novelraw Chapter 414
Chapter 414
Ye Yuning had just finished a glass of milk when her new phone rang. She glanced at the caller ID and, to her surprise, saw it was the landline number for Xiangti.Xiangti!
Xiangti was her villa. She rarely went back nowadays, but the housekeeper still went to clean it every day.
Seeing the number, Ye Yuning answered, "Auntie."
"Miss, it’s... it’s terrible," Auntie stammered from the other end of the line.
Ye Yuning’s eyelid twitched. "What happened?"
"Xiangti might have been burglarized last night! I came over to clean, and the house is a complete mess!" Auntie’s tone grew increasingly anxious as she spoke.
Hearing that Xiangti had been burglarized, Ye Yuning’s mind buzzed.
"Burglarized?" Could this be a joke?
Xiangti was located in Upper City, an affluent area. The property management there was usually impeccable. How could it have been burglarized?
Auntie continued, "When I came in, everything was a mess, starting right from the doorway. Your room has been completely ransacked too!"
Even through the phone, Ye Yuning could almost feel the chaotic scene Auntie was describing. Based on Auntie’s description, it was undoubtedly a burglary.
Her breathing grew heavy.
This...
"I’ll head over immediately. You start checking to see if anything valuable is missing," Ye Yuning instructed.
"Okay, okay!"
After hanging up, Ye Yuning ran a frustrated hand through her hair.
Chen Wei looked at her, her voice laced with concern. "Xiangti was burglarized?" She had overheard enough of Ye Yuning’s call to understand the gist of it.
Ye Yuning exclaimed, "Can my luck today get any worse?!"
Her mind blanked, and some dialect she didn’t even recognize slipped out. One thing was clear: Ye Yuning was in utter turmoil.
Since last night, the Xiao Family had been causing her trouble because Seventh Master Xiao was looking for her. She had planned to go to the Xiao Family today to explain things, but she was robbed the moment she stepped out of her building—and right in front of the Xiao Family’s butler, no less! The robber still hadn’t been caught, and now Xiangti, her villa, had been burglarized.
Ye Yuning was speechless.
Right now, the only words to describe her situation were ’utterly unlucky’!
Chen Wei was also at a loss for words. She couldn’t find the words to describe her boss’s misfortune today. It was worse than just bad luck.
"Should you call your husband?" Chen Wei asked.
"No need. You’re coming with me to Xiangti!" Ye Yuning said, forcefully suppressing the storm raging inside her.
Damn it all! Did she look that weak?It was as if every possible misfortune had decided to target her today.
Chen Wei nodded. "Okay."
The two of them left the office together. Just as they stepped into the elevator, her phone buzzed with a notification. Ye Yuning opened it and saw a message from Xiao Shuo.
[Ye Yuning, do you know what you look like? A cornered dog trying to leap over a wall, only you can’t even make it. You just look like a pathetic joke.]
Ye Yuning stared at the message, speechless.
Xiao Shuo sent another: [They say even a cornered rabbit will bite, but you? You’re a toothless one!]
And another: [What were you thinking, seducing my Seventh Uncle? Aren’t you afraid my grandfather will kill you?!]
The woman who was almost his grandson’s wife trying to become his daughter-in-law instead—no elder could tolerate such a scandal.
But this damn Xiao Shuo...!
Ye Yuning’s breathing deepened. She furiously typed a single word on the screen: [Scram!]
Before she could send it, another message arrived.
Xiao Shuo: [If you come crawling to me and apologize right now, I might put in a good word for you with Grandfather. I could make excuses, say you didn’t know he was my Seventh Uncle or something!]
So his real intention wasn’t to help me, but to get even for the humiliation I put him through before?Claiming I don’t know his Seventh Uncle!
Ye Yuning deleted the "Scram!" and typed back: [Your Seventh Uncle? That old man and I are from different worlds. Of course, I don’t know him!]
She was, in fact, telling the truth. At present, she had no connection to Seventh Master Xiao, neither professionally nor personally.
Xiao Shuo had assumed Ye Yuning would be desperate after being targeted by his grandfather. He expected her to eagerly grab the lifeline he was offering. But looking at her reply, the woman showed no remorse whatsoever; she was as defiant as ever. She even dared to call his Seventh Uncle an old man!
His Seventh Uncle was only four years older than him! How was that old?
Seeing Ye Yuning’s arrogant message, Xiao Shuo gritted his teeth in anger and shot back: [Just you wait! We’ll see if Seventh Uncle saves you then. He’s completely sick of you now! He even told me to hit you!]
The purpose of this message was to make Ye Yuning face reality.
When Ye Yuning read this, her breathing grew heavy, and her eyes took on an unreadable, speculative look.
Seventh Master Xiao told Xiao Shuo to hit me?Hit me... Was he serious?
This Seventh Master Xiao... His entire family believed she was sleeping with him. Not only was he not clearing up the misunderstanding, but he was also telling his nephew to hit me? What on earth was he trying to do?
Ye Yuning gritted her teeth so hard they audibly grated.
After they got into her G-Wagon, Chen Wei took the driver’s seat.
Gritting her teeth, Ye Yuning asked, "Seventh Master Xiao’s current assistant is Kang Xuan, right?"
"Yes," Chen Wei nodded.
Ye Yuning demanded, "What’s his number?"
Ye Yuning had reached her breaking point.
Chen Wei recited a string of digits, and Ye Yuning immediately dialed the number.