She also asked Grandpa Xia about the handling of Wang Cheng while in the car.
Grandpa Xia pondered for a moment, then sighed, "There's no need to show weakness now. Do whatever you want. But in the end, they are still your cousin and aunt. I've indulged them for the past ten years, so don't go too far."
Xia Yixin is not a saint. Although she agreed, she would never let the tiger return to the mountain. Besides, what they did was illegal. If they are not eliminated, the Xia family will fall sooner or later.
She ignored the system's various questions, closed her eyes, and quickly fell asleep, leaving the system completely bewildered and silently complaining.
My host suddenly wants to start a new life, but I feel like she's become a couch potato. What should I do? I'm in a real hurry, waiting for advice online.
Ever since Xia Yixin started her secondary storyline and Lu Yan, the male supporting character, reached a positive happiness level, the system basically let her roam free. However, starting from the second day, the system felt that its host was constantly flirting with death, and it was extremely worried...
For example, when she ran into Lu Yan in the corridor early the next morning, she actually smiled, a smile that shattered the man's composure for the first time.
"Good morning, I'm going downstairs now." Xia Yixin ignored the man's deepening gaze and skipped downstairs. Hey, this is the first time I've made this scheming guy so confused. It's so satisfying!
Everyone thought that Xia Yixin would be worried after being "fiancée", or that she would have to fight wits with Lu Yan. Even Grandpa Xia thought so, so when he saw Xia Yixin's smiling face, he was stunned for half a second.
"Yixin, what's wrong with you?" Old Master Xia asked with some concern. "Has this child gone mad with anger?"
"It's alright, Grandpa, I've just figured it out," Xia Yixin reassured him, regaining her composure. "I had some things to take care of this morning, so I went to the company for breakfast."
This morning she sent a message to Li Rui, and proceeded as planned to catch Wang Cheng off guard.
Grandpa Xia quickly understood Xia Yixin's meaning and nodded, "Alright, let me know if you need me to step in. Also, things might not be peaceful outside lately, so please be careful."
Xia Yixin knew that what Grandpa Xia and Lu Yan were about to do would truly shake the nation, so she obediently nodded and said, "Okay."
Just as she was about to leave, a deep, magnetic male voice suddenly sounded behind her, "I'll take her to the company, Grandpa Xia. I'll come find you after I drop her off."
Xia Yixin suppressed the "No need" that was about to come out of her throat and forced a smile, "Okay."
The system silently complained, "Host, if you keep faking that smile, I think you're asking for death."
"Did the male supporting character's happiness score decrease?" Xia Yixin asked in her mind. After receiving a negative answer, she felt a little relieved. "It didn't decrease, so what's there to be afraid of? Anyway, he didn't kill me when I was over 300 points below zero."
"..." The system seemed to be saying, "Then if you're so capable, why don't you just leave your pocket pistol behind!"
Xia Yixin appeared calm, but she was actually panicking. Who knew what this guy would do? She hardened her heart and decided to take the gamble; the worst that could happen was death.
Lu Yan looked at Xia Yixin, who had entered the car first, with a deep look in his eyes. In fact, Lu Yan was very curious about why she had suddenly come to her senses. Last night, through the surveillance, he knew about her conversation with Grandpa Xia. Logically speaking, she should be very angry. He couldn't figure her out. But what he hated even more was her fake smile towards him.
Since Grandpa Xia did not object, and Xia Yixin was "as if bathed in a spring breeze," the Dragon Guards naturally assumed that the two were engaged. Long Wu even "thoughtfully" raised the partition between the front and rear compartments, perfectly forming a "moving secret room."
The atmosphere inside the car was eerie.
It must be said that the man was indeed very good-looking.
The well-fitting suit accentuated his tall, slender figure, broad shoulders, and narrow waist. His black hair was just the right length, and even the gold-rimmed glasses couldn't hide his flawless handsomeness. He exuded a clean, cool fragrance. She suddenly remembered Grandpa Xia's description of "bloodline power." Could this cool fragrance be because of this? Because of him, she felt inexplicably short of breath in the normally spacious back of the car.
He suddenly looked up, catching her gaze before she could look away, and asked with a playful tone, "Beautiful?"
"It's alright." Xia Yixin turned her head to look out the window with a haughty air.
The man's smile deepened.
An eerie silence filled the carriage, as rows of maple trees outside the window were swept past.
As they were about to reach the company, she steeled herself, turned around to face him, and adopted a serious negotiating posture.
"Lu Yan, I think we need to talk. We've known each other since we were kids. I know you definitely have ulterior motives. I can help you. I genuinely want to treat you as a friend. Anyway, we both know that being engaged requires a bit of pretense. Instead of being wary of each other, why don't we try to trust each other and become partners? OK?"
A man looked at her with great interest and suddenly moved closer to her.
If a person's gaze were carrying a knife, she would probably have been dissected by this pervert by now.
Xia Yixin instinctively leaned back until her back touched the car door.
Just as her smile was about to crumble, he suddenly grabbed her wrist. She tried to pull it back, but he gripped it even tighter.
“Long Wu is right ahead. If I call out, you’re finished,” she warned.
The man laughed, his smile wicked, like a predator who had caught its prey by the tail.
"Xia Yixin, you've been pretending for twenty years, you even fooled me. You almost went crazy."
His tone was relaxed, as if he were simply saying something like, "The weather is nice."
Although she had a feeling that "as expected, she guessed the reason for the increased happiness value", she felt a chill run down her spine from the other person's words, and her other hand unconsciously moved towards the pocket containing the portable pistol.
At this moment, Lu Yan suddenly let go of her hand.
He sat back in his original spot, creating distance between himself and the others.
"But now I've changed my mind. It's very pleasant to work with smart people."
"..." So you agreed? She breathed a sigh of relief.
Lu Yan looked at her, then changed the subject with interest, "But I also have a small question. How did you kill that perverted dean back then? You were born with superhuman strength. The strength you showed just now didn't seem like it. Were you afraid of hurting me?"
He did it purely on purpose; her shift from a relieved expression to a bewildered look perfectly pleased him, although she quickly regained her composure.
"Yes, you're overthinking it. I'm just a little stronger, but that strength will disappear as I get older. There's nothing I can do if you don't believe me," Xia Yixin replied, half-jokingly.
Li Rui is easy to fool, but the man in front of her had been with her for a long time and knew that she hadn't "pre-arranged" it. Besides, he was also present when the perverted dean was shot.
When the car arrived at the entrance of Xia's Company, she unbuckled her seatbelt, and Long Wu had already opened the car door.
"I'm off then, thanks!"
She couldn't wait to leave him.
Just as she lifted her foot, a man's warning voice suddenly sounded behind her.
"Xia Yixin, you're not allowed to act in front of me anymore."
She turned her head in surprise and met the other person's deep black eyes. She felt a little frustrated. It turned out that the other person had seen through all her thoughts long ago.
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