The Counterattack of a Wealthy Family's Substitute

"Okay, I'll go tomorrow morning."

"Okay, tell Chen that I won't be back until six o'clock tomorrow."

After hanging up the phone, Yao Yingxi put it down and walked towards the study.

Worried that she might go to school, she asked Xi Yuanchen in advance, guessing that Xi Yuanchen had the same idea and told her not to go to class for the next few days.

Yao Yingxi pushed open the door and saw Xi Yuanchen behind his desk, typing on his computer. Yao Yingxi knocked on the door, and Xi Yuanchen looked up, smiled at her, and met her gaze.

Xi Yuanchen beckoned, and Yao Yingxi walked over. He handed her the proposal he was holding: "Take a look at this."

This proposal was written by the planning department after the company won a bid for a project. He had just read it and found that there were still problems. He showed it to Yao Yingxi to see if she could find the problems like he could.

Yao Yingxi was puzzled, but she still sat down in the chair opposite Xi Yuanchen, reached out and picked it up. Seeing the words on it, she flipped through it and asked, "What is this proposal for?"

"The project the company just won a bid for, take a look, I think it's pretty good."

Yao Yingxi didn't say anything more and looked at it carefully. It was a business plan for a shopping mall. She saw that the address was Gangcheng, a coastal city with a developed tourism industry.

Yao Yingxi continued reading, her brows furrowing slightly. Although she had studied finance through books and hadn't learned much, she could still tell that there were problems with the proposal.

After about thirty minutes, Yao Yingxi, having examined the document closely, put down what she was holding and looked up at Xi Yuanchen, asking, "Is this really a proposal written by GP himself?"

Xi Yuanchen nodded: "What do you think?"

"It's good, but the planning doesn't take all the issues into consideration. There isn't much foot traffic around this land. Although Hong Kong is a tourist city, most people prefer shopping malls with landmark buildings or the city center. The land that GP has bid for is neither in the city center nor does it have any landmark buildings around it. If we rashly build a shopping mall here, it will only become popular if the municipal government develops the surrounding environment of the mall."

She looked up at Xi Yuanchen.

Xi Yuanchen nodded. "Then what do you suggest?"

“A supermarket, a large supermarket.” Yao Yingxi replied as she closed the proposal: “The area around this site is an old district. Although the foot traffic is not as high as that of shopping malls, opening a large supermarket would definitely be very convenient for the people in the area.”

Xi Yuanchen nodded: "That's good, you've improved a lot." After a pause, he added: "I'll consider your suggestion and talk to the planning department about it."

Yao Yingxi smiled and said, "By the way, university classes officially start tomorrow."

Xi Yuanchen was surprised: "I forgot. I'll have Anan ask you for leave now. We shouldn't go to class for the time being."

Yao Yingxi remained silent.

“It hasn’t been clarified yet, and everyone thinks you pushed Yao Yingxi. I’m worried that your going to class will affect things.”

“I think so too, so I plan to go to Tom’s class tomorrow,” Yao Yingxi said. “I haven’t been these past few days, since school has already started.”

Xi Yuanchen hesitated, but still nodded: "Okay, I'll take you there tomorrow."

Yao Yingxi refused, "No need. You haven't been to the company these past few days either, so you probably have a lot of things to deal with." After a pause, fearing that Xi Yuanchen would insist, Yao Yingxi added, "Besides, my class doesn't start until 10 o'clock, but you have to go to the company by 9 o'clock. Normally, if you're not busy, I'd still like you to take me there, since I'll be finishing get out of class late tomorrow and might not be able to go to the company to see you."

"Did Enming tell you? What time does get out of class end?"

"At six o'clock in the afternoon, we can give Mr. Xi a chance to perform in front of the employees. It's time for him to work overtime."

The next morning, when the two were panting, it was seven o'clock. Although there was a lot of gossip outside, she slept unusually well the night before after learning that there was a video pointing to Liang Pingyin's deliberate actions.

"Let's go to the gym," Xi Yuanchen said as soon as he finished washing up.

She's been lazy these past few days, not going to the gym in the mornings or evenings, just being listless.

As usual, she would run to warm up every morning before sparring with Xi Yuanchen. During her training, she could not say she could fight several people, but she could protect herself. She could beat one person, and if there were multiple people, she could run away.

It was already 8:10 when they came out of the gym. Yao Yingxi, drenched in sweat, urged him, "We're going to be late. Go take a shower. I'll go downstairs and ask the auntie if she's made breakfast yet."

As Yao Yingxi was about to walk towards the stairs, Xi Yuanchen reached out and pulled her back, holding her in his arms: "Auntie has already prepared breakfast by now. If we're late, I'm the boss, who dares to say anything to me?"

A deep, panting voice, sexy and alluring, rang in her ears, and warm breaths brushed against Yao Yingxi's cheeks, sending shivers down her spine.

“Let’s shower together, it’ll save time,” Xi Yuanchen’s voice rang out again.

Yao Yingxi was stunned. Xi Yuanchen looked at her blankly, and with a slight smile, kissed her on the cheek.

The two of them were wearing thin, short-sleeved sports shirts, and by hugging each other like this, they could feel the warmth of each other's skin.

When Yao Yingxi came to her senses, she and Xi Yuanchen were already in the bathroom.

Xi Yuanchen, shirtless, reached out and pulled Yao Yingxi into his arms, kissing her deeply.

Without realizing it, the two of them found themselves standing under the showerhead, close to each other.

The sounds of water and soft moans mingled in the bathroom, interspersed with the occasional heavy breathing of a man.

The two fooled around in the bathroom for a while. When they came out, it was already past nine o'clock. Yao Yingxi teased, "Boss, we're late this time."

Xi Yuanchen's lips curled up: "The boss's wife is too tempting, the boss can't resist, he has no choice but to be late."

Yao Yingxi glared at him, then turned and left.

The two went downstairs, and the aunt standing at the bottom of the stairs finally breathed a sigh of relief. She had been worried about whether to go upstairs to call Yao Yingxi and Xi Yuanchen, since it was already past nine o'clock.

She heard that one of them had to go to work and the other had to go to school, and she was worried that they would be late. But she usually didn't go upstairs when Xi Yuanchen and Yao Yingxi were home, so she kept hesitating.

"Sir, Madam, breakfast is ready."

Yao Yingxi nodded: "Okay, thank you for your hard work, Auntie."

After finishing her meal, Yao Yingxi arrived at the studio at 10:10 a.m. and hurriedly went upstairs.

Just as the elevator doors were about to close, several people rushed in, and Yao Yingxi stepped inside.

The girl took her phone and started scrolling through Weibo. One of the people there said, "Why did the police release such a vicious woman?"

Another person asked, "Which one? Have you been watching TV dramas lately?"

The girl turned her phone to show the person who asked the question, saying, "No, there was a news story recently about Yao Yingxi, the girlfriend of the president of GP Group, who pushed away his ex-fiancée, the one who just got engaged to the son of our city's mayor."

"Oh, that news? I know about it too." The girl suddenly realized, then pouted and replied, "Men are all the same. The current girlfriend pushes the ex, not only never saying a word for the ex, but also protecting the current girlfriend behind her back. By the way, I heard that the ex is actually his stepmother's daughter, so she's like his sister."

"The rich and powerful are such a mess. But this Yao Yingxi is really vicious. She's already broken off her engagement with her boyfriend, yet she still holds a grudge against him." Another person chimed in with disdain.