, the mother of the driver who saved them. She said ''we are happy there and what was the benefit of going to bigger cities if they are not with their people? Better to die in a small vige happily than be miserable in big cities''. She learnt many things about the beautiful country during her stay in the small mountain vige. There were not more than five hundred families yet it felt as if it was a country of its own.


    Alcina truly wished that everyone''s lives were as simple as these people. However, it was not easier for other people to abandon the materialistic world and the luxuries associated with it.


    "Xiaobao, wakey wakey, "Alcina cooed as she found her baby stirring in sleep. He was a heavy speaker and even the snowstorm outside would make him stir in sleep. She could say that her son was going to be a chatty one. He loved when people talked to him. With his bright eyes, he would try to interact with everyone.


    At one month, baby Tang wasn''t officially given a name but he was called Xiaobao lovingly by Alcina.. He was so tiny in her arms. She caressed her nose that was sharper than Fate''s and why would it not be?

 Chapter 399 - Found Network

    Amma had insisted on pressing Xiaobao''s nose. Alcina wasn''t aware but people here gently pressed the nose of a newborn baby to give it a sharp shape. It usually happens in the case of t noses. It wasn''t a harmful practice and many people all over the world did it. The baby didn''t even feel pain. It was suggested not to do it while the baby was awake. His head wasn''t round but Amma with her hand made sure that the baby''s head was round and good. She with her traditional methods protected the premature baby in the dire cold.


    Seeing how knowledgeable these people were, Alcina realized why they didn''t need to go to doctors regrly. Their traditional methods could protect them from illness. Of course, it couldn''t cure cancer and AIDS.


    Rumi, Amma''s daughter, was sitting in the same room, knitting a scarf. She looked up at Alcina as she heard,"Rumi, take care of Xiaobao. I will go out to see Jun."


    Jun''s condition was better than before. But still, she wanted to see him first before resting. The days were shorter and it wasn''t allowed to walk out in the dark.


    "Amma is saying don''t go out in the cold. It''s not good for the body," Rumi tranted her mother''s words. Alcina had just given birth to a baby just a month ago and it wasn''t good if she went out in the snow.


    "I will take care of myself.," Alcina assured them. " I will return after seeing him. He was in painst night. I heard from your brother." Before she could go out, she found Jun running towards her. He was running with frightening skills. How many times has she told the boy not to frighten the vigers with his skills? He yelled in Mandarin, "Saozi, I found awork."


    Alcina was stunned for a moment. Once the words sank in her head, her eyes brightened "What?! where?!"


    Finding thework meant they could contact Ryuu.


    "I met someone who came from the city and took his phonest night. I moved several miles in search of awork. And when I finally found thework,I left a message for help," Jun told Alcina. He wouldn''t tell her how he had threatened the truck driver to charge the phone in his truck and ran the whole night in search of awork. If she got to know what he did, she would surely scold him for putting his life in danger once again.


    "You left Ryuu a message?" Alcina asked. Her eyes were bright and her tone excited.


    "No, I don''t have his information," Jun said, shaking his head. Why would he have the information of a man who he didn''t even like?


    "Then, who do you leave a message for?" Alcina asked in confusion.


    Jun scratched her head and embarrassedly said. "Umm...Zhenyi."


    "You have her contact but not Ryuu''s?" Alcina questioned her hands on her hips. " Why is it so?"


    "I didn''t know he would end up my sibling," Jun muttered. " I don''t even like him."


    "So you like Zhenyi more?" Alcina asked. No, she wasn''t offended that Jun didn''t like Ryuu. Her husband didn''t give Jun any reasons to like him. In the name of helping Jun, he imprisoned him.


    "I don''t like her either but I was making peace with the fact that such a troublesome woman was my sister," Jun said truthfully. Scratching his head, he muttered,I might have troubled her a bit."


    "Tell me the truth, Jun, how did you trouble her?" Now Alcina was more than just curious. Was it easier to trouble Zhenyi and leave unscathed?


    Not at all!


    She wondered what Jun had done to trouble Zhenyi and how thetter didn''t realise.


    "Ummm...I knew from the beginning about you," Jun said, shocking Alcina to the core. Just what was this boy''s background that he could know about her history. He paused and then continued," I knew whose daughter you were. And from the time I knew she was my sister, I had my eye on her. Do you know how stupid she is most of the time? I mean I get second-hand embarrassment sometimes. She makes me question how someone like me can have such a troublesome sibling like her. One night, she did something stupid and dangerous and so I started ckmailing her. Of course, my intentions were good."


    "You were ckmailing her?" Alcina asked. She was so shocked that she forget to breathe for a moment. For assurance, she asked once again, "Zhenyi?!"


    "Yeah...she couldn''t find me," Jun said in a very innocent manner. " And whenever I was bored, I would trouble her for some entertainment." Seeing how bad it sounded, he added,It''s her fault too. She blew away my team of IT experts. Tell me, how does this?"


    "I can''t understand you and Zhenyi!" Alcina sighed. How on earth both Jun and Zhenyi were so alike? And how was Ryuu going to deal with double trouble? Oh, all she could say was that it was going to be fun seeing these siblings fight.


    "So, Zhenyi replied?" She asked for a while.


    "Not yet," Jun replied. "I just hope she sees my message."


    "Don''t worry she will," Alcina said with a smile. " They must be looking for us."


    She believed that her husband would leave no stone turned in bringing her back home. All she had to do was just trust him. And truly, her prayers were heard by the God.


    It was a week after the message incident, Ryuu''s team were able to locate the vige she was staying in. It wasn''t easy for them to reach this ce. Different teams were searching different viges. It was only Feng Siyan''s team that was able to reach the exact location.


