CHAPTER 489: CHAPTER 489

Jiang Moxi, although unwilling to admit that she was waiting for Fu Youhan’s arrival, couldn’t help but think of him unintentionally.

Despite herself, her body was the most honest, having gone to the door several times to check if Fu Youhan’s figure was there.

Amidst Jiang Moxi’s waiting, her phone rang.

Jiang Moxi quickly picked it up to check and found it was a call from Fu Youhan. She connected immediately.

"Xixi, missing me?"

On the phone, the man’s voice carried a teasing tone.

"You wish!" Jiang Moxi, thinking about the man on the other end probably mocking her, promptly responded in annoyance.

"Then how come I saw you wandering by the bedroom door several times, as if you were looking for something?" the man added.

"You are outside the door?" Jiang Moxi immediately rushed outside, ready to hit someone.

But upon reaching the outside, Jiang Moxi realized there wasn’t even a shadow of a person there.

Right, if this man were outside the door, he surely would have come in already, how could he possibly stay out alone?

Then, Jiang Moxi thought of her computer: "Did you hack into my computer?"

On her bedroom’s desktop computer, the webcam was facing directly towards the door.

Fu Youhan simply owned up: "Yeah, I wanted to see you."

Jiang Moxi was annoyed and about to turn the power switch off.

But before Jiang Moxi could act, the man whispered softly, "Xixi, don’t. I’m in Yan City right now, and I’ll go crazy if I can’t see you."

"Why did you go back to Yan City?"

Jiang Moxi still remembered, previously this man had a presence in Emperor City as if he intended to settle down here for good and live with her.

Therefore, she found his return quite sudden.

"Something suddenly came up in Yan City, I had to go back to deal with it. Don’t worry, once it’s handled, I’ll come back to you."

"No need, you don’t have to come back." Jiang Moxi said.

But the man on the phone laughed and said, "My wife is in Emperor City, how could I possibly stay here alone?"

Jiang Moxi cursed at Fu Youhan: "Shameless, who’s your wife?"

However, Fu Youhan said, "I still have our marriage certificate. Want me to post it online for everyone to judge?"

Jiang Moxi felt she really couldn’t out-argue certain people, so she dropped the subject and they talked about some other issues.

Fu Youhan was at the Fu Family Mansion when the call ended.

Old Master Fu was waiting for Fu Youhan in the main hall, with Fu Wangning by his side.

"Brother Han, you’re back?" Fu Wangning, upon seeing Fu Youhan, hurriedly stood up to greet him: "Where have you been lately?"

"Nothing much, there was a decent development project in Emperor City recently, so I went to take a look."

As Fu Youhan said this, he greeted Old Master Fu but without much respect.

He asked Old Master Fu, "You were so eager to have me return, is there something you need?"

"Not really, a father wants to see his son after a few days apart, just to be reassured." Old Master Fu said.

"Since there’s no issue, I’ll go rest first, I’ve been on a plane for half the day, tired!" Fu Youhan said.

Old Master Fu didn’t say much, but to Fu Wangning, it felt like there were swords drawn between the father and son.

Fu Youhan nodded and turned to leave, with Fu Wangning quickly trying to follow him.

But then, Old Master Fu called her back: "Wangning, you stay."

Fu Wangning, who feared Old Master Fu, anxiously clutched at Fu Youhan’s arm, as if hoping he would whisk her away immediately.

However, Fu Youhan gently patted the back of her hand, signaling her it was all right, then he left.

In the end, Fu Wangning was left to face Old Master Fu alone.

"Wangning, do you know what you mean to this family?"

Old Master Fu sipped his tea, casually asking Fu Wangning the question.

Fu Wangning dared not meet the excessively somber gaze of Old Master Fu’s eyes and hurriedly bowed her head to answer.

"I know. I am to be with Brother Han, monitoring his every move!"

"Then do you know that Youhan has recently pursued someone to Emperor City for Jiang Moxi?"

"I know."

Fu Wangning guessed that Old Master Fu must feel that Youhan was chasing Jiang Moxi to Emperor City, and with her remaining alone in Yan City, she did not take his command seriously.

So she hurriedly explained, "I’ve been busy with several experiments lately, so I couldn’t find the time to go to Emperor City. And I believe you should have sent people to follow Brother Han as well."

Old Master Fu said, "Indeed, I sent a few people after them, hoping to kidnap Jiang Moxi. But it’s been several days without any word from them. By the time I located them again, do you know what had become of those people?"

"What happened?" Fu Wangning could only dare to continue inquiring along the line of questioning from Old Master Fu.

Old Master Fu spoke with a grim look, "They all turned into a pile of ashes, neatly packed in urns."

Previously, to prevent any betrayal, Old Master Fu had insisted on fitting those men with tracking devices.

When there was no word from them that day, Old Master Fu checked their last known coordinates, and it turned out to be at a crematorium in Emperor City.

When he sent people later to search for them, the person in charge of the crematorium informed them that there were eight unclaimed urns there recently.

There were eight urns, precisely the same number of people he had sent.

So Old Master Fu had the eight urns collected and conducted DNA verification.

The results confirmed that the ashes in those eight urns belonged to the eight people he had sent...

Old Master Fu felt that such a deed couldn’t possibly have been done by a fragile woman like Jiang Moxi; it must have been the work of Youhan.

Even Fu Wangning seemed convinced that Youhan was behind it, scared to the point of losing strength in her legs and dropping to the ground.

"Wangning, all the people Uncle sent are gone, so this arduous task can only fall on your shoulders now."

Fu Wangning shook her head desperately, "Can I not do it? What if Brother Han cremates me too?"

Old Master Fu smiled kindly, "No, he has always been quite fond of you."

Seeing Fu Wangning still shaking her head, Old Master Fu’s face suddenly turned cold.

"I don’t care by what means, but the next time he returns to Emperor City, you must follow him there. Otherwise, you won’t need to wait for his action; I’ll personally deal with you myself!"

Having dropped these words, Old Master Fu heavily placed the teacup down on the table and stood up to leave.

Following the departure of Old Master Fu, Fu Wangning no longer suppressed her crying...

*

The next morning, as soon as Youhan woke up in the Fu Family Mansion, he took out his computer and hacked into Jiang Moxi’s computer.

After seeing Jiang Moxi being called to breakfast by Old Master Feng, he sent her a message: "I’ll be back to have dinner with you tonight."

"Understood."

Just after Youhan received Jiang Moxi’s reply, a knock sounded on his bedroom door.

"Come in."

As soon as Youhan finished speaking, the bedroom door opened.

It was Fu Wangning, carrying a breakfast she had prepared herself.

"Brother Han, I made this breakfast myself; try it and see."

Youhan did not refuse Fu Wangning’s gesture of goodwill, indicating for her to place it on the table.

But after setting things down, Fu Wangning lingered without leaving.

So Youhan asked, "Is there something else?"

After hesitating for a moment, Fu Wangning said, "Brother Han, I happen to have an academic exchange in Emperor City in the next few days. If you are going to Emperor City, may I hitch a ride on your private jet?"