The Counterattack of a Wealthy Family's Substitute

When Yao Yingxi looked up, Xi Yuanchen saw her eyes, which were red and swollen from crying.

He reached out and pulled her to her feet, his brow furrowed, his voice stern: "Why are you crying?"

Yao Yingxi didn't know if it was because she was in a bad mood, so she especially wanted to confide in him. She looked at Xi Yuanchen and blurted out all the things that had been weighing on her mind.

After saying that, she looked at Xi Yuanchen, waiting for his comfort.

Xi Yuanchen frowned the entire time she spoke, and he didn't say anything after she finished.

"Xi Yuanchen!"

Yao Yingxi spoke first, and Xi Yuanchen frowned before replying, "Are you finished?"

"I'm done talking." Yao Yingxi nodded, her voice a little hoarse.

"Yao Yingxi, I think you're wasting my time." Xi Yuanchen looked at her, his attitude, expression, tone, and words all showing no intention of comforting her: "You're already twenty-five years old, both mentally and physically, you're an adult."

"You should know that no one in this world has an obligation to understand you."

"The tears you shed tonight only make me think you're weak."

After Xi Yuanchen finished speaking, he took his coffee cup and left.

Yao Yingxi wasn't unaware of Xi Yuanchen's meaning, and she rarely felt as vulnerable as she did tonight.

She started struggling to make a living at the age of seventeen. She has seen many people and many things, including the darkest side of society.

Over the years, life has molded her into a fairly intelligent and insightful person, and also rather indifferent.

However, Yao Yingyue was her only relative in this world, and she chose to indulge her in the world she could support.

Yao Yingxi took a deep breath and raised her hand to rub her face.

Xi Yuanchen's words were like a hammer blow with slightly too much force, mercilessly cracking open her shell.

After calming down, Yao Yingxi spent some time alone before heading to the study.

She knocked on the door, clenched her fists, and looked at Xi Yuanchen, saying, "Mr. Xi, I'd like to borrow some money from you."

"I've decided to send my sister abroad, and she's agreed. I need some money... I..."

"You can withdraw the money from the card that Anan gave you at will," Xi Yuanchen said before she could finish speaking.

Yao Yingxi knew he wouldn't make things difficult for her, but she didn't expect him to be so decisive. Yao Yingxi sincerely thanked him: "Thank you, I will pay you back as soon as possible."

As soon as he finished speaking, Yao Yingxi clearly noticed that Xi Yuanchen's expression turned cold. He turned his head away from Yao Yingxi and focused his gaze on the coldly glowing computer screen: "I'm working. You can leave if there's nothing else."

“Okay.” Yao Yingxi hesitated for a moment before leaving the study.

Yao Yingyue and Liang Yu's paperwork for leaving the country was completed quickly. On the night before they were to leave, Yao Yingyue called Yao Yingxi and apologized to her.

Yao Yingxi didn't dwell on the unpleasantness of that day. She smiled and told her to take care of herself.

The two sisters chatted somewhat awkwardly for a while. Before hanging up the phone, Yao Yingyue asked her if she would come to see her off, and then jokingly asked if she could see her brother-in-law.

Yao Yingxi was cutting fruit in the kitchen when she heard this. Her knife veered off course, and blood immediately started flowing from her left index finger.

Yao Yingyue waited for ten or twenty seconds without a reply, then spoke again: "Sister?"

"Okay." Yao Yingxi looked at the wound on her hand, turned on the tap, and put her fingers under the running water. "I'll take you there tomorrow."

"What about my brother-in-law?"

Yao Yingyue was being a bit too insistent on this issue, and Yao Yingxi couldn't pretend she didn't know what was going on in her mind.

Turning off the tap, Yao Yingxi picked up her phone: "He's very busy with work, I'll try my best to get him to come. It's getting late, you should get some rest, see you tomorrow."

After saying that, Yao Yingxi hung up the phone.

Yao Yingxi looked at her fingers, which were icy cold from the cold water, and felt the chill spread from her hands to her heart.

In Yao Yingyue's eyes, would someone try to steal Liang Yu from her if she didn't have a boyfriend?

Did she not trust Liang Yu? Or did she not trust her older sister?

Yao Yingxi gave a self-deprecating laugh, suddenly losing her appetite. She put the cut fruit in the refrigerator and went back to her bedroom to sleep.

I lay in bed, but couldn't fall asleep no matter what I did.

Finally, she sat up in bed, picked up her phone, and dialed Xi Yuanchen's number.

As soon as the call connected, she said, "Secretary Nan, is Mr. Xi free tomorrow at noon? I'd like to ask him to accompany me to the airport. Could you please pass on my message to him?"

"I didn't see you doing those boring things."

Xi Yuanchen answered the phone personally. He finished speaking in a cold tone and then hung up.

Yao Yingxi looked at her phone, which had gone dead, raised her hand to press her brow, tossed the phone aside, and lay down stiffly.

The next day at noon, Yao Yingxi went to the bank before heading to the airport.

When Yao Yingxi arrived at the airport at 11:30, she couldn't find anyone in the waiting area, so she took out her phone and called Yao Yingyue: "Where are you? I can't see you."

"I'm in the restroom, wait a moment, sis."

Yao Yingyue finished speaking without a trace of abnormality. After hanging up the phone, she looked at Liang Yu, whose face was full of anger, and sneered: "What? You're reluctant to leave? Or do you want to back out?"

"Yao Yingyue! Do you really need to do this?!" Liang Yu gritted his teeth, suppressing his anger, and tried to reason with Yao Yingyue: "I've already said that there's nothing between Yingxi and me. How many times do I have to say it before you understand?"

“I understand now, Brother Liang Yu. You stay here and wait for me. I’ll come back after I say goodbye to my sister.” Yao Yingyue leaned down and kissed Liang Yu’s lips. Looking into his eyes, she slowly said, “If you dare to leave here or appear in front of my sister during this time, I will immediately tell her that you raped me and that I was forced to follow you.”

After saying that, Yao Yingyue let go of Liang Yu's hand, ignored his expression, and turned to walk towards Yao Yingxi.

"Where's Liang Yu?" Yao Yingxi frowned as she watched Yao Yingyue walk towards her alone. "He's not here yet? He's about to press the button."

"Brother Liang Yu is handling the shipping; it's not done yet." Yao Yingxi smiled, her face showing none of the madness and malice she had displayed when threatening Liang Yu earlier. She turned her head to look behind her: "Is your brother-in-law coming with you?"