    The mission was given a high importance. It was very important for the soldiers to find Alcina.. Since Alcina was pregnant with Lord''s child, it was even more significant.

 Chapter 400 - Back Home

    When Vigers saw some Chinese people entering in ck coat pants,they were immediately alerted. It was easier for them to know that they were Chinese due to their distinctive facial features. A man,who knew both English and thenguage of the vigers, met the head of the vige and asked them about a pregnant woman.


    Of course, the vigers immediately didn''t agree to let them meet Alcina and the baby as thetter had told them how she was in danger. So, they decided to make sure that these people were not a danger to the baby and his mother.


    When Alcina was notified that someone had arrived in the vige looking for them, she quickly asked Jun who sneaked out first to see if the people looking for them were an ally or enemy. It was only when he saw the batches of the Tang family logo on their uniform did he sighed in relief. Thus, he sent the words to the Vige head to let them in as they were not the enemies.


    "Saozi, It''s Feng Siyan," Jun whispered in Alcina''s ear, who smiled with teary eyes.


    Finally, they could go home.


    Maybe, everything will be fine now.


    "Xiaobao, we are going home to your B¨¤b¨¤," Alcina asked, caressing his dimpled chin. It was the only feature he had taken from her. She kissed his cheek and asked,Are you happy?"


    The baby blinked at her, urging her to talk more. Such a talkative baby! Turning her head, she looked at the girl by her side. "Rumi, can you pack my things?"


    She would go home to her family now. She was so happy that she could barely contain it in her heart.


    Rummi nodded with a smile. They all were very happy for Alcina. In the end, she was returning to her family safe.


    When Amma was about to give her back her ne, Alcina shook her head, refusing to take it. "Amma, if one day any of you need the help of any sort,e to this address or call this number and show this ne." She passed the elderly woman a piece of paper. "I will surely help you in any way I can. Please take it as a token of my gratitude. I can''t repay what you have done for my family in words. Please let me do something for you."


    Amma hugged her and cried softly as she bid goodbye to the woman and the baby who she hade to love in a single month.


    Outside, when Feng Siyan pointed his gun at Jun, the vigers screamed, taking out their sticks to defend the boy. Alcina handed Xiaobao to Rumi and ran out to save Jun from getting hurt.


    "What are you doing, Feng Siyan? Are you out of your mind?" Alcina came and Feng Siyan along with all the soldiers bowed in respect.


    "We finally found you, madam," Feng Siyan said, his voice full of respect. Turning to Jun, he said in his usual cod and monotone voice, "Ingrate!He is a person who ran away taking advantage of the situation! Master saved him but he was stabbed in the back! Such an ungrateful person deserved a punishment worse than death!"


    "You are mistaken," Alcina said, her voice full of authority. She might be away from home but she didn''t forget who she was. And soon the soldiers would remember too. "He saved me from the enemy at the cost of his own life. Look at the wounds on his body. All these wounds he got while protecting me and my child. If such a person is ingrate, then I don''t know what a Messiah looked like!"


    Feng Siyan bowed his head before Jun a few he listened to Alcina''s words. If it was true that this bit saved Alcina then he couldn''t wrong him by calling him names. In fact, this boy was their benefactor. Bowing his head, he said, "I apologize. My judgement got the worst out of me."


    "I''m not epting your apology," Jun said, arrogantly. His noble aura was back. No one could just say words to him and expect him to forgive them.


    Feng Siyan sighed and looked at Alcina who rolled her eyes. No, she wasn''t helping. He didn''t say any more words but when he looked at Alcina''s thin figure, he quickly said, "Madam...the child¡­"


    He dared not think about the¡­.


    "Baby is safe," A girl came out with a baby wrapped in a nket and handed it to Alcina. When the baby was ced into Alcina''s arms, the soldiers behind Feng Siyan bowed again in respect. This show of respect in the Tang n was out of her understanding sometimes. But it was what it was.


    "Would you like to take Xiaobao in your arms?" Alcina asked him. She knew the importance of Feng Siyan in Ryuu''s life. He might consider himself subordinate to Ryuu but her husband considered this man as his best friend. To Faye, he was like an uncle, she wouldn''t spend a week without seeing. And she believed that his ce in Xiaobao''s life would be simr.


    "Can I, madam?" Feng Siyan asked with slight hesitation.


    Alcina nodded and passed him the baby. Feng Siyan took him in his arms as if he was some precious treasure and connected it against his heart. "Wee to the world, little lord. We all are here to serve you till ourst breath." He nced at Alcina and said in the softest and alive voice,"Little lord is the reflection of the master."


    "He sure is," Alcina said with a smile.


    With a smile, she waved goodbye to the vige and left. But in her heart, she made a resolve to help the people of this vige in the same way how they helped her.


    ...


    Author Note:


    Hugging every single reader who had been together with me since the beginning of this journey.. I remember that I started this story in Februaryst year. Did I ever thought it will be contracted on AllNovelFull?

 Chapter 401 - Cant Be Happier

    When they reached China, Ryuu would be waiting for them at the airport. Alcina had now changed into a thinyer of clothing. It wasn''t as cold as it was there and she was sweating in those warm clothes. Thankfully, Feng Siyan brought everything she would need. The jet wouldnd in Beijing in a few hours and Xiaobao was peacefully sleeping. Thus, she decided to have a conversation with Feng Siyan as she had been away from home for a long time now.


    "How is everyone at home?" Alcina asked him. She didn''t know what happened back home when she was kidnapped. What she was worried about the most was Zhenyi and Long Jie.


    "Mrs Long is back home," Feng Siyan replied as if he could hear her silent question. " Her innocence was proved."


    "How?" Alcina couldn''t help but ask. Even she wanted to know how Zhenyi managed to leave this great danger behind. It was a wellid n and as much as she knew that freak Long Sheng, he would never leave Zhenyi and Long Jie alone until he ruin them.


