Chapter 1537: Booking a Flight to Milan
Counting back, they had not been in contact for five whole days. He had kept his phone constantly by his side, and would habitually take it out for a look. Every moment was spent looking forward to her call.
Wen Xinya’s soft, coquettish voice drifted through the phone into his ears. His heart softened into one big mushy mess.
He heard her say, “Si Yiyan, I miss you so much!”
Her gentle, lilting voice was full of longing for him. It was like a huge rock had been tossed into his heart, plunging in deep and giving rise to countless ripples of desire to see her.
The two of them continued murmuring intimate sweet nothings to each other.
“Ah, my phone battery is running out.” Wen Xinya whined in annoyance when she heard the warning beep. She had not charged her mobile phone since coming to Milan and handing it over to Mr. Ronda. On arrival at the airport, she had immediately called Si Yiyan but didn’t pay attention to how much battery life was left.
“Since your phone battery is running out, let’s hang up then. You have had a long day and should go to bed earlier.” Si Yiyan felt rather regretful. He noted that they had already been on the phone for one and a half hours, but it felt like they had just started chatting and hadn’t really said anything much yet.
Wen Xinya was somewhat reluctant. “Just like that?”
They had clearly said a lot of words earlier, but now that the time had come to hang up, it felt like they had not spoken much at all.
Si Yiyan said in a soft voice, “You hang up first!”
“No, you first!” Wen Xinya immediately refused in a sulky tone.
“Good girl, behave!” Si Yiyan coaxed.
“I don’t want to. You hang up first!” Wen Xinya fussed.
The two of them continued in this clingy and reluctant manner, neither of them willing to hang up. Another 10 minutes pa.s.sed in this way.
Finally, Wen Xinya’s phone gave a beep and her screen went black. Her mobile phone had automatically shut off from the lack of battery life. Vexed, she glared at the phone. “Hateful phone. Why are you so useless? Couldn’t you have held on just a little longer? I didn’t even get the chance to say goodbye to Si Yiyan!”
With that, she flung the phone onto the bed in exasperation.
Si Yiyan couldn’t help smiling when he heard the dial tone on his phone. He could just imagine the expression on his little baby’s face now. How frustrated she must be. He bet she would be venting her anger at her phone.
“One hour, 42 minutes and 53 seconds.” Gu Yuexi raised his left hand to glance at his watch. He was not wearing gla.s.ses, so those pitch-black eyes glittered cold and sharp, like black agates under the sun.
This type of sharpness held a sense of danger. All those who gazed into those eyes would feel threatened and raise their guard against him. This was a disadvantage to him, which was why he always wore a pair of gla.s.ses.
Apart from Rex, he more or less never took off his gla.s.ses in front of anyone else.
Sis-in-law had once asked him to take off his gla.s.ses out of curiosity. However, he had instantly rejected her request.
A trace of wonder crossed Si Yiyan’s calm face. He raised his brows slightly. “When did you come in?”
Gu Yuexi smiled in a manner which he felt was das.h.i.+ng, warm and completely harmless. But this prince-charming-type smile on someone with eyes as piercingly black and dangerously sharp as his—it just felt extremely incongruous. “You have always been more alert than me, but you failed to notice my presence even though I have been here for a whole hour and fifty minutes.”
He had been here for a long time. For the first five minutes, Si Siyan had been completely fixated on Wen Xinya’s image on the television screen. For the next one hour and 45 minutes, he had been engrossed in chatting with Wen Xinya on the phone, asking her random and meaningless things like “Have you eaten? What did you eat? Have you recovered from your jet lag? Are you used to things there now?”
He now believed in the saying that men and women in love would always experience a major drop in IQ. Even the powerful Rex was no exception.
Si Yiyan’s face turned grave. “What did you wish to say?”
He had indeed not noticed Gu Yuexi’s presence the entire time.
Gu Yuexi’s glittering, sharp black eyes instantly pierced through Si Yiyan. “Your astuteness and vigilance—these two qualities which you are so proud of—have become just empty sh.e.l.ls under such circ.u.mstances. This is an extremely dangerous thing for you as the final decision maker of Lucifer. Rex, has this sweet, lovey-dovey life made you lose your most basic sense of precaution?”
He finally understood the phrase “making porridge out of the phone” when describing two people babbling endlessly on the phone. That long conversation could have probably yielded several pots of “phone porridge”. He could hardly imagine this man, who was so powerful and without peer in his eyes, could have such a soft and gentle side.
It was said that the head of Xiasi Group for each generation would have some major flaw in them. Whether it was emotional, physical or mental—they would have some extremely weird quirk. Gu Yuexi finally believed that now.
Si Yiyan glared at Gu Yuexi. It was an extremely oppressive warning look. “Don’t interfere with my business.”
Gu Yuexi said mildly, “I have no intention of interfering with your business. But as your subordinate, it is my duty to remind you not to forget yourself in that haze of romance and end up losing your edge. I hope you will take heed.”
Si Yiyan calmly retrieved his gaze. “Why are you looking for me?”
Immersing himself in this relations.h.i.+p would not make him lose his edge, but instead, sharpen it. But of course, there was no need to tell Gu Yuexi of this point.
Gu Yuexi said, “There’s something going on at the Zhou Family side!”
He had come to Capital city to help Rex implement Plan S against the Korean-Chinese Alliance.
Si Yiyan was not surprised. “Let’s not bother about the Zhou Family for now and leave them aside for the time being.”
Plan S was extremely important and there could not be the slightest error there. Zhou Family was a renowned family in Capital city with deep roots going back a hundred years. It was impossible to ignore them. Otherwise, the Zhou Family would not have been entangled in the nefarious plans of the Korean-Chinese Alliance for more than a decade. As a result, he would not trust the Zhou Family so easily.
Only when faced with a dead-end would a person make a proper choice in all seriousness. What he needed now was not the timid cautiousness of the Zhou Family, but a firm determination to go head-to-head with the Korean-Chinese Alliance.
Gu Yuexi did not express any opinion but just replied, “Got it. I will continue to keep an eye on the Zhou Family.”
Si Yiyan said coolly, “You can leave now if there is nothing else. By the way, help me book a flight to Milan for the day after tomorrow.”
Gu Yuexi gave him a serious look. It seemed like his earlier caution was superfluous. More than anyone else, Rex was well aware of his own position and clearly knew what he was doing.