Chapter 516-517

Chapter 516: What Good Could Possibly Come from It? 　 On the last day of school before the New Year’s holiday, Zhao Yumo came over to see Yun Xi at lunchtime to hear all the gossip about her father and her aunt. Yun Xi smiled and gave her a thumbs-up, and Zhao Yumo immediately understood that they had accomplished their goal. “Then what are you going to do next?” Yun Xi shrugged and looked indifferent. “I won’t do anything right now. I’ll let them fight it out with one another while I prepare for the college entrance examination. I won’t pay any attention to the mayhem going on in my house. I’ll just busy myself with my studies.” “Good job!” Zhao Yumo was happy for her. Suddenly, she looked up and saw Zhou Chengzhe walking over with his lunch plate. 　 　 Upon seeing Zhao Yumo’s face fall, Yun Xi turned her head and saw Zhou Chengzhe behind her. She turned the topic back to academics. Zhou Chengzhe was still as arrogant as ever. After Li Sinuo got expelled, Zhou Chengzhe lost an ally. Every day, he did nothing except for review his studies like crazy. During the last competition, Zhou Chengzhe, disregarding the loyalty that classmates were supposed to have, deliberately embarrassed Yun Xi after losing the competition. Thus, in the eyes of the teachers, his reputation had suffered drastically. Lately, the school’s teachers hadn’t been as tolerant of him as they had been before. He felt anxious and angry, but he was helpless to do anything about it. All he could do was to try to improve his grades. Although he didn’t know how Yun Xi had gotten Li Sinuo expelled, he didn’t dare underestimate her capabilities any longer. He thought that during the last biology competition, he hadn’t lost to Yun Xi because of a disparity in their strengths, but because he’d underestimated his opponent. This time, he wouldn’t lose again. Inadvertently, he heard Zhao Yumo inviting Yun Xi to spend the New Year’s Day holiday break in C City, and he couldn’t help but sneer. After they returned from the holiday break, there would be a citywide test. The result of this test was directly related to the difficulty of the final exam paper. Rich kids didn’t take academics seriously enough. However, he was going to seize this opportunity to work hard and crush those two wretched girls. 　 　 When he’d regained his sense of superiority, he would humiliate and shame them severely. ... Before going home, Yun Xi made a special call to her housekeeper. When she learned that her father hadn’t returned yet, she got on the bus and went home. At the last stop, Feng Yang got on the bus. Only the two of them were headed for its final destination. Sitting with her, alone on the bus, Feng Yang was feeling a sense of anticipation that he had never experienced before. Feng Yang raised his hand and handed the takeout bubble tea from the bubble tea shop to Yun Xi as he said nonchalantly, “I saw your dad coming out of a hotel this morning with a woman by his side.” Yun Xi accepted the bubble tea and thanked him, then turned to look at this guy, lazily lying back on his seat. She didn’t know where he’d come from. Dressed in all black, he had on a black down jacket, black pants, and a pair of black boots. Feng Yang always made her feel an indescribable sense of mystery. “A guest is going to come to my house soon, and it’s probably going to be very chaotic there. If you hear any gossip in the future, don’t be too surprised.” Yun Xi smiled and turned to look out of the window. It was approaching dusk, and the sky was gray, as if it was going to snow. “From your tone, it sounds like there’s going to be a good show to watch.” His deep, dark eyes were gleaming faintly, as Feng Yang turned his head to look at her closely. “My mother is back, so how can there not be a good show? And the woman you saw today is my aunt.” They were all shrewd people, so even if she didn’t explain anything further, Feng Yang should be able to grasp it. Wasn’t it obvious what coming out of a hotel together early in the morning mean? What good could possibly come from it? And this person was Yun Xi’s aunt, it seems... This would be a good show and an outrageously cheesy one at that! *** 　 Chapter 517: Her Position Was Precarious 　 As Feng Yang and Yun Xi got off the bus, from a distance they could see Yun Yuanfeng’s car driving into the complex. They looked at each other. As they approached the Yun family’s house, Yun Xi looked at Yun Yuanfeng and Chen Lixue, who had gotten out of the car. She sped up, putting a distance between herself and Feng Yang. Watching her walking toward her chaotic family members, Feng Yang also slowed down. Inexplicably, he felt a little distressed. From the day of her return to the present, she had never given up, no matter what horrible things her mother did to cause trouble for her and no matter how cruel her other family members were to her. 　 　 