The Counterattack of a Wealthy Family's Substitute

Yao Yingxi was ultimately threatened by Xi Yuanchen. She took a deep breath, suppressed her anger, glanced coldly at Xi Yuanchen, walked to the sofa, sat down, and picked up the stack of documents.

With Yao Yingyue on her mind, Yao Yingxi couldn't calm down. She looked at the documents in her hand for a long time without turning a single page.

During a break from his work, Xi Yuanchen looked up at her and, seeing her absent-minded expression, his gaze turned cold.

Yao Yingxi belatedly noticed a cold, sharp gaze, and turned her head to meet Xi Yuanchen's eyes.

Still scared, her fingers clenched involuntarily. Xi Yuanchen said coldly, "I'll give you five minutes to compose yourself. If I see you like this again, get out of here!"

Yao Yingxi didn't dare say anything more. She turned her head away, closed her eyes, took two deep breaths, turned off her phone, and went back to looking at the documents in her hand.

Gradually, Yao Yingxi calmed down. When she came to her senses, it was already getting dark outside.

Xi Yuanchen appeared beside her at some point, and only spoke after she finished reading the last page of the document: "Let's go."

Yao Yingxi nodded and stood up from the sofa.

The information Xi Yuanchen showed her today was mostly about the inside story and financial situation of Hengyuan Group. Yao Yingxi knew Xu Hengyuan's character, but she didn't expect that Hengyuan Group was actually just developing well on the surface, but in reality it was already rotten inside.

Yao Yingxi had no financial background, but judging from their expenses, income, and loan amounts over the past few years, their company was already heavily indebted.

Yao Yingxi was lost in thought and didn't notice when the person in front of her stopped. Her forehead bumped into Xi Yuanchen's chest with a "thud".

Yao Yingxi hissed involuntarily, covered her head with her hand, and looked at Xi Yuanchen.

"Are your eyes just for show?" Xi Yuanchen frowned as he looked at Yao Yingxi, his handsome face full of displeasure.

Yao Yingxi felt like she had bumped into a steel plate, not a human. But it was her own fault for not watching where she was going, and she had no reason to refute Xi Yuanchen's sarcastic remarks.

Xi Yuanchen glanced at her, opened the car door, and got in.

Yao Yingxi looked at him and stood by the car without moving: "Mr. Xi, I have read all the documents. I want to go to the hospital to see my sister."

Xi Yuanchen's gaze was cold. Yao Yingxi bit her lip and met his gaze.

Finally, Yao Yingxi watched as Xi Yuanchen drove away, disappearing into the distance.

After Xi Yuanchen left, Yao Yingxi immediately went to the bus stop to visit Yao Yingxi at the hospital.

As soon as Yao Yingxi arrived outside the ward, she heard Yao Yingyue crying. Pushing the door open, she saw Yao Yingyue sobbing under the covers, but Liang Yu was nowhere to be seen in the ward.

Yao Yingxi walked over quickly, pulled the blanket off Yao Yingyue, looked down at her, and smiled: "Why are you crying? Are you alone? Where's Liang Yu?"

Patients with depression are especially depressed at night. Yao Yingyue couldn't control her emotions, but she knew she couldn't tell Yao Yingxi that she and Liang Yu had quarreled, and she couldn't let her know that Liang Yu still loved her!

Yao Yingyue clenched her fists tightly, closed her eyes, turned to the side, and completely ignored Yao Yingxi.

After a while, Yao Yingyue completely ignored Yao Yingxi.

Yao Yingxi was completely at a loss. Remembering the doctor's advice not to upset Yao Yingyue, she gradually fell silent.

A few minutes later, Liang Yu pushed the door open and came in.

He didn't say anything when he saw Yao Yingxi, but walked to the bedside and called out, "Yueyue."

Upon hearing his voice, Yao Yingyue's sobs intensified. She looked at Liang Yu, her eyes filled with a multitude of emotions.

Liang Yuneng betrayed Yao Yingxi for her because he truly loved her. Seeing her like this, he was heartbroken. He hugged her, kissed her forehead repeatedly, and whispered soothingly, "I'm sorry, Yueyue, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to."

"Don't cry, please don't cry. Your crying breaks my heart."

Yao Yingxi looked at them and silently left the ward.

Seeing that they only had eyes for each other, Yao Yingxi felt completely unmoved.

It was already past ten o'clock when she got back. She thought that Xi Yuanchen, whom she had disobeyed that night, wouldn't be at the villa, but when she returned to Jinse, all the lights in the house were on.

Yao Yingxi stood in the entryway for a long time before changing her shoes and walking inside.

There was no one in the living room, no one in the kitchen, so Yao Yingxi braced herself and went to the bedroom, but no one was there when she opened the door.

Yao Yingxi stood at the bedroom door, and after mentally preparing herself for a while, she knocked on the door of the study across the way.

Xi Yuanchen's voice was as cold and sharp as the winter wind, and he uttered a single word, "Enter."

Yao Yingxi tightened her grip on the doorknob before pushing the door open and saying to Xi Yuanchen, "Mr. Xi, I'm back."

Xi Yuanchen hummed in response, but didn't look at her once from beginning to end.

Seeing his cold demeanor, Yao Yingxi wisely closed the study door and returned to her bedroom.

Her relationship with Xi Yuanchen has become very strange these past few days.

Lying in bed, Yao Yingxi irritably ran her hand through the hair on the side of her face and pulled the blanket over herself.

After huddling under the covers for a while, Yao Yingxi remembered what the doctor had told her during the day.

The doctors said that if Yao Yingyue's depression was caused by changes in her environment, social situation, and public opinion, they suggested that she change her living environment.

A change of environment... is the state Yao Yingyue wants to be in...

Yao Yingxi sighed, turned over, and the bedroom door was pushed open, and Xi Yuanchen walked in.

Their eyes met, and Yao Yingxi watched as Xi Yuanchen walked towards her.

Xi Yuanchen had probably taken a shower in the bathroom outside and had changed into pajamas. He got into bed and pulled Yao Yingxi into his arms: "Can't sleep?"

The air was thick with the scent of cedarwood. Yao Yingxi looked at Xi Yuanchen, her body trembling instinctively. She was afraid of what was about to happen, but she also knew she couldn't escape.

Yao Yingxi didn't speak, so Xi Yuanchen lowered his head and kissed her.

His kisses moved downwards inch by inch, while his calloused hands moved upwards inch by inch along her waist.

He positioned her body in his preferred position, and Yao Yingxi, suppressing her fear, gripped his shoulders.

For Yao Yingxi, Xi Yuanchen's penetration still felt like torture. But perhaps because it had happened so many times, and because the last experience was so unpleasant, although it still hurt, she didn't find it as unbearable.

This time it didn't take too long; Xi Yuanchen released her after just over an hour.

Yao Yingxi relaxed, but her body instinctively rolled to the other side of the bed.

Xi Yuanchen looked at her, his eyes deep: "Are you afraid of me?"

Yao Yingxi pursed her lips and remained silent, while Xi Yuanchen continued, "I'm very sorry about what happened that day."