Chapter 47 Chapter 47 Even if the means are despicable.
The night was filled with mist, and the last lights of the Disney Castle went out in the distance, like a gorgeous dream quietly ending.
Yu's father and mother showed up at the right time and took over Xizhi, who had been eyelids drooping for a long time but was still trying to remain calm and analyze the situation.
"Xiaozhi is tired from playing, come back to the suite with us to sleep."
Mother Yu's tone was loving but unquestionable. She naturally put her arm around her grandson, and her eyes swept over her son with a hint of meaningful advice.
"The view from the top-floor Sky Suite is stunning. You young people... enjoy your alone time."
Without waiting for a response, they left with the child.
The air still seemed to linger with the sulfurous smell of fireworks and the sweet aroma of candy, but more of it was a sudden, undisturbed silence mixed with a certain silent tension.
The suite is spacious and luxurious, with the entire floor-to-ceiling window overlooking the outline of the sleeping paradise and the night sky a tranquil dark blue.
The expensive fragrance slowly flows in the air, but it cannot suppress the awkward feeling of intimacy.
Yu Sixie walked towards Xi Tong who was standing in front of the window.
The woman's silhouette seemed a little distant in the dim light.
"Xiao Xi—" he began, his voice much lower and softer than usual.
"I was wrong about what happened today."
Perhaps the lessons learned from his previous relationship finally started to take effect. The man tried to analyze himself, with a rare clumsy apology in his tone.
"I was so obsessed with risk assessment and trying to control everything, including...how to protect you. I ignored your feelings."
Yu Sixie's palm gently fell on Xitong's thin shoulder. His fingertips could feel the slight coolness of her skin through the fabric, and the almost imperceptible stiffness in that moment.
Xitong didn't look back, still looking at the silent magic kingdom outside the window, only uttering a very light and meaningless "hmm" from his throat.
Her mind seemed to be drifting far away.
Yu Sixie misinterpreted this silence as some kind of softening.
So he leaned closer, his warm breath brushing against the sensitive skin of Xitong's ear. His voice lowered even further, with a hint of clear temptation: "Let me make it up to you, okay?"
He put his arms around her waist, his intentions clear and unmistakable, carrying the unspoken desires of adults.
However, the next second——
Xitong turned around suddenly!
Her movements were so swift that they stirred a breeze. There was no warmth or clarity in her eyes, only a thin, sharp layer of frost beneath which surging anger, one he could not understand, was suppressed.
She bent her knees and without hesitation, used some strength to hit his defenseless body!
"Don't touch me."
Three words, low and cold, like icicles hitting the ground.
Yu Sixie was caught off guard, and staggered back two steps with a muffled groan, feeling a clear dull pain in his lower body.
He covered the painful area, his face full of astonishment and disbelief, completely unable to comprehend the sudden turn of events.
"Xiao Xi? You..."
He looked at her in confusion, trying to find the answer from her cold face. "Are you still angry about the mine car incident this afternoon? I really know I was wrong..."
"It's not about the children."
Xi Tong interrupted Yu Sixie abruptly, her eyes swept across his face sharply, but then quickly glanced away, as if she couldn't bear to look at him any longer.
That figure in a white dress, with a timid yet hooked gaze, that deliberately vague "sister", those eyebrows and eyes that were strikingly similar to my own when I was young, yet softened...
All these images were like fine, poisonous needles, piercing her heart and making her feel irritated and nauseous.
Xi Tong wanted to ask Yu Sixie directly, but no matter how hard she tried to think of the answer in her mind, she couldn't say it out loud.
How could she, like a nagging woman, question a seemingly flawless encounter and a "simple" student who received financial aid?
The unspeakable feeling of suffocation, mixed with the foolish anger at his precise risk assessment but his complete lack of awareness of the obvious white lotus, made her feel a strong physical aversion to all his touches and approaches at this moment.
"and you……"
Yu Sixie endured the pain and tried to move forward again, trying to figure out what this sudden iceberg was.
"I said, don't touch me!"
Xitong repeated harshly, her eyes full of warning.
She pushed him away, walked swiftly to the bed, picked up a fluffy pillow and a soft blanket, and threw them unceremoniously at the expensive-looking sofa in the corner of the room.
"You sleep there tonight."
The order was given, leaving no room for negotiation.
Xi Tong didn't even look at Yu Sixie anymore. She turned around resolutely and walked quickly into the bathroom.
With a "click".
The crisp sound of the door lock falling was like a final judgment in the overly quiet suite, ruthlessly cutting off all possibilities.
Yu Sixi froze in place, the pain in her lower body continued faintly, but what hurt even more was the completely unfamiliar coldness and resistance in Xitong's eyes.
He was completely bewildered.
He apologized and reflected... Why did it only make him more distant?
The sound of water splashing came from the bathroom, continuously, like an invisible barrier, a glacier that he could not cross.
The man finally sank dejectedly into the overly soft sofa. The expensive leather could not soothe his current irritability and loss.
The world outside the window sank completely into darkness. All the fairy-tale magic was instantly withdrawn, leaving only the cold, hard reality that hurt him.
