Mr. CEO, Spoil me 100 Percent! - Chapter 330

Chapter 330: Someone Was Here!

 

“This is my last kindness towards you,” the man said gently while his eyes flashed with bloodlust.

The syringe in his hand went straight for the blood vessel on Xinghe’s arm.

Right at that moment, Xinghe opened her eyes!

Their eyes met and the man froze in his motion. Of course, he wasn’t expecting her to wake up at a time like this.

To be fair, neither did Xinghe expect that the first thing to drift into her ears when she gained consciousness would be his monologue before he killed her.

She peeled open her eyes from sheer desire to live. She glared daggers at him.

Faced with her sudden awakening, the man was understandably flustered, however he quickly collected himself. Naturally, he was not cowed by Xinghe’s evil stare.

He chuckled coldly before adding, “Now that you’ve woken up, the more reason for me to kill you. Goodbye, Xia Meng.”

To his confusion, Xinghe suddenly collapsed back to unconsciousness. Everything was so sudden that the man suspected he was dreaming.

Was that some momentary recovery of consciousness before death? the man questioned himself.

Regardless, the man knew that dragging this on would only be detrimental to him. He pulled Xinghe’s arm straight and stuck the needlepoint into her blood vessel.

However, before he could press down on the syringe, the guards outside the door said, “Young Master!”

Mubai nodded in response before walking into the room. The room was empty except for the unconscious Xinghe who lay on the bed. However, the window was open and a draft was blowing into the room. For some reason, Mubai felt a strange presence in the room.

“Who opened the window‽” Mubai demanded ferociously.

Xinghe was still recovering so the draft would do her more harm than good. Which idiot left this window open?

The guards huddled at the door and looked at each other curiously. “We have no idea, none of us opened it.”

Mubai walked to the window to check at its corner like he saw something but there was nothing out of the ordinary there.

Furthermore, this was the fifteenth floor, no one could have climb in from the window. So what was this sinking feeling in his stomach?

Mubai’s face gloomed over and ordered the guards, “Spread out and be on the lookout for suspicious individuals. Someone was here!”

The guards were caught by surprise but soon moved to oblige.

Mubai sat back down beside Xinghe to inspect her situation. Eventually his eyes zeroed in on the small puncture wound her arm. Even though there were many wounds on her arms due to the IV but Mubai was sure this was a new one.

“F*ck!” Mubai quickly called for Lu Qi to check on Xinghe. He was deadly worried someone had done something harmful to her. Thankfully, Lu Qi didn’t find anything worse than usual about her condition. Xinghe was still weak and dying.

“Maybe you’re overthinking this,” Lu Qi comforted him. He believed Mubai’s psyche had been pulled a bit too taut recently.

Mubai was working on his laptop. He was looking through the security footage.

He chuckled mirthlessly at Lu Qi’s words. “Someone has tampered with the hospital’s security records and you still think I’m being too paranoid?”

“What?” Lu Qi frowned. “Can you recover the original data?”

Mubai shook his head. “The opponent tampered with the files before they made their move and not after, so there is not much I can do.”

The security videos were useless.

“Who are these people that they are so hell bent on taking Xia Meng’s life?” Lu Qi asked solemnly.

Mubai’s eyes flashed gruesomely when he answered, “We’ll know when you finish your research.”

Chapter 331: Xia Xinghe Is Coming Back (End of the Body Swap Arc)

 

Xinghe would tell them herself when she returned to her body.

Speaking of which, Lu Qi exclaimed excitedly, “I’ve reached the breakthrough I needed last night. The research is coming to an end!”

Mubai raised his head suddenly and uttered in disbelief, “What did you say?”

Lu Qi repeated with a smile, “I said the research is coming to an end.”

Mubai stared at him dumbly as a sense of happiness blossomed in his heart.

He turned to look at Xinghe who was unconscious and his eyes started to tear up.

