The Counterattack of a Wealthy Family's Substitute

Xi Yuanchen acted quickly; the next afternoon, Anan brought her a document.

Yao Yingxi stood in the bedroom for a long time before finally opening the document and reading it page by page. It contained evidence of Hengyuan's tax evasion and video footage of them bribing government officials.

These things could really bring Hengyuan Group and the Xu family of three to ruin in the shortest amount of time.

She finally had control over their family's reputation, and Yao Yingxi smiled as she looked at them.

After all these years, she can finally return the injustices to the Xu family.

Yao Yingxi was excited and overjoyed; she was so happy she wanted to burst out laughing.

After laughing twice, Yao Yingxi swallowed hard, and her laughter turned into a sobbing sob.

At the same time, her phone rang.

Yao Yingxi was stunned for a moment, then raised her hand to wipe away the tears on her face, put down the documents in her hand, and went to the bedside table to get her phone.

It was Xi Yuanchen's call. Yao Yingxi glanced at it for two seconds, coughed, and then answered the phone: "Mr. Xi."

"Did Anan deliver the things to you?" Xi Yuanchen's indifferent and cold voice came through the receiver.

Despite the coldness of the voice, Yao Yingxi sensed a warmth within it, and she suppressed all her emotions: "Thank you, Xi Yuanchen."

Xi Yuanchen didn't speak immediately on the other end of the phone. He walked out from behind his desk, stood in front of the French windows, stared at a drifting cloud on the horizon, and suddenly asked, "Did you cry?"

Yao Yingxi was taken aback by his question. Before she could answer, Xi Yuanchen's voice came again: "Don't cry, Yao Yingxi, I'm here for you."

After a long, long time, Yao Yingxi finally smiled, looked at the clouds outside, and said, "Okay."

"I have another gift for you. I'll be back tonight."

Yao Yingxi didn't know what gift Xi Yuanchen was talking about. She habitually hummed in agreement, and Xi Yuanchen hung up the phone.

After ending the phone call with Xi Yuanchen, Yao Yingxi was no longer upset.

She put the two documents away, glanced into the kitchen, and found that there was hardly any food in the refrigerator, so she decided to go to the supermarket.

Yao Yingxi went to her bedroom to change her clothes. Just as she finished changing and went to get her phone, it rang.

It was Xu Hengyuan's call.

Yao Yingxi hated that family so much that she memorized the number after seeing it only once.

Why was Xu Hengyuan calling her? Yao Yingxi was surprised and swiped to answer.

Xu Hengyuan's voice came through immediately, tinged with amusement: "Xiao Xi, do you have time today?"

The last time Xu Hengyuan called her, his voice was full of rage. What about this time?

Yao Yingxi had no patience to waste on these pointless words with Xu Hengyuan. She sneered and said directly, "Xu Hengyuan, there's no need for us to pretend to be a loving father and filial son, is there?"

"I have no time to waste on you."

After saying that, Yao Yingxi took the phone away from her ear.

"Wait a minute." Xu Hengyuan spoke up. He didn't get angry after hearing Yao Yingxi's words, and his voice still carried a smile: "I don't have time for this, but do you have time for Xiaoyue?"

Yao Yingxi's expression hardened, and her voice turned cold: "Xu Hengyuan, what do you mean?"

Hearing Yao Yingxi's changed voice, Xu Hengyuan smiled with satisfaction and replied, "Xiaoxi, you're so smart, don't you know what Daddy means?"

"Xu Hengyuan!" Yao Yingxi shouted, and strode out quickly: "If you dare to hurt a single hair on Yueyue's head, I will make you pay the price."

Xu Hengyuan hadn't been threatened in a long time, but after being threatened and forced to compromise repeatedly lately, all his anger surged up in an instant, and his tone turned sinister: "You're so powerful, of course I won't easily touch your sister. I'll give you twenty minutes. If you're not at the villa by then..."

Xu Hengyuan chuckled coldly and hung up the phone with a snap.

Before Yao Yingxi could finish the word "dare," all she could hear was the busy signal. She glanced at the darkened screen, quickly hailed a taxi, and gave the driver the address of the Xu family villa.

As the scenery receded into the distance, Yao Yingxi gripped her phone tighter and tighter.

Was Yao Yingyue captured by Xu Hengyuan? What did Xu Hengyuan do to her? How is she now?

Yao Yingxi was preoccupied with whether Yao Yingyue had been injured or suffered any losses, and she was extremely anxious.

She kept urging the taxi driver to hurry up, and it was forty minutes later when they arrived at the Xu family villa.

After paying the money, Yao Yingxi ran to the gate of the Xu family villa, where the bodyguard who had hit her was already waiting for her.

When Fugui saw her, he bowed and gestured for her to enter.

Yao Yingxi looked at Fugui, took a deep breath, hid all her anxious emotions, and calmly walked into the villa.

The entire Xu family was in the living room. As Yao Yingxi walked in, He Qinfang spoke gently, "Xiaoxi is here."

Xu Hengyuan also said to her, "Come and sit down."

Xu Xinya smiled back at her.

Yao Yingxi didn't have time to waste words with them and went straight to Xu Hengyuan: "Xu Hengyuan, what did you mean by what you said on the phone just now?"

Xu Hengyuan was drinking tea when he heard this, so he put down his cup and said, "It means exactly what you think it means."

"You captured Yueyue?" Yao Yingxi's expression hardened, and she walked towards Xu Hengyuan's direction.

She possessed a sharpness reminiscent of Xi Yuanchen. Xu Hengyuan paused, then shouted at her, "Stop! Otherwise, you won't see your sister today."

"Xu Hengyuan, don't try anything funny!" Yao Yingxi stopped in her tracks, her gaze towards Xu Hengyuan like a sword.

Xu Hengyuan laughed at Yao Yingxi's nervous expression: "Why would I play tricks? Yueyue is my daughter too, what could I possibly do to her?"

Yao Yingxi glared at him, the air thick with tension.

After a few seconds, Yao Yingxi calmed down and looked at them with a smile: "That's for the best. Even if you want to play tricks, you should see if they're credible."

"Yueyue went abroad to study a long time ago. You're trying to use her to deceive me? Aren't you afraid of losing more than you gain?"

Yao Yingxi was testing the waters; she was extremely nervous about anything related to Yao Yingyue, as she didn't quite believe Yao Yingyue was in Xu Hengyuan's hands.

After all, Yao Yingyue is an adult. Yao Yingxi felt that Xu Hengyuan didn't have that much power to bring someone back from abroad, unless Yao Yingyue willingly went with him. But that possibility was almost zero.

But... the phone call she didn't receive last night left her feeling uncertain.

As soon as Yao Yingxi finished speaking, Xu Xinya, who was sitting on the sofa, smiled, gracefully put down her coffee, and stood up: "Sister, does that mean you don't believe our sister isn't home?"

"If you don't believe me, then what are you doing here?"

Xu Xinya smiled and playfully punched Yao Yingxi, who then looked at Xu Xinya.

In the silence, footsteps came from upstairs.

Yao Yingxi recognized Yao Yingyue's footsteps. She frowned and looked towards the second floor in disbelief.

Soon, Yao Yingyue appeared at the top of the stairs. Yao Yingxi looked at that familiar face in disbelief and asked, "Yueyue?"