Chapter 450 - They Came Together

Chapter 450: Chapter 357: They Came TogetherThe next day, Li Yifei and the four brothers had all vanished, leaving no trace behind in Mile City, and no one saw them again.

Xu Yingying had slept poorly last night; she had grown accustomed to having Li Yifei by her side, enjoying the embrace, fondling his robust body, and smelling his scent. But now, it all seemed gone as she tossed and turned before finally falling asleep.

Awoken by the alarm clock in the morning, Xu Yingying sat up abruptly. Throughout this time, being woken up by Li Yifei had become a habit, and the sudden alarm sound was something she was unaccustomed to.

Looking at the time, she realized it was getting late. She hurried out of bed to get ready, and along the way, she knocked on Xu Shanshan’s room, telling her to rise earlier as well.

Once Xu Shanshan got up, she appeared with eyes like a panda’s, clearly having slept poorly. Though the slap marks on her face had healed, the gash on her forehead was still not completely recovered and was covered by a Band-Aid.

"Brother-in-law!" Xu Shanshan yawned and headed to the living room first, where she would normally greet Li Yifei. He would respond with a smile, "Shanshan, you’re up, go wash up, breakfast will be ready soon."

But there was no movement today, and it was then Xu Shanshan realized that Li Yifei wasn’t home. The good mood she woke up with vanished instantly.

"Hurry up and get ready, or we’ll be late for work," Xu Yingying emerged from the bathroom and urged her sister.

Xu Shanshan responded sluggishly, washed up lackadaisically, and then came out looking dispirited. Glancing at the kitchen, she said, "Sis, I’m hungry."

Xu Yingying glared at her, saying, "It’s early in the morning, what’s there to be hungry about?"

Pouting, Xu Shanshan complained, "I’ve gotten used to eating breakfast every morning recently."

Xu Yingying opened her mouth, then sighed, "Quit your yapping and get changed already."

"It’s all your fault for driving brother-in-law away. He was so good, and only you were so petty," grumbled Xu Shanshan, huffily muttering as she turned to enter her bedroom.

Xu Yingying sighed again. Now that things had turned out this way, she felt very uncomfortable.

As she left home, she ran into Su Mengxin, who was flanked by two bodyguards. Without Li Yifei’s protection, she now had to rely on her own bodyguards.

Su Mengxin gave Xu Yingying a slight smile and said, "Yingying, without Yifei coming back, I won’t go to the company either. It would be too troublesome, and I have some other matters to deal with recently anyway."

"Okay," Xu Yingying quickly replied.

"Don’t worry, Yifei will be fine. And he’ll be back soon. You should take this time to calm down as well."

"Mm," Xu Yingying nodded. Li Yifei had only been gone for a day, and she was already completely unaccustomed to his absence.

"Didn’t Xiaofei come back? Why didn’t I see her coming over this morning?" Xu Shanshan looked at another room door.

With a faint smile, Su Mengxin said, "That girl knows there’s no breakfast when Yifei isn’t home, so how could she possibly wake up so early?"

They all went downstairs together. Then, Xu Yingying drove Xu Shanshan to school and returned to the company herself. The busy morning helped her temporarily forget Li Yifei. In the afternoon, she went to Lanjia Village again, as she was very concerned about the engineering projects there. The sooner the factory could start, the sooner the company could operate.

Ye Yunzhu received her, and they discussed business matters. However, on several occasions, Ye Yunzhu wanted to ask why Li Yifei didn’t come this time, but it didn’t seem appropriate to ask about someone’s husband in front of his wife, especially considering her own past with him.

"Has Yifei contacted you these last two days?" It was Xu Yingying who brought up Li Yifei first.

"No, why do you ask?" Ye Yunzhu looked at Xu Yingying curiously, noticing the odd expression when she mentioned Li Yifei.

Xu Yingying gave a wry smile and said, "Yifei has been away from home for two days now, and his phone is off. No one can reach him."

"Left home? He’s run away from home?" Ye Yunzhu was shocked, her eyes widening.

"Yes! He really has run away from home."

"How is that possible? That guy is so thick-skinned, how could he run away from home? He’s definitely not capable of doing something like that," Ye Yunzhu shook her head in disbelief.

With another bitter smile, Xu Yingying said, "He voluntarily left this time because of the divorce."

"Divorce?" Ye Yunzhu’s eyes lit up, but she immediately felt her reaction was overly enthusiastic and smiled awkwardly, saying, "Really? He’s never thought about that before."

Ye Yunzhu recounted what Ning Xin’er had come to tell her, leaving Ye Yunzhu with her eyes wide in shock, before she added hatefully, "That bastard, having a love child like that." After she finished, she coughed involuntarily. She was carrying Li Yifei’s child now; to Xu Yingying, that would be another love child.