    "The girl Yue Ling, "Feng Siyan said in a tone that even he couldn''t understand until now how and why things happened the way they did. He added with a sigh,"She was alive. She was presented in the court and she revealed the truth of the matter."


    "What really happened that day?" Alcina ended up asking Feng Siyan.


    "That day, Mrs Long received the call from officer Zheng that he was willing to do anything for her as long as he saves that girl," Feng Siyan said. "And that was what she did, but not for him. She had her own reasons as you are well aware of it. When she entered the house, she found Du Zheng shot and stabbed." He took a small pause and then added, "Instead of him, she chose to save the girl but before he could save her, the girl disappeared. We didn''t know much about what transpired there but she was taken out of there even before Mrs Long reached there. She told the court the truth and Mrs Long was proved."


    "So, Zhenyi and Long Jie are finally happy," Alcina said after hearing the story.


    "It wasn''t that easy, Madam," Feng Siyan said with a smile. She could see that he didn''t appear too happy at the mention of Long Jie''s name.


    Were they not friends? Or have they have been fighting too?;


    "What do you mean?" Alcina asked, narrowing her eyes at him.


    When she heard his next moment, she froze for a second.


    "Long Jie''s uncle Long Sheng is in aatose state," Feng Siyan informed her with a dramatic sigh."The Long n is in a mess."


    "What happened to him?" Alcina quickly asked him. Why the hell Long Sheng was in the hospital?


    "He was found half-dead," Feng Siyan replied in a monotonous state. "Someone hit him at the most sensitive part of the brain. Even if he manages to not die, he wouldn''t be able to leave the hospital. The doctors said that one part of his body is already paralyzed."


    Alcina''s heart shook in her chest. Even if he survived, he wouldn''t have an easy death. He couldn''t move his organs. He couldn''t do any function that a normal human could. He did everything for power but what did he get in the end? Not even all the wealth of the world could make him normal again. He had to live with that useless body all his life.


    As if she was reminded of something, she asked him, "What does his health have to do with the n?"


    Even if Long Sheng died, it would have the least effect on the n. He was the unambitious son ofte Long Yuhan. Even though it was a lie, it would be the only truth the world would ever know.


    As for what to do with Long Sheng, it would be the Tang Family''s decision as Tang Reine''s death was nned by Long Sheng. He tried to not hurt her but Jun too. Jun had told her the whole story of how he became the prodigal son of the Jun n and how he was thrown out of it when the truth was revealed that he wasn''t carrying Jun blood in his veins.


    "Madam, Long Jie left his position," Feng Siyan said shocking Alcina. How could she not be surprised. Her brother put up with that horrible family for the only thing and that was being the leader of it. How did he leave his position just like that?


    She heard Feng Siyan further saying," He gave up all the shares and the property he received from the Long family. In the future, the Long family had nothing to do with him. And this was not only his decision but Song Lily''s too. He fulfilled the only wish she asked for raising him all these years."


    "What do you mean?" Alcina asked.


    "He confronted the Long family, "Feng Siyan said. "He wasn''t Song Lily and Long Shaoming''s son. The Long family has a new head and Madam."


    "Who is it? Long Wei and Zhao Meilin?" Alcina asked hopefully.


    Feng Siyan shook her head. "Long Wei refused to take the title."


    "Then who?" Alcina was now dying with curiosity.


    "Long Yuan and his wife."


    Alcina rolled her eyes. Nope, she didn''t mind that Song Lily''s only and favourite son got the title. He was Long Shaoming''s real son, the real person who deserved it. Long Ah shaan''s children were better off without this family. She said, "Good for them. My brother is finally out of the family of snakes. I can''t be happier."


    "What was Zhenyi''s reaction?" Alcina still asked him. What if Zhenyi decided to leave her brother at the most difficult time of his life?


    "Do you think he will do anything without considering his wife?" Feng Siyan gave her a dirty look.


    "I don''t think so, "Alcina said, nodding her head. Her brother was a wife ve.


    "She said she was happy with his decision," Feng Siyan felt the need to tell her. "It was up to his wishes and she would follow him in whatever he wanted."


    "What about Faye?" Alcina asked after a while.


    "Ever since she knew about your disappearance, her fevers are back. But she is better than before."


    Alcina smiled sadly and didn''t say anything.. She missed her baby girl.

 Chapter 402 - Honour

    A few hourster, they reached the capital. She found Ryuu standing outside the airport,leaning against the car, deep in thought. She smiled and took hurried steps but slowed down when she recalled that she was still holding Xiaobao in her arms. If she could, she would fly to reach her husband''s arms. Just looking at his face and she knew that she missed him more than she was letting on.


    Ryuu gazed up to see his wife''s smiling face and took big strides to pull her into his arms. As something touched his chest, he looked down to see beautiful eyes blinking at him.


    "This...this¡­" Ryuu was speechless for a moment. He didn''t know how to behave at times like this. You see, he had been a father once but Alcina''s kidnapping made him forget each and everything. He was going crazy and there was nothing he could do about it.


    "Xiaobao, it seems your B¨¤b¨¤ doesn''t look happy meeting us," Alcina said softly.


    The baby in her arms blinked his curious eyes at the new person. As if he could sense that the man looking at him wasn''t harmful, he raised his arms and legs, telling Alcina that he wished to be held by the man.


    "That''s not true," Ryuu said and pulled both of them closer to the chest. "Cia, I was so scared. I thought I lost both of you. Thank you foring back to me."


    He was feeling more than he was telling at this time but he felt that he couldn''t exin his feelings in words. This was strange. Scary. Happy. And all other mingled in one.