Very soon, his original Xia Xinghe was coming back…

…

The breakthrough in Lu Qi’s research was the best news for Mubai. After he moved Xinghe to another hospital, he supported Lu Qi with the full power of the Xi family.

Lu Qi said that when he cultivated enough memory cells, they could be implanted into Xinghe and Xia Meng’s brains.

Then, they would need to wait for the memory cells to replicate their memories and then everything could be returned to normal, or at least as normal as it could be. Since Xia Meng’s original body was too damaged, with Xia Meng’s personal permission, Mubai procured for her a new body.

The body belonged to an orphan. She had been a vegetable for many years due to a car accident. Lu Qi confirmed that the chance of the girl ever waking up was close to nil.

Therefore, it was no one’s loss using her body. After all, if allowed to continue any longer, the girl’s body would eventually waste away from atrophy.

The girl was still young so Xia Meng was basically given a new lease on life after she assumed her body. Xia Meng was excited at the prospect of starting over. She was immensely thankful to Mubai and Xinghe for giving her this opportunity. She felt ashamed by what she had done.

Therefore, before Xinghe woke up, Xia Meng voluntarily surrendered the energy crystal in her possession. Mubai accepted it on Xinghe’s behalf. It was because of this thing that Ye Shen was murdered and Xinghe was tortured.

It was not purely out of kindness that Mubai aided Xia Meng. It was clear to him that if Xinghe didn’t experience this part of Xia Meng’s life, they wouldn’t have known the latent danger that was always around them. Eventually, the mysterious man and his group would’ve come after Xinghe because she also had one of the crystals.

Therefore, Xinghe’s swap with Xia Meng wasn’t completely unlucky. At least she had come into contact with this enemy before the designated time, and what’s more was that the enemy had no clue as to what her real identity was.

This way, Xinghe could prepare sufficiently before the enemies set their sights on her. In fact, she could even manage to snuff out the danger before it came openly at her. Therefore, technically speaking, it might be Xinghe who ultimately benefitted from this memory swap.

Of course Xia Meng couldn’t be said to get a bad bargain as well. She knew in her heart she was lucky because Mubai and Xinghe were not malicious like her ex-husband, if not, she would not have gotten such a good outcome.

Xia Meng decided to face the future with her head held high when she started her new life. That was the lesson she’d learned from Xinghe, it was to live with pride and determination. She would no longer rely on other people’s charity…

Mubai didn’t stay to find out more about Xia Meng’s thoughts. His focus was on Lu Qi and his research.

One week had passed and Lu Qi finally cultivated enough memory cells to initiate the transfer. The memory transfer experiment could finally begin.

“It takes times for the memory cells to do their work. It’ll require about half a month to fully replicate the memory. After that, they will be transferred into each other’s brain but it will require another half a month for the memory cells to integrate with the human brain cells,” Lu Qi explained to Mubai after he made the insertion.

Chapter 332: He Can Be Xinghe’s Private Nurse

 

Mubai nodded. “In other words, Xinghe will need another month before she regains her consciousness?”

“That’s about right,” Lu Qi concurred.

One month or thirty days was an awkward time to wait, it was not too long yet not too short. Mubai spent his days alternating between hopefulness and anxiousness…

Of course, this didn’t mean that was all he did. It was work as usual for him, managing Xi Empire and the company’s future projection while fending off advances from hostile forces. In conclusion, he tried to grow his company as much as he could within this one month period because he wanted to give Xinghe the best aid, asset-wise, when she returned.

…

Xia Zhi and his father were clueless about Xinghe’s situation. The only information he received was that even though Xinghe had awakened, she still needed to stay at the Xi family’s old mansion because her physical condition remained fairly weak.

Xia Zhi barely exchanged a few sentences with Xinghe whenever he visited.

To keep up the ruse, Xia Meng pretended to be asleep or sick whenever he visited. This gave Xia Zhi the impression that his sister had become quite low-spirited. However, he comforted himself with the fact that at least she had awakened; he believed she would be her old self as time passed.

