Chapter 156
“What makes you think I’ll help you?” Xu Ke’s voice was laced with indescribable sarcasm. Yun Rulan’s tightly clasped hands felt like children’s toys in Xu Ke’s grip, easily freed with a slight exertion.
Yun Rulan clearly didn’t expect Xu Ke to come up with such a question, her expression momentarily stunned. Facing Xu Ke’s mocking gaze from above, Yun Rulan, who was used to ordering Xu Ke around, finally realized something was wrong.
“Xu Ke, why would you say something like that? Aren’t we friends? Isn’t it true that friends should help each other? Besides, don’t you like me? I’ve made up my mind, as long as you help me get through this crisis of the Yun Family, I’ll stay with you and accompany you in whatever you do in the future.” As Yun Rulan spoke, a hint of shyness appeared on her face, and she reached out to touch Xu Ke’s fingers.
Xu Ke looked at the woman in front of him, consumed by desire, and let out a cold snort. “I don’t know where you get such confidence, but I’ve never been interested in you from the start, let alone have any fondness for you. Where did you get the confidence to think I would help the Yun Family because of you? It’s ridiculous. If you came here today just to tell me this, you can leave now. Don’t interrupt my time alone with my wife,” Xu Ke said with a faint sneer in his voice.
Xu Ke’s words were like a huge slap across Yun Rulan’s face, making her already pale cheeks lose all color, leaving only slightly reddened eyes. “If you’re not interested in me, then why were you so good to me? Why did you always accommodate my requests and bring whatever I wanted to me? I know my attitude towards you wasn’t great before, and sometimes I acted a bit spoiled, but you can’t say such hurtful things to me just because of that.
Feeling wronged, Yun Rulan pursed her lips, tears sliding down her cheeks. The mountain wind stung, but Yun Rulan still stood firmly in place, staring directly into Xu Ke’s eyes.
Since getting introduced to the Shangjing circle through Xu Ke, the Yun Family had achieved tremendous success in a short time. But hidden beneath the glory and huge profits lay deadly dangers. For unknown reasons, the Yun Family offended a major figure in Shangjing, and now they’ve been expelled from Shangjing, forced to return all the profits they gained earlier, even risking their century-old foundation. Only Xu Ke could save the Yun Family now.
“Then how do you want me to help you?” Xu Ke’s gaze turned utterly cold, colder than the mountain breeze, but Yun Rulan didn’t notice any of it. She only heard Xu Ke’s words, feeling happy about his concession.
“It’s not difficult, just help us manage that Gao Zhanfei in Shangjing. Just let him spare the Yun Family, it’s not hard for you. You can definitely solve this for us, right?” Yun Rulan looked at Xu Ke with hopeful and expectant eyes, her voice brimming with unconcealed joy.
“Why?” Yun Rulan’s pitch rose slightly, disbelief in her voice.
“Because I orchestrated all of this.” Xu Ke snorted coldly, finishing his words coldly. Before Yun Rulan could react, he opened the car door intending to sit inside but was once again stopped by Yun Rulan. This time, Xu Ke had no intention of disguising his impatience. Lin Mengyao, sitting in the car, couldn’t see Xu Ke’s eyes, only his tight jaw, sharp as a blade.
“You can’t go. What do you mean by what you just said? What do you mean it’s all your doing? You were plotting against us? Why? How did the Yun Family offend you to make you do this to us?” Yun Rulan’s eyes widened in anger, clutching the car door tightly, shouting loudly.
“Don’t think only the Yun Family members are smart. I’ve always hated being schemed against. I’m just returning the favor with a taste of your own medicine.” Pulling away Yun Rulan’s hands gripping the car door, Xu Ke sat back inside the car before Yun Rulan, driving into a villa whose gate had opened unknowingly.
Outside the villa, the once arrogant and invincible Yun Rulan shouted like a madwoman, “Xu Ke, I was wrong, I’ll never dare again, please spare the Yun Family. Xu Ke!” She screamed with all her might, following the car, trying to enter the villa but was shut outside by an iron gate, watching helplessly as the Lamborghini disappeared from her sight. She could only collapse powerless to the ground.
Yun Rulan had never spoken so loudly since childhood, even in a nightclub. Now, after just a few shouts, her originally pleasant voice turned hoarse and harsh.
“Xu Ke, Xu Ke, darn you, Xu Ke. I, Yun Rulan, won’t let you go even as a ghost. If I’m going down, I’ll take everyone with me. Shangjing might be your domain, but in Luocheng, the Yun Family reigns supreme. Xu Ke, just you wait.” A rough and harsh voice came quietly from Yun Rulan’s mouth.
At this moment, Yun Rulan seemed like an evil ghost crawling out of hell, her eyes bloodshot as if drained of blood, filled with endless violence and bloodthirstiness like a bloodied hurricane trying to tear something apart.
Xu Ke had no idea what Yun Rulan was plotting in her heart. Even if he knew, he wouldn’t care. Unbeknownst to anyone, Xu Ke had already replaced the Yun Family’s position in Luocheng. Contrary to Yun Rulan’s thoughts, compared to Shangjing, Luocheng was where Xu Ke’s control was firmer. Any ill intent from the Yun Family would be reported to him without needing investigation.
Xu Ke’s face showed no worry at all, but Lin Mengyao was so worried her brows seemed tied in knots.
“Although I don’t know what happened between you and the Yun Family, in Luocheng, the Yun Family can almost be considered the local overlord. It’s easy for them to have everything under their control. This place we’re living at now was arranged by the Yun Family. I just don’t feel safe living here. Should we move out and find another place?” Lin Mengyao furrowed her brows with concern, clutching Xu Ke’s sleeve.
“Don’t worry, this land won’t belong to the Yun Family much longer. You don’t need to worry so much.” Xu Ke patted Lin Mengyao’s head, smiling as he spoke.