God-Level All-rounder Expert
Chapter 528 -s 567-568, Depending on My Mood

Chapter 528: Chapters 567-568, Depending on My Mood

"Yes, it has to do with me, you could say, Li Xuan’s arrest was mostly my doing. What’s the matter, are you mad at me?" Fang Yi tentatively said.

Shen Binan shook her head, her voice cold as ice, "Not at all. Since I rejected his proposal that time, there is no longer any connection between him and me. So, you don’t need to overthink it. Once I, Shen Binan, have set my heart on you, there’s no room for anyone else in it."

Those words stirred Fang Yi profoundly—no, it wasn’t just stirring, it was his blood boiling.

Just think, what man wouldn’t want to hear a woman say such things to him? To be fixed on him meant there would be no changes anymore; it was a commitment.

Fang Yi understood Shen Binan well, and her saying this of her own accord clearly indicated her feelings.

Fang Yi felt his blood boil, and he couldn’t help but tighten his embrace around Shen Binan’s waist.

"What are you doing?" Shen Binan asked, clearly understanding Fang Yi’s actions.

"Hugging you tightly, I’m not going to bite." Fang Yi said with a look of it being the most natural thing in the world.

"You..." Shen Binan took a deep breath and said, "Fine, hug me, but I hope you don’t try anything further. If you do anything without my consent, I will hate you for the rest of my life."

Fang Yi laughed and instead held her even tighter. Shen Binan’s body involuntarily tensed, but Fang Yi made no other overtures, simply leaning in close to her ear as though whispering sweet nothings, "Shen Binan, do you know what I like about you?"

"What?" Shen Binan asked reflexively.

"I just love your stubbornness!"

"..."

Shen Binan was taken aback for a while and then said, "Okay, I hope I can continue to maintain it. Enough about that, let’s talk about the future. What are your plans for what comes next?"

"What’s next?" Fang Yi pondered and said, "There’s less than half a year left, I plan to head to Tianjing openly and aboveboard after this half-year."

"Openly and aboveboard?"

"Maybe you don’t know, but I’m actually a member of the Fang Family, and I have the Fang family’s blood in my veins. However, in the eyes of those Fang Family people, I am nothing more than a bastard." Fang Yi said with a self-deprecating smile.

However, Shen Binan turned around suddenly, extending her fair and delicate finger—a finger that seemed untouched by spring water, fair and moist as jade, akin to a noble youth teasing a maiden—as she lifted Fang Yi’s chin.

With that, there was an alluring charm and a playfulness in the act, with Fang Yi completely leaning back in his chair, letting Shen Binan tease him.

"Do you know what I like about you?" Shen Binan asked, her eyes sharp with a hint of barely noticeable tenderness.

"I have no idea." Fang Yi answered truthfully.

With a winsome smile that was completely at odds with her icy demeanor, she said slowly, word by word, "I like your arrogance, your domineering nature, and how you deem everyone beneath you."

"Really?" Fang Yi was incredulous. Weren’t those flaws?

"Really."

Shen Binan nodded and added, "You face any enemy without fear, regardless of how formidable they are, and you always manage to defeat them. That Ren Tianqing, he was a magnate of Moon City. To outsiders, it looked like I was the one who brought him down, but the truth is, if it weren’t for you, I don’t even know if Longtu Group would still exist."

"Then came the God of Killers Organization, such a powerful organization, they dispatched so many formidable assassins, but still, they all fell before you. Too many to count, I probably couldn’t finish talking about them in a short while. All of these were your doing. Maybe you didn’t notice, but I did. Among all the men I know, you are the most upright and unyielding one."

In ordinary times, Shen Binnan was a man of few words, but now, Shen Binnan had spoken such a long spiel, causing Fang Yi’s mind to reel. He never expected that he would have such a high evaluation in Shen Binnan’s heart.

"That’s why, it’s just the Fang Family after all. What’s destined to be yours will be yours. If you could overcome obstacles in the past, why can’t you overcome them in the future? If you could stand tall before, could it be that in the future, you can only bow and scrape?"

Shen Binnan spoke slowly, but each word struck deep into Fang Yi’s heart.

Fang Yi took a deep breath, and a sharp light suddenly appeared in his eyes, "You’re right, I could do it before, I can do it now, and in the future... I can do even better! It’s just a prominent family in Tianjing, just wait and see how your man is going to make his return."

An appreciative look flashed in Shen Binnan’s eyes, "I’m looking forward to it."

"Good to hear you’re looking forward to it, come on, give me a kiss," said Fang Yi as he puckered up, a complete contrast from his previous serious demeanor.

Shen Binnan raised an eyebrow and rolled her eyes, taking the opportunity to wriggle off Fang Yi’s lap.

"Let’s skip the kissing for now, I’m still not used to it." Shen Binnan said.

"Then when will you kiss me?" asked Fang Yi.

"Hmm..." Shen Binnan tilted her head in thought for a moment, then looked at him with a hint of a smile on her lips, "Depends on my mood."

Childe Corporation had been exposed for serious issues and, coupled with the riot of the ’investors’, the company had become the target of public vilification. Even the employees at the company were being blocked from entering on an almost constant basis.

This incident had turned into the biggest news in Moon City in the past few days, and it had been widely reported nationwide, allowing people to gain a deeper understanding of the dark side of some so-called venture capital companies and serving as a warning that greed doesn’t pay off.

However, even so, some people remained ignorant and would not stop being deceived; instead, they continued on their way.

Childe Corporation was done for, and so was Li Xuan. As for his barbeque shops, they were finished too, already sealed off. These past few days, Fang Yi had been running to Li Xue to deal with these barbeque shops; he was intent on acquiring them.

Li Xue naturally made things easy for Fang Yi. With a sizeable investment, Fang Yi finally managed to take over those shops and then allowed Zhao Gang and others to move in.

Meanwhile, Fang Yi didn’t relax his efforts concerning Isabella.

That day, Fang Yi received intelligence that Isabella was secretly preparing a boat, intending to leave by sea under cover of darkness.

Upon hearing this news, a sneaky smile appeared on Fang Yi’s lips, "Isabella, oh Isabella, you’re still too green to go up against me."

That very night, at a certain dock in Moon City, Isabella appeared with Alger.

When Isabella saw the prepared small fishing boat, she couldn’t help but frown and said, "Alger, I asked for a yacht, not a fishing boat. How long will it take to reach the next port on this fishing boat, hmm?"

Alger spoke respectfully, "Bishop, I tried my best. I wanted to rent a yacht too, but after asking around several docks, no one was willing to rent one out."

Isabella’s brows furrowed tightly, and after contemplating for a moment, she said, "Is someone secretly causing trouble?"

Alger said, "My actions were very covert; no one should... know about them." His confidence waned.

"Forget about that, get on the boat. We need to leave here as soon as possible." After saying that, Isabella boarded the small fishing boat, which had only a small diesel engine for power.

Sitting down in a relatively clean spot on the fishing boat filled with the smell of fish, Isabella was silent. For some reason, an ominous feeling surfaced in her heart, which made Isabella very uncomfortable.