บท 51: A dark and sinister Zhiyuan

Shuang smiled as she texted.

'Pain in the ass and Xiaosi? Heh. You think too lowly of me.'

'My deepest apologies, Madam.'

'Anyway, I have a lot to say to you. Let's talk after I return.'

'Cool.'

'See ya.'

She was about to go offline but then a message came again.

'Shuang.'

She typed. 'What's it?'

Shuang saw him typing for a long time. He would pause and then type again. This went on for a long time before he finally said, 'Take care.'

She blinked her eyes and furrowed her brows.

'It took you that long to type just that?'

'Ah gotta go. Work call. Bye.'

Then he went offline and there was silence.

Shuang frowned.

Strange…

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After the whole fiasco got over, everybody quickly apologized and escaped to save themselves before Zhiyuan took any action against them. There was no doubt that the Han Corps was capable of bankrupting all their companies together at just the snap of his finger.

On Mu Chuanli's insistence, Miss Li grudgingly apologized to Zhiyuan not to lose her future in-law's favor.

There was silence as only Caihong, Zhiyuan, and Xinyi were left. Siying stared at the adults in confusion.

Zhiyuan worriedly checked Xinyi and Siying. "Are you two alright?"

Xinyi nodded. "We are fine."

Siying asked, "Dada, Why are you so worried?"

Zhiyuan picked him up and said, "Siying, you didn't call me, right? Saying that you got lost? Just fifteen minutes ago."

"No, Dada. I never called you. I was taking care of Mama!"

Xinyi widened her eyes. "No, Zhiyuan. Siying was with me the whole time. Actually, I wanted to say that this misunderstanding might be a-"

"A trap," he coldly smiled. "Yes. I understand that."

Suddenly, Chyou came running and said, "Siying!"

Siying waved his hand.

Xinyi figured this was a good chance for the kids to be out of this confrontation. She bent and smiled. "Ah see, Chyou is here too. Why don't you two go and play?"

Siying clutched her leg. "But Mama is sick...I will stay with Mama."

Chyou gasped. "Aunty, you are sick?" Her small brows tensed up and she got concerned.

She tugged her dress. "Don't worry, Aunty. I will take care of you too!"

Xinyi said, "Thank you so much for your concern but Zhiyuan is here with me, so I am fine. And....we have to talk for just a bit and you will get bored. So, until we are done, have fun playing."

Siying and Chyou nodded. "Okay!"

As they hopped away, Zhiyuan angrily said, "Come out, Xiaosi. I know it was you."

Caihong clenched her fists.

I knew it. Everything seemed too abnormal. Xiaosi was behind this after all.

Xiaosi whistled. "Woah you already figured out it was me?"

Zhiyuan threateningly stepped in front of him and coldly said, "This isn't some joke. How dare you fake a call as Siying?"

Since Xiaosi was well versed with security and hacking, it was easy for him to pose as Siying and make that fake call with a voice changer.

"How would you feel if somebody played such a disgusting joke concerning Chyou?"

Xiaosi yawned. "Come on Zhi. It wasn't a big deal. In the end, didn't your lovely wife save you?" He chuckled. "Plus, I had full confidence that you wouldn't go down with just this or it would be too pathetic."

"When did you stoop so low, Xiaosi, that you want to stain Caihong and my reputation? Let's forget about me since you hate me anyway. But didn't you think how this could have affected Caihong?"

Caihong silently snorted.

Xiaosi narrowed his eyes. "Mr. Han Zhiyuan. I know what I am doing. You don't need to tell me anything especially concerning my wife."

Then he craned his neck and smiled at Xinyi. "But I must say, Xinyi. I am impressed how you came up with the lies to save him. That was really good work. Though I really had hoped that you stayed in your room and had a good rest like you were supposed to. The drama got over too soon."

Without any warning, Zhiyuan suddenly clutched his collar and punched Xiaosi on his face.

Xinyi gasped in shock. "Zhiyuan!" She quickly held him back. "Zhiyuan, he is doing this purposely to provoke you. Forget it."

But Zhiyuan shook her arm off and charged to punch him again. Xiaosi chuckled as he wiped off the blood from his lip. But this time, Xiaosi stopped his hand.

Caihong wanted to stop them but she found herself too frozen to do anything. She wanted to help Zhiyuan, but she felt she had no right to do it.

Because Xinyi was by his side….

"That was some power-packed punch. Why are you so angry, Zhi?" He sneered.

"Don't call me by that name!" Zhiyuan roared. "You are not that friend of mine who used to call me that. The Xiaosi who called me Zhi was never this disgusting!"

Xiaosi said nothing.

"You used my son and then you did something to make Xinyi sick to stop her from giving the presentation. Xiaosi, I don't care what hatred you have for me. If you want to destroy me, then go ahead and do it. I will face you head-on. But I fucking warn you not to drag my wife and son into this. If you play with their lives, then trust me, I will make your life worse than hell."

Caihong stiffened in her place. She glanced at him once and then slowly lowered her gaze.

Xinyi slowly raised her head and her gaze met to see the dangerous light in his eyes.

She had never seen Zhiyuan like that. This was the first time she had seen him so furious and that was for her sake.

He wasn't this mad even when Han Huizhong had forced Caihong apart from him years back.

But tonight, the gentle Zhiyuan seemed so dark and sinister because she was hurt.

Xiaosi sneered. "If you want to accuse me of making her sick, then please show the evidence."

Zhiyuan already knew there was none. With the confidence that he spoke, he must have already destroyed his traces of doing anything to Xinyi's food.

"We both know the truth so drop this act."

Xinyi held his arm and softly said, "Zhiyuan, let's go. What matters is that Siying is alright and the misunderstanding got clear. No matter what Xiaosi says, he still lost."