The Counterattack of a Wealthy Family's Substitute

“I disappointed you, but…”

After drinking a glass of wine, Yao Yingxi's cheeks turned red at a visible speed. She felt very guilty because she had repeatedly misunderstood Xi Yuanchen's good intentions towards her during this period and even said some very arrogant things.

"But please believe me, it won't happen again." Yao Yingxi looked at Xi Yuanchen with an unprecedented sincerity in her eyes.

Before Xi Yuanchen could even speak, Yao Yingxi poured herself a full glass of wine and drank it down.

Xi Yuanchen frowned, his expressionless face darkening.

After two glasses of wine, Yao Yingxi was already drunk. She put her glass on the table, sat down, and said, "Mr. Xi, let's eat. The food will get cold if we don't eat soon."

As she spoke, she placed a large piece of steamed sea bass on Xi Yuanchen's plate.

This is something she would never do if she were sober.

Xi Yuanchen looked at her, then at the food she had picked up from his bowl, and his brows furrowed even more deeply.

"Eat, Xi Yuanchen." Yao Yingxi frowned as she held her chopsticks, her voice carrying a faint scent of alcohol. "Why aren't you eating? Don't you like my cooking?"

"If you don't like it, I'll... I'll..."

"What do you mean?" Xi Yuanchen finally spoke, the displeasure between his brows disappearing as Yao Yingxi's drunken appearance irritated him.

“I just…” Yao Yingxi looked at Xi Yuanchen, the figure in front of her gradually overlapping, and her voice weakened: “I can’t help it. If you don’t want to eat, that’s fine. I can eat by myself. This is enough for me to eat for many days.”

Xi Yuanchen frowned again after hearing Yao Yingxi's words.

When Yao Yingxi moved into the apartment, he had Anan give her a card, but he hasn't received any text messages about any transactions since then.

"Do you often eat leftovers?" Xi Yuanchen looked at Yao Yingxi, a surge of anger welling up inside him.

Yao Yingxi's head slid down her elbows slowly until it rested on the dining table: "Not often. I don't cook much for myself. Usually, I only eat leftovers after that wicked capitalist Xi Yuanchen comes here and leaves..."

Xi Yuanchen was so angry he almost laughed. Just as he was about to try and get more information out of her, Yao Yingxi closed her eyes and began to breathe evenly.

The food on the table remained untouched.

Xi Yuanchen stood up, picked Yao Yingxi up, and carried her back to the bedroom.

When Yao Yingxi is drunk, she is very obedient. It's not the kind of obedience that deliberately caters to him, but a kind of subconscious dependence on things around her after shedding her disguise, like a newborn mammal.

Xi Yuanchen put her on the bed, and she rolled to the center of the bed and then curled up into a ball.

After looking at her for a few seconds, Xi Yuanchen smiled, reached out and pulled the blanket over her, then left the bedroom.

Xi Yuanchen returned to the kitchen, looked at the table full of dishes, raised his hand to drink the cheap red wine that Yao Yingxi had poured, and sat down to start eating.

…………

When Yao Yingxi woke up the next morning, she had a headache.

She stared at the ceiling, unable to recall anything from the previous night. She only remembered that she seemed to have called Xi Yuanchen, but she couldn't remember the specifics of the call or whether she had actually made it.

Yao Yingxi stood up and then smelled a strong odor of alcohol on herself.

Did she drink last night?

Yao Yingxi looked bewildered and felt uncomfortable all over, so she immediately went to the bathroom to take a shower.

After taking a shower, Yao Yingxi went out of the bedroom and walked into the living room, where she saw Xi Yuanchen making coffee in the kitchen.

Yao Yingxi paused, her mind racing with thoughts: Why was Xi Yuanchen here? Had she done anything last night?

Xi Yuanchen turned around upon hearing footsteps and asked in a cold voice, "Awake?"

Yao Yingxi snapped out of her daze and quickly responded.

Holding a cup of coffee, Xi Yuanchen walked out of the restaurant, looked at Yao Yingxi, stopped, took a sip of coffee, and asked her, "Do you remember what you said last night?"

Yao Yingxi was stunned for a moment, and cold sweat began to break out on her back.

She didn't answer, so Xi Yuanchen just hummed in response.

Yao Yingxi hesitated for a moment, then subconsciously took a step back: "I can't remember."

Upon hearing this, Xi Yuanchen shifted his gaze from the coffee cup to her face.

Yao Yingxi didn't know when her fear of Xi Yuanchen started, but she was genuinely afraid of him. Whenever he looked at her, she felt a chill run down her spine.

"I really don't remember," Yao Yingxi explained. "I only remember calling you yesterday afternoon..."

"that's it?"

Yao Yingxi clenched her hands clasped in front of her and continued, "I remember you came. I cooked a lot of dishes and brought some wine to apologize to you."

"anything else?"

Looking at Xi Yuanchen's indifferent expression, Yao Yingxi thought that he must have done or said something, but she really couldn't remember!

Unintentionally, Yao Yingxi revealed a slightly aggrieved expression, biting her lower lip.

Just as Yao Yingxi was about to speak, she looked up and saw that Xi Yuanchen's gaze had changed. Before she could react, he grabbed her waist, pulled her into his arms, and kissed her.

To Xi Yuanchen, Yao Yingxi was like a poppy flower that he couldn't touch.

For five years after Ye An'an's death, he had remained abstinent and celibate. He had women in his life, but only for social occasions. But Yao Yingxi was different. The moment he saw her, he wanted to devour her whole.

Xi Yuanchen picked Yao Yingxi up and carried her back to the bedroom.

Soon, Yao Yingxi's clothes were completely stripped off.

Yao Yingxi still couldn't get used to him and kept saying it hurt.

Xi Yuanchen's kiss lingered on her lips, then slowly moved to her back, his sexy, low voice whispering in her ear, "Use something."

Yao Yingxi's lack of patience was probably when she was in bed. No matter what Xi Yuanchen said or what her body's reaction was, she subconsciously believed that the pain was greater than any other sensation.

She still said it hurt, so Xi Yuanchen bit her earlobe and breathed into her ear: "Baby, it's because you're too small."

The affair lasted a full two hours before it ended. Xi Yuanchen, satisfied with the outcome, kissed Yao Yingxi's forehead and went to work.

Yao Yingxi was completely exhausted, and she fell asleep after Xi Yuanchen left.

Yao Yingxi didn't wake up until the sun was almost setting.

She opened her eyes and took a moment to catch her breath before getting out of bed. It was only when she finished showering and drying her hair that she noticed her body was covered in hickeys again.

Yao Yingxi's face flushed red, and she washed her face to bring her fever down.

Yao Yingxi hadn't eaten for almost twenty hours, and her stomach was aching from hunger. She went to the kitchen to cook noodles for herself.

Yao Yingxi thought Xi Yuanchen had left at noon. While she was eating noodles at the dining table, she suddenly heard footsteps behind her. When she turned around, she saw Xi Yuanchen walking towards her with a not-so-good expression.