CHAPTER 144: CHAPTER 142 THREE MONTHS LATER, NEVER SEEN AGAIN

Jian Xi returned to Fuyuan Official Residence and, after taking a nice bath, she heard the doorbell ring.

"Who could it be at this hour?"

She went downstairs to open the door and saw Chu Xiao.

He waved his hand to greet her, but as his gaze fell on Jian Xi’s wet hair and the satin pajamas that hugged her perfect curves, he couldn’t help swallowing hard. "Miss... I... I..."

Seeing his eyes practically glued to her, Jian Xi immediately adjusted the neckline of her pajamas. "Keep staring and I’ll gouge out your eyes."

「In the living room.」

Jian Xi handed him a glass of water. Chu Xiao fidgeted uncomfortably as her bare legs swayed. "Miss, I heard that you and Si Yuhuan have already divorced?"

Indeed, bad news travels fast. Jian Xi thought. Jiang Qimeng probably had a hand in spreading it too.

"Hmm," she responded nonchalantly, sipping milk from her cup.

"Did you bring all the documents I asked for?"

Chu Xiao hurriedly presented them as if offering a treasure. "Yes, all here."

After checking them, Jian Xi nodded, having gotten the gist.

"Good, then you may leave."

"Ah?" Chu Xiao’s face fell, clearly not ready to leave. "Miss, I left so many people behind and rushed here with the documents. A man and a woman, alone together in a room... wouldn’t it be a waste if nothing happened..."

"Little brother, you sure are bold, huh?" Jian Xi threatened, clenching her molars.

Chu Xiao surrendered. "No disrespect, no disrespect! I just thought there might be something about the documents you don’t quite understand, and I could explain a thing or two."

He cheekily insisted, "I truly am here for the cooperation between Chu Group and Jian Group." Jian Xi grabbed his ear.

「Outside, Si Yuhuan had been watching Jian Xi’s Louwang from a distance since nightfall.」

He himself didn’t even understand what he was doing.

Although he had planned to leave, once he saw Chu Xiao arrive, his legs carried him towards the entrance uncontrollably.

Hearing the playful banter between the two inside, he was so enraged he wanted to smash the door and barge in, but somehow managed to hold back.

Chu Xiao was getting shamelessly bolder and bolder!

He even wanted to stay the night!

Did he think I was dead?

BANG!

Si Yuhuan kicked the door open.

Before his eyes, Jian Xi was lying across Chu Xiao’s legs, Chu Xiao’s hand circling her slender waist. Both of them looked up in shock at Si Yuhuan.

"It’s not what it looks like..." Chu Xiao’s first reaction was panic, as if caught in the act.

A chill ran down Jian Xi’s spine. Remembering how Si Yuhuan indulged and unconditionally spoiled Jiang Qimeng, she deliberately cradled Chu Xiao’s head in a more intimate gesture. "Director Si," she said, "barging in and kicking down someone’s door in the middle of the night, interrupting their private moment... such a habit is a sickness, and it needs to be cured!"

Si Yuhuan was livid, looking every bit a wild lion about to lose control.

She dared to divorce me and instantly call another man into her home! Couldn’t she wait?!

Chu Xiao internally wailed. This was all a misunderstanding!

Just now, Miss had slipped and was about to fall. I was just trying to prevent her fall, but who knew...

However, seeing Miss being so proactive, even if she was just using me, I relished it.

Chu Xiao, smiling like a puppy with his little canines showing, looked at Si Yuhuan with a grin. "Director Si, then we won’t see you out?"

Si Yuhuan clenched his molars. "Jian Xi, you’ve provoked me!"

The next second, Si Yuhuan forcefully threw Chu Xiao out.

He was no match for Si Yuhuan!

Chu Xiao tried to get up again to go save her. A large hand landed on his shoulder. Yan Qing smiled guilelessly. "Young Master Chu, after you."

Without another word, several bodyguards seized Chu Xiao and forcibly escorted him out.

Chu Xiao shouted, "Si Yuhuan, you bastard! You’re divorced but still clinging to her! You’re shameless!"

Listening to the desperate howls outside, Jian Xi sighed. No matter what, they stood little chance of fighting back against this man.

"Si Yuhuan, what do you want?"

Jian Xi raised her beautiful brows, her eyes glinting with mockery as she stared at him. "Don’t tell me that after the divorce, you’ve discovered my worth, have been surveilling me outside my door, and upon seeing a man enter, lost control of your emotions and rushed in to possess me?"

She approached Si Yuhuan, her warm breath hitting his handsome face, her expression a mixture of defiance and scorn.

"Jian Xi, don’t provoke me."

Si Yuhuan gripped her chin, forcing her to look at him. "Do you think you can slip through my fingers just because we’re divorced?"

Jian Xi’s face turned icy in an instant.

"Jian Group now has intricate ties with Haohan Group. It is a critical moment for a complete transformation. Are you willing to let Jian Group go down the drain?"

"You’re shameless!" Jian Xi gritted her teeth.

Si Yuhuan was indifferent. "It’s utterly impossible for you to be completely free of me, Jian Xi. Remember, from the very beginning, it was you who provoked me. No matter if you are tired or weary, in this relationship, only I have the right to call it quits!"

He had to admit, the moment he signed the divorce agreement, he regretted it.

For days on end, he could not accept the fact that Jian Xi was no longer his wife.

Tears shimmered in Jian Xi’s eyes. "Do you have to force me like this?"

Seeing her shattered expression, Si Yuhuan felt a pang of distress. He couldn’t help but raise his hand, wanting to wipe the tears from the corner of her eyes, but he forcefully held back. "I said, as long as you behave!"

Behave my ass! Jian Xi thought.

Jian Xi tugged at the corner of her mouth. "What do you want me to do?"

"Continue working at Haohan Group. When I’m tired of you and in a good mood, I’ll naturally let you and Jian Group go."

"Fine." Jian Xi agreed without any hesitation.

With trembling hands, she pointed towards the door. "Now, get out."

Si Yuhuan’s heart contracted.

A rage ignited in his chest for no reason. He aggressively surged forward, gripping Jian Xi’s chin, forcing her to look up, and kissed her viciously.

He had wanted to do this for a while, ever since the moment Chu Xiao entered the room.

No matter what, my woman, even if divorced, absolutely could not be touched by anyone else.

Jian Xi!

You can only be mine!

"MMMH—MMMH—MMMH—" Jian Xi pushed him away forcefully.

She spat in disgust as if she had touched something filthy. "PAH! BLEH!"

Who knew if this man’s mouth had kissed Jiang Qimeng, that slutty woman? Just the thought of him being intimate with Jiang Qimeng and then kissing me made me uncontrollably nauseated.

Si Yuhuan’s veins bulged with anger. Does she find even a single kiss from me this repulsive now?!

Could it be that however Chu Xiao kissed her, she would enjoy it, truly delighted?!

Unable to bear it, Jian Xi turned and ran to the bathroom, retching nonstop.

Si Yuhuan followed. Seeing her vomit so intensely, as if trying to bring up bile, his handsome face turned completely dark.

By the time Jian Xi came out of the bathroom, the man was already gone.

She clutched her chest as the scorching nausea gradually subsided. Her eyes, devoid of the feigned pitifulness and grievance she had been acting out, now held only an icy coldness.

"Si Yuhuan, since you’re so keen on me working at Haohan Group, then don’t blame me for showing no mercy."

「Three months later, they never saw each other again.」