    "Ah, for that you need to thank Jun, he saved me and Xiaobao at the cost of his life," Alcina said. She didn''t forget to give credit to the person who deserved it.


    Also, she was giving time and opportunity to Jun to ept that Ryuu was gonna be a constant person in his life and there was no way Xin family or Tang family would let him leave as he had been nning to. Hell, this time Xin Yichen would lock him instead of Ryuu.


    "Where is he?" Ryuu asked his wife about the boy who saved his family.


    "Oh, he went ahead with Feng Siyan," Alcina softly told him.


    Ryuu nodded his head and he took his son from his wife''s arms and kissed his temple, "Let''s go home. Everyone is waiting for us." He caressed his son''s face, "And you little precious thing, you are going to make our more colourful."


    Alcina chuckled lightly and nodded her head. She circled her arms around Ruuu''s waist and walked forwards. While opening the car door, his eyes met with Feng Siyan.


    "Wanted to give you a surprise, Master," Feng Siyan gave him that rare smile that only this man was capable of getting.


    Ryuu didn''t say anything else, just patted his shoulder.


    "What happened?" Alcina asked in confusion.


    "He didn''t say anything about the baby," Ryuu said, heaving out a sigh.


    When they reached Tang Pce, Ryuu held her hand and helped her get out of the car first. He was treating her so delicately as if she was made of ss. He took his son from her arms and then they walked inside, all three of them.


    Xin Yichen, Long Jie and Zhenyi were waiting for them in the living room. When they saw Alcinaing with Ryuu, they heaved out a sigh. It was good that they all were fine. Then,they saw Ryuu holding a bundle of joy swaddled up in a nket. And their eyes instantly twinkled. It appeared as if the sun was alone after a long night.


    Not just the family members, even the staff of the household moved quickly as their gaze fell on the baby and began making preparations for decorating the house. It was a time for celebration, how could they not do anything about it?


    Zhenyi stood up first to hug Alcina and after making sure she was fine then she nced at the tiny human in Ryuu''s arms.She was afraid to even touch the baby. Even though she was about to have a little one of her own, she was easily intimidated by their presence, "The baby is so precious."


    She managed to give the best puppy eyes she was capable of giving and said in a sickly sweet voice, "Bro, please let me pick him."


    "Let me have my fill first," Ryuu said, not at all bothering to look at his sister.


    "When would that be?" Zhenyi asked him.


    "I don''t know, "Ryuu whispered, his gaze still settled on his precious son."Let me just hold him for a while."


    "Fine. Fine," Zhenyi said and sat back on the sofa. You see, she could see that it was Ryuu''s special moment and didn''t want to disturb him. So, she went back on the sofa to disturb her lovely husband who just kissed her nose.


    Xin Yichen stood up next first to ask Alcina about how she was doing and then looked at his grandson from a distance, letting out a teary smile.


    "What happened, B¨¤, "Alcina asked in a soft voice.


    "I''m so thankful to God that you both made it," Xin Yichen said in a hoarse voice. He was a strong man who didn''t cry but it was such a bittersweet time for him.


    "We too are, B¨¤," Alcina said, smiling at him. She could understand his predicament too well. "Take your grandson in arms and we would like you to name him."


    "Hey, hey, why is my B¨¤ getting the honour?" Ryuu asked, not at all behaving like the Lord that he was. "He is my baby too."


    "And you are B¨¤''s baby," Alcina reminded him and Ryuu pursed his lips. His wife was right and her statement too was.


    ....


    Author Note: I can''t give regr updates and I so wanted to post more than what I give regrly to you guys.. This way we can have almost 30 chapters updated in this month.

 Chapter 403 - Tang Zhixin

    With trembling hands, Xin Yichen took his grandson in his arms and kissed his forehead. He didn''t know if crying at such an asion was a bad omen. But he really wanted to have a good cry. He was so afraid for Alcina and this little baby. He was afraid that Ryuu would have to live the life he did. He didn''t want that for Ryuu. He kissed the little one''s forehead and said in a hoarse voice, "Reine and I wanted to name our son Yuanjun if ever had. But we never got the chance."


    Even though it would be right for him to give the name Yuanjun to his grandson, he didn''t have the heart to. His son and grandson were two different beings. He didn''t want to mix up too.


    Thus, he said, "How about we call him Tang Zhixin?"


    "That''s a beautiful name," Zhenyi pped like an excited kid. "Zhixin as in ambitious. Wow, my dear nephew, be as amazing as your only aunt."


    Long Jie shook his head. Yup, pregnancy messed up with his Zhenyi''s head. She was getting more narcissistic with each passing day. When the name was finalized, he stood up to hugged his sister. He pulled a thick red packet from his pocket and gave it to the baby.


    "What is it?" Zhenyi asked him. She saw her husband giving a thick red packet. Was it a new ritual she wasn''t aware of?


    "A red packet for my nephew," Long Jie answered his wife. He was informed by Feng Siyan that Alcina had a healthy baby boy and he had prepared one for his nephew. Because how could he not give his nephew a thick red packet on their first meeting?


    "Oh, why did you not tell me to prepare one too?" Zhenyi asked him, raising her brow at him. She was just minutes away from bursting out like a grenade. " I want to prepare one for my nephew too?" Just as he expected her to be angry at him, she dumbfounded him by raising another question," Jie, howe he is our mutual nephew."


    As hrious as it sounds, Tang Zhixin was their mutual nephew.


    She didn''t waste time waiting for an answer and quickly turned to look at her shameless brother. "And Ryuu, since you epted such a thick red packet without shame. Make sure you double it on our times."


    "Get babies and I will not forget," Ryuu answered, rolling his eyes. His sister was sitting weird day by day. He didn''t remember her being so petty before.