Therefore, it came as a real surprise to Xia Zhi when he realized Xinghe once again had gone unconscious.

“What happened? Wasn’t she recovering? How come she is suddenly knocked out?” Xia Zhi demanded from Mubai during one of his visits to his sister.

Mubai found it difficult to explain to Xia Zhi the complexities of the situation so he lied. Other than that, it was for Xia Zhi’s own safety that the knowledge was kept away from him.

“Do not worry. The doctors recently performed another operation on her and she will wake up in about half a month. She will be fully recovered then,” Mubai told Xia Zhi with confidence.

Even though Xia Zhi was more than a bit curious about his explanation, he chose to believe Mubai.

“My poor sister, I must take good care of her when she wakes up later!” Xia Zhi promised with determination.

Mubai looked at him and added softly, “Your sister has me watching over her. That’s more than enough.”

He wanted to take on the full responsibility of caring for Xinghe, he didn’t want to share that responsibility with anyone else.

Xia Zhi grumbled unhappily, “How can that be enough? Plus, leaving my sister in your hands alone is the reason why I’m worried!”

“How so?” Mubai asked with a raised brow. Why would my actions be anyone’s cause for concern?

Xia Zhi nodded. “Because who knows what kind of intentions you harbor towards my sister. I’m telling you, I will not let you hurt my sister again. Then again, she won’t be so easily swayed by your actions. After all, she is such a wonderful woman; no man is good enough for her.”

Xia Zhi’s words were laced with pride. In his eyes, his sister was the most wonderful woman ever lived.

Mubai replied with a smile, “You’re right, your sister is indeed the most wonderful woman…”

Xia Zhi looked at him curiously. He agrees with me?

“And is only deserving of the best man in the world, which is what I strive to be, so that one day I will be good enough for her,” Mubai said before he turned to leave.

Xia Zhi stared at his back and grumbled to himself, “Then you’d better not disappoint us…”

If Xi Mubai let them down again, he swore on his life, he would not let him get close to her!

Of course, after Xinghe woke up, he had to remind her to be extremely cautious of Xi Mubai’s intentions. She mustn’t let her guard down and only accept him only after he proved he was truly good enough!

Xia Zhi believed his sister deserved the best, nothing less than that.

…

The days ticked by, one by one. In the blink of an eye, the period of half a month was almost over.

In recent days, Mubai spent most of his waking hours in Xinghe’s company. His work was even done by her bedside.

Chapter 333: We’ll Become History!

 

He did this because Xinghe might wake up at any moment. He wanted to be the first to greet her when she did.

Today, he was in Xinghe’s room again doing his work. After some time, he received a call from his grandfather, saying he had an emergency to discuss with him.

Mubai had no choice but to leave.

…

“Grandfather, why did you call for me?” Mubai asked as he walked into Grandfather Xi’s study.

His grandfather had a glum expression. Mubai could sense the severity of the situation. His grandfather acknowledged him with a look before saying, “Your second uncle just called. Munan is in trouble.”

Mubai was dismayed. “What happened?”

“Munan has recently been investigating a group that is profiteering from illegal munitions sales. Last night he caught the break he needed and managed to confiscate the illegal munitions. However, they found that half of the munitions had gone missing this morning; since the munitions were Munan’s responsibility, he has been taken away for investigation.”

Mubai narrowed his eyes instantly. “This was obviously a set-up.”

The Xi family had more than enough assets to not lower themselves to be involved in illegal dealings like the reselling of military munitions.

Grandfather Xi and announced solemnly, “It was a set-up. However if we cannot find the evidence to clear Munan’s name, he will be sent to military court. This had to happen at this juncture where he was about to be named the commander of the Flying Dragon Unit.”

Flying Dragon Unit was Hwa Xia’s newly formed unit. Different from most military units, it employed the advantages of a lot of advanced technology. Its unit members not only had to be familiar with high-tech combat strategies but also proficient in naval, ground, and air combat.

