."BEEP… BEEP… BEEP"
Lei Xinyi heard the annoying alarm clock first thing in the morning followed by blinding light that came through the window.
Hearing the sound Lei Xinyi covered her face with a pillow to s.h.i.+eld herself from the light seeping through the window covers that were drawn.
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"BEEP…BEE... CRAs.h.!.+"
Before it could ring again Lei Xinyi threw it on the front wall, shutting it for eternity.
"I go around cleaning filth from your land all night and you let this evil digital-clock disrupt my sleep! How are you fair G.o.d?!" Lei Xinyi mumbled annoyed and covered her head again with a pillow to block sunlight.
As she was finally retreating to her peaceful sleep…
"KNOCK… KNOCK!"
Pressing the pillow hard on her head Lei XInyi tried to avoid the sound, hoping that they would a.s.sume she is dead and leave…
"KNOCK… KNOCK!"
The knocking got even louder than before, "…Arrrghh…" letting out an irritated groan Lei Xinyi got out of the covers to sit on the bed.
"Who the f*ck has their a.s.ses on fire?!" Lei Xinyi shouted enraged from the lack of sleep.
"Mind your language, Young Lady!" She heard Madam Lu from the other side of the door and before she could formulate a reply, the door was opened rather rudely.
Madam Lu entered the room with a scowl on her face followed by the Housekeeper, who had several dresses and shopping bags in her hand.
Madam Lu stepped forward toward the bed with narrowed eyes and said angrily, "Why are you not getting ready for work?"
Lei Xinyi huffed with irritation, "I am sick! I have a head-splitting headache." Lei Xinyi lied through her teeth.
Then turning to the housekeeper Lie Xinyi said, "Call in sick for me."
Madam Lu narrowed her eyes at Lei Xinyi and sneered, "Lu Xinyi! That"s the fifth time you have called in sick in the last two weeks!"
Well that was true Li Yuan left for his trip two weeks ago. Since then, taking out the weekends, out of ten working days, she only went four days.
But she wasn"t to fault at all, everything in that office bored her to h.e.l.l. She was a medical genius but she couldn"t tolerate those financial statics for an hour.
Exasperated Lei Xinyi said, "That"s because I AM sick!"
Coming forward Madam Lu squinted her eyes and sternly glared at her and spat angrily, "Housekeeper Mo, call the family doctor! I really want to know if she is dying out of some kind of cancer!"
Hearing Madam Lu"s command, Lei Xinyi was beyond irked. She clearly knew she was acting but she had to be persistent. d.a.m.n the woman was too clingy!
Huffing out finally Lei Xinyi flung the covers aside to go to the bathroom, muttering, "Fine woman! I am going. Everyone know she just want the house empty for her sick kitty parties!"
Before Lei Xinyi could enter Madam Lu said sharply, "No need to get prepared for work. Today, you have to visit The Li Mansion at lunch, the plan was for you to reach with your fiancé but since you are already late for work. You must go with me."
Everything Madam Lu said was flushed out of Lei Xinyi"s mind when she heard her say "Visit the Li Mansion" Lei Xinyi closed her eyes wis.h.i.+ng it"s a nightmare and she will wake up to her sh*tty life.
But, NO! It"s d.a.m.n real. Lei Xinyi had the urge to bang her head against the nearest wall. The love of Madam Li for her son was renowned just as much as her hate toward Lu Xinyi.
She thought of her son as some celestial treasure and thought of Lu Xinyi as a mere measly peasant, who doesn"t even deserve to inhale the same air her son does.
She had heard too many rumors of how the woman had humiliated Lu Xinyi from the servants.
d.a.m.n after the f*cking tough night yesterday, no sleep in the morning and now she also has to bear the tantrums of her "Mother-in-law".
Not noticing Lei Xinyi"s despair Madam Lu continued, "I have prepared these five dresses with accessories, select one and tell the maid to arrange the rest in your closet."
