Faced with Meng Fanxue's coquettish "Brother Lin Xiao," Lin Xiao remained unmoved, only raising his eyebrows slightly.
Meng Fanxue sensed something was amiss, her delicate brows furrowed slightly, but she didn't dwell on it.
The two began to play chess.
Nobody wants to lose.
Therefore, both of their eyes were focused on the chessboard.
Lin Xiao held a black stone with his well-defined fingers, dropped it crisply, and then gracefully captured the three white stones that he had surrounded.
"Fanfan, there's something I think I need to tell you."
Meng Fanxue was completely focused on the chess game at the moment. Upon hearing this, she glanced at Lin Xiao and asked, "Hmm?"
"I was the one who saved you when you were a child," Lin Xiao said calmly.
When he first learned about this, Lin Xiao was extremely agitated.
He realized that Meng Fanxue had mistaken her benefactor for someone else, and that he was the one who had saved her.
But so much time has passed, and Lin Xiao has already let it go.
He saved her without expecting anything in return.
She mistook someone for someone else, so be it.
It doesn't matter anymore.
But now that it's over, he still wants to settle this karmic debt.
Meng Fanxue stood there dumbfounded, blinking her eyelashes as if she didn't understand what he was saying.
She gave an awkward laugh, her brows furrowing. "What did you say? How is that possible?"
Lin Xiao raised an eyebrow and a smile, whether mocking or helpless, appeared on his lips.
"That day you were wearing a light purple princess dress with a large, dark purple bow on the chest."
"The assailant cut your arm with a knife, staining your skirt with blood."
"By the way, the day you wore two pigtails that hung down from the top of your head, swinging back and forth when you ran."
Meng Fanxue's pupils widened, her heart tightened, and she dropped the chess piece.
Do you remember which road we met on?
Lin Xiao thought for a moment, "Shanyang Road."
Meng Fanxue's fear intensified, and she asked in bewilderment, "But why weren't you at the hospital then? Feng Qi was there, though?"
Lin Xiao scoffed lightly, "Why am I not in the hospital? I'm injured, and the doctor won't let me get out of bed or move around."
"As for Feng Qi, he was hospitalized at the time because he injured his foot in a minor car accident."
"When I was able to get out of bed, I went to see you, but your bodyguards kicked me out."
“I had no idea that Feng Qi had taken credit for the work. When you mentioned this incident before, I realized something was wrong and wanted to tell you the truth, but you didn’t trust me at the time and even yelled at me.”
"Of course, I'm telling the truth today not for any reward. If we're talking about reward, the Patek Philippe watch you gave me last time is already a reward for me."
"I just want to end the karmic entanglement between us properly, that's all."
Meng Fanxue froze on the spot.
No wonder.
No wonder Lin Xiao said before that Feng Qi wasn't his savior...
Did she really mistake her benefactor for someone else?
She's incredibly stupid?!
But if she can admit her mistake once, how can we be sure she's right this time?
"Do you remember what that thug looked like?"
Lin Xiao stared intently for a moment, then said, “I don’t remember very clearly. I only remember that he was a thin middle-aged man with little flesh on his arms. I can’t remember what his face looked like at all.”
Meng Fanxue's eyes flickered as she added, "That person was bald, had a mole the size of a soybean on his face with a hair growing from it, and smelled terrible."
After saying that, she looked at Lin Xiao and said incredulously, "Oh my god, I really mistook you for someone else!"
"I never expected Feng Qi to be such a liar!"
"He doesn't seem like a liar at all!"
"I've considered him my savior for so many years, and I've prepared all sorts of expensive gifts for him every year on his birthday. Thinking about it now, I'm really angry!"
Lin Xiao pursed his lips and said nothing.
He has said what he needed to say. The rest is for her to process herself.
Meng Fanxue still harbored a sliver of doubt. Although she had already come to believe Lin Xiao's words to a great extent, after realizing how thoroughly Feng Qi had deceived her, she found it difficult to trust another person completely.
Even so, Meng Fanxue felt extremely ashamed when she thought about her previous terrible attitude towards Lin Xiao.
How can she erase the bad impression Lin Xiao has of her?
He quit, and he will no longer appear at Snow Dance Manor on time, so she will have no way to get close to him.
Remorse for the past and fear for the future made Meng Fanxue anxious. She looked at Lin Xiao, remained silent for a moment, took a breath, and finally mustered up her courage to say:
"Brother Lin Xiao, I'm sorry."
"I mistook you for someone else. I'm sorry for being so mean to you before."
Lin Xiao smiled faintly: "It's okay. You didn't do it on purpose. I know."
“When you yell at me, in a sense, you are also protecting another ‘me’ from being offended, and I can understand that.”
Meng Fanxue's eyes stung, her vision blurred with tears, and her magnetic voice trembled slightly with a nasal tone.
"I'm so stupid! Brother Lin Xiao," she said, extending her delicate hand to Lin Xiao. "I really have no face to face you."
Lin Xiao threw away the chess piece in his hand, raised his hand, and squeezed Meng Fanxue's soft little hand.
"It's alright, we won't see each other again anyway," Lin Xiao said with a half-smile.
Meng Fanxue became anxious, "No, Brother Lin Xiao. I need to see you."
Lin Xiao squeezed her hand, then released it, and said with a faint smile, "Oh? I don't want to see anyone. I want to be alone. Fanfan wouldn't even take away this right of mine, would she?"
“No, that’s not what I meant. I meant…” Meng Fanxue bit her lip, blushing, “I definitely won’t force you to do anything you don’t want to do. I can wait. I’ll see you when you want to see someone.”
Lin Xiao rubbed his tiger's mouth a few times, remaining noncommittal.
After learning that Lin Xiao was her savior, Meng Fanxue was deeply moved.
She instructed Zhao Ma, "Prepare several dishes. Prepare them according to Mr. Lin's taste. Go to the wine cellar and select a bottle of good wine."
Aunt Zhao raised an eyebrow slightly. "Yes, Miss. But Mr. Lin drove here, so drinking isn't appropriate, is it?"
“He’s not leaving tonight,” Meng Fanxue said firmly.
Aunt Zhao was taken aback, her pupils widened, as if she had thought of something. She was about to speak to advise him, but then she closed her mouth and turned to leave.
Meng Fanxue opened her phone and, with a series of operations, booked all of Lin Xiao's time slots before 4 PM on Wednesday.
She booked everything from 3 p.m. Monday to 4 p.m. Wednesday.
It cost a total of 6,700,000 yuan.
When Lin Xiao saw the notification of the money transfer on his phone, he was completely stunned.
He originally planned to retire from crime once he had saved up 20 million, but now his fortune has skyrocketed to 29,400,000.
Breaking the 30 million mark is just around the corner.
At this moment, Lin Xiao gained a new understanding of the Meng family's wealth.
He guessed that Meng Fanxue was probably just trying to make amends and wouldn't do anything too outrageous to him, so he felt relieved.
Since we're here, let's make the best of it.
Who would complain about having too much money?
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