A gift for Mr. Han and Ms. Xi!

Han Yifeng squinted as he glanced through the card. It did not look like anything special, so he put it aside before opening the box.

It was a VCD inside and there seemed to be something else underneath it.

Han Yifeng picked up the VCD curiously. He went towards the video player machine after a moment of hesitation. Then, he retreated to the sofa and grabbed the remote control and started playing the disc.

After some buffering, Xi Xinyi appeared on the screen. There was another man with her and they were in a corner of a coffee shop.

The video seemed pretty dated. Xi Xinyi was still in her teenage years while the graphic was a little blurry and the audio was weak. Xi Xinyi could be heard addressing that man as her cousin.

This person seemed a little familiar. Han Yifeng felt like he had seen him before!

His eyes stared right at the screen. He then saw that Xi Xinyi handed a cheque-like paper and a thick envelope to the man.

The audio was not exactly clear. However, Han Yifeng could only hear fragments of conversation.

"This is the cheque... and $ 30,000. After it's done, I'll make sure to reward you better."

The man quickly took the package. Xi Xinyi seemed like she was hesitating. After some struggle, she grabbed a bag of pills from her bag and gave it to the man. "It's up to you whether you want to use it or not... as long as... you can make her leave on her own..."

"Don't worry. It's just one Xi Xiaye! I'll make sure to get it done. Han Yifeng and the Han family will be yours when the time comes..."

"Of course, I won't forget about you. Wait for a few days before doing it."

"Got it."

...

The next scene showed Xi Xiaye's conversation with Yang Jianfeng at the field the other day.

"If I'd known that you were so hard to manage, I should've used the drugs and kill you then and there! Let the sexy pictures of you splash across the headlines on all the media!"

"I just fancied your good looks. Ha! It's not like you haven't played around before, so why do you have to pretend? Han Yifeng's heart isn't with you. Given your little identity, are you even a match for my cousin? Even an idiot wouldn't choose you. You're just like your father back then, so stupid that he gave up an instant boost in his career!"

"So, you don't plan to let go of this chance to help Xi Xinyi ruin me? Back then, Xi Xinyi successfully made Han Yifeng dislike me and look down on me. Why does she have to push me to the edge before she's happy?"

"Ha, obviously, it's to make sure you can never make a comeback! To make sure you'll never be able to enter the Han family! That's the only way I'll be really assured. I've told my cousin that's the only way you wouldn't be a threat to her!"

...

Han Yifeng's body tensed up. He stared at Yang Jianfeng who was blind in one eye. He was the reason why Xi Xiaye had been expelled back then in the first place!

Clank!

Han Yifeng's grip loosened on the glass. As a result, it fell and shattered into pieces on the floor. At that moment, Xi Xinyi and the others all turned around towards the screen when they heard the ferocious voice of Yang Jianfeng from the television.

Xi Xinyi was stunned upon watching the clip. Her expression changed drastically after a moment and she screamed before rushing over to Han Yifeng's side frantically.

"Yifeng! Yifeng! That's not true! It's not true! Listen to me! Please listen to me!"

In her panic, Xi Xinyi grabbed Han Yifeng's shirt as she was trying to explain herself. Han Yifeng shook her hands off before looking into the deeper layer of the gift box. He turned it upside down and poured everything out. It consisted of photos of Xi Xinyi meeting Yang Jianfeng as well as the transaction records between them.

Swoosh!

Han Yifeng flipped through the photos and papers until he was absolutely flabbergasted.

"Yifeng... Yifeng, listen to me. These aren't real..."

Xi Xinyi's face turned pale as she was defending herself frenetically, but she could not come up with a valid excuse. Her language and expression only amplified her helplessness.

Did she not arrange Yang Jianfeng to go abroad? Why was this video here?

Han Yifeng turned towards Xi Xinyi in disgust. He still could not believe it. His eyes were filled with shock, disappointment, anger, and even heartbreak.

All his emotions were mixed up as he fell into a gloomy dejection. He stared at Xi Xinyi straight for some time before closing his eyes as he took a deep breath. He opened his eyes again and looked at Xi Xinyi's pale face, thrusting the photos and papers right in front of her. "What are these? Explain to me what the videos mean!"

"Yifeng... I... I..."

Trembling, she looked at Han Yifeng in fear as she was tongue-tied.

Han Yifeng stared at her. After a while, he had on a cold, sad smile on his face. He took a deep breath before letting go of the photos and papers slowly. "Cruel... So cruel, Xinyi. To make sure she doesn't make a comeback ever again? To make it impossible for her to get in the Han family? How could you?"

"No! That's not it, Yifeng! I didn't expect something like that would happen. I just wanted Sister to back off on her own. I just wanted to make her feel inadequate with you and hope that she'd leave. I never thought of hurting her ever! Yifeng, you have to believe me! You have to!" Xi Xinyi explained frantically as tears fell. She seemed exhausted but still held onto Han Yifeng's sleeve tightly.

"Believe you?"

Han Yifeng laughed maniacally at himself before suddenly staring at her fragile little face. Her teary expression was really pitiful. "I trusted you too much and you threw it all away, lying to me again and again!"

