The Counterattack of a Wealthy Family's Substitute

"Boss, let's go skiing tomorrow."

Bai Tingsheng saw Xi Yuanchen looking over and asked him a question.

Xi Yuanchen looked at Yao Yingxi and nodded: "Okay."

I brought Yao Yingxi here because I wanted to ski.

"That's a great suggestion. I think we should go skiing tomorrow and have a barbecue at the beach the day after."

Fang Ting made the suggestion.

Yao Yingxi lowered her eyes and ate the food in her bowl, chewing slowly.

She spoke privately to Xi Yuanchen tonight, telling him to go with his friends by himself, and that she didn't need to go if she wasn't going, so as not to spoil everyone's fun.

The people at the dinner table were still talking. Yao Yingxi wasn't familiar with them and didn't know their past, so she just listened quietly.

"I remember the funniest time was when I was in school."

"Yeah."

Xi Yuanchen remained silent, which no one found strange, since Xi Yuanchen's personality was naturally cold.

Yao Yingxi leaned over to Xi Yuanchen and whispered, "I'm going to the restroom."

Xi Yuanchen nodded, and Yao Yingxi got up from her chair.

Each private room in the restaurant has a restroom, but Yao Yingxi did not go to the restroom in the private room. Instead, she left the private room on her own.

She wanted to go outside and catch her breath. Sitting there, she felt like she was invisible, unable to fit into Xi Yuanchen's circle. This sense of being out of place was too obvious.

Yao Yingxi went outside. The cold wind blew, making her hair flutter and making it easier for her to breathe.

"Miss Yao, why are you standing at the door?"

Fang Qing, who had come out, pretended to be surprised when she saw Yao Yingxi.

Hearing the voice, Yao Yingxi glanced at Fang Qing, paused for a moment, then smiled and said, "I came out to make a phone call, and I was just about to go back in."

Fang Qing nodded, and seeing Yao Yingxi about to open the door, she asked, "Have you been with Yuan Chen for a long time?"

Yao Yingxi turned to look at her, puzzled.

Fang Qing chuckled: "Don't overthink it, I'm just showing concern for a friend."

Yao Yingxi was silent for a moment before speaking, "I've known Mr. Xi for a year."

Mr. Xi?

She also knew that Xi Yuanchen only kept her by his side because he considered her as Ye An'an, and he certainly wouldn't let her call her that intimately like Ye An'an.

Fang Qing nodded politely, "That's right, Miss Yao, I'll go make a call first."

After saying that, she walked away on her own, and as she turned around, a disdainful smirk appeared on her lips.

Fang Qing despised those women who were kept by wealthy men, relying on their looks to be lazy and good-for-nothing.

When Yao Yingxi went inside, Xi Yuanchen's friends stopped talking about their previous funny stories and started discussing stocks of certain companies or real estate, etc.

Yao Yingxi sat down and noticed that the food on the table was slightly spicy, as she was from the north and there were chili peppers on the table.

Yao Yingxi glanced sideways and saw Xi Yuanchen picking a piece of meat out of the stir-fried pork with chili peppers.

Yao Yingxi didn't frown slightly. Just as Xi Yuanchen was about to put it in his mouth, she called out to him, "Mr. Xi."

Xi Yuanchen put the food from his chopsticks into the bowl, stared at her, and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Mr. Xi, are you full? I'm a little tired."

Without hesitation, Xi Yuanchen put down his chopsticks, stood up, and whispered to Bai Tingsheng, "Let's go back to our room first. See you tomorrow."

Bai Tingsheng had just heard what Yao Yingxi said and nodded.

Yao Yingxi stood up as well, and the three people who were talking, along with Fang Qing who was about to come in, saw Xi Yuanchen preparing to leave.

She stopped talking and stood up: "Yuanchen, are you going back?"

Xi Yuanchen gave a faint "hmm".

"Then you should arrive early for skiing tomorrow."

Fang Qing gave her instructions, her eyes filled with a smile, while she also looked at Yao Yingxi.