    "Oh, that ising soon," Zhenyi announced and Long Jie rubbed his forehead. This was not how they were supposed to announce their good news. "You prepare the red packets."


    "What do you mean?" Both Ryuu and Alcina said at the same time.


    Long Jie sighed while Zhenyi proudly showed her belly. Even at five-month pregnant, her belly was easily hidden by loose clothes. If one didn''t look carefully, they wouldn''t know she was pregnant.


    "Ba, you were aware?" Ryuu asked his father. From his father''s nonchnt expressions, he could tell that everyone else was aware of the news.


    "Why else did you think I had to drag her to Xin mansion?" Xin Yichen asked in return. He gave a look to his pregnant daughter who was still not happy how her father demanded that she shifted home with her husband.


    "B¨¤, I was managing fine," Zhenyi grumbled.


    "Managing? Your husband was at his wit''s end. He didn''t know how to deal with a wife who was behaving like she had eaten some explosive for breakfast, lunch and dinner," Xin Yichen said, making her purse her lips. "Not to mention, you were underweight. There are many things that you didn''t know. And your husband already has a lot on his te. I couldn''t see him losing his mind."


    "B¨¤, being pregnant is not that difficult," Zhenyi tried to make sense.


    "Says the woman who was nearly falling into depression," Long Jie said, rubbing her back."Zhenyi, B¨¤ is right. We need him right now. Getting help from family sometimes is not a bad thing. It''s not just about you, it''s about him too. You see what happened to Alcina and your mom? He is just scared that something simr could happen to you too. Let''s give him some peace. And if you stay there, I will be relieved."


    Zhenyi sighed as she looked at both of them bitterly. She said in a grumbling tone, "I hate when all of you make sense."


    She knew that the time was hard for Long Jie at this time but she was trying to understand his point of view but her erratic emotions were making it hard for her. She was doing the opposite of what she should do. You see nothing was in her control anymore. She couldn''t even focus on work. Everything was hard for her. But she was trying to manage even though it was hard.


    "We are very happy for both of you," Alcina said, hugging her sister inw. "Now our Xiaobao and Faye will get more brothers and sisters to y with in the future. And we don''t mind how you hide the news from us."


    Of course, thest part was sarcasm.


    "We wanted to tell everyone but the time wasn''t right, " Zhenyi said with a stiff smile. "Everything was slipping from our hands and there were more urgent things to deal with than my pregnancy news. We never mean to keep it hidden from you all for such a long time. But you see, nothing was in our control."


    "Congrattions." Both of them said. They weren''t angry. They understood it way better than one. Time was never in their favour. However, everything was putting back to their ces now. Soon, everything will be okay.


    "By the way, where is my big baby?" Alcina asked when she noticed that her daughter didn''te to meet her. "Howe she is not here?"


    "She is in her room asleep," Long Jie replied. " She has a slight fever."


    "Ryuu, take care of Xiaobao," Alcina said, quickly walking to Faye''s room.. "I will see Faye first."

 Chapter 404 - Provocation

    "Mama?" Faye said as she opened her eyes. She had tears in her eyes when she looked at her mom. It could be a dream-like every other and her mom wasn''t back yet.


    "Yes baby, mama is back," Alcina said in a won''t voice and kissed her temple. Her daughter sat on the bed to hug her mother. Her arms were wrapped around Alcina''s neck and she cried against her mom''s shoulder. Her cries were heart-wrenching.


    "Mama, don''t leave Faye," Faye softly said while crying. "I missed you."


    "I missed my baby a lot," Alcina whispered, kissing her cheek. "I will never leave you."


    "Promises?" Faye raised her hand to take the promise.


    Alcina nodded, joining her finger with her daughters."Pinky promise."


    Faye smiled but didn''t leave her immediately. She didn''t want her mom to be out of her sight even for a single moment.


    "How about we go down to see your baby brother?" Alcina asked after a while.


    "Baby brother?" Faye looked at her with wide green eyes. She was so gorgeous to look at. "He is here. Can Faye meet him?"


    "Of course, let''s go," Alcina chuckled at her excitement.


    "Mama, pick," Faye raised her arms.


    "Baby, mama is hurt," Alcina sighed and said."Mama can''t pick Faye. How about we call your dad to pick you up?"


    As if the little girl was reminded of something else, she asked, "Shu Shu?"


    Alcina couldn''t help but smile as she said, "Your Shu Shu is fine too. He came with us."


    "Mama, I will walk," The girl said with a wide smile. She was so happy today.


    "You sure you can?" Alcina asked once again.


    Faye nodded and walked with her mom to see her brother. She sat on the couch in the living room between Ryuu and Alcina. The baby was put in herp and she was so happy. She appeared as if no one was happier than her. Her smile was so infectious that everyone else was smiling at her. She was this family''s princess and not even the little prince could shake her position in everyone else''s heart.


    "Jiu Jiu, click the picture," Faye said in soft words. Her words were like getting touched by falling snow.


    "Aiyoo, you still give me heart attacks with this endearment." Long Jie dramatically said. He turned to look at his lovely wife and added,"Zhenyi, if we have such a beautiful daughter, we will be so blessed."


    Zhenyi rolled her eyes. "Too bad your son was disying his family''s jewel in the ultrasound."


    "Can you let something be a surprise?" Long Jie scowled at her. She didn''t understand the element of surprise at all.


    "What?" Zhenyi looked at him as if she hadn''t done anything wrong. "We already hid the news for such long. Why hide this too? Plus, bear with the fact we are having a son. Moreover, I''m not ready to share you with anyone yet. I have heard that daughters are father''s lovers inst life. I can''t have a lover between the both of us. Nope, not at all."


    Sometimes, the way she thought about most things was bewildering to even Long Jie.


