Reborn and fleeing for his life, he unexpectedly knocks on the door of the prince of Beijing's

The Hongyuan project has entered the evaluation stage.

On Monday, Wen Shengsheng made a special trip to the Xi family business.

Lin Yong was somewhat surprised when he saw her.

“There are some things about the project that I need to talk to Brother Yu about,” she said.

Lin Yong had no suspicions and took Wen Shengsheng to Xi Yu's office.

Ms. Xi had attended to the meeting in the morning, so Lin Yong arranged for her to wait in the lounge and even prepared coffee and dessert for her.

After waiting for about an hour, Xi Yu finally arrived.

“Sheng Sheng”.

When she arrived, Xi Yu's eyes lit up.

Wen Shengsheng ignored the surprise in his eyes and awkwardly turned her face away.

"Come to my office and talk."

Unlike the cold, hard color scheme of Gong Xiaochen's office, Xi Yu's office is much warmer, with a row of bookshelves four or five meters high behind a large desk.

The bookshelves were filled with all kinds of books.

Many bosses like to keep books in their offices, as it makes them appear more cultured.

But Xi Yu is different. He really does read books in his spare time, just to make up for the five years he lost.

Wen Shengsheng turned her gaze from the bookshelf to Xi Yu's face.

"Brother Yu, I won't take up much of your time. I just wanted to talk to you about something, and then I'll be leaving."

Xi Yu paused in pouring tea. "What's wrong? Do you want to ask about Second Uncle?"

“Not entirely.” Wen Shengsheng looked directly at Xi Yu with her starry eyes and said calmly, “I plan to marry Gong Xiaochen next year, and before that, I want to leave the Xi family.”

clang!

The teacup in Xi Yu's hand slipped and fell to the ground instantly.

The steaming tea was spilled all over the floor, messy and broken, and quickly lost its warmth.

Just like the panicked heart in Xi Yu's chest.

"What did you say?" he asked, seemingly incredulous.

"I said, I'm going to marry Gong Xiaochen," Wen Shengsheng said, emphasizing each word as she repeated it.

The surrounding air seemed to become heavy and oppressive because of this sentence.

Xi Yu's face paled inch by inch under Wen Shengsheng's gaze, and he instantly lost his life.

"It wasn't supposed to be this fast, but Gong Xiaochen's father wanted us to get married sooner, so he set the date for us to get our marriage certificate at the end of the year and then get married after the new year."

Fearing that Xi Yu might think she was just saying things out of anger, Wen Shengsheng added, "I met his family the day before yesterday."

Xi Yu stared quietly at Wen Shengsheng's face, his gaze gradually shifting from shock to coldness, like an ice blade gleaming with a chilling blue light in the cold night, piercing through everything before him.

After a long silence, he lowered his voice and asked.

"Was it Gong Xiaochen's idea?"

"No, I've already told you, I want to break away from the Xi family and have nothing to do with your family anymore."

boom!

"enough!"

In a fit of rage, Xi Yu swung his hand across the tea set on the tea table, shattering it into pieces on the floor.

Bright red blood slowly slid down his palm.

Wen Shengsheng was startled and quickly took out some paper to help stop the bleeding.

Xi Yu, however, did not need it and coldly brushed her hand away.

"You want to stay away from the Xi family? You want to stay away from me, don't you!"

“I do want to keep my distance from you.” Noticing that Xi Yu’s whole body was trembling slightly, Wen Shengsheng felt a pang of pain in her heart, but she still insisted, “Brother Yu, no matter whether I marry Gong Xiaochen or not, I have to leave the Xi family, you know that.”

“Okay, you want to leave the Xi family? No problem, I can help you.”

"Really?" Wen Shengsheng's starry eyes lit up.

“But you must separate from Gong Xiaochen!” Xi Yu took a deep breath. “I can compromise again. If you don’t want to resign, you can continue to work at Qingshan Capital, but you have to move to Yunding Lake. I will provide you with a driver to pick you up and drop you off every day.”

The smile that Wen Shengsheng hadn't even had a chance to spread on her face froze instantly.

