novelraw Chapter 507
Chapter 507
Seeing she ultimately couldn’t refuse him, Ye Yuning was utterly speechless, completely unsure of what to say.She felt like she was going insane!
She wanted to insist on not going, but since Xiao Linye was talking about his father’s birthday banquet, she couldn’t find a suitable reason to refuse.
Should she tell him she was pregnant? If she did, she felt...!! Oh, heavens!
Clearly, that was out of the question.
She really just wanted to run away right now.
Tang Xi’s words about testing Xiao Linye flashed through her mind.
Speaking of testing him, she looked up at Xiao Linye. "Um, can I ask you a question?"
"What?" he replied.
"Do you know the Ye Family’s foster daughter?" Ye Yuning asked.
"Isn’t that Xiao Shuo’s fiancée? Why ask about her?" Xiao Linye said, his tone clearly displeased.
Ye Yuning’s heart tightened instantly. With his attitude like this, could she really test him?
Xiao Linye continued, "She’s also your boss. Why are you asking such a question?"
Ye Yuning was momentarily struck dumb.
The corners of her mouth twitched.
She really was panicking to the point of confusion. To Xiao Linye, the identity of the Ye Family’s foster daughter represented far too many things. The owner of Manlang, Xiao Shuo’s fiancée, the woman Qin Jinchuan almost married—none of these identities seemed to cast her in a positive light in his eyes!
"What are you thinking about?" Xiao Linye pinched her small cheek.
Ye Yuning snapped back to her senses and looked at him numbly.
Her voice was faint. "I was just thinking, you’re so good-tempered. What would it take to make you truly angry?"
"Hmm?"
"If our boss—Xiao Shuo’s fiancée—was pregnant with your child, would you be angry then?"
The moment she finished speaking, the air suddenly fell silent.
Xiao Linye’s eyes darkened...
Seeing him like this, Ye Yuning’s heart trembled.
"I mean, I..."
Damn it, she shouldn’t have listened to Tang Xi! Why test Xiao Linye? Now she was in this mess, practically courting death. There was no doubt about it.
Ye Yuning really wanted to cry.
"Why would you ask such a question?" Xiao Linye asked.
"Well, would you be angry?!" Ye Yuning pressed.
"That’s impossible," Xiao Linye stated without hesitation.
His tone was clearly colder than before.
"I just meant it as a hypothetical!" Ye Yuning stammered.
"That’s not a valid hypothetical. If it really happened..."
As he spoke, Xiao Linye paused. In that silence, Ye Yuning clearly sensed the underlying danger.
She looked cautiously at Xiao Linye.
Lifting her gaze, she met the icy glint in his eyes.
Xiao Linye continued, "If she dared to do such a thing, she must not want to live anymore."
Ye Yuning fell silent, her mind reeling.
Her eyelid twitched violently.
’Doesn’t want to live anymore.’ Those words sounded particularly ominous to her. So, if he found out her true identity, she’d undoubtedly die without a burial site.
Ye Yuning truly felt like crying now.
"Why suddenly ask such a question? What did that woman say to you?" Xiao Linye frowned as he asked.
He had seen plenty of such ’innocent’ scheming among women during his years abroad.
Considering that woman had been recently cornered by Qin Jinchuan... it wasn’t out of the question that she might claim some connection to him to get herself out of trouble. That couldn’t be ruled out.
Ye Yuning quickly shook her head. "No, no, it’s not that. It’s just that whenever Xiao Shuo came to the office before, didn’t he always say the boss had something going on with you?"
With a slip of the tongue, she once again threw Xiao Shuo under the bus.
Sure enough, hearing it was related to Xiao Shuo, Xiao Linye’s expression grew even darker.
"Does he often go to your office?"
Ye Yuning nodded. "Yeah, he comes every other day or so, and every time, he and the boss have a terrible argument!"
The thought of Xiao Shuo made Ye Yuning’s head ache. But now, facing Xiao Linye, her head... ached even more!
What kind of chaotic scene was this?
Xiao Linye frowned. "I’ll mention this to Seventh Master and have him deal with Xiao Shuo."
Ye Yuning was speechless once more.
This man was just like her, able to lie without batting an eye. What on earth was she supposed to do? Every day, she just seemed to attract more trouble.
「...」
After dinner, Xiao Linye went to the study to handle some urgent documents.
Ye Yuning curled up in bed, messaging Tang Xi. [Xixi, it’s no good!]
[What’s no good?] Tang Xi replied.
Ye Yuning messaged: [I tested him. He got really upset and even said I must be tired of living!]
Tang Xi’s reply was just: [...]
Tired of living!
So, Tang Xi asked: [What exactly did you ask?]
Ye Yuning typed: [I just asked him what he would do if the Ye Family’s foster daughter were pregnant with his child!]
Tang Xi messaged back irritably: [I’m done talking to you!]
She used to think that Ye Yuning, capable of building such a large business, must have high EQ and IQ. But how could someone with high EQ and IQ ask her own husband such a blunt question? Tang Xi felt utterly hopeless about her.
Before Ye Yuning could reply, Tang Xi sent another message: [You’re finished! He’s definitely going to suspect you!]
When Ye Yuning saw the words "definitely going to suspect you," her scalp tingled again.
Why would he suspect her again? She hadn’t done anything...
Tang Xi continued: [Seventh Master Xiao is such a shrewd and astute man. Asking him so directly, it would be a miracle if he *didn’t* suspect you!]
Reading this, Ye Yuning’s breath caught in her throat.
Was she really finished?
Meanwhile, in the study, Xiao Linye’s eyes were filled with an unfathomable depth...