Yan Xi tried hard to keep Fu Yan Ting out of her mind, but her thoughts kept returning to him uncontrollably.
Alone in her room, lost in thought, Yan Xi's phone suddenly rang. It was Xiang Jing Chen calling.
Yan Xi answered.
"Sister, are you okay?" Xiang Jing Chen asked, his voice laced with worry.
"I'm fine. What's wrong?" Yan Xi asked, confused.
Hearing Yan Xi's response, Xiang Jing Chen suddenly became unsure if calling her had been the right decision or not.
After a moment of silence, Xiang Jing Chen replied, "Nothing."
"Jing Chen, we're family. If anything happens, you have to tell me," Yan Xi urged.
Xiang Jing Chen had initially not wanted to tell Yan Xi, but now, he had no other choice.
He spoke softly, "Sister, what's your beef with the leader of the assassination organization? The leader has issued a threat. If you don't go see him, he'll kill your mother."
Yan Xi's body trembled upon hearing Xiang Jing Chen's words.
She hadn't expected that person to be so despicable.
He was about to marry Xia Shi Xue, yet he still wouldn't let her go.
Yan Xi clenched her fists tightly.
"Sister, if the leader of that assassination organization has feelings for you, then just yield to him," Xiang Jing Chen pleaded.
Yan Xi didn't respond. She hung up the phone directly.
Has feelings for her?
This was the funniest joke Yan Xi had ever heard.
That demon, the demon who killed without batting an eye, how could he possibly have feelings for her?
His current actions were merely born out of possessiveness.
Yan Xi closed her eyes in despair.
What could she do to sever all ties with that man and still rescue Yao Wan Qi?
Feeling uneasy, Yan Xi walked out of her room, only to find that Mu Jing Chen wasn't home. She breathed a sigh of relief and tiptoed to find Fu Yan Ting.
When Yan Xi arrived at Fu Yan Ting's villa, he was still working in his study. Xia Shi Xue opened the door.
The moment Xia Shi Xue opened the door and saw Yan Xi, she panicked. The leader of the assassination organization was indeed Fu Yan Ting, a fact Xia Shi Xue knew. Otherwise, she wouldn't have chosen to marry him.
However, Xia Shi Xue had also witnessed Fu Yan Ting's feelings for Yan Xi.
Xia Shi Xue worried that Fu Yan Ting might suddenly change his mind.
No matter what, she couldn't let Yan Xi have another chance to get close to Fu Yan Ting and shake his resolve.
Xia Shi Xue let out a cold snort and said with annoyance, "Oh, I wonder who it is. Turns out it's the young madam of the Fu family."
After speaking, Xia Shi Xue feigned surprise and corrected herself, "Look at my memory. You and Fu Yan Ting are already divorced. You're no longer the young madam of the Fu family."
Yan Xi had come to see Fu Yan Ting today and didn't want to have a direct confrontation with Xia Shi Xue.
Ignoring Xia Shi Xue's provocation, Yan Xi tried to go directly to Fu Yan Ting.
However, Xia Shi Xue quickly blocked her path and said with annoyance, "Stop right there. Do you know who I am now? You can't even put me in your eyes."
Yan Xi cast a cold glance at Xia Shi Xue and continued walking inside without responding.
"No matter what you do, Fu Yan Ting will never love you again. You'd better give up on that idea."
With this statement, Xia Shi Xue had inadvertently revealed Fu Yan Ting's identity, directly telling Yan Xi that the leader of the assassination organization was Fu Yan Ting.
Unfortunately, Yan Xi's mind was entirely preoccupied with Yao Wan Qi at the moment and she didn't grasp the implied meaning of Xia Shi Xue's words.
Xia Shi Xue, standing there in the capacity of the Fu family's young madam, lectured Yan Xi.
Yan Xi looked at Xia Shi Xue and said, "You keep lecturing me. What about you? You're the soon-to-be fiancée of the leader of an assassination organization, and you're here discussing Fu Yan Ting with me. Aren't you afraid he'll find out and reject you?"
Xia Shi Xue was about to retort, but upon hearing Yan Xi's words, she suddenly realized her mistake. She quickly changed her tune, "So what? No matter who it is, their final choice will never be you, Yan Xi. You'd better give up on that idea."
Yan Xi frowned. This Xia Shi Xue, who had seemed so sensible before, now appeared to have someone pulling her strings. Her previous behavior must have been an act.
Yan Xi found Xia Shi Xue extremely disagreeable and couldn't be bothered to waste more words on her.
She was here for Yao Wan Qi today.
For Yao Wan Qi, she had to meet the leader of the assassination organization.
"Oh, right. I heard you're getting married to Mu Jing Chen. I haven't congratulated you yet." Xia Shi Xue suddenly saw Fu Yan Ting walking out of the study and quickly said this to Yan Xi.
On the surface, Xia Shi Xue was congratulating Yan Xi, but in reality, she was deliberately saying it for Fu Yan Ting to hear. She wanted to use this method to tell Fu Yan Ting that Yan Xi was marrying another man, and that Yan Xi didn't deserve his love.
"Aren't you also getting married to the leader of the assassination organization? We're in the same boat."
Fu Yan Ting, hearing Yan Xi's words from the study, his face turned extremely grim.
He had deliberately found Xia Shi Xue and said he wanted to marry her quickly.
This was because Fu Yan Ting knew that Yan Xi was about to marry Mu Jing Chen.
Fu Yan Ting wanted to know if Yan Xi had ever loved him, Fu Yan Ting, in her heart.
What position did he, Fu Yan Ting, occupy in Yan Xi's heart?
But now, when Xia Shi Xue congratulated Yan Xi, Yan Xi hadn't even denied it.
Instead, she had generously congratulated Xia Shi Xue.
Recalling this, Fu Yan Ting's heart ached. His sincere heart had ultimately been misplaced.
Fu Yan Ting slowly walked downstairs with a blank expression.
Seeing Fu Yan Ting descend, Yan Xi could no longer care about anything else. She rushed to Fu Yan Ting and asked, "Where is Yao Wan Qi?"
Fu Yan Ting's eyebrows slightly rose. He was displeased with Yan Xi's attitude. He leaned casually against the doorframe, one hand in his pocket, the other holding a cigarette, but he didn't light it.
When he was with Yan Xi, she couldn't stand the smell of tobacco.
Fu Yan Ting, with his heavy smoking habit, had actually managed to quit.
Sometimes, when he craved a cigarette, he would simply take one out and smell it.
For Fu Yan Ting, smelling it was equivalent to smoking it, and Yan Xi wouldn't have to suffer from secondhand smoke. What a wonderful thing.
Even now, Fu Yan Ting hadn't smoked, and it seemed to have become a habit.
Seeing Fu Yan Ting's indifferent demeanor, Yan Xi's anger instantly flared.
Looking at Fu Yan Ting, Yan Xi said fiercely, "I'm warning you. If Yao Wan Qi so much as loses a single strand of hair, I'll fight you to the death."
Hearing Yan Xi's words, Fu Yan Ting not only wasn't angry, but he actually found it amusing. And he was truly impolite, bursting into laughter.
Fu Yan Ting raised an eyebrow and asked, "What makes you think I'll listen to you?"