Wow! My wife is beautiful and obedient, everyone envies her!

“I will not be a part of your scheme, Ms. Daphne.”

Qi Yuan looked at her calmly.

Daphne stood there, stunned.

She looked at Qi Yuan in surprise, unable to believe that he knew what she was thinking.

Indeed, she wanted to do something subtle that wouldn't anger Noah to the point of killing her, nor would it make Ryan think she was on Noah's side.

Ryan is her brother, and Daphne knows how dissatisfied he is with Noah becoming the head of the family, and what he is doing behind the scenes trying to take back the position.

Daphne overheard a conversation between the old man and Noah before the old man passed away, and learned that Noah would give the family members three chances to make mistakes.

Daphne planned to make good use of these three opportunities to ensure her survival in the family, no matter who became the head of the family.

She had read the investigation about Qi Yuan and knew how straight he was.

Therefore, she deliberately brought Lennon to Davis's house today, hoping that Lennon would intimidate and frighten Qi Yuan, so that she could then interfere and snatch Qi Yuan away.

She snatched Qi Yuan to cause trouble for Noah and to show her loyalty, but she was also willing to waste this opportunity because Qi Yuan was good-looking.

But to her surprise, Qi Yuan actually knew what she was thinking.

Daphne wasn't angry when her plan was exposed and she was rejected.

She smiled and said, "What scheming? Isn't following me better than following Noah? Qi Yuan, Lennon is only giving you three months. If you follow me, Lennon won't bother you anymore. But if you follow Noah, Lennon will kill you. Think it over carefully, who can truly protect you?"

Qi Yuan raised his eyebrows, his gaze resolute, and calmly said, "I don't need anyone's protection."

Daphne narrowed her beautiful eyes, revealing a hint of appreciation.

If anyone else had said such a thing, Daphne would have thought that the other person was disrespecting the power of the Davis family. But after reading Qi Yuan's information, she felt that this was the kind of thing he would say.

Having had that information as a foundation and anticipating Qi Yuan's reaction, Daphne wasn't too angry when Qi Yuan rejected her suggestion.

I like it even more now.

After all, she has no shortage of obedient toys around her, and it's quite interesting to occasionally have a pretty, individualistic, and disobedient one.

“You have three months. Like Lennon, I’m not in a hurry. In these three months, no matter what happens, if you change your mind, you can come to me anytime.”

"I won't change my mind. Ms. Daphne, I have a piece of advice for you: when choosing a side, stand firmly on one side. Otherwise, if the other side sees you wavering, they'll think you're an untrustworthy opportunist and might even consider removing you from their fold. Besides, if you really want to save your life, you might as well do nothing at all. By doing nothing, you won't offend either side."

Daphne narrowed her beautiful eyes. Qi Yuan's words made her feel somewhat uncomfortable. She said, "I only gave you a chance because of your reputation. Don't think I really care about you. You don't know what's good for you. You're too green to teach me how to do things at your age!"

Daphne could tolerate Qi Yuan's rejection, but she couldn't stand his lecturing. Even though some of his words made sense, no one likes to have someone suddenly jump out and say that their plan is full of loopholes when they think it's perfect.

It wasn't the lecturing that made her unhappy; it was the other person who ruined her good mood.

Qi Yuan was quite flexible and adaptable. Seeing that the other party was angered by him, he immediately said, "I'm sorry."

Just two words, not a single extra word to defend himself.

Daphne snorted and left the room.

After she left, Asa came in.

The first thing he did upon entering was to inquire about Qi Yuan's condition: "Mr. Qi Yuan, are you alright?"

"It's nothing." With that, Qi Yuan tucked the dagger back under his pillow.

Seeing Qi Yuan's actions, Asha didn't ask any more questions and stood quietly to the side.

Qi Yuan started reading again.

time flies.

After lunch, Qi Yuan read for a while and then took a nap.

When I woke up from my afternoon nap, it was already pitch black outside the window.

The old pendulum clock on the wall was pointing to 5:12 p.m.

Upon seeing that he had woken up, Asa instructed the servants to prepare dinner for him.

Qi originally thought that since Lennon had come to his house to cause trouble today, Noah would come and chat with him for a while.

As time passed, it became 10 p.m. The whole house was as quiet as a haunted house. There was only the howling of the wind outside. No one heard the door being pushed open, nor did they see Noah come in.

I'm actually somewhat hoping Noah will come.

Qi Yuan felt that he had been somewhat presumptuous.

Just because Noah came to check on his wounds the day he fell down the stairs doesn't mean that Lennon will come to check on him today just because he's causing a scene at the house.

The head of the Davis family really doesn't need to coax a pretty face that doesn't want him to touch, does he?

Having figured this out, Qi Yuan no longer expected to see Noah that night.

And coincidentally, the book he was reading tonight was a detective novel.

The characters are well-developed, the plot is interesting, and even after watching nearly half of it, I still couldn't guess who the murderer was.

Perhaps because he took a nap in the afternoon, Qi Yuan was very energetic at the moment, with the kind of drive that he would not sleep until he finished reading the book.

Just then, there was a gentle knock on the door.

Qi Yuan looked up and saw the door being gently pushed open.

The person who came in was Noah.

Qi Yuan stared wide-eyed in surprise.

Noah had just finished showering; his golden hair was slightly damp, he was holding a towel, and he was wearing white pajamas.

The two looked at each other, both with a hint of surprise in their eyes.

"It's so late, why aren't you asleep? Is the book that interesting?" Noah broke the silence by asking.

He closed the door and came in.

Qi Yuan retorted, "What are you doing here so late?"

"Let me see if you've been scared to tears?"

Qi Yuan: "..."

Noah chuckled, plopped down on the edge of the bed, and dried his still-damp hair with a towel in one hand. "I heard that Lennon and your aunt came to see you today. They're giving you trouble."

"Ah."

"Sigh..." Noah sighed deeply and remained silent.

Qi Yuan said, "They didn't hurt me. Although they all said that you don't have much power now and that you can't punish them even if they cause you trouble, I think they're just trying to scare me."

Noah lifted his eyelids, looking at Qi Yuan with some surprise, and asked, "Why?"

"Because they didn't lay a hand on me. If you really have no power, in their eyes I should be no different from an ant, someone they can crush at will. They wouldn't just talk and try to fool me."

Lennon and Daphne came to Qi Yuan in a fierce manner, saying a lot of things like, "If you don't obey, we'll kill you."

It seems like they've left Qi Yuan a way out, letting him choose for himself, but in reality, they're also leaving themselves a way out, because they don't dare to completely break ties with Noah.