The winter that hit the city had caused troubles not only for the residents inside their home but also for businesses that closed early as a precaution against the incoming snowstorm. With the final leg of the selections rescheduled and the launch of Flair Apparel labeled a success, Lu Xinyi finally had more free time to spend with her children at home.
The three spent the whole day cooking and playing until the twins pa.s.sed out from exhaustion and took a nap in their bedroom, leaving Lu Xinyi to review the notes she had and to check the list of recipes He Haotian left for her to master in a month. She grumbled to herself, complaining about how her Uncle He persisted to remind her to train her palette once in a while.
At the end of the day, Zhang Qing came rus.h.i.+ng from the outside and found her mistress in the kitchen. Lu Xinyi hadn’t paid attention to what was happening outside to avoid stress and trouble.
“Miss! I have news for you!” she said, without paying attention to the snow that acc.u.mulated over her shoulder. The black suit she donned fitted her nicely and gave her a more professional look.
“Hmm? What is it? What’s the rush?” Lu Xinyi replied as she stirred the stew she had over the stove.
“Miss, news had it that your Aunt Ruying committed suicide caused by her mental illness resurfacing. Moreover, someone broke into the prison to tell Sun Qiyan about what happened to her mother, opting her to stab herself to death.”
Lu Xinyi’s action faltered for a second before resuming what she was doing. She had expected that it’d happen sooner or later.
People tolerate more and have sympathy for those who’d taken their own lives. For them, Sun Ruying’s death meant that the death of her youngest child that was caused by the older one had made her lose her sanity while Sun Qiyan killing herself became a way to avoid her upcoming persecution and out of guilt she had for causing her mother and sister’s deaths.
“Who did it?” she asked and continued fixing the taste of her dish by adding appropriate spices.
“It’s Zhou Yin.”
Lu Xinyi blinked, trying to remember who Zhou Yin was but failed. She couldn’t remember meeting any man with the name Zhou Yin. How come Zhang Qing knew who he was, but she didn’t? Was he forgetting something?
“Who’s that?”
“Miss, don’t you remember the man who was always with Sun Mingai? They said he was the adopted son she raised abroad. Do you want us to run a background investigation on him?” Zhang Qing replied.
Lu Xinyi shook her head. Zhou Yin was probably her aunt’s p.a.w.n to use and do the dirty works for her. Removing Sun Ruying and Sun Qiyan from the scene, it would not only save the company from further humiliation and losses; but the rumors would also die with them.
“How heartless, but it’s not surprising for me anymore. Sun Mingai not only caused my mother’s death but also added more to her list.” Lu Xinyi sighed and shook her head.
“How about Xi Yunchuan?” her bodyguard inquired. The man himself hadn’t made a single move yet as if he didn’t care what fate would give to him as his punishment.
“Now that Qiyan is dead. There’s no reason for him to plot against her and the Sun family.”
It was Zhang Qing’s turn to shake her head. She didn’t care if Xi Yunchuan schemed against the Sun family. She only cared about her mistress’ safety.
“But if he tries to get revenge on you for destroying Redux Entertainment…”
Not only did Lu Xinyi destroy Xi Yunchuan, but she also helped Griffin Entertainment get an upper hand by giving them confidential files she gathered from Gong Yijun.
“If you’re worried that he’s still capable of doing it, then we only need to remind him again that the Xi family’s private army is no match against Young Madam Shen’s four-man army,” her mistress said confidently.
“You worry too much, Zhang Qing,” Fu Rui said as he followed Jiao Jiao to the kitchen to bring in more fresh produce Lu Xinyi asked them to collect from the greenhouse. “If they dare to touch Young Madam, we’ll teach them a lesson again.”
The day before Lu Xinyi visited Sun Qiyan, the b.l.o.o.d.y Wolves intercepted a group of Xi family’s private army to collect evidence and find a lead to who caused the Redux Entertainment’s downfall, only for them to send the dead bodies with a single shot on their heads back to the Xi family as a warning.
The b.l.o.o.d.y Wolves were considered to be a high-level mercenary group, and the Xi family’s army’s abilities weren’t comparable to them. The Xi family finally took the warning seriously and could only retreat for now.
“Since Xi Yunchuan already knows it was me who stirred the trouble but chose not to retaliate, it meant that he didn’t care about the Xi family anymore. The Xi family only flourished because of him. Now that he’s gone, CEO Xi and his other children will struggle to keep their status intact.”
“Does it mean that that crazy b.a.s.t.a.r.d was really in love with Sun Qiushan?” Fu Rui asked brashly, earning a glare from Jiao Jiao and Zhang Qing. He mouthed a sorry to Lu Xinyi once he realized his mistake.
“There’s no need to apologize. We can never truly understand what’s in one’s heart, but I’m sure that whatever he did to Qiushan wasn’t out of love. A person who truly loves someone wouldn’t dare to harm the person. That wasn’t love–that’s possessive behavior. In essence, Xi Yunchuan wanted Sun Qiushan for himself, regardless of what she wanted for herself.
“When you love yourself, you feel fulfilled and complete and would choose to love another. There is no force there. It is a willingness to give your time to another. It is a choice you make. The person is in a relations.h.i.+p not because he or she feels incomplete without it or feels it is his or her duty to fulfill the bond, but because he or she chooses to be in it.”
“But with Xi Yunchuan, his obsession and possessiveness were caused by his insecurity that she’ll leave him. Not that I blame Miss Qiushan. I would’ve done the same, but I’ll kill him first before leaving.” Jiao Jiao huffed, making Lu Xinyi smile.
Lu Xinyi couldn’t understand Xi Yunchuan’s concept of love, but in her opinion, it was more of an obsession than love. It was the contrast of love that her husband showed her. While Xi Yunchuan beat Qiushan for dominance, Shen Yi respected Lu Xinyi and let her grow as a person.
She was so preoccupied with her thoughts that she didn’t hear her husband’s arrival with their guest. Lu Xinyi only turned her attention when she heard Shen Yi’s voice.
“Xinxin? Your Grandmother Tang is here. Do you want to meet her now?” he asked worriedly. Shen Yi knew it wasn’t easy for his wife to accept Tang Lingfei’s request to meet her.
She smiled at him, turned off the stove, and removed her ap.r.o.n.
“I’ll be there in a minute,” she replied nervously.
It was time to hear the other side of the story.