Chapter 404: Someone’s Here for Me

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Fu Qingli!

What evil deed did Shen Xi commit in her past life to deserve an encounter with Fu Qingli at every turn?

Fu Qingli was dumbstruck when he locked eyes with Shen Xi. It never occurred to him that he would see her here. Putting on a deadpan face, he looked daggers at her.

Shen Xi was not one to back down as she engaged in a stare-down with him.

Mama Fu could feel the tension in the air between them, but the pair were back to their normal self when she took another glance at them.

“Mom.” Fu Qingli cried without looking at Shen Xi, giving her the cold shoulder.

Shen Xi could not care less. At this moment, she was torn whether to bid Mrs. Fu farewell before leaving. In the end, Shen Xi made up her mind to say nothing, and she walked away in a standoffish manner.

Her attitude got Fu Qingli all riled up. Great. It seemed the girl had turned a deaf ear to his words.

She sure had the guts to come here and bump into Mom! This girl knew no boundaries!

“Shen… Ms. Shen.” Mama Fu wanted to call her name but had to address her politely because she had no idea what her name was.

Shen Xi stopped in her tracks and turned back to look at her. She gave a nod and courteously said, “Mrs. Fu.”

Fu Qingli knew the girl was up to no good. She cozied up to Qingye and Qingxuan, now she was after Mom!

“Li, we should give Ms. Shen a ride.” Mama Fu gazed at Fu Qingli, wondering what had gotten into his son. She glared at him unhappily with the intention that he would get off his high horse.

“No need for that, thank you.” Shen Xi then went on her way.

Worried sick, Mama Fu went in pursuit of her. “It’s not safe for a young lady to stay out at night alone. Where do you stay? Let us give you a ride.”

Shen Xi understood that Mrs. Fu was coming from a good place. She pointed at the black vehicle that stopped across the street. “I’m not alone. Someone’s here to pick me up.”

Despite taking notice of the car parked out in front, Mama Fu was still concerned. “Is this your friend or a car service you ordered?”

Without a second thought, Shen Xi softly blurted, “It’s Brother.”

Mama Fu paused, thinking that it must be her brother of the Su family, Li Jingran’s son. The sadness that crept in left Mama Fu without another word. Instead, she smiled at Shen Xi. “You should hurry. Don’t keep your brother waiting.”

Shen Xi thanked her before turning to leave.

Mama Fu wanted to follow her out to meet her brother but thought it would be abrupt of her. Hence, she gave her son the eye. “What’s up with you? Did you already know?”

Fu Qingli pulled her to move along and gruffly replied, “We’ll discuss this later, Mom.”

Shen Xi sure moved fast.

By the time Fu Qingli and Mama Fu were at the door, she was already by the car opening the car door.

In a split second while the door was open, Fu Qingli had a good look at the person sitting inside the car. The rare fury, murderous intent, and annoyance in his eyes hardly went amiss.

F*ck! It was Li Yuan!

Having kept her eyes peeled, Mama Fu saw a glimpse of the man in the car and mumbled to herself. “Her brothers don’t look like this.”

Since Li Jingran’s sons were constantly in the public eye, Mama Fu had seen photos and videos of them. None of them were as handsome and refined as the man in the car.

It put Fu Qingli in a perturbed state. He saw Li Yuan with her the other night, but to see them together again spurred him to ball up his fists.

With color draining from her face, Mama Fu bolted towards the car, worried that something might happen to Shen Xi. It was best to get to the bottom of this.

Fu Qingli took quick strides to pull Mama Fu back as she ran towards Shen Xi’s car. “Mom, what are you doing?”

The anxiousness in Mama Fu’s voice was apparent. “That guy is not her brother.”

“She knows him.” Fu Qingli coldly smirked without hiding the contempt and disgust in his eyes. Of course, he was not her brother. Of all the things the girl could learn at her age, she had to get into a love affair.

Li Yuan was an animal to lay his hands on an underage high schooler. For that, Fu Qingli had the urge to beat the crap out of him!

“But…” Mama Fu’s mind was yet to be put at ease. Nevertheless, it was not as though she could chase the car on foot now that the car across the road had driven away.

“He’s Li Yuan.” Fu Qingli spoke in hushed tones. His narrow eyes intently glared at the receding vehicle.