In other words, it was a highly-trained unit that was competent in all manner of warfare. Hwa Xia had decided to invest in developing this type of unit. Since City T had such military presence, it was selected as first test site.

Thanks to Grandfather Xi’s background in politics, the position of leader of this newfound unit naturally fell into the Xi family. After Munan became the commander of this unit, his future would be set. That would, in turn, consolidate the Xi family’s standing.

Munan’s incident was simply too convenient if it was not a set-up. Someone didn’t want him to take the commanding right of Flying Dragon unit.

“Could this be the handiwork of someone from the Feng family?” Mubai suggested.

This was because the next in line to take the commander’s post after Munan was disqualified would be them.

Grandfather narrowed his eyes sharply. “If that’s true then it means they have hidden relations with this group that is profiteering through illegal munitions sales!”

“There must be suspicious activities behind the Feng family’s rapid expansion during this last decade, so it wouldn’t surprise me if that’s true,” Mubai concluded.

The air in the room seemed to have frozen as his grandfather said, “Their evil claws are coming for our Xi family because I’m too old to shield this family anymore. Mubai, listen to me, if we fail to overcome this hurdle, our Xi family will become history!”

Mubai’s brows furrowed deeply. If his grandfather had said so then it was true that the Xi family faced imminent danger.

…

While Mubai was convening with Grandfather Xi, Xinghe finally woke up!

She opened her eyes slowly and realized she was inside a small and comfortable room.

Her attending nurse noticed that and quickly rushed to her side. “Miss Xia, you’re finally awake. How are you feeling?”

Xinghe stared at the nurse before pushing herself up. She then lowered her head to study her own two hands.

Chapter 334: The One and Only Xia Xinghe

 

It was her tapered fingers with the lines that she used to hate. She found them very meaningful at that moment because they were her own. They belonged to the original Xia Xinghe, she was finally staring at her own hands!

She turned to ask the nurse, “What date is it today?”

“It’s the second of November.”

That meant that she had been unconscious for a little bit more than a month. It appeared that her memory had switched back. Xinghe pulled away the mattress and made to get off the bed.

The nurse quickly stopped her. “Miss Xia, what are you doing? You just woke up, please don’t stress yourself.”

“To the toilet,” Xinghe answered softly. Even though her body was still weak, her gait had a natural confidence in it.

The nurse studied her with a curious expression. She had a feeling something had changed within Xinghe. She appeared to be quite different from before…

Xinghe stood in front the bathroom mirror and studied the face in the mirror. Her eyes shuddered. It was her old face again. The memories had really been swapped, she was her old self again. She liked the feeling because only this way could she really have her future under her control. Her body, her fate.

Xinghe smiled and accepted the fact that her body had returned without much fuss.

She exited the bathroom and asked the nurse, “Where’s Mubai?”

Now the nurse truly felt Xinghe was a changed woman. The earlier Xia Xinghe was someone incredibly normal, if anything a little bit weak. However, the Xia Xinghe before her had a queen-like presence. Her words pulled you in and dared you to defy her.

The nurse answered respectfully, “Mr. Xi was here just a moment ago but he was pulled away by a phone call. Recently, he’s spent all his time here, waiting for you to wake up.”

Xinghe nodded before adding, “Can you help me prepare a change of clothes, I would like to take a bath.”

“Alright…” The nurse moved to prepare but she turned back after some hesitation. “Miss Xia, you just woke up, so you ought to delay taking a bath until you’ve regained more energy.”

“No worries, I’m fine.” Xinghe said before heading back into the bathroom.

She realized there were probably people who came to give her a daily scrub but she still wished to reward herself with a good bath. After all, this was her own body and she had earned a new appreciation for it.

After the bath, Xinghe changed into her new clothes and had a bowl of porridge. She instantly felt much better.

She closed her eyes as she leaned back on the sofa. The air in the room carried the hint of flowers from outside. She felt reborn, which in a way, she was.

