The Counterattack of a Wealthy Family's Substitute

Yao Yingxi watched him disinfect her wound, her heart fluttering slightly, but she quickly suppressed it. She thought to herself that Xi Yuanchen was only helping her because his friend had made a mistake, and that she shouldn't overthink it; he didn't like her and had no feelings for her.

After Xi Yuanchen finished preparing the medicine, he put it away, glanced at Yao Yingxi with a gloomy expression, and said nothing.

For a brief moment, it seemed as if something was beyond his control, but he couldn't quite put his finger on what it was.

Yao Yingxi lowered her eyes to look at her hands, which she had already cleaned, and remained silent.

The car drove all the way to the dock and stopped. Bai Tingsheng turned off the engine and unbuckled his seatbelt.

Xi Yuanchen opened his car door and got out, placing his hand on the door and looking at Yao Yingxi with an unwavering gaze.

Yao Yingxi withdrew her hand from the car door she was about to open, got out from Xi Yuanchen's side, and placed her uninjured hand on his warm palm.

As they got out of the car, Yuan Xi and the others were already standing on the dock, seemingly glaring at them.

"Tingsheng, where did you all go?"

They had arrived long ago, but couldn't see anyone behind them, so they had no choice but to wait here in case Xi Yuanchen and the others didn't know.

Bai Tingsheng glanced at Fang Qing, who was sitting there, and replied indifferently, "Buy medicine."

After a long silence, Xi Yuanchen spoke up: "Where is the ship?"

The wind was a bit strong at the beach, making Yao Yingxi's hair flutter.

Yuan Xi quickly replied, "This one."

He pointed to a white-painted boat.

Xi Yuanchen pulled Yao Yingxi onto the boat, Bai Tingsheng followed behind, and Fang Qing brought up the rear.

The ship rocked slightly and left the dock. Xi Yuanchen pulled Yao Yingxi into the large cabin: "Let's get some sleep."

Upon hearing this, Yao Yingxi paused, then shook her head: "I'm not sleepy. Can I go out to see the sea?"

Yuncheng is neither by the sea nor by the mountains, and Yao Yingxi has rarely seen the sea, let alone seen it like this.

Xi Yuanchen nodded: "I'll take you out."

Yao Yingxi followed behind him. The two of them went to the bow of the boat and saw Bai Tingsheng, Yuan Xi and a few others holding fishing rods, looking ready to fish.

"Boss, do you want to join?"

Bai Tingsheng was sitting on a small stool when he saw Xi Yuanchen and the other person walking over, and asked.

Fang Qing turned around and saw Yao Yingxi; her smiling face immediately turned serious.

Yao Yingxi didn't pay any attention and turned her gaze back to Xi Yuanchen.

Xi Yuanchen was also looking at her, as if asking her a question.

After understanding, Yao Yingxi shook her head.

Seeing that Xi Yuanchen had not answered for a long time, Bai Tingsheng asked Yao Yingxi, "Is Miss Yao coming?"

Upon hearing this, Fang Qing's face turned even uglier, and she gripped the fishing rod tightly in her hand.

She was slapped because of Yao Yingxi herself. She was proud and didn't want to apologize or think she was wrong, so she didn't want to stay with Yao Yingxi.

However, it concerns the possibility that my relationship with Xi Yuanchen might reach a freezing point, at which point Xi Yuanchen might take action against my family's company.

So, apart from Bai Tingsheng, all of them were trying to curry favor with Xi Yuanchen, hoping that Xi Yuanchen would spare the people around him out of consideration for Xi Yuanchen.

"Will we be able to go diving once we reach the open sea, Mr. Bai?"

She looked at Bai Tingsheng and asked.

Bai Tingsheng was slightly taken aback, then nodded: "Okay, but we'll have to wait."

"it is good."

After saying that, Yao Yingxi said to Xi Yuanchen, "I want to go rest. Mr. Xi can go fishing with them."

She didn't want to get too close to Xi Yuanchen because his constant care and kindness towards her made her unable to stop overthinking.