She was such a proud person, but fate certainly seemed to have been a bit unfair to her. Yun Xi deliberately slowed down when she got near to the door. She stepped into the house a little bit after Yun Yuanfeng and Chen Lixue. It was dinnertime, and everyone in the family was gathered for the meal. Her father had picked the perfect time to bring Chen Lixue back into the house. Yun Xi was so looking forward to her mother’s expression when she saw her love rival after more than ten years. “Chen Lixue, what are you doing here?” Upon seeing Chen Lixue walking in behind Yun Yuanfeng, Liang Xiuqin stood up from the sofa in shock. Nothing could have made Liang Xiuqin as panicked as seeing Chen Lixue. After all, she had been the one who had been in the wrong in their love triangle, and, although no one knew about this, she’d always felt a little guilty toward Chen Lixue. Her eyes full of bewilderment, Liang Xiuqin turned to look at her husband, who hadn’t come back at all the night before. Last night, his secretary from work had called her and told her that Yun Yuanfeng had gone to inspect one of their projects out of town and he wouldn’t be back that night. But now when he came back, he brought Chen Lixue, that b*tch, with him. What was the meaning of this? It would have been impossible for him to have gone to the countryside in a single day and brought Chen Lixue back to Jingdu. 　 　 Almost instinctively, Liang Xiuqin glared at Liang Xinyi. Liang Xinyi shook her head in confusion. She hadn’t even known that her mother was in Jingdu. Upon seeing that she wasn’t lying, Liang Xiuqin walked toward them anxiously. Grabbing Yun Yuanfeng’s arm, she declared her ownership of him to Chen Lixue with a possessive look on her face. Liang Xiuqin was anxious, but she couldn’t show it on her face. Her heart burned with fury. She simply grit her teeth as she managed to spit out, “Husband, why did you bring Chen Lixue to the house?” After the incident with the Feng family, Liang Xiuqin knew that Yun Yuanfeng had thought about divorcing her. Even though he’d brought her back home now and didn’t dare to divorce her because he was waiting on his promotion, that didn’t mean it had been all smooth sailing. After she’d come back this time, in addition to repairing the relationship between them, it was more important than ever for her to stabilize her position as Yun Yuanfeng’s official wife. Other things could be taken back slowly. The children in the family couldn’t be counted on because they were still young, but if she lost the backing of Yun Yuanfeng, then she really would have nothing. If she stabilized her position as his wife, at least she would be able to gain a foothold in the Yun family and wouldn’t end up on the street. But now...Chen Lixue, that b*tch, was here! Moreover, she’d come back with Yun Yuanfeng. Suddenly, she felt that her position was precarious. “Lixue came to see her daughter in Jingdu. I just happened to encounter her during my inspection, so I brought her over to see the family. You let her daughter study here in Jingdu. What’s wrong with her coming to visit her daughter?” 　 　 There was no logical flaw in his reasoning, but, nevertheless, Liang Xiuqin had the feeling that she had shot herself in the foot and dug her own grave. First, she had insisted on using Liang Xinyi to replace Yun Xi as her daughter. Then, she had wanted to use Liang Xinyi as a shield to prevent Yun Xi from jinxing her. But that wretched girl had turned out to be completely useless. During the past few months, not only hadn’t she had good luck, but she’d also dragged her down in many ways. Now, because Liang Xinyi was staying in the Yun family’s house, Chen Lixue, that b*tch, had come to their door. Why was she so unlucky? Now that she knew all this, she realized she should have left that little b*tch Liang Xinyi behind in the countryside from the beginning.