She thought back to the period of her marriage to Mubai, the feeling of disgust she had for herself, the helplessness and forlornness…

But now, she liked the person she had become. She was glad she had returned to her old self and she swore to cherish herself no matter what happened in the future. After the whole episode, she had a new appreciation for how good it felt to be herself. To have full control of her own destiny, it was the most meaningful thing in the world. Therefore, from then onwards, she would only be Xia Xinghe, the one and only Xia Xinghe!

After a rare, sentimental moment, Xinghe picked herself up and went to work. She didn’t waste any time and started working using the computer in the room.

Previously, the computer was for Xia Meng to watch television or play game when she was bored.

Now, it was an item of convenience for Xinghe. She downloaded a 3D facial modeling program and started shaping the mystery man’s face from memory…

Chapter 335: His Boiling Blood

 

The moment Mubai returned to the small villa, he received news of Xinghe’s recovery. The first time the maid informed him, he thought he was dreaming. After a second confirmation from the maid, he finally believed that Xia Xinghe had really awakened!

He quickly dashed to meet her, there was a natural spring in his step. As he got closer to Xinghe’s room, his heart beat quickened. It had been a long time since he felt so nervous…

He felt like a kid going to meet his crush.

He pushed open the room door and when he saw Xinghe sitting quietly in front of the computer, he released the breath that he didn’t realize he was holding. He stared intensely at her, not willing to avert his eyes as he stepped closer to her. It was as if he was afraid she might disappear in front of his eyes if he didn’t pay absolute attention.

Xinghe heard his approaching footsteps. She lifted her head and looked straight at him. “Thank you for everything.”

Xinghe knew that without asking that it was him who had been taking care of her when she was unconscious. She was not good with expressing her emotions but she would take note whenever someone was nice towards her. She realized he had been lending his aid whenever things got slightly out of hand, she was appreciative of that. Even during this recent predicament, he helped her unconditionally, without asking for anything in return.

Her previous prejudice against him had completely disappeared. In fact, she was starting to warm to him. If he needed any help in the future, she would return the favor.

“Xia Xinghe…” Mubai called her name gently as he stared, enraptured by her.

“Yes?” Xinghe asked him in return.

“Xia Xinghe…” he repeated as a big smile bloomed on his face, his pupils were even shaking. “It really is you.”

Xinghe looked carefully at him and confirmed, “Yes, it is me.”

Mubai suddenly leaned forward and his fiery lips touched hers without warning! Xinghe widened her eyes in surprise—

She didn’t expect such a response from him. When she realized what had happened, she tried to evade but Mubai’s hands had her gripped in a tight lock.

His lips pressed down hard and they burned with irrepressible passion…

When his tongue got some stray ideas, Xinghe finally shoved him forcefully away. Her face was a mixture of shock, disbelief, and bewilderment.

Mubai was panting slightly, his gaze blazing with insuppressible emotion. Like a scorching flame, he seemed to be melting her within his gaze.

His heart jumped violently, the sudden kiss boiling his blood.

Even a distance away, Xinghe could hear his beating heart. She felt curious, why was he so nervous when she was the one being taken advantage of?

The two stared at each other wordlessly for two seconds. Mubai leaned in for another kiss but Xinghe averted her face and locked eyes on the computer screen instead.

“It’s good that you’re here. See whether you recognize the person,” she said in a calm voice as if nothing had happened.

Chapter 336: He’s the Feng Family’s Young Master

 

Mubai was still recovering from his sudden, uncontrollable passion. His gaze turned towards the screen following her words.

“It’s him!” Mubai narrowed his eyes with menace. The face of the man on screen was awfully familiar. The air around Mubai became charged with killing intent.

“This is your kidnapper?” he asked chillingly.

Xinghe nodded. “That’s him. Do you know him? Who is he?”

Mubai laughed joylessly. “So it is him. In City T, there is only one party powerful enough to come after the Xi family and that is the Feng family. This here is the Feng family’s Young Master, Feng Saohuang. Not only that, he is currently a major general.”