    "You are unreasonable and petty, Zhenyi," Long Jie muttered.


    "Long Jie, I''m telling you again that you signed up forever. There is no way you can get rid of me," Zhenyi proudly informed him. She owns this man! Deal with it!


    Long Jie pulled her into his arms. "Do you think I wanna get rid of you?"


    Zhenyi blushed and buried her head in his chest.


    "Are they like this, B¨¤?" Ryuu asked his father."How are you handling their arguments?"


    "It''s good to have someone at home," Xin Yichen said with a fond smile. "When I found out that she was having a baby, I couldn''t let her be alone at this time. You were always the best and wisest and she was always my baby. Suddenly, my baby was having a baby of her own. I was happy yet confused at the same time. It was not easy for me.I wanted her to be with her family at this time. And I think it''s a good decision. Seeing them bicker first thing in the morning is worth everything. It is also a good start to the day. The house is more lively now."


    "You can always move in here, B¨¤," Alcina said. "If you are alone, you can live with us."


    "Yes, B¨¤," Ryuu said. " You have your whole family here."


    "Oh, consider me a permanent resident of this ce now," Xin Yichen said. " I will give equal time to all my grandchildren. I don''t want to lose any special moment of any of them."


    Ryuu and Alcina smiled. "It''s so good to have an elder at home."


    "Aiyoo, don''t make your old father cry now," Xin Yichen said dramatically.


    "Ba, didn''t you say that you will never get old?" Ryuu couldn''t help but tease his father.


    "Wait?! Where is my stick?" Xin Yichen''s voice boomed in the room. He suddenly remembered one thing. He grabbed Ryuu''s ears and twisted them. "What did you tell Zhenyi that I have impregnated a woman?"


    "Ba..it was a misunderstanding," Ryuu gulped. He could be one of the most powerful men in the room, but he was nothingpared to his father. He had never been beaten by his father but it seemed like he would be today.


    "Misunderstanding?"xin Yichen scoffed at him. "Is it time for me to give you some younger siblings?"


    Ryuu ran saving himself from the beating of his father as Xin Yichen ran behind him with a stick that Zhenyi handed him.


    She saw the whole scene unfolding, chewing on grapes.


    "B¨¤, hit him," Zhenyi encouraged her father. " He dared to make fun of you. How dare he say that you are busy with some other women?!"


    As if her provocation was less, she added, "B¨¤, he even said you are so old but think you are still sweet sixteen."


    Alcina and Long Jieughed at this.

 Chapter 405 - Xin Yichens Son

    It had been two month since Long Jie and Zhenyi announced that they would be having a baby soon. They were staying at Xin residence even though Zhenyi tried to negotiate with her father but it seemed as if fate was conspiring against her because her husband was on her father''s team. This was wrong. So wrong.


    She had been grumbling since this morning as she wasn''t getting something good to eat. Yes, both her husband and her father were unable to get her something good to eat because she couldn''t exin what she wanted to eat.


    At seven months pregnant, she was huge. She couldn''t move. Couldn''t walk. Worse, couldn''t sleep at night. Since she couldn''t sleep at night, all her days disappeared in naps.


    She was sitting alone at the dining table waiting for breakfast as her father was on her phone and Long Jie was nowhere to be seen. She inhaled the aroma of yummy food as a te of fluffy scrambled eggs were ced in front of her. She looked up to see her husband taking the seat next to her.


    "Did you cook this?" She asked him in excitement.


    He nodded and she did a little dance of excitement and dug in.


    "This is so yummy," Zhenyi said, taking a bite of the food. "I love you so much, husband."


    He stood up to kiss her cheek. "Not more than me."


    As they were having breakfast together, they saw Xin Yichen entering the dining room with Tang Yuzhang behind him.


    "B¨¤. Master Tang. How about you join us for breakfast?" Long Jie asked.


    "I was asking him the same but he says he has something more urgent than breakfast to talk to me," Xin Yichen said.


    Zhenyi looked up from her congee bowl at Tang Yuzhang as he was unusually tense and nervous. She said, "Then, I think you guys should talk first. Who knows if it''s important as Master Tang is saying."


    Tang Yuzhang gave her a grateful smile as Xin Yichen asked him to follow him to his study.


    "Jie, I have a very bad premonition," Zhenyi couldn''t help but say.


    He rubbed her back and said, "Don''t worry.Everything will be fine. How about youe with me out for a walk after breakfast?"


    Just as Long Jie said, both of them took a ten-minute walk in the garden and her mood went back to normal. They were returning to the living room when they found a livid Xin Yichen. Tang Yuzhang was nowhere to be seen.


    Long Jie helped Zhenyi sit on the couch while he took the file ced on the table. When he read the contents of the file, his eyes widened.


    "B¨¤¡­"


    "This isplete nonsense," Xin Yichen said, not sparing the file a look. "Howe I have a child out of nowhere? If Reine died in that episode, how the hell did a baby that was inside her manage to survive? And why would Reine lie to me about the gender of our baby?"


    When Zhenyi heard her father''s words, her face was showing a look of utter shock and realization. She whispered, "B¨¤, you know mom. Nothing she did makes sense. She is still rising, hiding Ryuu from the world, why? Because your and her enemy didn''t reach him. And it worked didn''t he? Maybe, she hide the gender of the baby because she knew something that no one else."


    "I buried a baby with Reine, Zhenyi," Xin Yichen said in a soft voice. "This is not making sense at all."


    "Did you ever match the baby''s DNA with mom or you?" Zhenyi asked and Xin Yichen fell silent. "I''m sure you did because you had thought that the baby died with mom. But the enemy was intelligent. He killed mom and put another dead baby on the spot. Anything is possible, B¨¤."


