The Counterattack of a Wealthy Family's Substitute

On the other side, Anan had just parked his car and picked up his phone when he saw the missed call from Yao Yingxi. While unbuckling his seatbelt, he pressed his phone, but instead of calling Yao Yingxi, he instructed the people on the other end to speed up the investigation.

She opened the car door, picked up a brown paper document bag from the passenger seat, and then got out.

Anan's phone rang. This time it was Xi Yuanchen calling. He quickly swiped to answer: "Boss."

"Are you back yet? Did you get the documents?"

"We only have half of the information in the investigation so far. The other half is still under further investigation. I have arrived at the company now and will deliver it to your office later."

Before he could hang up, Anan's phone rang with an incoming call notification. He clenched the file bag in his hand, then released it.

Xi Yuanchen hung up the phone. Anan dried his face and put the phone down from his ear. Seeing that it was Yao Yingxi calling, he took a deep breath before answering: "Ms. Yao, I'm sorry, I was in a meeting when you called and didn't hear the phone ring. Is there something you need?"

"It's nothing serious, I just wanted to ask if you were at the company?"

"Yes, I just finished a meeting with the boss. He's already in his office. Are you looking for the boss?"

"I'm not looking for Yuanchen, I'm looking for you. Has the company been very busy lately?" Yao Yingxi sighed and asked after a long while.

Anan pondered for a while before speaking, "It's alright, not too busy." He paused, then asked, "Miss Yao, why did you suddenly ask about this?"

"Aren't you busy?" Yao Yingxi murmured to herself, "That's good, I'll hang up now."

Before Anan could answer, Yao Yingxi had already hung up the phone. Anan put his phone away and looked down at the documents in his hand.

He spent almost the entire afternoon investigating Ye An'an's background, but the results were somewhat disappointing. At this moment, even as an observer, he felt a pang of sympathy for Yao Yingxi.

"Knock knock..."

There was a knock on the office door.

"Come in." After saying that, Xi Yuanchen put down his pen and placed it on the desk with his fingers intertwined.

All day long, he was thinking about whether Ye An'an was real or fake, and what he should do.

Perhaps the more he worried, the more chaotic his mind became. His work efficiency was poor all day, and his mind was in complete disarray. Was this the first time he realized what he shouldn't do?

"Boss." Anan greeted him while handing over the brown paper bag in his hand: "According to our investigation, the information on TV shows that she is very likely Ye An'an, Miss Ye. She has been undergoing rehabilitation treatment at a major hospital in the United States these past few days."

Xi Yuanchen took it. With a solemn expression, he untied the cover of the document bag, took out the documents, and read them word by word, including the photos.

Xi Yuanchen held the things in his hand and looked up at Anan: "Where are the records from four years ago? Who rescued her, how did she get to the hospital, didn't you find any of that?" Back then, Ye Anan's leg injury was very serious. I remember the doctor saying that if the injury on her foot had been a little more extreme, she might have had to have her leg amputated.

Therefore, given the severity of Ye An'an's injuries back then, it would have been impossible for her to travel abroad alone unless someone helped her.

Anan shook his head: "Boss, it seems like this data has been deliberately deleted. Our current personnel are not much different."

Xi Yuanchen paused, then lowered his head and said, "I understand."

Meanwhile, at the school gate, a scene of Xiu Yan bumping into Yao Yingxi was captured on camera and sparked discussion among a group of people on the Yuncheng Business School forum.

"This person isn't President Xi, but he looks like the current president of a company in Yuncheng." Few people know Xiu Yan's identity; he kept a low profile before taking over the company. Most people only know that the young master of the Xiu family was studying abroad, but they don't know that the young master of the Xiu family has already returned to the country.

So it's normal that those rich kids didn't recognize Xiuyan.

"Yes, yes, what is the relationship between Yao Yingxi and this person? Their actions are so intimate, and the way that man looks at her, it's not simple."

"I guess she's a backup plan, or maybe Yao Yingxi cheated on President Xi."

Instantly, many people liked that comment, seemingly agreeing with what that person said.

Xi Yuanchen had just finished his work and left the company when a photo was sent to his phone, and his face immediately darkened.

The person who posted the photos was a senior student who used to be a teacher at Yuncheng Business School. He was worried that Yao Yingxi would be ostracized since she had just entered the school and was older than the current freshmen. So he asked his senior to keep an eye on Yao Yingxi for him.

Unexpectedly, Anan also caught a glimpse of the photo.

The man in the photo gazes at Yao Yingxi with deep affection, and Yao Yingxi smiles back at him, making it hard not to misunderstand.

"Yuanchen, Yuanchen." Suddenly a voice called out Xi Yuanchen's name.

Anan looked up at the source of the sound and saw Ye An'an walking towards him, dressed in a white dress and wearing a straw hat, looking very innocent. His heart skipped a beat.

Xi Yuanchen also looked up and saw Ye An'an walking over. He didn't step forward or get into the car, but just stood there.

"Yuanchen, are you off work?" She looked at Xi Yuanchen in front of her with great joy.

Xi Yuanchen gave a soft "hmm," his tone much gentler than yesterday. Because some of the information he had gathered proved that the person in front of him was indeed Ye An'an, he couldn't treat her like a stranger.

After all, this person had been with him for many years.

"Then I've come at the right time. I'd like you to come with me to dinner, okay?" Ye An'an looked at Xi Yuanchen with a hint of expectation in her eyes.

Anan was about to speak when Xi Yuanchen, unsure whether he wanted to spite Yao Yingxi or genuinely wanted to have dinner with Ye An'an, nodded and said, "Okay."

Anan had no choice but to open the back door, and Ye An'an got in, with Xi Yuanchen following behind.

As soon as Xi Yuanchen sat down, Ye An'an took his hand: "In the blink of an eye, you've become the boss of a company. I still remember when we first got together, you were just a quiet high school student, doing your own thing by yourself. Because you were aloof, many classmates isolated you. I was the only one who wasn't afraid of being ignored by you, so I stubbornly befriended you." As Ye An'an spoke, the corners of her mouth turned up. She subconsciously wanted to hold Xi Yuanchen's hand, but for some reason, Xi Yuanchen saw this and withdrew his hand, their fingers intertwined.

"Yes, time flies. I always thought you were no longer in this world, but I never expected that you would still be standing in front of me today. Life is unpredictable." Xi Yuanchen couldn't help but sigh.

"Yuanchen, are you still blaming me?" Ye An'an's voice choked up, and she looked at Xi Yuanchen with tears in her eyes.

Xi Yuanchen glanced at her and shook his head: "No, don't overthink it. I'm glad you're back."

"Really?" Ye An'an stared at Xi Yuanchen with a mixture of belief and doubt.

Xi Yuanchen nodded: "Yes, really. You must have had a tough time abroad these past few years, right?"

Ye An'an laughed and shook her head: "It's okay. Whenever I feel like I can't go on, I think of you and how I want to stand up and go back to hug you. Then I don't feel so tired anymore."

Xi Yuanchen's face stiffened, and he fell silent.

Looking at Xi Yuanchen's somewhat unnatural expression in the rearview mirror, Anan felt helpless.

He may not like Liang Pingyin, but after all, she has been with Xi Yuanchen for many years, and Yao Yingxi has been with Xi Yuanchen for almost two years. There are still some feelings between them. Now that Ye An'an is back, it would be unfair to her if he chose Yao Yingxi.

However, choosing Ye An'an would be unfair to Yao Yingxi. After all, when Yao Yingxi learned the truth, she wanted to leave quickly and decisively, and it was Xi Yuanchen who begged her to do it. Now that she is deeply involved, it would be too cruel to ask her to give up.