Xu Yingying said, "I can’t accept this either. After all, we’ve only just married and he’s already got a child on the way. He hasn’t come home for two days, and even though I wanted to have a proper talk with him, he barely said a few words before he left. He seemed eager to divorce me, which broke my heart even more. I thought he might come to talk to you, but it turns out you haven’t seen him either."

"Hmph, that jerk is definitely with Ning Xin’er right now," Ye Yunzhu gritted her teeth. Her anger was at its limit; Ning Xin’er was having his baby, and she herself was pregnant with his child, yet the guy had left home. Not only had he not shown up here, but he hadn’t even called. Was she, Ye Yunzhu, invisible to him?

At this point, Xu Yingying felt extremely depressed and failed to notice Ye Yunzhu’s distress. She sighed and said, "If he is really with Ning Xin’er, then I’ll accept it."

"Accept it? How could you say that? Who does Ning Xin’er think she is? Just because she’s having Li Yifei’s baby, does she think she can command princes by controlling the emperor? I’ll go with you to find him; we can’t let that bastard be with that woman," Ye Yunzhu declared.

As she spoke, Ye Yunzhu grabbed Xu Yingying by the arm.

In this aspect, Xu Yingying was not as bold and decisive as Ye Yunzhu and hurriedly said, "Yunzhu, don’t do this. If Yifei is really there, wouldn’t that embarrass him?"

"He abandoned his wife to mess around with another woman. Are you still worried about embarrassing him? Listen to me: we’re going to drag him back. Once I catch him, I swear I’ll smack him right across the face," said Ye Yunzhu.

Xu Yingying originally held animosity towards Ye Yunzhu, after all, Ye Yunzhu was Li Yifei’s first love, and first loves are hard to forget, just as Li Yifei was for her. No matter how wrong Li Yifei was, she couldn’t let go of him.

But since she learned the child Ye Yunzhu was carrying wasn’t Li Yifei’s, her animosity vanished. She began to see eye to eye with Ye Yunzhu because they were both strong women; feeling a sense of kinship, she started to regard Ye Yunzhu as a friend.

"But... I don’t know where Ning Xin’er is," Xu Yingying said.

"You don’t know? Can’t you find out?"

"How?"

"Wait, I’ll find someone to help us," replied Ye Yunzhu.

Just as Ye Yunzhu was about to make a call, Xu Yingying’s phone rang. It was a completely unfamiliar number. Xu Yingying answered it, and on the other end was Ning Xin’er’s voice: "Xu Yingying, I want to talk to you."

Xu Yingying was overjoyed to hear this, but quickly composed herself. Facing her rival, she didn’t panic. When doing business, Xu Yingying was always like this; the more challenging the opponent, the more cool-headed she became. She said simply, "Okay."

Ning Xin’er immediately gave her address, which pointed to her villa in Mile City. She didn’t have many friends and, since it was Xu Yingying’s turf, she felt more secure at her own place.

Xu Yingying readily agreed and, after hanging up, told Ye Yunzhu, "Ning Xin’er wants to talk. I’m heading there right now."

"I’m coming with you," Ye Yunzhu quickly said.

"You don’t need to..."

"What do you mean I don’t need to? What if you can’t handle her alone? I must help you; I can’t let you suffer."

Without further discussion, Ye Yunzhu pulled Xu Yingying along as they walked out. Xu Yingying felt that bringing Ye Yunzhu to negotiate with Ning Xin’er seemed inappropriate, but Ye Yunzhu’s intentions were clearly benevolent, and refusing her offer would seem ungracious.

Half an hour later, Xu Yingying and Ye Yunzhu had arrived at Ning Xin’er’s villa. They parked the car and walked into the yard together, where Ning Xin’er was sitting on the lawn, dressed in a simple home leisure outfit, her hair tied casually at the back of her head. No matter how you looked at her, Ning Xin’er was just a sweet girl.

"Here you are, come and sit. Why did you bring backup? Are you afraid I’ll hit you?" Ning Xin’er greeted Xu Yingying with a smile.

Ye Yunzhu snorted and glared at Ning Xin’er, saying, "We would dirty our hands hitting you." Sёarch* The Novelƒire(.)ne*t website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

Pulling Ye Yunzhu by the arm, Xu Yingying approached Ning Xin’er. Ning Xin’er didn’t stand up, just waved her hand, and Xu Yingying sat down on the grass. Ye Yunzhu hesitated for a moment before sitting down as well, still glaring fiercely at Ning Xin’er.

With a light laugh, Ning Xin’er said, "Xu Yingying, who did you bring with you? She seems to hate me even more than you do. Could it be she’s another woman abandoned by that jerk?"

That comment struck a nerve with Ye Yunzhu, who angrily replied, "Do you think that if Yifei abandoned you, he would abandon me as well?"

Ning Xin’er’s expression changed, and she became furious, saying, "Oh, really? That bastard is really capable, isn’t he? His wife and mistress getting along peacefully."