Xi Yuanchen didn't say anything, turned around and walked ahead, leaving Yao Yingxi with no choice but to follow behind him.

The two entered the cabin, and after Xi Yuanchen turned a corner, Yao Yingxi saw several rooms.

She found it very novel; the boat was dozens of meters long, yet there were rooms underneath.

Upon opening the door and entering, I was even more surprised to find that the room was quite large.

Yao Yingxi followed Xi Yuanchen into the room. She stood there for a while, thinking that Xi Yuanchen had just brought her here, and then said, "Mr. Xi, I'm fine."

Xi Yuanchen gave a faint "hmm" as a small window in the room was used for ventilation.

The small window was very high, and Xi Yuanchen had to stand on tiptoe to open it, so no seawater would rush in when it was opened.

Yao Yingxi sat on the stool, feeling a little uncomfortable, whether it was because the stool was too hard or because she had just fallen on her bottom, but Xi Yuanchen stood there and showed no intention of moving.

Yao Yingxi didn't know whether he was going to go out or not, so she waited helplessly for about five minutes before asking, "Mr. Xi, aren't you going out to fish with everyone?"

Xi Yuanchen turned to look at her, his gaze cold: "No need."

Yao Yingxi didn't say anything, got up from the stool, and walked towards the bathroom in the room.

She pushed off her clothes and stood in front of the mirror, only to find that she had a bruise on her buttocks and another scrape. No wonder it was so uncomfortable sitting there.

She sighed softly. There was no medicine here, so she couldn't apply it even if she wanted to. She could only wait until she got back.

After putting on her pants, Yao Yingxi turned on the tap.

The cold water stung her broken skin, causing her to wince in pain.

When Yao Yingxi left, Xi Yuanchen was already lying down outside.

She secretly breathed a sigh of relief, went to bed and lay down, but she couldn't fall asleep no matter what, whether it was because her buttocks were uncomfortable or because she had something on her mind and her head was a bit messy.

Yao Yingxi kept her eyes open until 11 a.m. when someone knocked on the door. She got out of bed to open the door.

Bai Tingsheng stood in the doorway: "Miss Yao, are you up?"

Instead of answering, Yao Yingxi asked, "What's wrong?"

Bai Tingsheng smiled and said, "Boss, he asked me to come and call you so we can go out for lunch."

"I'll be there in a bit, thank you, Mr. Bai."

Bai Tingsheng smiled and said, "Miss Yao, please don't be so polite. Didn't I tell you not to call me Mr. Bai? Just call me Tingsheng."

Yao Yingxi just smiled and didn't agree. After Bai Tingsheng turned and left, Yao Yingxi closed the door.

She washed up for a while before leaving her room. As she stepped out of the cabin, she heard a sound coming from the stern of the ship, so she went over to investigate.

At this moment, Meng Yao and the others were grilling fish, and there were some seafood and red wine on the table.

Yuan Xi was the first to notice Yao Yingxi and called out, "Miss Yao."

Yao Yingxi smiled and walked over.

Qin Ming shouted, "Miss Yao, come and try the fish I caught!"

Meng Yao slapped him in anger: "Have you no shame? You've been sitting here all morning and haven't even caught a single conch. How dare you say that?"

After saying that, Meng Yao smiled and nodded to Yao Yingxi.

Hearing her undermine Qin Ming, Yao Yingxi walked over with amusement.

Xi Yuanchen appeared out of nowhere and stood beside Yao Yingxi; "Not ready yet, wait a moment."

A familiar voice rang in her ears. Yao Yingxi didn't turn her head to look, but she knew that Xi Yuanchen was standing right next to her.

Her gaze was fixed ahead: "Okay."

“Most of these were caught by Yuan Chen, and the conch shells were also found by Yuan Chen diving down. You guys shouldn’t try to steal the credit.”

Meng Yao chuckled and scolded the person who was about to make a move.

A chef was hired from the ship, and soon some food was baked and placed on the table.

Several people sat around the table. Yao Yingxi and Xi Yuanchen sat on one side, Bai Tingsheng sat on the other side, and the remaining four people each sat on one side.