Chapter 498-499

Chapter 498: Do Whatever You Want 　 Seeing her unconcerned expression, Mu Feichi touched her head. “What are you going to do about your mother? Do you need me to take charge?” “No.” Yun Xi clasped her hands and glared at him with displeasure. “Don’t meddle.” After a pause, she seemed to have thought of something else and turned to look at him seriously. Upon being stared at by her so unabashedly, Mu Feichi touched his face and smiled wickedly, “Babe, you’re looking at me so affectionately. Could it be that you want to throw yourself at me?” 　 　 As he said this, he opened his arms nonchalantly, waiting to be embraced, as he looked at her calmly. “Come here! I’ll let you do whatever you want. I definitely won’t shout.” “Get outta here!” Yun Xi kicked him angrily. “Be serious. I have something to ask you for help with.” “Okay, just ask.” “My mother is back. In order to prevent her from harassing me because she’s bored, I’m going to distract her so that she won’t target me again.” “You’re going to have your other aunt come to Jingdu, aren’t you?” Mu Feichi seemed to have read her mind. Yun Xi appeared stunned, as if she had never expected him to guess this. With a shocked expression, she asked, “How did you know that?” “As if I can’t guess the little tricks you have up your sleeve. Your mother and your aunt are the same kind of people. With the two of them fighting each other, they probably won’t have any time to deal with you, so you can prepare for the college entrance examination with peace of mind. Besides, there are some things that I’m afraid you don’t even know as much about as I do.” “What things?” Yun Xi was taken aback for a moment, and her interest was piqued. “Back when your mother and your aunt lived in the same village, they both fell in love with your father at the same time. Your mother was a bit more cunning. She schemed against your aunt and your father, and then she reaped the benefits and married your father. It was for this reason that when you were fostered in the Liang family, you probably suffered, didn’t you?” “That’s all in the past.” Yun Xi smirked. To her, Muyang Town’s affairs were already forgotten parts of her previous life. As long as her aunt didn’t cross her, she was willing to turn a blind eye. 　 　 But if her aunt wasn’t that sensible, then sorry, but new grudges and old grudges would be repaid together. Knowing that her situation wasn’t going to be easy but also that he couldn’t come forward yet, Mu Feichi looked at her with distress, then he sighed. His identity would make her family’s greedy relatives treat her as a commodity and exploit her ruthlessly. Even if they pushed her to his side, it would be considered as a bonus to them. He couldn’t bear to see her being exploited, nor was he willing to. “If your aunt comes to the Yun family, mayhem will erupt in your family.” “Isn’t that better? My second aunt is now in charge. I have already prepared my second aunt. With her abilities, are you worried she can’t deal with my aunt? Now, all I need is a suitable excuse for you to bring my aunt to Jingdu.” “Early this morning, knowing that your mother was coming back, I have already sent someone to pick her up.” In his plan, he’d also wanted Chen Lixue to come to Jingdu to keep Liang Xiuqin in check, so she wouldn’t spend all her time harassing Yun Xi. Unexpectedly, this girl had also had the same idea. “What excuse?” “Do you need that many excuses for your aunt to come to Jingdu? Any excuse will make her come over.” Mu Feichi beating around the bush made Yun Xi even more curious and suspicious about his attitude. What excuse had he made up? 　 　 “Spill the beans already, and stop keeping me guessing!” “Liang Xinyi’s school had a large-scale parent meeting recently. With this excuse, I asked people from the school to call Chen Lixue directly.” “Was there such a parent meeting? You probably used that excuse as a red herring, didn’t you?” “Be good. It’s all right that you know, babe, but no need to say it even if you see through it, eh?” “Young Marshal Mu, you look serious on the surface, but you’re so devious.” This guy is not only way too smart, but also way too devious. “When she arrives, don’t send her to the villa complex first. I have other arrangements.” Mu Feichi was puzzled. “What arrangements?” “Don’t ask for the time being. I’ll tell you when the time comes.” *** Chapter 499: Irreversible Consequences 　 Zhao Yumo returned to school, bringing a message to Yun Xi. When they went to search, they discovered that the samples from the research institute had been stolen. Mu Feichi already handed all these matters over to Jiang Chenghuan. He’d sent some people to help, and Jiang Chenghuan had taken care of the rest. “When Second Master Jiang brought the experts to search the research institute, the heads of the institute had already run away and the samples had already been stolen. They are still searching for the whereabouts of the samples.” 　 　 “In that case, Lin Sen must have had an accomplice. It’s remarkable that he ran away so soon after receiving the news. I don’t know if Su Hang has developed antibodies from the sample yet. It’s such a dangerous item that any carelessness can yield terrible consequences.” If those irreversible consequences arose, Mu Feichi would have to be at the forefront. Yun Xi couldn’t help but lower her eyes and think about it carefully. At this time in her last life, nothing big had happened to the Mu family, but then again she didn’t know anything about Mu Feichi at that time. She didn’t know what he had experienced, so once some things happened, she would be unprepared. After all, her rebirth had also changed the trajectory of many people’s lives. Although everything was still moving in the same direction, many things had become different. “The sample has to be retrieved quickly. Otherwise something serious will happen.” “Second Master Jiang has already asked people to find it, so we can only wait for news at the moment.” Yun Xi felt uneasy about this, so she sent a message to Mu Feichi. After sending the message, she realized that Mu Feichi, as the head of the Mu family, would of course have this most basic sense of crisis, so she was really worrying for nothing. When it came to unknown fields beyond her control, she couldn’t help having all sorts of worries. Mu Feichi later realized her worry and concern and called her back, but with hints of teasing and ambiguous flirtation in his tone. 　 　 “Babe, are you worried that if there are unpredictable consequences, I, Young Marshal Mu, will have to be at the forefront of the response? You’re worried that something will happen to me, aren’t you?” “Get lost! Who’s worried about you? I’m worried about the innocent people who will be harmed.” “I’m so flattered that you care about me so much, babe.” “...” The two of them have never been on the same page on this sort of topic. Every time, she felt as if she was being trifled with. It wasn’t easy to be an experienced flirt like him. “I just asked your homeroom teacher, and there’s a three-day holiday for New Year’s. Do you want to go out on New Year’s Eve?” “New Year’s Eve?” Yun Xi froze and then looked down at the small calendar on the table. It was already December 29, so there were still two days until New Year’s Eve. Only then did she remember that in her previous life, people had been keen to hold a countdown event between the last day of the year and the beginning of the new year. During this year in her last life, she had been reviewing her homework at home, and the countdown had had nothing to do with her. Turning a blind eye to outside events, she simply read books to review for her college entrance examination. During those past few years in her last life, she was always busy in the laboratory, and Han Yaotian had never accompanied her to the top of buildings to count down or watch fireworks. 　 　 During the New Year’s Eve countdown of those years, where had he been? As for whether or not he was surrounded by beautiful women and merrily drinking away, she didn’t even want to know anymore. He was now a pawn in her game, and as for how she wanted it to go or didn’t want it to go, it all depended on her will. Upon suddenly being asked where she wanted to go for New Year’s Eve, she couldn’t answer at all. “Yeah, where would you like to go during those three days? If you want to go abroad, come get a passport with me after class today, and I will have someone get you in through the back door.” “No, this is my first year in Jingdu. I want to spend New Year’s Eve in Jingdu.” It was also the first year of her rebirth, so she wanted to stay in this land. Everything would start all over again.