Mama Fu may have stayed back, but the concern was written all over her eyes.

She was aware of who Li Yuan was. He was her son’s biggest business nemesis. Her son would rather suffer business loss than partnering up with that man.

Mama Fu’s sister-in-law would curse Li Yuan every day during Li Yuan and her son’s most intense face-offs. Even if Mama Fu paid no concern to the family business, she was no stranger to his name.

Mama Fu was not very worried at first but hearing that it was Li Yuan set off alarm bells in her. Fu Junqiu described the man to be an evil and unforgivable arch-villain.

She knew Fu Junqiu was exaggerating, but the fact that they were rivals was true. Li had more losses than wins against Li Yuan and that only made Lil’ Aunt angry for her boy’s sake.

The business world was like a battlefield. One had to plod through with an iron fist or suffer the fate of being eaten up alive in the industry.

In the car.

While sipping on her bubble tea, Shen Xi asked, “Brother, is there a bubble tea shop around here?”

Li Yuan happily returned a question. “Is it yummy?”

With her smiley eyes, Shen Xi immediately gave the nod of approval. “Yes. It has a unique taste and is different from the bubble teas I had before. This must be new and improved.”

Behind the wheel, Kun Lun boldly spoke in case Li Yuan held his tongue. “Boss made it himself.”

Shen Xi’s eyes lit up in admiration. Giving him the thumbs up, she did not hold back on the compliments. “Brother, you’re the best!”

Li Yuan gleefully chuckled. “There’s more at home.”

“I’m going home to drink to my heart’s content!” Shen Xi felt her tummy. She had not had anything to eat other than the cake in the afternoon. She was hungry.

Li Yuan handed her a hamburger. “The snack you had your eyes on.”

Shen Xi took a closer look. The name printed on the package was indeed the hamburger shop she saw in the foodie’s magazine. Grinning from ear to ear, she gestured a heart with the hamburger before digging in.

This trip was supposed to be for nothing since Shen Xi had to spend all her time in the laboratory. There was no time for fun, games, and food adventures. Nevertheless, she was not here to travel.

It would not have mattered had she came alone. There was nothing to do on her own anyway.

Now that Li Yuan was here with her, it was a different story. This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to travel together.. Just the two of them.

Chapter 405: Served Himself on a Silver Platter

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Having caught a whiff of the sweet aroma of meat in its sleep, Toffeecito got up and followed the smell to Shen Xi. It meowed at Shen Xi for food.

Li Yuan scooped it up and placed it on his lap before whipping out some catnip from the treat bag. Immediately drawn by the catnip, the little good-for-nothing forgot all about the meat.

Shen Xi glanced at Toffeecito. Jeez, what a clingy cat.

Li Yuan explained with a smile. “It’s feeling insecure to be in an unfamiliar environment. Toffeecito refuses to go anywhere but on my lap, afraid that I might ditch it.”

The little thing was a smart one!

Shen Xi murmured in disdain, “Good for nothing!”

The catnip had Toffeecito purring, but it still managed to find time in between to whine in protest.

Shen Xi and Li Yuan just took off while Fu Qingli got into the car for a drive home.

Like a gust of wind, Fu Qingxuan made a dash out of the laboratory. However, Fu Qingxuan was scared witless and turned around to flee as soon as he came close enough to see the person behind the wheel was Fu Qingli instead of their personal driver.

Fu Qingli opened the car door and caught him in a few strides. If only looks could kill. “Who are you looking for if it’s not me?”

Caught red-handed, Fu Qingxuan wanted to cry. His voice was trembling with fear. “Qingli, let’s talk this through.”

Fu Qingli gritted his teeth and scoffed. “So now you want to talk? What did I tell you? Are my orders a pile of sh*t to you?”

“Manners.” Fu Qingxuan was shaking from head to toe. “Qingli, you shouldn’t speak that way.”

Since Fu Qingli was ticked off by Shen Xi and received a double whammy from Li Yuan, naturally he was looking for someone to blow his steam off.

Fu Qingxuan basically served himself on a silver platter. Unable to fight his way out of it, he begged for mercy. “She has a friend who was injected by some sort of neurotoxin and had been in a coma for two years. She’s only using the laboratory for her own experiment. It’s all business.”

