After their late night dinner everybody except Li Yuan and Yu Youhan went to "relax" in the bar downside. They were all single and ready to mingle....They didn"t really have formalities between them as they grew up together so after work they didn"t need to follow any kind of protocol.
Li Yuan leaned forward in his seat with a serious expression, "On a serious note, what are your plans for the girl in your house. Lei... Xueyue it is?"
Yu Youhan didn"t correct Lei Xinyi name. The less was out of the bag the better it was.
There was a glint in Yu Youhan eyes before his expression turned sharp and he eyed Li Yuan with calculative glance.
"What were your plans for your fiance, Lu Xinyi?" Yu Youhan sneered.
Li Yuan looked at him incredulously and shook his head in disbelief, "That is low, even for your standards," Slamming his gla.s.s of century-old wine on the table he scoffed, "I never led her on before and I needed that a.s.sociation at that time."
85% of the Li"s Business was dealings with underworld when Li Yaun inherited the Business. He was hardly 20 by then, carefree and not even out of college yet and his father pa.s.sed away.
All the burden fell on his shoulder, the black money was hard to earn and even harder to keep, you have to keep your chess pieces everywhere and the Government and authorities were on his neck.
It was then did his Grandfather arranged his marriage with the Lu Family. They may not be that wealthy as the Li Family but the influence of the Lu Family was no joke.
They wanted a.s.surance and safety for Lu Xinyi and he wanted immunity and relief so the deal was set. That was why he was the only one who had an arranged marriage in them.
"Whatever! It"s not about me. The Elders want to eliminate the girl. Just get the heirloom and get rid of the girl."
The elders were their Grandparents. Li Yaun maternal Grandparents were Yu Youhan paternal Grandparents and vice versa.
Yu Youhan snapped his head to him and said coldly, "I"ll see who dares trespa.s.s my territory."
Li Yaun was done reasoning with the hot-headed man.
"For G.o.d"s sake you know she is a Lei, they are complicated and nuts! Just get rid of her, man. You know she is a ticking bomb! Even if they don"t kill her first the elders will order her a.s.sa.s.sination in a couple of days."
Yu Youhan narrowed his eyes at Li Yuan, "And they have a.s.signed you to a.s.sa.s.sinate her?"
It was rhetorical.
There was only one man that would go against Yu Youhan in the continent and acquire the target and that was Li Yaun so of course to shoot the bird in eagle nest they would seek a snake.
Li Yuan took a deep breath and ran a hand on his face, tiredly "Bro, think for yourself. I don"t know a lot about her but with a past like her there are going to be hyenas, vultures and weasels that will come for you. A war will break out! Is she worth all of that trouble?!"
An unrecognizable emotion pa.s.sed on Yu Youhan face but before Li Yuan could read it, it was gone. He turned his gaze out of the gla.s.s window.
"If she is what I am looking for then she is worth everything in the world." Yu Youhan replied in a deep voice.
Li Yuan looked at him with wide eyes, "Bro, you can"t be serious! We saw her die and drown in the middle of the ocean! There is no way she would make it alive or...."
Then it all clicked in place. The resemblance between the girls. They were both from the Lei clan and he had heard that their eyes were the same with many other features.
Li Yuan slumped back in his seat in disbelief, "...Or you are not looking for her, you are looking for her... clone."
He was far more obsessed than they thought with that dead girl. He wanted to convert the girl in his Mansion to another "Xinxin" for him and her losing her memories has been pure luck for him.
A clean slate, he could mold her however he liked.
Yu Youhan face hardened at Li Yaun words and his lips pursed.
Li Yaun scoffed at the man in front of him, "You b.a.s.t.a.r.d! If you are going to make another "Xinxin" out of her, you are dragging her to the same end. They killed their one daughter they would kill another!"
Li Yaun heard the voice of trigger being pulled and ducked at once. Eyeing the wall that had a bullet on the million dollars Pica.s.so vintage painting and sighed.
That was one of his Mother"s favorite, now she will have something new to eat his ear for.
"You will not breathe a word out of this room." Yu Youhan said in a cold, low voice.
Li Yuan shrugged nonchalantly as if a gun wasn"t pointed at his temple, "Wasn"t planning to. But you know it"s nothing but madness and unfair to both the girls."
"That"s none of your business."
"Yeah, of course. Untill it"s not my business."
The meaning was clear till the matter didn"t reach his domain he would let it be but when it did he will take care of the threat himself.
Yu Youhan nodded and backed off.
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Downstairs Yu w.a.n.g sat on the bar and eyed a red haired seductress dancing on a pole. She looked flexible and would...
A pat on his shoulder stopped his train of thoughts.
He turned to see Jiang Qinqin standing and ordering vodka for both of them.
They both sat there for a while in silence just sipping their drinks and eyeing the woman on the poles.
"I shouldn"t have said that to you." Jiang Qinqin said still looking at a blonde pole-dancers.
"Right." Yu w.a.n.g replied taking a sip.
Jiang Qinqin let out a tired sigh, "I just don"t know what to do. Lei Xinyi had never been like this. She is so fragile these days I feel like I will touch her and she will break."
There were a lot of thought running in Yu w.a.n.g head but he kept quiet and took another sip still eyeing the red head.
"Right."
"You know what else looks right? That redhead who is all over the pole."
Finally a smirk broke out on Yu w.a.n.g face.
"d.a.m.n right!"
"Let"s go get the girls!" Jiang Qinqin said and stood up.
Yu w.a.n.g looked at him with his brow raised, "Didn"t you have a girlfriend?"
"Nah... You were right she was a gold digger. Dumped her!"
"Such a sleazy c.u.n.t you are!"