“The Feng family?” Xinghe was not familiar with City T’s politics so she hadn’t heard that name before.

Mubai explained, “The Feng family is our bitter rival. In recent years, they have expanded greatly and now their target has finally turned towards our Xi family. For your information, something bad happened to Munan yesterday, now I’m even more certain it has everything to do with them.”

“Your cousin, Munan?” Xinghe was surprised.

“That’s the one.”

“What happened?”

Mubai told her everything. Xinghe was shocked that a force as powerful as the Xi family would face a predicament as serious as this. Then again, the higher one climbs, the greater the number of people who would want you to fall. After all, the Xi family had too big of a market monopoly, only by taking down the Xi family could other people rise.

Xinghe understood how ruthless the world could be, especially the business and military worlds. It was eat or be eaten.

Feng Saohuang would stop at nothing for the sake of power and profit. She’d personally tasted his methods before; she knew he was a cold-blooded person. Now that his target had switched to the Xi family, his goal was most likely greater than taking down the Xi Family. He must be aiming to crush the Xi family until there was no chance of a comeback!

She couldn’t allow that to happen! She did promise to help Mubai whenever she could and she couldn’t allow any harm to come to her son!

Therefore, for the sake of Lin Lin, she had to help neutralize this threat; she had to neutralize the Feng family.

“Have you put any counter measures in place yet?” Xinghe asked suddenly.

Mubai admitted solemnly, “Not yet. There is no proof so we can’t do anything against him. The most pressing thing now is to help Munan clear his name so that Feng Saohuang’s ploy wouldn’t succeed.”

Xinghe nodded. “However, that is easier said than done. We should concentrate on smoking out the traitor first before we can start looking for the stolen munitions.”

Mubai looked at her and smiled handsomely. “You think there’s a traitor as well?”

Xinghe raised her brow. “Only a traitor could steal the munitions so silently from under your cousin’s nose.”

“You’re right,” Mubai’s eyes filled with vengeance. “Whoever it is, their ending won’t be good for betraying our Xi Family.”

“Do say something if you need my help,” Xinghe said, “After all, my rage can only be quenched by dealing with that Feng Saohuang myself!”

Mubai asked, “Why is he going for the black casket? What is his connection to Project Galaxy?”

Only then Xinghe realized she hadn’t told Mubai the information given to her by Ye Shen.

“Do you want to know what the big secret Ye Shen had been hiding is?”

“What?”

“According to him, the end of the world will happen in the next fifteen years, and the black caskets are energy crystals to power the spaceship that will take us away from Earth.”

Chapter 337: Help You with Everything I Have

 

“Project Galaxy, according to him, is a plan to find another habitable planet and this project was initiated by our parent’s generation.”

Mubai was dumbstruck! No sane person would believe something like that really existed!

“That is what Ye Shen said?” Mubai tried to confirm.

Xinghe nodded. “Indeed, but I find his belief to be highly suspicious.”

Mubai concurred, “Me too. However, considering the fact that Feng Saohuang had gotten involved, this Project Galaxy has to be something important.”

“Ye Shen’s, Xia Meng’s, and Ruobing’s fathers and my mother share a similarity. All of them appeared in City T thirty years ago and disappeared twelve years ago. Ye Shen must have used this connection to locate Xia Meng, like how Ee Chen used this to find Ruobing. However Saohuang only knew that Ye Shen had the energy crystal but not Xia Meng. He has no idea about this similarity so his parents should have nothing to do with this project. Then, this means that he knows about this project from other sources and fully believes its implications.”

Mubai understood what she meant. “You mean to say that there is validity to this Project Galaxy stuff since it has been confirmed by Saohuang’s involvement?”

“That’s right.”

“If the apocalypse stuff is true then we have to get involved as well.”

Xinghe nodded. “That’s correct. Therefore, we need to find the two energy crystals Ye Shen hid and try to pry more information from Saohuang.”

“Did he know you have an energy crystal as well?” This was the question Mubai was most worried about.

