CHAPTER 312: CHAPTER 312

Yu Dingding never expected that Fu Youhan would actually ask Jiang Moxi to have some self-respect. The shock in her eyes was undeniable.

But Jiang Moxi was not surprised at all.

She had guessed that Fu Youhan would appear at Si Lin’s birthday party, most likely because she was there to celebrate Si Lin’s birthday.

Now Fu Youhan’s cold words, acting as if he wanted nothing to do with her, confirmed Jiang Moxi’s guess.

Still, she grabbed Fu Youhan’s hand again: "If you shake me off again, I really will ignore you."

Ye Chen couldn’t help but sneer at the interaction between the two, wondering whether Jiang Moxi was coaxing or threatening.

But soon, Ye Chen couldn’t laugh anymore.

Because Fu Youhan didn’t try to pull his hand away again; instead, he gripped Jiang Moxi’s hand tightly.

"Why didn’t you tell me you were attending Si Lin’s birthday party?"

Despite holding hands, Fu Youhan’s tone was still cold.

"I was afraid you’d be angry," Jiang Moxi replied, and reached out to poke the stubble that had just appeared on Fu Youhan’s chin.

She rarely made such playful gestures, but she occasionally did so with Fu Youhan because she found that these little actions could lighten his mood.

But Fu Youhan quickly grabbed her mischievous hand, his tone still icy, although his gaze had lost its earlier ferocity.

"There are matters of principle here; show some proper attitude."

However, after grabbing Jiang Moxi’s hand, he never let go and even started to play with her fingertips.

This left Yu Dingding and Ye Chen, the bystanders, unsure whether it was Jiang Moxi or Fu Youhan who was really being improper.

However, Fu Youhan didn’t pay attention to Ye Chen’s surprised expression, and asked Jiang Moxi seriously: "Knowing it would upset me, why did you still come to his birthday party?"

"I owed him a favor, and you know I hate being in someone’s debt."

Jiang Moxi’s words reminded Fu Youhan of how their relationship began, also rooted in her fear of owing favors, which led to further entanglements.

Fu Youhan felt uncomfortable, sensing that Si Lin might be following in his footsteps.

He was about to tell Jiang Moxi that if Si Lin ever mentioned owing favors, he should directly seek out Fu Youhan instead.

But before he could say it, Ye Chen, who had been watching from the sidelines, suddenly spoke up.

"Come on, stop giving Xiao Moxi a hard time. Today we barely escaped from the jaws of a beast; let’s wait until we’ve recovered to talk about this."

In fact, watching Fu Youhan and Jiang Moxi together, Ye Chen couldn’t help but think about his own interactions with Yu Dingding, which made him feel bitter.

The more he watched, the lonelier he felt, and the worse he felt, which ultimately made him intervene.

But his words inadvertently revealed information, making Fu Youhan’s expression turn stern: "A beast? This hunting ground?"

Then he looked Jiang Moxi up and down, concerned that she might be hurt.

Ye Chen then said: "Your Xiao Moxi not only came out unscathed, she also saved everyone."

Dropping that statement, Ye Chen put his arm around Yu Dingding’s slender waist: "Let’s discuss this issue later; I still have many things to ask Xiao Moxi!"

As Ye Chen spoke, his peach blossom eyes landed on Jiang Moxi, appearing nonchalant yet profound.

Jiang Moxi didn’t avoid Ye Chen’s gaze, but the playful smile on her face noticeably faded.

Today’s hunting event seemed to have revealed too much.

This was very bad for her.

Now she either had to leave the city or deal with the people who discovered the problem...

What to do, Jiang Moxi couldn’t find an answer for the moment.

Ye Chen left with Yu Dingding, and Fu Youhan also immediately departed from Nanfeng Manor with Jiang Moxi.

Only on the way back did Fu Youhan ask Jiang Moxi about the wild beasts incident.

"Probably to fight over the family property, they wanted to keep the siblings permanently in the Hunting Ground by releasing a lot of wolves and cheetahs."

Jiang Moxi was feeling messy due to the last look Ye Chen gave before leaving.

Therefore, she didn’t want to explain too much to Fu Youhan and quickly made the excuse that she was tired and then pretended to sleep leaning on Fu Youhan’s shoulder.

Seeing her like this, Fu Youhan couldn’t bear to ask further, so he ordered Chi Jing to adjust the heating to make her sleep more comfortably.

On the other side, when Si Lin took Si Ruo to the hospital for a check-up, he received news from the people he had arranged at the Hunting Ground.

"Young Master Si, we used a helicopter to do a thermal imaging sweep across the entire Hunting Ground and found that there are three cheetahs, and also tigers! Also, we found a lot of venomous snakes, all of which are deadly. One bite and it’s over!"

Hearing this report, Si Lin felt even more that the person behind this didn’t intend for any of them to get out alive.

"Deal with those creatures. They’ve all been injected with drugs, and keeping them would only harm people."

After ordering this, Si Lin received a call from the person taking care of the Tibetan Mastiff Xiao Liu.

The person told Si Lin, "Young Master Si, he confessed everything as soon as he saw Xiao Liu. It was Mr. Luo’s directive, he was given sixty million and promised that once the Si Family changes their surname to Luo, Nanfeng Manor would be his."

Mr. Luo is the biological brother of Old Master Si’s second wife.

Over the years, their family has continuously made small moves, but on the surface, they still maintained peaceful coexistence with Si Lin and Si Ruo.

Such a blatant move was really unprecedented.

Could it be that Old Master Si’s health was failing? Was that why they were so impatient?

But whatever the reason, Si Lin no longer wanted to keep this family around.

"In the next couple of days, find a pack of wolves, let them go hungry first, and then choose a windy night with a full moon to deliver this grand gift to the Luo Family..."

Thus, on a certain night a week later, the Luo Family in Yan City was filled with continuous screams.

It was said that the wolves broke into the Luo household and attacked anyone they saw.

Mr. Luo and his son were bitten in the neck and died on the spot.

Lady Luo’s arm was torn off, and she was taken to the hospital where she did not survive.

The only one who escaped the starving wolves’ attack was Luoxia, who had been sent to the psychiatric hospital by Si Lin earlier.

Upon hearing that her family died tragically, Old Madam Si vomited blood on the spot...

On the other side, THE ONE Group, due to the Jiang Family returning the significantly meaningful Emerald Necklace, not only greenlighted Jiang Group’s entrance into the final round of competition for the vehicle system cooperation but also specifically organized a banquet, inviting all members of the Jiang Family.

In essence, THE ONE Group demonstrated the utmost sincerity, giving the Jiang family members a sense of pride and relief.

Thus, on the day of the banquet, all the Jiang family members dressed up for the event.

Jiang Weiwei was also brought along, but her recent two appearances greatly disappointed the Jiang Family.

Thus, this time at the banquet, Yu Man did not have a custom high-end outfit made for her, and casually picked something from ready-made clothes.

On the contrary, Jiang Sibei and Jiang Yuqing, who previously had lower status within the Jiang Family, wore Yunshang’s high-end custom gowns tonight.

It was hard for Jiang Weiwei not to see that the Jiang Family was shifting their focus to these two.

The more Jiang Weiwei thought, the more she felt that her misfortunes were all caused by Jiang Moxi.

So, when she saw Jiang Moxi also appearing at the banquet, a malicious scheme emerged in her mind...