"Why?" She was puzzled.

“You know very well what kind of life I’ve lived in the Xi family all these years. I’m often forced to kneel in the ancestral hall as punishment, or your father smashes cups at me.”

"You raised me, so I can listen to you. But what about them? Who are they? Why are they treating me like this?!"

"You still want me to live in Yunding Lake? What's the difference between that and living in the Xi residence? Aren't they both your Xi family's territory? I'll still be criticized and called lowly every day."

“Yunding Lake Residence is my private property and has nothing to do with the Xi family. You don’t need to see any members of the Xi family there except for me!” Xi Yu explained.

What he said wasn't wrong.

In her previous life, ever since she moved into Yunding Lake Residence, she had never seen a member of the Xi family again.

Except for the first month or so after their marriage, Xi Yu would visit her.

Later, she was almost always alone, guarding a huge villa by herself, waiting from dawn to dusk, and from dusk to dawn again.

She was like a caged canary, completely unaware of what was happening outside, and oblivious to what Xi Yu did every day.

He rarely replies to my messages or phone calls.

I only occasionally heard news about him when I saw news of Li Wanqiu showing affection for her partner online.

She was like a fool, forgotten in a corner of the world, left to fend for herself.

"Brother Yu, I've been thinking about something." Wen Shengsheng's expression turned cold.

"You cared for me so much before, but why did you change so much after returning to the Xi family? You became so cold-blooded and heartless!"

"Is it the immeasurable wealth of the elite that has swayed you, or the endless struggles that have changed you? If you despise me, just let me go. Why do you always have to bind me like this, suffocating me?"

Xi Yu's breathing became rapid and disordered. "Sheng Sheng, I have never disliked you."

"You're lying!" Wen Shengsheng retorted loudly. "If you didn't despise me, why did you leave me in that cold house and ignore me? If you didn't despise me, why did you insist on making me the adopted daughter of the Xi family when you knew I liked you?"

"Yes, my affection is worthless and unworthy of the high and mighty Second Young Master Xi. If you don't like it, you can throw it away. I never intended to pester you. I know my place."

"That's not how it is!" Xi Yu's chest heaved violently, a thousand words stuck in his throat in an instant, making him feel a sharp pain.

"What is it?! Tell me, I'll give you a chance to defend yourself."

Wen Shengsheng stared intently at Xi Yu.

Her past life was too painful, and she hoped that Xi Yu could give her an answer so that she could be freed and let go of that painful experience.

Xi Yu's lips moved slightly, and his hands unconsciously clenched into fists. The taut muscles and bulging veins showed that he was trying his best to suppress the surging emotions in his heart.

But even as Wen Shengsheng's body grew colder and colder, he still didn't say anything.

"Sheng Sheng, give me some more time, okay? Let me handle your relationship with the Xi family."

Huh~

That same phrase again...

Disappointment overwhelmed Wen Shengsheng like a torrential downpour, leaving her suffocating in the storm.

"Heh~" Wen Shengsheng sneered, "Do you know how much I hate it when you say that? Do you want me to die or live? You can just stab me directly, but you always torture me like this, making me neither suffer nor be happy."

"But there's no future between us, and I don't want to listen to you make up some meaningless things to lie to me."

Wen Shengsheng took out her phone and showed Xi Yu the video of the Peacock Ceremony.

"I originally wanted to talk to you properly, but since you don't agree, I can only solve it in my own way."

Xi Yu frowned as he looked at the video on Wen Shengsheng's phone, showing her being drugged by Dong Xinyao, then taken away by Xi Gaolang, and delivered to the parking lot.

"Gong Xiaochen gave it to you? What do you want to do with it?"

Wen Shengsheng's voice was as cold as jade, "I'm going to tell you this now: whether you agree or not, I'm going to leave the Xi family. If you dare to disagree, don't blame me for releasing Zhou Xiang's information."

"The Xi family has had a smooth and successful year, and I wonder how many people are envious of them. I bet many people also want to see just how dirty the internal strife within the Xi family is!"