Fu Qingli scoffed coldly. His hushed and flat tone indicated his brewing fury. “Is this business or a favor? What right does she have to enter the lab?”

Those worthy to step into the laboratory were the world’s best medical experts. What credentials did she have to proceed with her own experiments?

“She… She will sooner or later come to that level.” Fu Qingxuan had no idea how good Shen Xi was as he had not had the time to go through the video of Shen Xi’s experiment. “She said she’s going to enroll in a medical school.”

He and Shen Xi made a promise that she would become his assistant during the summer break.

“What about now?” Fu Qingli fought back the urge to give him a beating while keeping his voice lower. “You changed the lab’s entry rules for her. What would the medical staff think of you? How would the medical world think of the Fu family if word ever gets out?”

This was no trivial matter.

Fu Qingxi’s Medical Lab was not a place some Tom, Dick, or Harry could storm in to use the facilities and conduct experiments.

“Mom!” Unable to take it any longer, Fu Qingxuan yelled for help as he put up a struggle to bolt for the car.

“That’s all you’re good for.” Fu Qingli kicked Fu Qingxuan in the butt while the latter staggered in his footing before making a break for the car door.

With her mind focused on Shen Xi and her safety, Mama Fu had not noticed her sons nearly coming to blows outside. She only turned her head when Fu Qingxuan called out to her. The boy entered the car in a fluster.

“Mom, Qingli hit me,” Fu Qingxuan tattled.

Fu Qingli could roll his eyes to think this spineless coward was his brother.

“What did you do to make your big brother angry?” Mama Fu absent-mindedly enquired.

Fu Qingxuan pulled himself together. “I… Jennifer said you met her. I gave her access to the laboratory, but Qingli said I’ve broken protocol.”

He rushed to check things out the moment he heard that Mom had met with Meanie. Fu Qingxuan bumped into his brother instead of Meanie.

Had he known Qingli was here to pick Mom up, Fu Qingxuan would never have come over. He was discovered before he could make a run for it.

“Why is her last name Shen?” Mama Fu had been wondering about this.

“She…” Fu Qingxuan bit his tongue following a chilling look from his brother. He swallowed the pill and lied, “I don’t know. I’m not close with her.”

“What’s her full name?” Mama Fu ignored the tension between the siblings as her sole concern was Shen Xi.

“Shen Xi.” Fu Qingxuan observed his mother’s reaction when he spurted out the name. Mama Fu’s eyes welled up rather quickly.

“Shen Xi.” Mama Fu mumbled repeatedly to herself. Xixi. It was the same name as her Lil’ Xi.

Fu Qingli blamed Fu Qingxuan for this. Fu Qingxuan was out of his mind to bring Shen Xi here.

It would only make things more difficult now that Mom had met Shen Xi. It took a lot of effort on his part to convince his aunt and great-uncle against telling Mom about Shen Xi. Fu Qingli was afraid Mom would be upset and emotional.

Great. Now sh*t hit the fan thanks to this b*stard.

Fretful, Fu Qingxuan heartachingly wiped away her tears. “Don’t cry, Mom. Don’t cry. Please, don’t. We’d definitely find Lil’ Xi.”

If the Su family could find Meanie, how could they not find their sister too?

“It’s okay.” Mama Fu wiped her tears and stared at Fu Qingxuan to ask another question. “What’s her relationship with Li Yuan?”

Fu Qingxuan shook her head. “I’m not sure.”

Meanie would never look for him for anything that was not of urgency, and this time was such an incident. The last time it happened was when she sent him Li Yuan’s examination report to request a treatment plan.

During that time, Fu Qingxuan knew Li Yuan was special to her. However, he did not ask about their relationship.

He discreetly asked Pei Xu if she had a crush or was in a relationship. The latter said she had a crush and advised that it was best he gave up now because his unrequited love would not be reciprocated.

Fu Qingxuan suspected that her crush was likely Li Yuan, also Toffeecito’s dad as mentioned by Pei Xu. Toffeecito was in Li Yuan’s car yesterday.

“Do you have her number?” Mama threw another question.

Fu Qingxuan held his tongue out of fear before firmly shaking his eyes. His eyes were flighty. “No.”

Mama Fu could tell by his reaction that Fu Qingxuan had her number.. She darted a glare at her eldest son. “What are you up to?”