    She paused for a minute and then went on, "You know several months ago, I met a girl who looked like me. She said she was my long lost sister. I believed her when Ryuu and Long Jie didn''t. She is also the girl who spoke in my favour in court."


    Xin Yichen was shell shocked by the oue of the situation. He didn''t know what to say or do at this time.


    "You know what, B¨¤? That girl was mistaken as my long lost sibling and she has been held hostage all her life. She lost eighteen years of her life because someone decided to use her against you," Zhenyi informed him. "She felt her world flipped upside down when she found out that she had no connection with our family."


    "It''s a boy," Xin Yichen said in a very low voice. "Tang Yuzhang found him almost five years ago. But the boy refused toe back. He didn''t want to mess up our lives. How could it be possible, Zhenyi? Does it even make sense?"


    "It does if you think how mom can do anything to protect her children," Zhenyi said, making her father see the whole situation with a different outlook. "She could kill ten just to save one of her own. She was not a selfless woman. She could go to any level just to save her children. What if she was really pregnant with a boy and she ended up saving him? There are so many what ifs, B¨¤. Only a DNA test can solve this conspiracy."


    "And what if he really is your son?" Long Jie asked him. "What would you do?"


    Xin Yichen looked at Long Jie but didn''t say a word. He wasn''t Long Shaoming. He couldn''t keep his children in the dark for long. If the boy was really his son, he would do what was the right thing to do.


    And this was how he sent words to Tang Yuzhang and ordered a new DNA test done by his own team and waited for the result. However, the results came just as Tang Yuzhang had said.


    Xin family had another child.

 Chapter 406 - Changed Time

    The time changed for the Xin family soon. Xin Yichen brought his son back home. His son, Xin Yuanjun was given the ce in the family he deserved. Although both father and son had some reservations regarding each other, they believed that time would solve every problem between the two of them.


    Days changed into weeks and weeks into months. Long Jie and Zhenyi weed their son. Once their son was old enough, they shifted back to the mansion Long Jie and brought for Zhenyi even before they were married.


    Life was going smooth for Zhenyi and Jie and they couldn''t be more than happier.


    Today, their son was two years old.


    "Zheyi!"


    Zhenyi turned her head to smile widely at the most handsome creature on earth, calling her name in the cutestnguage. She removed her sses, closed herptop in a single movement and ced her sses on her desk before kneeling on the ground to grab the sprinting toddler into her arms.


    She kissed his rosy cheeks and he hugged her, wrapping his tiny arms around her neck.


    Zhenyiughed. Someone would think that she was meeting this little gentleman after weeks, not just a few hourster. But what could she do when he didn''t like her leaving him alone at home.


    "Long Zian! You are not allowed to call your mama by her name!" Long Jie appeared next, still holding Zian''s bag. He sighed when he found his gorgeous wife hugging his child. "And you are not allowed to spoil him so much."


    Zhenyi gave him a wide smile. "I missed both of my boys." She opened her arms like Zian and demanded a big hug from her husband who she had not seen for a week now.


    Long Jie sighed and kneeled on the ground to hug his one perfect family. "I''m not going away from both of you ever. I''m telling you, I will die one day by missing you guys so much."


    "Zian, tell dad we missed him too," Zhenyi kissed Long Jie''s cheeks while Zian was filling his fist with her hair. Did she mention he loved ying with her long hair?


    "Jie. Jie. We miss. Jie. Jie." Zian was talking gibberish and kissing his father who he had not seen in a long time. He wasn''t kissing but rubbing saliva on his mouth with his palm.


    "I missed my son too," Long Jie gave him a real kiss. He picked Zian in his arms and looked at Zhenyi intently. "Cat eyes, how about we have a lunch date?"


    "What about Zian?" Zhenyi couldn''t help but ask him. "Fan Bingbing is my assistant, not my babysitter. And you remember she has her newborn to take care of?"


    As if fate couldn''t be more twisted, Fan Bingbing was now married to Sam. Yes, the same Sam who was best friends with Zhenyi. Zhang Han and Fan Bingbing broke up a few months after dating as thetter was not ready tomit as his career was on the rise. When Fan Bingbing thought she was over her unrequited love, he came back to her life like a storm. After three Rocky three years and numerous big events that tied their red strings, these two were together now and so much happy with their lives.


    "We will take him with us," Long Jie with a smile. He missed his wife and son so much that he was looking for ways to spend time with them. This was how he was living for thest two years. "And don''t say, you have a meeting or stuff. I''m not going to listen to you!"


    "Fine. Fine," Zhenyi said with a sigh. It has been more than three years since she was married to this ridiculously amazing man. And he was as romantic as ever. Gosh, she loved this man.


    Their life had changed a lot in those two years. Zian came into their life like a tornado and changed the course of their life. But she would say it was for the better.


    Long Jie held her hand and took both oh then to the restaurant he had booked for three of them. They had a very pleasant time at the restaurant. After their lunch date, he didn''t let her return to the office but dragged her with him to apany him and Zian to a park.


    Zian was ying with other kids in the park while both of them were sitting on the bench, staring at their kid.


    "Jie, have you noticed how our life changed in these two years?" Zhenyi asked, cing her head on his shoulder.


    Long Jie smiled. "We grew up. We have an amazing child. And we went through a lot of things in these two years."


    "How is work on your end?" Zhenyi asked him.


    Although Long Jie left his position at Long groups, he didn''t leave his brothers all alone and helpless. He spent these two years cementing Yuan''s ce in Long groups.


    The yful and reckless Long Yuan had grown up a lot. He understood his elder brother''s predicament. He refused to call Long Jie his cousin because he would always see him as an elder brother. Even when Long Jie left the family at Song Lily''s request, Yuan, Wei and Long Jie were as close as ever. They would spend at least a day together in a week.


