A Pursuit of Beloved Wife

Proofread by Yu Bing

Xu Linchen shakes his head, “I want to see you.”

He always speaks directly, and Yuexi is used to it. She calmly stirs the coffee and takes a sip.

“You look bad. Is it because of your sister?”

There are bruises on his face and some red veins in his eyes. His brows furrowed, he says, “I had a fight with my brother.”

Yuexi immediately asks, “Is it because of me?”

“Sort of.” He nods, his expression solemn.

Although this is what she wants to see, Yuexi is not happy at all.

The man sitting on the other side of the table is not that desirable, but his love for her is real.

She is taking advantage of his love for her.

Xu Linchen is simple-minded. Easily manipulated, he is a puppet on a string, a well- conceived story will be enough to provoke negative feelings in him which send him charging at his own brother like a bull. Yuexi knows that from the very start. At the thought of this, Yuexi suddenly feels that she is a bad woman, but on second thought, especially when thinking about her father’s death, she knows that she has to make herself merciless, pitiless and ruthless.

She bows her head to erase the emotions on her face, her fingers slowly stirring the coffee.

Xu Linchen glances at her and says, “Last time you told me what happened between you and my elder brother, so I went to argue with him. I told him that I like you. What I didn’t expect is that he didn’t feel sorry for his mistakes, and even said that he must make you his mistress. I was so irritated that I fought with him.”

He sighs and continues, “Actually, my sister-in-law knew everything about what my elder brother did outside. She pretended that she knew nothing just trying to maintain family harmony, but this time he went too far, when my sister-in-law came out to reconciliate, my elder brother even beat her. Her parents were very angry, and sent lots of men to his home to get even with him. After that they withdrew all the previous investments. My family is a mess now.

Yuexi rolls her eyes, thinking that this is the reason why Xu family’s stock plunged.

Her calm eyes now filled with pity, she stares at the man in front of her and sighs regretfully, “I didn’t expect things to be like this.”

“To be frank with you, the relationship between my sister-in-law’s family and my family went sour long ago. It looks good merely on the surface. They just didn’t show their teeth, but word already got around that they don’t want to cooperate with my family any longer. This time gave them a good excuse to say they can’t stand it anymore, and turn against us completely. But one thing is uncertain: someone, I don’t know who it is, at that time suddenly dumped our company’s shares, making the stock fall to the bottom in an instant, and it has now reached a limit!”

Is this the so-called butterfly effect?

She just wants to destroy the relationship between the two brothers of the Xu family. She thinks she has achieved her goal. But she does not expect that things can evolve like this and now it nearly destroys the Xu family!

This is what we usually say, “There is justice in this world”.

Yuexi’s heart leaps up, but she still manages to show a concerned look on her face, “If I had known this would happen, I would not have told you that that day. It’s all my fault.”

Xu Linchen hurriedly says, “How can I blame you? When a wall is about to collapse, everybody gives it a push. This is the moment when you can finally recognize which is their true face. If we are really a family, how can we get to this point?”

Yuexi nods, but inside she feels kind of guilty. After all, Xu Linchen trusts her so much. What if he knows she is the culprit in this whole matter?

Xu Linchen seems to be occupied by something else. He looks at Yuexi and suddenly asks, “Did you find the man who beat you for no reason last time?”

Yuexi is taken aback for a moment. In such a situation, he still has the mood to care about her.

Hesitating for a moment, Yuexi suddenly lifts up her eyes, her teeth clenched, as if determined to say something. She fixes her eyes on him. “To tell you the truth, I,.. Er, I don’t know how to say it…”

She sighs, with an unspeakable expression.

“What’s the matter?” Xu Linchen frowns, “Is there something wrong? Although my family is stuck in this, the family still has the necessary influence and connections to teach a man a lesson. Just tell me, I’ll …”

“No.” Yuexi interrupts him, with her eyes flickering. Her fingers rub the coffee cup, and hesitantly opens her mouth. “There are so many things happening in your family already. I really don’t want to trouble you anymore, but in fact, the man who hit me that day… was sent by your sister…”

“Ziqi?” Xu Linchen looks obviously shocked.

Yuexi bites her lower lip tightly, with an embarrassed expression, ” With my friend I found the man not long ago, and he admitted that your sister gave him 40, 000 yuan to let him beat me up, saying it was for revenge of my marrying Li Fengjue.”

Xu Linchen frowns, and surprisingly says, “It’s her!”

Nodding silently, Yuexi lowers her voice, “Actually, I don’t want to believe this is true, after all, your sister looks so kind and simple, but I never expect her to be so complicated, treating me as a friend on the surface, at the same time looking for people to get rid of me…”

She looks at Xu Linchen apprehensively, “I just want you to tell her that to marry Li Fengjue is not my decision. He is a president of a big company. How can he take a fancy to me? If your sister keeps doing things like this, she will only push Li Fengjue farther and farther away.”

Have heard these words, Xu Linchen frowns, his face gloomy. Then he says, “These things are really unbelievable, but if it is really done by my sister, I will definitely teach her a good lesson for you!”

Yuexi waves her hand and says generously, “She is still young, and it is inevitable that she will do things out of impulse. In fact, I won’t blame her for that. I just wish that she would stop finding faults with me and leave me alone.”

Looking at the agonized expression on his face, Yuexi doesn’t feel good too. After all, he is innocent. He has nothing to do with all these.

Her hatred towards the Xu family is the result of the grudge held by the previous generation.

Thinking of this, Yuexi looks at him and says sincerely, “To be frank with you, I used to think you were such a nuisance, arrogant and unapologetic, but after I get to know you, gradually I find that you are a good person and very kind to me, so I just want to say, thank you.”

Xu Linchen doesn’t expect to hear these words. He lifts up his head, his eyes shining, with a touch of anticipation in them. He cracks a hearty smile. This makes him look like a big innocent boy.

“I’m so happy to hear you say this to me. I thought you wouldn’t forgive me for what I did. Then from now on… can we be good friends?”

Yuexi frowns slightly, but then smiles again, “Okay, I think it’s good to have a friend like you.”

She cast a quick glance at the time and then stands up, “It’s very late, you should go back and we can talk again next time.”

She casually says a few words, and quickly leaves the cafe, but she has a lot of things in her heart. After all, being a bad woman requires certain psychological qualities.Belongs to (N)ôvel/Drama.Org.

Xu Linchen’s word to be friends with each other touches her. After all, if a person treats you sincerely, but you always deceive him, anyone who does this will feel ashamed.