Xinghe shook her head. “Not yet. My mother probably had thought all these would happen so she took me away from City T to overseas. No one but myself knows about her time of disappearance. Furthermore, you can’t find anything on her, she wiped out all the information there is on her.”

“But your name is such a giveaway.”

“Xinghe is a common name. The most they will do is suspect me, there is no way they can tell for sure. Take Ee Chen and Xia Meng for example, they only suspected that I have something to do with it, they couldn’t confirm it.”

Ee Chen suspected she had something to do with the project after working with Xinghe, while on Xia Meng’s side, Xinghe herself admitted the truth.

Mubai was still worried. “Regardless, we have to be careful. Even suspicion could lead to a lot of danger.”

“I understand.”

“From now on, I will have my men protect you at all times. You just rest well and leave everything to me.”

Xinghe shook her head with determination. “I cannot do that. I will only feel safe if I personally have a hand in it.”

Mubai expected as much. He knew she was not a woman to hide in a man’s shadow. Furthermore, she had proven herself to be more intelligent and brave than most men. She didn’t need a man to shield her from the world because she was more than capable to take on the world with her power alone.

Mubai looked at her and said helplessly, “I didn’t realize you have such competitive personality.”

“I’m not being competitive. I just prefer to have my fate in my own hands.”

After all, who could make the best decision for her other than herself?

This was the quality Mubai valued the most in Xinghe. If she didn’t stay true to herself, then she wouldn’t be Xia Xinghe.

“Alright, then I will support you in any way I can,” Mubai offered, “Tell me should you need any help and I will do everything I can to help you.”

Chapter 338: Start to Care About Him

 

Xinghe was surprised he would promise such a thing.

Tell me should you need any help and I will do everything I can to help you.

That was a serious promise that Mubai gave.

Xinghe turned back to the computer and responded, “In that case, I will do my best to help your family. I’m sure that, with our cooperation, we can overcome this predicament.”

“Sounds great!” Mubai said with a winning smile. He was overjoyed because he realized Xinghe was looking out for him. It had been hard work getting to this stage. There was finally a small space for him in her heart…

Then he thought back to the sudden kiss that they shared. When it happened, her response wasn’t repugnance but surprise. If Xinghe loathed him as her pursuer, he knew she would have slapped him or worse.

They had once been married so they had done the ‘deed’ before but those were compelled by lust. However, his kiss earlier wasn’t born out of lust but love. That was probably why she was shocked.

Mubai didn’t dare push his luck; he was satisfied with the kiss. As they say, baby steps. It was because he respected her and cared about her that he would attend to her concern and take things at her preferred pace. After all, he couldn’t afford to scare her away. She was too important to him.

“Before we deal with the Feng family, do take a rest. You just woke up today so don’t exhaust yourself. Rest for a few days first,” Mubai reminded her gently.

Xinghe had other plans. “I’m perfectly fine, I will rest when my body tells me to. Speaking of which, where’s Xia Meng?”

“Her old body was no longer usable so we transferred her memory into a coma patient. Actually, I think she might be awake now too since you are. Also, she already gave me her energy crystal, I can pass it to you anytime you want.”

Xinghe nodded. “I’m glad she has a new start. It’s good that she passed you the energy crystal, this is our secret weapon against Feng Saohuang.”

Mubai thought of that too. “Saohuang thought Ye Shen only had one, right? This can be the one variable that screws up his plan completely.”

“Indeed. However, we must be careful to not let him find out the location of the two crystals Ye Shen hid first.”

Mubai sighed helplessly. “If only we knew where Ye Shen hid it.”

Mubai’s men had almost turned the city around but there was no progress. However, this probably meant that Feng Saohuang’s men would have the same trouble locating them as well.

Xinghe had a lightbulb moment, and she said quickly, “Can you get me Xia Meng’s energy crystal? I have an idea I wish to try out.”

“What idea?”

“The energy crystals are a type of rare metal, right? We can use that property to create a detecting instrument.”