Yao Yingxi felt that when he looked at her with a smile, it was as if he was being aggressive.

Xi Yuanchen hummed in agreement again.

Yao Yingxi stood silently beside him.

The group addressed Yao Yingxi, saying, "Miss Yao, see you tomorrow."

He was waving his hand as he spoke.

Yao Yingxi smiled and nodded, her clear voice ringing out: "See you tomorrow."

The two left the private room and returned to their room.

Xi Yuanchen said, "I'm going to take a shower first."

Yao Yingxi asked, "Mr. Xi, are you full?"

Although she kept her head down at the dinner table, she was secretly observing what Xi Yuanchen was eating.

Xi Yuanchen was about to take a shower when he heard her ask this. He assumed she hadn't eaten enough and looked at her, saying, "There's a front desk phone number on the table."

Yao Yingxi nodded, and Xi Yuanchen continued walking towards the bathroom.

Yao Yingxi walked to the table on the bedside table and saw a sign with the front desk's phone number.

Yao Yingxi picked up the phone and dialed the number.

When Xi Yuanchen came out of the bathroom, Yao Yingxi was sitting on the tatami in front of the floor-to-ceiling window with a computer on her lap.

"Did you call the front desk?"

Yao Yingxi was so focused on checking things that she didn't hear what Xi Yuanchen said.

Xi Yuanchen frowned slightly and sat down next to Yao Yingxi.

The tatami mat beneath him lowered slightly due to the weight of the mat.

Yao Yingxi looked up and saw Xi Yuanchen had finished showering, wearing pajamas, his hair wet and falling down his sides.

Yao Yingxi was a little unhappy. She put down the computer and said, "Mr. Xi, let me help you blow-dry your hair."

With Xi Yuanchen's hair so wet, even though the room was heated, he might catch a cold if he opened the door or went out onto the balcony.

Xi Yuanchen didn't speak, which was taken as tacit agreement. Yao Yingxi went into the bathroom and took out a white hair dryer.

Yao Yingxi plugged the hair dryer into the socket and knelt down behind Xi Yuanchen.

Warm air blew out of the hairdryer, making the ends of his hair stick up.

Xi Yuanchen's hair was short, and it dried in less than ten minutes.

Yao Yingxi put the hairdryer back in the bathroom.

The doorbell rang as soon as I stepped out.

Xi Yuanchen was about to get up when Yao Yingxi said, "Mr. Xi, please sit down, I'll do it."

She had already changed into a fluffy nightgown, and her tone of voice carried a hint of domineering authority, like a haughty cat.

Yao Yingxi spoke like this because she was in a hurry. Xi Yuanchen had just come out of the shower, and it wouldn't be warmer outside than inside. If he opened the door and was exposed to the cold air, he might catch a cold.

Xi Yuanchen's body was not as weak as she thought.

Yao Yingxi opened the door and saw that the person who had led them there in the afternoon was carrying two insulated boxes.

"Thank you."

She smiled, took it from the man's hand, and closed the door.

Seeing that she was carrying things, Xi Yuanchen went over and took them from her.

Yao Yingxi didn't stop him and gave the things to Xi Yuanchen.

After tidying up the wooden table, Xi Yuanchen put down the insulated box.

Yao Yingxi took out every single dish from inside.

Xi Yuanchen frowned: "You're not full?"

There was quite a lot of food. He hadn't noticed Yao Yingxi while they were eating, so he didn't know how much she had eaten.

"Fortunately."

Yao Yingxi took out chopsticks and a disposable plastic bowl from the resort restaurant, filled a bowl with soup and placed it in front of Xi Yuanchen: "Mr. Xi, please have some soup."

She couldn't stop Xi Yuanchen from going in to drink, nor could she stop him, since those people were Xi Yuanchen's friends, and she was just a woman with no official status by his side.

We shouldn't interfere too much in Xi Yuanchen's affairs, and even if it's for his health, we shouldn't show it in front of those people.

Yao Yingxi was somewhat afraid that people would see that she harbored delusional thoughts about Xi Yuanchen.