Fierce Love: Bringing Wife Home
Chapter 677: Love Above All - 36: Madam’s Surprise

Chapter 677: Love Above All Chapter 36: Madam’s Surprise

Bai Yaxuan let go of her, didn’t say a word, and strode toward Mi Xi.

Mi Xi naturally hadn’t seen the brief confrontation between the two and, upon seeing Gu Xiaoxi foolishly standing at the doorway, urged, "Xiao Xi what are you dazing off for, close the door, it’s time to eat."

Gu Xiaoxi closed the door, her fear of Bai Yaxuan growing a bit more in her heart.

At the dining table, Mi Xi and Bai Yaxuan were chatting and laughing.

Gu Xiaoxi gnawed at a crab, as if the crab was venting its anger, its limbs detached!

She didn’t want to get involved with them.

If one said that Bai Yaxuan bullied her, well, he hadn’t really bullied her, and even if she wanted to complain, there was nowhere to do so.

If one said he hadn’t bullied her, but his temperament had obviously changed, and so had his attitude toward her.

Bai Yaxuan was no longer the man who could be just a good friend.

Gu Xiaoxi looked at his out-of-this-world demeanor, picked up a shrimp with her chopsticks and placed it in his bowl, "I see you haven’t eaten any of these, try it, they’re quite delicious and fresh!"

She probably guessed the reason Bai Yaxuan didn’t eat shrimp, naturally, because no one peeled them for him. With his status, at home, servants prepared everything. He never had to peel seafood himself!

And tonight was just a homemade dish, Mi Xi naturally wouldn’t peel it specially, and besides, peeled shrimp wouldn’t be as tender and fresh anymore.

So, she deliberately clipped him a whole one.

Mi Xi gave Gu Xiaoxi a glance and quickly turned to Bai Yaxuan with an awkward expression, "Your Excellency, let me peel it for you! We don’t have servants at home, I’m usually by myself, so I just eat casually."

And embarrassingly, there were no disposable gloves either.

It was hard to imagine the seemingly ethereal Bai Yaxuan, peeling shrimp shells with his own hands.

Bai Yaxuan raised an eyebrow at the shrimp on the plate, his expression barely perceptibly creased, clearly having never encountered such a state of food before.

He glanced at Gu Xiaoxi, seeing the woman’s mischievous and leisurely expression, he sighed.

Then, under the astonished gazes of two pairs of eyes, he set down his chopsticks.

His hands were very white, his round fingers looking like they were carved from white jade, his thumb and fingers pinching the head of the shrimp, gently twisting the shrimp’s head from its body, then he pinched the tail and the tender flesh, and with a gentle pull, a complete piece of meat came out.

The whole process took only three seconds!

There was no sign of clumsiness throughout the process, but rather swift movements that dazzled the eyes, further captivated by those sexy, fair hands.

"Be good, open your mouth!" Bai Yaxuan dipped the shrimp in the sauce with his chopsticks and brought it to Gu Xiaoxi’s lips.

Gu Xiaoxi immediately became dumbfounded, and bizarrely opened her mouth, letting him feed her. Throughout the whole process, she once again experienced the sinking feeling of being stuck in the mud.

"Eat! I’ll peel a few more for you." Bai Yaxuan’s tone was indifferent, and from start to finish, he acted as if nothing was amiss.

And Gu Xiaoxi was simply at his mercy, unable to resist at all.

In Mi Xi’s eyes, they were just a married couple joking and bickering with each other.

Gu Xiaoxi seemed to be frowning, but she was still well-behaved.

And Bai Yaxuan was gentle and considerate, showing no impatience in front of her.

A man of prestigious status and great power, being able to do this for a woman, was also rare.

By the end of the meal, when Gu Xiaoxi could take control of herself, she slammed her hand down on the table in anger.

She glared at Bai Yaxuan and shouted, "What on earth do you want to do!"

Bai Yaxuan looked at her innocently, "I hope you’ve eaten your fill, and will come home with me."

"You... Tell me, have you used some ’Demon Art’ on me, why did I just feel so uncomfortable, and couldn’t move at all."

Mi Xi looked at Gu Xiaoxi, puzzled, as she was visibly uncontrollable and red-cheeked. Could it be that Bai Yaxuan’s gentleness just now embarrassed her?

Bai Yaxuan put down his chopsticks and gave Mi Xi a faint smile, "We’ve had our fill, it’s time for me to take her back. As for her studies, I will arrange for someone to send her."

"Thank you, Your Excellency, then," Mi Xi smiled and said, as a brother, he only hoped for his sister’s well-being.

If Gu Xiaoxi and Bai Yaxuan really became a couple, it would be a comfort to their deceased foster mother.

Her happiness was his hope.

"I said I’m not going back! Bai Yaxuan, we were just supposed to have a marriage of convenience. What are you really trying to do!" Gu Xiaoxi wanted to keep her distance from him. Although she wasn’t physically very strong, she was capable of handling herself. She wasn’t extremely adept, but dealing with a few bodyguards was not an issue.