Mubai looked at her curiously. “You have confidence that you can make it work?”

“No promises, but it doesn’t hurt to try.” Contrary to her words, Xinghe sound absolutely confident.

Mubai’s eyes were gleaming when he looked at her. He loved witnessing her acting confidently. To him, it was the most beautiful thing in the world.

“Alright, I will give it to you in a bit,” Mubai couldn’t help but smile. “But you have to rest for now, I’ll have the cooks prepare something for you. What are you in the mood for?”

“Anything is fine.” Xinghe was not a picky eater.

Mubai nodded as he moved to support her up. “Then, I shall help you retire to bed for now. I will call when the food’s ready.”

Xinghe was inclined to demur but she was feeling rather tired. Mubai was right, she was still recovering. She had been up for only one or two hours but she felt weighed down by great fatigue.

Chapter 339: Implicated

 

With reluctance, Xinghe nodded and allowed herself to be led back to the bed. Mubai helped her get into the bed and tucked her in.

“Clear your mind for now and sleep. Sweet dreams,” he whispered.

Xinghe nodded and shut her eyes. Very soon, her breathing became more and more rhythmic…

Mubai sat beside her bed, studying her profile. After he was certain she was asleep, he leaned in and gave her a light peck on her forehead. Then, he moved away. He laid his eyes one last time on her sleeping face before getting up lightly. He left and closed the door behind him.

Unknown to him, the moment the door clicked shut, her eyes opened. She was still awake when Mubai leaned in to give her a goodnight kiss. This was the second kiss she received from him that day and her feelings were complicated. She knew perfectly well how Mubai felt about her but she was unsure whether she reciprocated those feelings or not. She couldn’t say for a fact that she loved him but it was true that she was no longer averse to his romantic advances.

Her mind was clouded because it was not her habit to concentrate on things like romantic relationship and feelings. She was unsure how to react towards Mubai’s active pursuit because she too had no idea how she really felt. She was willing to give everything for the person she loved but it was hard to tell whether Xi Mubai belonged in that category of people or not…

Either way, it was not yet time to deal with questions like those, at least not until the threat of the Feng family had been resolved. Xinghe sighed and went to sleep.

…

Xinghe had a long sleep. No one came to disturb her so she had no clue that the atmosphere within the Xi family had gotten increasingly strained. Munan’s predicament had turned into a colossal disaster. All the collected evidence pointed towards him. He was the biggest suspect. Even his father Xi Jiangnan who was Hwa Xia’s senior military official was also implicated.

If this charge of illegal profiteering of military munitions was pinned on Munan, the whole Xi Family would be dragged into the investigation and that included Mubai.

Even though Mubai wasn’t part of the military, but business elite, he would also be implicated.

In recent few years, Mubai’s company had an exponential growth. Rumors were saying the source of his company assets actually came from a suspicious background. So, almost every day his company and accounts were crawling with federal investigators.

Mubai was not afraid of these allegations because they were unfounded but being framed and backstabbed by his business partners-cum-competitors was a bit hard to swallow. The whole Xi family was furious.

Elder Xi had to reach out for aid. Only with his personal involvement could the Xi family get some breathing space. This meant that leadership of the Xi family had temporarily fallen to Mubai’s father, Xi Jiangsan.

Mubai, for his part, had mobilized his men to locate the missing munitions. Currently, only with the restoration of the munitions and capture of the traitor could the Xi family’s name be cleared, or the Xi Family would fall before this hurdle.

If Munan was indicted with this charge, the Xi family could topple overnight. In the world of politics, there was no lasting winner. One day you might be at the top but the next you would be at the bottom.

One careless mistake and there would be a whole line of people waiting for you to fail, to add insult to injury. The world was a cruel place, one had to step on other people’s corpses to rise to the top.

Therefore, when people heard the news regarding Xi Family, they were already prepared to usurp the throne.

When approached, they promised verbally to lend the Xi family aid, but those were nothing more than empty promises.