"No! That's not it, Yifeng! Listen to me! Please listen to me!"

"Listen to you? What else do you have to say about this? If I'm not wrong, the exposure of Xiaye's expulsion was done by you, wasn't it? Only you and know it the best. What more do you have to say for yourself?"

Han Yifeng grabbed the papers and flung them towards Xi Xinyi angrily. His eyes were burning with rage as he stared at her coldly. "So, you've been treating me like a toy and playing with me ever since? Using my trust and lying to me?"

The papers hit Xi Xinyi like a heavy hammer, thudding a heavy impact on her heart. She shed endless tears and felt remorseful as she held onto Han Yifeng. "I'm sorry, Yifeng! I really am... I'll change. I'll change all of my bad habits! I'm too in love with you. If I don't fight for you, are you asking me to suffer in pain to death?"

"I've decided to give up everything and start anew. I want to be your good wife, so please, let the past stay in the past. We'll start over again, okay? Please..."

Xi Xinyi could not care less about the tears all over her face. She grabbed Han Yifeng's arm tightly, refusing to let him leave.

"Let go of me! Married? This is the most ironic word in this world right now!"

Han Yifeng's chest almost burst. If he did not control himself, he could be strangling this woman to death at that moment.

He had treated her preciously, was willing to take on the traitor's role for her and hurt his fiancèe back then. However, what he got in return was a decade-long lie!

Was this karma?

After putting up with her selfish decisions, again and again, he struggled for a long time before accepting her again and was even willing to marry her and start their life anew for the child inside her.

But now?

How could she!?

If it was about the stabbing incident, he could still tolerate it and let it go because Han Yifeng himself liked Xi Xinyi before then as well. However, as more and more bits of truth were revealed to him, how could he believe that the woman he had been protecting was someone like this?

Most unfortunately, he just got married to her!

"No! No! Yifeng, please don't be like this..."

Xi Xinyi flung her arms around Han Yifeng's waist, her loud wail making Yue Lingsi, Huang Ziyao, and the others return to their senses.

"Xinyi, I think we need some time apart. Let go of me!"

Exhausted, Han Yifeng pulled Xi Xinyi's hands away coldly and was about to leave.

"No! Yifeng, don't go! No..."

"Stop right there! Stop!"

What happened next was unexpected. No one could react as they saw what unfolded before them, especially Huang Ziyao and the others!

Elder Yue yelled at them as he slammed the table once again, "What do you mean now? Do you still treat us as your elders with that attitude of yours?"

"Xinyi, you... Yifeng, don't be rash. Everyone, let's calm down. This is not solving anything!" Han Yu finally spoke up, glancing over at Elder Han's darkened expression with his knitted brows. He looked at Han Yifeng and Xi Xinyi. "What's happening? About Xiaye..."

"It's all in the disc and those documents. Take a look at them yourself. I need some time alone. I'm sorry!"

Han Yifeng's expression went cold as he pushed Xi Xinyi's hands away once again, ignoring her pathetic cries he walked out of the villa.

His behavior infuriated Elder Yue!

Deng Wenwen looked terrible as well as Yue Lingsi stared blankly at Elder Yue. Xi Jiyang seemed calm while Elder Han's eyes stayed wide.

Elder Han stood up angrily and hissed, "I don't care. Since Yifeng is married to Xin Er now, he shouldn't have acted that way. Xin Er still has the Han family's baby in her womb. Don't blame me for taking action if she's saddened in any way! Damn it!"

Elder Yue could not stay there anymore with the drama that just happened. He huffed before leaving angrily.

"Xinyi, what's happening? Did you really do that to Xiaye?" Huang Ziyao looked at Xi Xinyi in disbelief.

That was really cruel!

Did she not know that was basically ruining Xiaye's life?

"Mother, Yifeng... Yifeng doesn't want me anymore. He's angry with me..."

Xi Xinyi suddenly felt weak as she went limp and passed out. In shock, Huang Ziyao quickly held Xi Xinyi.

"Xinyi, what's wrong?"

"Xinyi!"

"Xin Er!"

Several voices echoed together as everybody rushed over.

In the end, Xi Xinyi was sent into Hospital T. Once again, the celebratory dinner had an unhappy conclusion.

Han Yifeng was driving around like a madman on an empty highway. The cold wind crept in from the window, slicing his face painfully. He could feel knives going through his heart. It was so painful that he almost fainted.

He was not sure if the agony was for Xi Xiaye who had been bearing these scars, or for Xi Xinyi whom he loved so much. When the truth was presented right before him, he did not have the courage to face it.

Unable to take it anymore, he parked his car and rested his head on the steering while panting heavily. What had he been working for all this while?

...

In Maple Residence, at the Grand Waves Villa area.

Mu Yuchen and Xi Xiaye went home after dinner. While he was in a jovial mood, he was pretty tired after spending a whole day with Zhou Zimo and the others, so he went straight to bed after a shower. He was flipping through a book casually and from time to time, glanced at the woman who was tidying the wardrobe.