As she was halfway through the door, she stopped, turned and said coldly, "The stylist will be here for your hairdo and make up, be prepared till then."
In the s.p.a.cious office of the size of a presidential suite and of the ornamental décor of an Emperor, Li Yuan sat on his chair with all the glory of an Emperor sitting on his throne.
As he wasn"t in the country from last two weeks, he had too many legal and illegal commands to give. He had pending reports to look and deals to finalize, his piled desk could attest to it.
He was going through a proposal when the door to his office was knocked; pressing a b.u.t.ton on his desk he allowed entrance, without looking up.
Walking inside a.s.sistant Ji slid a package on Li Yuan"s desk and said nervously, "Sir, Yo..You have received a package."
Li Yuan didn"t lift his eyes from the doc.u.ment he was reading and asked lazily, "From?"
a.s.sistant Ji slid a step backward and replied, "Sir, anonymous."
Li Yuan finally lifted his eyes and gave the man a threatening side smirk and asked in a calm tone that had a.s.sistant Ji sweating, "And what did I tell you to do with anonymous packages?"
a.s.sistant Ji hurriedly said to his aid, "Sir, you might want to see this. It"s about your fiancé."
Raising his brow Li Yuan drew nearer and asked, "Lu Xinyi?"
"Yes Sir."
Opening the cardboard box Li Yuan found one USB and a folded letter in it. He asked his a.s.sistant to bring a spare Laptop to connect the USB, for it may be a trick of a hacker.
Connecting the USB to his laptop Li Yuan saw that it had only one video file.
As the video played Li Yuan"s expression changed from pa.s.sive to amused. At the end of the video he let out a sinful laugh.
Wasn"t his fiancé supposed to be a sn.o.bbish white lotus? How come that wallflower was playing with knifes and poisoning a man.
The woman in the video was an experienced killer, it could be seen with the way she held the dagger or when she sent the dagger flying past the escort"s head.
And Li Yuan could clearly feel the bloodl.u.s.t emanating off the woman and the intent to kill. He was all too familiar with these emotions.
Taking the letter out the cardboard box Li Yuan read it.
"The Wild Goose You Are Chasing."
-An Ally.
There was only one person he was looking for, but n.o.body can know that and did it mean that Lu Xinyi was his wild goose. That"s simply impossible…
Raising his eyebrow Li Yaun crushed the letter and threw it at a.s.sistant Ji and snarled, "Get me this so-called ally and tell me how he got it past my door."
"Yes Sir."
Li Yuan looked at his a.s.sistant with a cold smirk and asked, "Are you sure this video isn"t trampled or faked?"
"Yes Sir, the video is real but made with high efficient camera that couldn"t be detected and our mole in the Lu Mansion confirmed that Miss Lu left the house in the middle of the night." a.s.sistant Lu said sliding pictures of street cameras showing Lei Xinyi in her façade getting off of a motorcycle.
Li Yuan said while looking at the girl in the paused picture, "Bring me her file."
"Sir, I already have it." saying that a.s.sistant Ji slid a file forward on the polished Mahogany desk.
Taking the file Li Yuan went through it. Homeschooled, Went to ALL-Girls Boarding school, Took a degree in arts and the rest of her whole file was filled with her accomplishments and domestic hobbies.
Shaking his head Li Yuan said with a mocking smirk, "You think this is the file of this woman, who wield this ancient dagger and has this rare poison with its antidote?!"
Li Yuan kept the doc.u.ment in his side and said, "Send her in my office."
"Sir, she is on sick leave today."
Bringing his fingers to his chin Li Yuan said thinking something, in a cold tone "Get me the info how she has that dagger…. And how did my informer missed all these details about her."
As a.s.sistant Ji was leaving Li Yuan said, "And tell my Mom I am coming in her Lunch Party."
Li Yuan sat with his arms behind his head and closed his eyes with a menacing cold smirk; his toy had just made this game more thrilling.
She can flutter her feathers all she want till he finally decide to lock her in his golden cage.