He was lost in this sudden coldness and didn't even know where he had gone wrong.
…
The afternoon sun shines through the glass ceiling, casting lazy spots of light on the atrium of the Cannes Shopping Mall connected to the Lihe Group.
Xitong sat in the outdoor seat of the coffee shop, stirring the latte in the cup unconsciously with her fingertips, and the milk foam had long dissipated.
Wen Yanming, who was sitting opposite her, still looked as gentle as jade. His light-colored short-sleeved shirt made his eyebrows and eyes look soft, and his tone was just the right amount of concern.
"So, all this unpleasantness happened just because of a sponsored student?"
Wen Yanming's voice was gentle, as if he was chatting about an ordinary matter, but his eyes carefully depicted the lingering melancholy between Xi Tong's brows.
Xitong frowned and didn't want to talk more: "It's not unpleasant. It's just that some things make people uncomfortable."
"Si Xie is a man who sometimes lacks discretion in what he does."
Wen Yanming sighed softly, his tone full of consideration for Xitong.
"Having a young girl approach you like that in that kind of situation is indeed prone to misunderstanding. Besides..." He paused, as if hesitating whether to speak or not, but finally smiled helplessly, "I heard that he's sponsored more than just this one, but this girl... is indeed a bit special."
The hints in Wen Yanming's words were like a feather scratching lightly, neither concrete nor concrete, leaving room for endless imagination.
Xitong's heart sank even more. She picked up the coffee and took a sip, but couldn't taste anything.
At this moment, Wen Yanming caught a glimpse of a familiar figure from the corner of his eye - Yu Sixie was coming down from the elevator of Lihe Group not far away, and his eyes seemed to be scanning in this direction.
In an instant, the black vine called possessiveness that had been carefully suppressed in Wen Yanming's heart grew wildly.
Beneath the warm surface of the sun, a cold and twisted thought suddenly took shape.
The man's face still maintained the perfect amount of gentleness and worry, even a little softer. His body leaned forward naturally, crossed the small table, and reached out his hand. His fingertips, with a casual touch of pity, gently brushed the corner of Xitong's mouth.
"It got a little milk foam on it."
Wen Yanming explained in a voice so gentle that water could drip out of it, his eyes fixed intently on Xitong's lips, his gesture so intimate that it far exceeded the boundaries of ordinary friends.
Xitong was already feeling uneasy because of Wen Yanming's previous words, and she didn't react to his sudden approach for a moment, but just subconsciously turned her head slightly.
——It’s this moment.
Wen Yanming used the corner of his eye to accurately measure the distance and angle of Yu Sixie's approach.
He sneered in his heart, but his face became more affectionate.
The hand that should have been retracted not only did not leave, but as Xitong tilted her head, the fingertips rubbed the edge of her jaw very lightly in an extremely ambiguous and almost lingering manner.
The movements were quick and stealthy, with an unmistakable sense of possession.
That's enough.
Wen Yanming could imagine the scene that Yu Sixie was seeing at that moment: he leaned over gently, his fingertips caressing Xitong's lips affectionately, and she... did not avoid it immediately.
A twisted sense of pleasure mixed with sharp jealousy surged beneath his carefully disguised genial mask.
He had longed for her for so long, so long that sunlight had long since corroded her into a paranoia that could not be seen in the light. Seeing her worry about another man, even the slightest doubt, made him feel both heartbroken and excited. What he couldn't have, no one else could hope to have safely.
At this moment, he wanted to personally create a crack in that seemingly stable relationship.
Even if the means are despicable.
Wen Yanming calmly withdrew his hand, his posture still elegant and natural, as if the previous intrusive action was just out of pure concern.
He didn't even look at Yu Sixie who was walking towards him immediately, but continued to show Xi Tong a smile without any gloom, with a hint of helplessness and doting.
"Look at you, always so careless."
The tone was so familiar, as if there had never been any barriers between them.
Then, as if he had just discovered Yu Sixie's presence, he looked up with a hint of surprise, his smile still gentle, even with a touch of just the right amount of embarrassment: "Si Xie? What a coincidence."
Xi Tong suddenly came back to her senses at this moment, and followed Wen Yanming's gaze, just in time to meet Yu Sixie's eyes, who suddenly stopped and turned cold in an instant.
The man's gaze was like an icicle, fixed on the hand that Wen Yanming had just touched Xi Tong, and then slowly moved to her face, filled with shock, disbelief, and a coldness that felt like being stabbed by a sharp object.
Xitong's heart sank suddenly.
Wen Yanming, however, seemed oblivious, still playing the role of the bright and cheerful old friend. He even nodded to Yu Sixie, speaking naturally:
"I was just chatting with Xiaoxi about you, and I didn't expect to run into you."
Wen Yanming's words were vague and sinister, as if they had just had an in-depth "chat" about him behind his back.
The sun is still shining warmly and the aroma of coffee is wafting in the air.
But the atmosphere between the three of them suddenly dropped to freezing point.
Wen Yanming picked up his coffee, and under the cover of the cup's rim, a cold smile flashed across the corner of his mouth, unnoticed by anyone.
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