The Counterattack of a Wealthy Family's Substitute

After leaving the private restaurant, Yao Yingxi fell silent, looking out the car window the whole way.

Back at the apartment, Xi Yuanchen went to take a shower, while she sat on the sofa in the living room.

Xi Yuanchen took a shower and worked in the study for a while. When he came out to get some water, Yao Yingxi was still in the living room.

He stopped and frowned. Yao Yingxi saw him and said in a hoarse voice, "Mr. Xi."

Xi Yuanchen stopped and hummed in agreement. Yao Yingxi stood up and walked to his side: "Did you ask me to go see Xu Xinya with you today so that I could see the gap between us?"

"Are you trying to tell me that with my current abilities, I can't take revenge?"

Xi Yuanchen looked at her, his voice cold and indifferent: "Yes, if you weren't by my side, not to mention Xu Xinya, anyone with a little power could have dealt with you."

"The difficulties and embarrassments you have encountered before will only come again and again."

"You won't be so lucky, always managing to escape by chance. There will come a time when you'll suffer a terrible defeat."

Yao Yingxi looked into Xi Yuanchen's eyes, listened to him finish speaking, and smiled, "I understand."

"Let me think about it..." Yao Yingxi turned around and walked towards the bedroom with a confused expression: "Let me think about it..."

Xi Yuanchen stood in the living room, watching her back with deep eyes.

At midnight, Xi Yuanchen left, leaving Yao Yingxi alone in the apartment.

Yao Yingxi sat on the bed, the sound of rain pattering in her ears.

Today, Xi Yuanchen made her see another fact clearly: she hates everyone in the Xu family and wants to take revenge on them. However, she forgot the strength of the Xu family. She can't even beat Xu Xinya, and she is not even as good as Xu Xinya. How can she take revenge?

Yao Yingxi closed her eyes, her heart filled with indescribable complex emotions.

In a short period of time, she simply cannot catch up with Xu Xinya. She is not as capable, not as intelligent, and not as cunning as Xu Xinya.

Throughout the entire night, Yao Yingxi's mind was filled with countless thoughts, but she still couldn't come up with any clues.

She felt inferior to Xu Xinya, and she didn't know how she could get revenge.

She was trapped in this self-doubt, and her whole being became very depressed. It was as if you had made a great decision, and then suddenly a bucket of cold water was poured over your head, leaving you completely disoriented.

Yao Yingxi opened her eyes, and the first rays of the sun were already peeking out from behind the clouds.

After a long, long time, Yao Yingxi finally got up and went to the bathroom to wash up.

Yao Yingxi changed into a black outfit, tied her hair back, and left the apartment.

Two hours later, Yao Yingxi got off the bus and walked into a public cemetery.

Yao Yingxi climbed the stairs one floor at a time, and finally found her mother's grave among countless tombstones.

“Mom…” Yao Yingxi stopped in front of Yao Juan’s grave. She slowly squatted down and looked at the photo of the young woman on the tombstone: “Are you alright? I haven’t come to see you in so long.”

"Mom, so many things have happened recently. Can you see them from heaven? Are you disappointed in what I've done?"

As Yao Yingxi looked at Yao Juan's portrait, her eyes gradually reddened.

She has never been able to accept the fact that Yao Juan has passed away. Every time she comes here, she feels very sad.

Tears fell and soaked into the cement floor. Yao Yingxi paused for a few seconds, then raised her hand to wipe away the tears in front of her eyes and smiled: "Mom, although I know you won't like what I'm doing now, I won't give up."

"Mom, don't worry, I will take good care of Yueyue and myself."

Yao Yingxi reached out and slowly touched the face of the person in the photo on the tombstone, and said with a smile, "Then I'm leaving, Mom. I'll come to see you again another day."

After saying that, Yao Yingxi stood up and left.

She wouldn't give up so easily. She couldn't compare to Xu Xinya in anything right now, but as long as she worked hard, she would eventually destroy Hengyuan Group and make Xu Hengyuan, He Qinfang, and Xu Xinya pay the price.

Yao Yingxi left the cemetery, her mind no longer filled with confusion.

As Anan watched Yao Yingxi's departing figure, he looked at Xi Yuanchen in the rearview mirror and asked, "Boss, where are we going?"

Xi Yuanchen looked ahead with a distant gaze: "Back to the company."

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Yao Yingxi returned to the city, bought groceries at the market, and then went back to Xi Yuanchen's apartment.

She put all the things she bought in the kitchen before taking out her phone from her bag to call Xi Yuanchen.

Anan answered the phone again. Yao Yingxi held the phone and said, "Does Mr. Xi have time tonight? I went to the market to buy groceries. Will he have time to come back? I'm going to cook something he likes to eat. Could you please tell him for me?"

Xi Yuanchen was actually right next to Anan. Anan looked at him before answering Yao Yingxi, "Okay, I'll pass it on to President Xi later."

"Okay." Yao Yingxi hung up the phone and went to prepare dinner.

Anan hung up the phone and looked at Xi Yuanchen: "Boss, shall I cancel your schedule for tonight?"

Xi Yuanchen didn't speak, but Anan saw him looking at his watch and immediately went to do it.

The Cold Dew solar term has passed, and the temperature is dropping day by day. Today it rained, and the temperature dropped to around fifteen degrees Celsius.

Yao Yingxi bought pork ribs and lotus root. She prepared the pork ribs and started stewing them, then went to check on the fish that had been marinating for a while.

After working for more than two hours, Yao Yingxi finally finished preparing dinner.

She glanced at the time; it was almost 6:30. Yao Yingxi walked to the window and looked downstairs. She was actually a little afraid that Xi Yuanchen wouldn't come today.

She understood what Xi Yuanchen meant yesterday on her way back today. He made her realize the gap between her and Xu Xinya so that he would motivate her, not so that he would see her become discouraged.

Last night, she looked like a hopeless case.

Yao Yingxi stood on the balcony for a while, but didn't see Xi Yuanchen's car. She took a deep breath and was about to call Xi Yuanchen when she heard the sound of a door opening. She immediately went to the entrance.

Xi Yuanchen was taking off his coat when Yao Yingxi paused for a moment, then stepped forward to take it and hang it on the coat rack by the door.

After hanging up the clothes, Yao Yingxi spoke up: "Dinner is ready, shall we eat?"

Xi Yuanchen, with his usual expressionless face, simply grunted "Mmm" and headed towards the restaurant.

Yao Yingxi quickly followed, and as Xi Yuanchen sat down, she took out a bottle of red wine she had bought that day from the cabinet. Holding the bottle, she looked at Xi Yuanchen and said, "Shall we have some wine?"

Xi Yuanchen looked at her without saying anything. Seeing that he was silent, Yao Yingxi took a deep breath, picked up two glasses, and poured two glasses of wine.

The food on the table was steaming hot. Yao Yingxi stood opposite Xi Yuanchen, picked up one of the wine glasses, tilted her head back and drank the full glass of wine in one gulp, and said, "Mr. Xi, I'm sorry..."