But in front of him, she seemed much weaker, lacking even the capability to fight back.

"Xiao Xi, I know you are angry because I took your contract. But like this, it’s not safe for you outside, and you might bring danger to others too," Bai Yaxuan said as he walked up to her, took her hand, and started walking towards the door.

Gu Xiaoxi wanted to dodge, to escape, but that oppressive, powerless sensation came over her again.

She watched wide-eyed as Bai Yaxuan scooped her up in a lavish princess carry, and taking her shoes, left Mi Xi’s house.

In front of the bulletproof car, the bodyguard opened the door, and Bai Yaxuan, holding her, stuffed her into the car.

Moments later, Gu Xiaoxi heard the sound of gunshots outside.

Soon, a bodyguard escorted two men clad in jackets to the front of their car.

"Your Excellency, they’ve been hiding on the rooftop of the villa opposite. We also found a sniper rifle!" The bodyguard dumped the sniper rifle commonly used by assassins and some various items onto the ground.

Bai Yaxuan just glanced indifferently and commanded, "Take them back for immediate interrogation."

Gu Xiaoxi looked at the two men being pressed to the ground, her heart thumping involuntarily.

The people found on the rooftop opposite, does that mean these people had followed her to Mi Xi’s residence, with the rooftop giving them a clear shot at the dining room, ready to snipe her?

And there were two of them?

In such a heavily guarded place of the elite, they could infiltrate as well?

Too terrifying.

The car started.

Bai Yaxuan picked up a stack of documents from the table, beginning to read them carefully.

Gu Xiaoxi bit her lip, originally full of anger for being forcibly brought back home.

Now all her anger had been dissipated by the shock.

Inside the bulletproof car, only the sound of flipping pages could be heard, Gu Xiaoxi shifted, sitting on the sofa with her arms wrapped around her knees.

After a while, Bai Yaxuan looked up from the documents, his tone serious, "What, you know what fear is now?"

"I just can’t understand, why come to Mi Xi’s home to kill me?" Gu Xiaoxi instinctively thought of Gu Hua.

"To eradicate the problem once and for all," Bai Yaxuan simply uttered a few cold words.

Gu Xiaoxi’s heart shook. When had everyone started to see her and Mi Xi as one? To kill her meant to kill him too? Was this the so-called eradication?

"Could it be my father?" Gu Xiaoxi asked again. Apart from Gu Hua, she couldn’t think of any other reason for someone wanting to assassinate her.

Without her, without Mi Xi, the company shares would naturally flow back into his hands.

"It shouldn’t be. This morning he was still pleading on behalf of Gu Yuxin. Given his affection for Gu Yuxin, he would not choose to act against you at this time," Bai Yaxuan said with certainty.

Gu Xiaoxi’s long eyelashes drooped, hiding the confusion in her eyes.

If not him, then who?

On second thought, being Bai Yaxuan’s wife, anyone might attempt to assassinate her.

"In the future, don’t wander around recklessly, putting yourself in danger and involving others!" Bai Yaxuan spoke and continued flipping through the documents in his hands.

The car stopped in front of the Presidential Mansion, a row of neatly lined guards saluted together.

Bai Yaxuan got out of the car first, clearly not intending to provoke her.

Gu Xiaoxi wore her shoes by herself and followed him inside.

Qiao Wan had been waiting at the door and immediately greeted her joyfully upon her return. "Madam, you’re back! Are you hungry? Should I prepare dinner?"

"I’ve eaten. Go get her a glass of water," Bai Yaxuan took over. Afterward, he headed to his study without looking back.

Jue Qi immediately followed respectfully.

Gu Xiaoxi held the teacup, staring at the man’s cold back, her mind in utter disarray.

She couldn’t comprehend what was bothering her.

With a mind full of turmoil, she walked toward the bedroom.

Tired from the day, all she wanted was to rest early.

Pushing open the bedroom door, Gu Xiaoxi switched on the light, the next moment she was stunned by the appearance of the bedroom.

The master bedroom was initially very large, but because two small rooms had been partitioned off, it felt much smaller.

But the bedroom in front of her had the two small rooms combined again, restoring the master bedroom to its original size.

With a golden crystal chandelier, a ceiling painted in water-blue starry skies, beige furniture matched with khaki carpets, even the floor-to-ceiling windows had been expanded several times over.

She was only gone for an afternoon, and the room had undergone an earth-shattering transformation...!

If she hadn’t been sure she didn’t walk into the wrong door, she might have thought she entered someone else’s house.

"You’re surprised, aren’t you, Madam! His Excellency said the Feng Shui in your small room was not good, and you kept getting sick after moving in, so it’s better to restore the bedroom to its original state. A lot of people came this afternoon and hurriedly finished the renovations."

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