    "It''s going great. I can finally give reign to Yuan and Wei has been helping a lot," Long Jie replied to his wife. "Long Sheng''s death changed a lot of things, honey. The family is not the same."


    "Did you tell Wei--"


    Long Jie cut off her sentence by saying, "Do you hate me, Cat eyes?"


    "Why would I?" Zhenyi sighed. She couldn''t understand what he was trying to say.


    "I didn''t tell Wei about Long Sheng''s truth. He destroyed your family," Long Jie whispered.


    ....


    Author Note: The book is going to end in few chapters. I know it has been a long journey. But I believe that it''s time to end this. Zhenyi and Long Jie are so in love. Everyone is back at the ces where they belong. Jun returned to his family. Alcina and Ryuu had his family. Long Wei and Long Yuan had their families. And Long Jie and Zhenyi had their own.. Even Fan Bingbing got her happily ever after with the only man she loved.

 Chapter 407 - Happily Ever After (The End!)

    "You are trying to protect an innocent man from the horrible truth of his father," Zhenyi said, caressing his face. "I don''t hate you. I don''t see a reason for hating you. Ryuu did what he thought was right. You are doing what is right. I don''t mind. Also, B¨¤ texted me to inform me that he was expecting us for dinner at his ce. Also, he is missing Zian. It''s been a month since he saw his precious grandson."


    Long Jie shook his head as if he couldn''t understand his father-inw."Doesn''t B¨¤ feel tired? He had three grandsons and a granddaughter. Still, he is missing Zian? How does he even have the energy to keep up with four over-energetic kids?"


    Zhenyi rolled her eyes. "If the country doesn''t have a three kids policy, I''m sure B¨¤ will have a home full of little grandchildren." Long Jie choked on air as he heard his wife say.


    "Zhenyi, how can you talk about Ryuu like that?"


    "Come on, Jie, you know that I am right," Zhenyi said, shrugging. She couldn''t understand how Alcina and Ryuu had so much time and energy to produce two children in three years when she was having a hard time raising one. Ryuu and Alcina had another son named Tang Nanxian.


    "Da. Da. Da." Zian came running to Long Jie and grabbed his hand. He was trying to pull his dad with him. "y. Ziu. Say. y."


    Long Jie looked at his wife and smiled at her. He let Zian take him where his son wanted to. When he saw what Zian wanted to say, he shook his head, "You want to try swing? It''s dangerous, son."


    Nope. He wasn''t going to let his son try this dangerous wing even if it was for children.


    Not at all.


    What if his son fell down and hurt himself?


    Zian was such an easily satisfied child that he didn''t know how to be stubborn like his mom. Instead of throwing a tantrum like other kids, he gave his father a big innocent smile as he opened his arms and waved them up and down. He knew that stubbornness and tantrum didn''t work for his parent. He used another approach that would surely work,"Dada. Ziu. Bub. Uh. Now. Da. Da. Swing."


    Now how in hell Long Jie was supposed to say no to his son?


    You see, this boy was his only child. Someone he loved and cared for more than anyone else. If Zian wanted to try this wing, he would just let him as long as it was safe.


    "I love you too, my dear but can you not use it every time I say no to you?" Long Jie made him sit on the child''s safe swing and begged him. "I can''t even tell people that my son just smiles at me and says how much he loves me and I lose my resolve. Your sweetness and your mom is bad for my resolve."


    "Dada. Ziu bub. Uh." Zian shouted in excitement as Long Jie pushed the swing safely.


    "Yeah. Yeah. Dada loves Zian too," Long Jie said, rolling his eyes. He would never tell anyone how much he felt warmth in his heart whenever Zian said he loved him.


    Long Jie had never enjoyed this time with his own parents. Neither Song Lily nor Long Shaoming gave him the love he always craves for. But this was something he never wanted for his son.


    When Long Jie was taught about responsibilities and duties as a member of the Long family, he would teach his son what loving and caring meant. Not just for others but for himself too. He wanted Zian to have all the love and familial love he and Zhenyi never received.


    From a distance, Zhenyi was capturing this beautiful scene on her phone. She was the same woman who used to run away from children. But this silly and beautiful baby of hers made her see how beautiful motherhood could be.


    She didn''t know what a mother''s love felt like but it would be the same as the kind of love she had for Zian, right? Some days, she used to wonder if Tang Reine loved her in the same way she loved Zian. If it was so, she wanted to hell her mom that she loved her too even when thetter wasn''t with her.


    "Zhenyi?" Long Jie suddenly called out her name, jolting her out of trance.


    Zhenyi looked at him with a smile and raised her brows. He waved at her asking her toe over and she found her feet walking to him on instinct. She would always go to him no matter where he was because she belonged to him in the same way he belonged to her. They were made for each other. Even though the way they met was quite a cliche, she ended up falling for this man. And today, she was living her happily ever after with him.


    "Come sit on the swing. I will push you," Long Jie once she reached him.


    "What?!" Zhenyiughed. "I''m not a child."


    "I know you are not! You know what, Cat eyes? We both have a child in our hearts that didn''te out. Let''s give that child a time toe out. Let''s behave like a child with our child," Long Jie said with a smile and made Zhenyi sit on the swing as he pushed her in the air making herugh and giggle endlessly.


    "My dear dangerous wife, I love you!" Long Jie shouted as Zian danced on his legs at his mom''s giggle.


    "And Mr Long, I love you more!" Zhenyi shouted as both Long Jie and Zianughed and giggled with her.


    "Ma. Da. Zian. Bub. Uh!" This was Zian copying his parents.


    Aiyoo, how they forget him.


    "We love you the most, Zian!" Both Zhenyi and Long Jie said at the same time, with the most beautiful smile on their faces.


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