God-Level All-rounder Expert
Chapter 477 - 513: Negotiate a Deal

However, Shen Xiaoxiao followed him out.

"Brother-in-law, brother-in-law..." Shen Xiaoxiao ran in front of Fang Yi and spread her arms to block him.

"Shen Xiaoxiao, what did you mean by doing that just now?" Fang Yi said.

"I didn’t... didn’t mean anything," Shen Xiaoxiao said innocently.

"I’m not a fool; your little tricks can’t fool me," Fang Yi said. "Do you know that what you just did hurt Jian Qing deeply?"

Shen Xiaoxiao retorted defiantly, "It wasn’t me who looked; it was you who saw."

Fang Yi sighed and said, "Alright, assume I was wrong. From now on, don’t come looking for me again."

Shen Xiaoxiao’s pretty face suddenly showed a sad expression, and with a loud cry, she squatted down and started weeping.

"I... I didn’t want to either... sob sob... It’s because she likes you... sob sob... Brother-in-law... You are mine... You are mine... sob sob sob..."

Shen Xiaoxiao turned into a cascade of tears, squatting on the ground and sobbing uncontrollably, attracting the sideways glances of many people around.

Fang Yi sighed again, squatted down in front of Shen Xiaoxiao, and said with a frown, "Don’t cry."

"Sob sob..."

"Act like a lady, don’t cry anymore."

"Sob sob sob..." She ignored him and continued to cry.

"Come on, Shen Xiaoxiao, stop crying. If you cry any more, I’m going to get angry!"

Shen Xiaoxiao suddenly raised her head, her tear-stained face drenched with tears: "You hit me then... hit me..."

Fang Yi was only speaking hypothetically; he wouldn’t actually hit her. Seeing Shen Xiaoxiao cry like that, Fang Yi said, "Shen Xiaoxiao, let’s talk it out. You’re an adult; what’s all this crying and carrying on?"

Shen Xiaoxiao, with tears in her eyes, said, "But you’re the one who made me cry, you jerk of a brother-in-law."

Fang Yi intended to say, "The main reason is still you," but fearing he might upset Shen Xiaoxiao further, he ultimately didn’t say it and instead said, "Alright, alright, I’m the jerk. If you’re upset, hit me a few times to let off steam."

Shen Xiaoxiao truly did throw a punch, but her weak fist was like hitting cotton against Fang Yi’s chest; then suddenly she burst into tears again, "I... I... My heart hurts so much..."

Fang Yi was embarrassed; he steeled his heart and simply embraced Shen Xiaoxiao.

With a buzz in his head, Shen Xiaoxiao stopped crying. As she was held by Fang Yi, her cheek pressed against his chest, she drew many strange looks from university students around, but Fang Yi ignored them.

"No more crying, okay?" Fang Yi said softly.

"...Yeah," Shen Xiaoxiao replied in a voice as faint as a mosquito’s, "Brother-in-law."

"Hmm?"

"I... I like you..."

"..." Fang Yi.

Tianyi Company had already entered into its normal operations and development. When Fang Yi arrived at the company for inspection, Zhou Peilan was busy. Seeing Fang Yi, Zhou Peilan’s face lit up with joy, as if she had finally relaxed amidst the tension.

"You’re finally here," Zhou Peilan said.

"What’s wrong?" Fang Yi asked.

"It’s Childe Company; they want us to transfer another sum of money," Zhou Peilan said.

"Is that in the contract?"

"No!" Zhou Peilan said, "Earlier, I did as you said and made a payment to drag things out, but in less than a week, they started pushing our company to send more money. Basically, they’re saying if we don’t send another payment, they’ll just swallow up the first one."

Fang Yi scoffed, "Hey, playing dirty, huh?"

Zhou Peilan nodded, "Exactly, they’re just trying to play dirty."

Fang Yi said, "It seems that Childe Corporation must have reached the stage of closing the net. Well, go ahead and make the payment, but not too much, a million should be enough to keep them at bay for now. I’ll take a trip to Longtu Group and see what Shen Binan has to say."

Zhou Peilan nodded, then continued with her busy work.

Upon arriving at Longtu Group, Fang Yi met with Shen Binan and informed him of the situation, asking for his opinion.

"It should be that Childe Corporation is nearing the net-closing stage, but there’s no rush. There’s still some time. During this period, Childe Corporation will definitely try to rake in as much as they can before absconding abroad with the funds," Shen Binan said.

Hearing that Shen Binan’s guess was the same as his, Fang Yi thought for a moment and asked, "Has Li Xuan been bothering you again?"

Shen Binan suddenly laughed and pointed to the coffee table in the office, where a large bunch of roses were displayed.

"From Li Xuan?"

"Yep."

"It seems he’s still not giving up on you," Fang Yi commented.

"Jealous?" Shen Binan teased.

"What do you think?"

"It looks like you really are jealous. I do enjoy seeing you jealous," Shen Binan loved to tease Fang Yi, "By the way, Li Xuan has a small gathering tonight, do you want to go?"

"If you’re going, I’ll go," Fang Yi said.

"Of course I’m going. Who knows, Li Xuan might even propose to me tonight. The question is whether to accept or not, that is the problem," Shen Binan said with a mischievous smile.

"Don’t provoke me; I scare even myself when I get serious," Fang Yi warned.

"Alright, then let’s see what you’re like when you get serious," Shen Binan challenged.

Guard Department.

These past few days, Li Xue faced tremendous pressure, not only from within the Guard Department but also from the Lin Family and her own Bai Family.

While Li Xue could understand the pressure from the Lin Family, she was completely baffled by her own Bai Family’s pressure. Instead of supporting their own, they were actually siding with outsiders to threaten her. It was ridiculous.

"No, I must extract some information from those uncle and nephew soon, or I won’t be able to keep going!" Li Xue muttered to herself.

Even though Lin Zheng was the mastermind, he had never acted directly, making it difficult to find evidence. And the Luo Country assassin named Tony Xiao Mu, who had been sent over, kept his mouth tightly sealed, refusing to speak. With only Liu Yuanguang’s word, there wasn’t enough evidence to go on.

While Li Xue was frowning and pondering over her strategy, there was a knock on her office door. She called for the visitor to enter, and the door opened to reveal a man stepping in. Li Xue looked up and expressed her surprise, "What are you doing here?"

"What, Xia Xue, you don’t welcome me?" The man smiled and took a seat opposite Li Xue.

"It’s not that I don’t welcome you. It’s just odd. Shouldn’t you be with Shen Binan right now? How do you have the time to come here?" Li Xue asked.

"I came to see how you’re doing and to help solve some of your problems," Fang Yi said.

"You..." Li Xue looked at him in amazement, then with a touch of dejection, "I’m a guard. If I can’t get anything out of that uncle and nephew, what can you get out of them?"

"That’s not necessarily the case. Come on, take me to see Lin Zheng."

Li Xue hesitated for a moment but finally nodded, leading Fang Yi to see Lin Zheng.

In the interrogation room, Lin Zheng looked dejected. When he saw Fang Yi, his eyes suddenly narrowed, showing a hint of wariness.

"Don’t be nervous, Lin Third Master. I’m here to see you because I want to make a deal with you," Fang Yi said as he pulled up a chair and sat across from Lin Zheng.