In the blink of an eye, Mrs. Li appeared in front of him. That angry face was magnified several times in Xia Xi's eyes. It was really scary, as if he wanted to eat people.
Eating people was impossible, but beating them was very possible. Xia Xi saw Mrs. Li raising her hand, and when the slap was about to fall, she grabbed her wrist and asked calmly, "Mrs. Li, what are you doing?"
Mrs. Li's chest heaved, her breath fierce. "Answer me, what were you doing just now?! Miss Xia, it was my magnanimity that made me let you, Boya, off. Not only are you ungrateful, but you're coming here to seduce my husband!"
"Seduction...what?" Xia Xi was stunned. After a moment, he shook his head with amusement.
Mrs. Li shook off Xia Xi's hand, and her outstretched finger almost poked her nose: "What do you mean?"
"Mrs. Li, you are a client of Boya. I have always been polite to you, but that doesn't mean you can throw dirty water on me at will." Xia Xi glanced at the silent Li Shiguang beside her and said mercilessly, "Is your husband so popular? Do I need to seduce him?"
"you……"
Mrs. Li’s fingertips trembled, and she kept saying “you” for a long time, too angry to speak.
She couldn't say anything, but Xia Xi still had something to say: "The last time I came over, your husband was verbally offensive. Today, when I wasn't paying attention, he even touched me. I want to sue him for sexual harassment."
Li Shiguang looked flustered. He glanced at his wife, whose face was ashen, and scolded Xia Xi: "Don't spit blood!"
"Wife, don't listen to her nonsense." Li Shiguang took a step sideways and stood beside his wife, joining her in her hostility towards Xia Xi. "You're right, she seduced me. This Miss Xia, relying on her youth and beauty, I don't know how many times she's done this to become so adept. Fortunately, I have principles and didn't let her deceive me."
Xia Xi admired this skill of turning the tables.
Looking at Mrs. Li again, she really believed Li Shiguang's lies. Her eyes were blazing with anger and she shot him straight at her: "Miss Xia, do you have anything else to say? I don't need you to renovate my manor anymore. Not only that, I will go to your company to complain tomorrow!"
When Xia Xi heard this, her first reaction was not anger, but rather ridiculousness. She smiled with her eyes curved.
Mrs. Li thought her expression was one of disdain and became even more angry. "I almost forgot, you're a partner in the company. My complaint against you won't get you fired. But don't get complacent. At least let your colleagues know what kind of person you are. Get ready to be condemned by everyone!"
Li Shiguang hid behind his wife and acted as a transparent person.
Xia Xi couldn't stand it any longer and decided to tear off this disgusting whitewashing mask: "Mrs. Li, every time there are women around Mr. Li who are entangled with him, is it true that he tells you that it was those women who seduced him?"
Mrs. Li, who was furious, suddenly became quiet, as if someone pressed the pause button.
Li Shiguang's eyes flashed with anger. He could no longer be the invisible man and started to speak out: "Miss Xia, how can you speak like that?"
"Am I wrong?" Xia Xi continued to smile, tearing away his disguise bit by bit. "When you didn't succeed with those women, you took the opportunity to show off your adherence to principles and your commitment to your marriage. When you succeeded and your wife found out, you used excuses like 'she seduced you' and 'it was just a casual affair' to cover it up."
Xia Xi stared at Mrs. Li and tore apart her disguise. "Mrs. Li, you've lived with your husband for so long, don't you really know his true nature? No, you know better than anyone. You're just deceiving yourself, putting the blame of your husband's infidelity on those women. This way you can tell yourself that your marriage is still perfect, at least on the surface. It's just that you've deceived yourself so many times that you can't even tell the difference. When you encounter similar things again, you're used to blaming women."
Mrs. Li felt as if someone had poured a bucket of ice water on her in the bright sunshine of May. She felt cold all over. "W-What nonsense are you talking about?"
Xia Xi looked at her quietly, with sympathy in her eyes.
Mrs. Li rushed forward and pushed her, her face distorted. She firmly believed what she had seen. "It was you who seduced my husband, and you still refuse to admit it and are still trying to make excuses. I've never seen anyone as shameless as you!"
Xia Xi staggered back a step and stood firm by holding on to the Roman column. The sympathy in her eyes disappeared, and she felt that the person in front of her was a joke and hopeless.
"Wife, don't be angry. Let her say whatever she wants." Li Shiguang hugged his trembling wife, patting her gently and coaxing her in a low voice, "She just saw that I wasn't interested in her, and she got angry out of shame and found all kinds of ways to discredit me. It's not worth it for you to be really angry."
Xia Xi felt powerless, as if her fist couldn't hit him in the face. "Mr. Li, please look in the mirror before you say that. My husband is taller, more handsome, and richer than you. I'm seducing you? What do I want? To be disgusted to death for the rest of my life?"
As a painter of some fame, Li Shiguang was praised wherever he went. He had never been humiliated like this before. It was like his face was thrown on the ground and stepped on. He was immediately furious.
Xia Xi concentrated her mind and prepared herself for the fight. With Li Shiguang's physique, she wasn't afraid even if they really started fighting.
Suddenly, a tall figure appeared before her, completely obscuring Li Shiguang. Xia Xi was stunned for a moment, and a familiar, refreshing scent wafted into her nostrils, instantly calming her restlessness with a sense of security. Xia Xi's heart pounded as she looked at the broad back so close to her. The black suit fabric looked so familiar; it was the same suit he had worn that morning.
She hadn't sent that message yet, so why was he here?
Xu Yanfeng put one hand behind his back and hooked his fingers. Xia Xi lowered her eyes, smiled slightly, and put her hand in his palm. He put his five fingers together and held her hand tightly.
My whole heart feels more at peace.
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