"By the way, the court called me today and told me that they took the case on. Are we going to get the results soon?" Xi Xiaye suddenly remembered when she was tidying up the wardrobe.

Mu Yuchen looked up from the book and focused on her. He replied her after some thought, "With enough evidence, the results will come quickly."

Xi Xiaye nodded. "I really hope we can get the results as soon as possible. Father..."

Before Xi Xiaye could finish her sentence, her phone by the bedside started ringing. She took a deep breath and went over slowly to pick the call up. It was an unknown number.

"Hello?"

"Xi Xiaye, I just want to ask you. Did you do it? No matter how Xinyi is, don't you know that today's her big day with Yifeng? Did you send those stuff to ruin them? Just what were you thinking? Can't we talk about it at a later date? How dare you?!"

Deng Wenwen's stern, aged voice reached her with a questioning tone. "Do you know that Xin Er is now in the emergency ward!? I don't care what happened between you two, but if you're going to create chaos for the Xi family and Yueying, I'm going to disagree with that!"

Deng Wenwen's berating confused Xi Xiaye.

What was that about?

Xi Xinyi was in the hospital?

What did she mean?

She remembered that Su Nan had called her today and told her that Han Yifeng and Xi Xinyi were married today, so they should be having a celebratory dinner at home.

But how was this related to her? Deng Wenwen's unreasonable criticism made Xi Xiaye upset and her voice turned cold. "Elder Madam Xi, I'm sorry. I don't know what you're talking about."

"Don't act innocent! Didn't you send those videos over? You still aren't admitting it? You're just trying to belittle us in front of the two families! Are you trying to destroy Yueying?"

Deng Wenwen sounded furious. Even on the other end of the phone, Xi Xiaye could imagine how she was yelling into the phone. As she was about to reply, the man beside her closed his book and grabbed the phone away from her.

Deng Wenwen still went on with her angry rant, her fiery tone making Mu Yuchen frown. He glanced at Xi Xiaye. What a difference in treatment! Just how did she survive in the Xi family?

The truth had been exposed, yet they could still be so protective of Xi Xinyi. So, they still thought of Xi Xinyi as one of their own. What about Xi Xiaye then?

After listening to her irritating voice, it was the first time in Mu Yuchen's life that he had the urge to punch someone. Aside from feeling sorry for her, he felt disgusted by these people.

"Elder Madam Xi, I, Mu Yuchen got someone to send the stuff over. It has nothing to do with my wife. If you have a problem with that, you can look for me. Xi Xinyi was really rude to my wife during the wedding dinner. Do you think I'd just let her go easily?"

Mu Yuchen grinned coldly. On the other end of the phone, Deng Wenwen still could not react. He hung up and switched the phone off before handing it back to the confused Xi Xiaye.

"What did you do? I heard her mention about some video, and that Xi Xinyi is hospitalized?" Xi Xiaye raised her eyebrows in surprise as she took her phone back from him.

Mu Yuchen's angry eyes softened when he heard her voice. He grabbed the blanket and lay down on the bed. He took the book back up and continued reading again. "It's just a unique little gift. They just have a low tolerance."

His tone held a hint of humor.

"What kind of unique little gift?" She asked doubtfully as she stared at him.

He did not reply. After a while, he raised his head and saw her still staring at him. "It's something that proves your innocence about the military academy matter. I just wanted Xi Xinyi to enjoy the feeling tonight when their family gathered around. Who did I do this for? What kind of eyes are you looking at me with?"

"I never knew that you were the big bad wolf all along." Xi Xiaye rolled her eyes at him, but of course, her heart was touched. She held onto her phone tightly as she looked at him.

He lay down on his side and rest his head on his hand, shaking with laughter quietly. "If my enemy respects me, I'll respect him. If my enemy hurts me, I'll do the same."

"You're speaking as if you're an assassin from the ancient times."

She left her phone on the table and then sat down on the bed, her eyes meeting his. She wanted to say something but she could not find the right words. She did not want to say any more words of gratitude, but the way he treated her...

After a long while, she sighed, "Sometimes, I feel like I become much weaker when I'm with you. I've totally changed roles from being a protector all along."

"Protector? Who did you protect? Mother?"

He chuckled when he saw her downcast expression. Patting her head, she sighed, "Missus, have I ever told you that you're the silliest woman I've ever met?"

Silly. So silly of her to always try to protect others when she could not even protect herself. She always seemed strong and cold on the outside but was extremely soft on the inside.

"I'm just tired of these, alright? I already have to deal with tricks in the world of business. It'd be really exhausting if I have to be wary in my daily life too. Don't you think so?" She defended herself.

His patting hand stopped suddenly as he gave her a meaningful glance, "Do you think God sent you to the world just to enjoy?"

"A certain someone told me some time ago that life should be enjoyed and asked me to visit the spa centers more often. I wonder who it was!" Xi Xiaye glared at him as she spoke.

He raised his eyebrows. "Who said that? Did I say that? My dear, you're a natural beauty. You're always gorgeous without even needing any beauty services—"

Before he could finish, Mrs. Mu threw a pillow at him. "Trying to fake amnesia? I'm talking about you. Don't move!"