The Villain’s Wife 725 Trus
Zhou Capital
"Lily is coming." Zhou Jingren said as he sat on his leather chair, his gaze straight towards the man sitting opposite him. "If you want to tell sothing, then you better do it before she arrives."
Xuan Hui let out a sigh, he lowered his head for a few seconds before speaking, "A few days back... Qin Fei t with Lily."
"Hmmm."
"She said Lily bullied her and wanted to do sothing about it." He chuckled before he lifted his head and stared at Zhou Jingren. "I told her I couldn’t do anything and we got into a fight."
"You are not here because of your wife?" Zhou Jingren’s gaze darted towards the steaming hot coffee in front of him. "What do you want?"
"Protection."
"From whom?"
"I don’t know." Xuan Hui shrugged. "Qin Fei thought that I was trying to get my revenge against Lily. Now... don’t get wrong. I hate her for ruining my family but... revenge— I cannot do that. Not when I have a small child waiting for every night." He cleared his throat before he took a sip of his coffee. "This argunt stemd from the fact that she heard talking to soone a few nights back."
Zhou Jingren raised an eyebrow, waiting for him to say sothing more.
"It was Qi Xia... then it was a man nad Mr. Zhuo Huifang. They told they knew Lily ruined my family. They wanted to cooperate with them. Said, they rallied people who Lily had offended. Said, that they have a backer. A strong one at that." Xuan Hui continued. "I wasn’t looking for anymore trouble. I would not risk losing my son in this pointless war of egos. So... I said no. I told them... I was planning to retire and leave Qin Industries and more sowhere. Sowhere away from all this ss and struggle for power. I am only waiting to finish saving enough funds for my child’s education and I will be off."
"A backer?"
"Yes, they said it was soone that I don’t recognize. Soone not famous and a foreigner."
Zhou Jingren’s eyes squinted. He stared at Xuan Hui’s appearance for a few seconds, scrutinizing, gaging his sincerity. Pursing his lips, Zhou Jingren watched as the man started to fidget under his gaze. "You wanted to protect you from them?"
"I have this.. Fear." Xuan Hui sighed. "I know I might sound crazy. I don’t know, maybe I have beco crazy. But in the past year... I’ve been through a lot. I lost everything. My mother, father and even my wife." Another sighed. The fact that he lost his wife was undeniable at this point.
Since Lily ca, Qin Fei was just...not the sa woman that he had once loved. "I would not bla Lily for everything. We offended her. We hurt her. And we are weaker than her. Now... because of this I have developed so anxiety problems." He chuckled. Lily’s na alone was enough to make him nervous. After everything that happened to him over the past year, it was only normal for him to feel this... fear.
Fear of what she would do next.
"I know this is another punishnt. She kept us alive just for this reason. It will be a never ending torture." This was the reason why he decided to move on. "And I felt this sa feeling when they told about this backer."
"I don’t want them to use and my child." He said before he finished his hot coffee in one big gulped. "Can... Can I have so more?" He eyed Secretary Go. Prompting the latter to leave the room.
"I don’t want to say this in front of other people. But I think... my wife is in contact with Qi Xia and his collaborators." He lowered his voice. "I think they are planning sothing and I don’t want to involve myself or my son. I want to leave the country. Maybe go to Europe, start a new life."
After a few seconds of silence, Xuan Hui cleared his throat again. "Do you believe ? Do you think... Do you think I have beco crazy? Maybe I was over thinking?"
"I will investigate your claims and I will contact you in the next few days. If you want to disappear... I can set it up for you and your son."
"You can?"
"Hmmm." Zhou Jingren nodded. "New na, new passports, a house, everything."
A sigh of relief escaped Xuan Hui’s lips. He did the right thing after all. "Then I will start settling my finances." He uttered.
"And Qin Fei?"
His words made Xuan Hui silent. He lowered his gaze, his hands clenched. "Sotis... Love is not the only thing needed in a relationship." He t Zhou Jingren’s eyes. "I love her. But... I can’t sacrifice my poor son because of this emotion. He is innocent and I can’t think of him losing both of his parents in a pointless fight."
"You are a very smart man."
"I will take that as a complint." Xuan Hui faked a smile that didn’t reach his eyes. He then accepted the coffee that Secretary Go made for him and thanked him. Not long after, he rose from his seat and bid Zhou Jingren goodbye.
"I will wait for your call." He said while shaking Zhou Jingren’s eyes. He knew he sounded like a loser by coming in here. But who cared about this trivial matter?
So what if the world thought of him as a loser? This was for his child, for their peace. Just the thought of his son imdiately made him smile.
"Hmmm." Zhou Jingren nodded and watched as Xuan Hui leave his office. "Go Jichen... I need you to call Bei Tian. Tell him I want to speak to him tonight."
"Yes president."
"For now... I don’t want you to tell anyone about this. Including Yang Mi."
"Understood." Secretary Go nodded awkwardly. He lowered his head, avoiding Zhou Jingren’s gaze.
Seeing this, Zhou Jingren clenched his jaw. The only thing that he got from all this was that— soone close to them was supplying information to the other side. Soone close to them... was betraying their trust.
Soone among them was a traitor.
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