My Sexy CEO Wife

Chapter 554 - 551: Furious Madness

Nangong Qi looked at Shangguan Yunyue and, for a moment, didn't know what to say.

"You don't need to worry about it; I know what I'm doing," Shangguan Yunyue said indifferently. "I'm tired and would like to rest. You can go back now."

Nangong Qi looked deeply at Shangguan Yunyue, then turned and left the great hall.

Over the years, Nangong Qi had always been accommodating Shangguan Yunyue and had never had a disagreement with her, except for this time... Nangong Qi expressed a differing opinion, but Shangguan Yunyue was not listening at all, which left Nangong Qi feeling very depressed.

Forget it! Nangong Qi sighed softly. Let her do whatever she wants; I won't interfere.

After Nangong Qi had left, Shangguan Yunyue stood up and walked towards the Inner Hall, lost in thought as she moved.

"Palace Master," a maid walked up to her. "I have prepared hot water for you; please go take a bath." Shangguan Yunyue loved cleanliness and bathed at least twice a day, once in the morning and once in the evening.

"Alright," Shangguan Yunyue nodded.

"I'll be waiting outside. Just call me if you need anything," the maid said.

"Xiaolan," Shangguan Yunyue stopped walking and looked quietly at the maid. "There's something... I want to ask you."

"Please ask, Palace Master. As long as I know, I surely won't withhold anything," Maid Xiaolan nodded.

"...Well... If... a woman constantly thinks about a man..." Shangguan Yunyue choosed her words carefully. "Even dreams about him at night... What does that mean?"

"Ah?" Maid Xiaolan was stunned and stared blankly at Shangguan Yunyue: "Palace Master, you..."

"Don't get any wrong ideas, I'm just asking casually, it means nothing else," Shangguan Yunyue hurriedly said.

Maid Xiaolan twitched her mouth, silently muttering to herself, Can I not overthink it?

"What's the matter? Is it hard to answer?" Seeing that Maid Xiaolan remained silent for a long time, Shangguan Yunyue frowned. "If you can't answer, then forget it..."

"If a woman constantly thinks about a man, even dreams about him in her sleep, it means that..." Maid Xiaolan paused briefly: "The woman has fallen in love with the man."

"Love?"

"Yes, only when she has fallen for him will she miss him so much."

"Is that really so?"

"That's how I understand it..."

"Alright, it's nothing. I'm going to bathe now." Shangguan Yunyue waved her hand and walked away with light steps.

Watching Shangguan Yunyue's departing figure, Maid Xiaolan's gaze flickered, wondering about something.

...

Two hours later.

Maid Xiaolan found Vice Palace Master Nangong Qi and recounted in detail what Shangguan Yunyue had said. A long time ago, Maid Xiaolan had been bought over by Nangong Qi, becoming a spy that Nangong Qi planted beside Shangguan Yunyue. Whenever Shangguan Yunyue exhibited any unusual behavior, Maid Xiaolan would report to Nangong Qi at the first opportunity.

"What did you say!" Nangong Qi opened his eyes wide. "Shangguan Yunyue is missing a certain man?"

"Yes," Maid Xiaolan nodded.

"Who is that man!" Nangong Qi asked, aware that the man Shangguan Yunyue was missing definitely wasn't him.

The maid Xiaolan shook her head, "The Palace Master didn't say, and I didn't dare to ask."

"Damn it!!!" Nangong Qi violently swung his fist, his eyes bloodshot, radiating an aura of furious anger, "Shangguan Yunyue is mine!!! She's mine!!! No one else should even think about taking her away!!!" Nangong Qi truly loved Shangguan Yunyue.

"Vice Palace Master, please don't be angry, there may still be a chance..." the maid Xiaolan tried to console him.

"I really am a fool!" Nangong Qi said with a sneer, "I've been working tirelessly for so many years, thinking that Shangguan Yunyue would accept me, but I never expected that she would fall in love with another man!!!" As he said this, Nangong Qi fiercely stamped his foot, instantly creating a crack in the ground.

Seeing Nangong Qi in such a rage, the maid Xiaolan was very afraid, afraid that he would take his anger out on her.

After venting out for a while, the rage in Nangong Qi's heart subsided somewhat, and he turned to look at the pale-faced maid Xiaolan, "I don't care how you do it, but you must find out who that man is!"

"I... I'll do my best..."

"Here, take this."

Nangong Qi threw a Storage Bag at the maid Xiaolan, "Inside are one hundred thousand Spirit Stones, it's your reward, and once you find out the identity of that man, I will reward you handsomely."

"Thank you Vice Palace Master, thank you." The maid Xiaolan kept expressing her gratitude.

"Go back now, if you're out too long, Shangguan Yunyue might become suspicious," said Nangong Qi with a wave of his hand, "Be careful in your tasks, and don't let Shangguan Yunyue catch any flaws."

"Yes." The maid Xiaolan put away the Storage Bag and then quickly left.

When the maid Xiaolan had left, Nangong Qi's expression became gloomy, his eyes aflame with intense fire, "Who is it! Who is it exactly! Who dares to take my woman?! Shangguan Yunyue is mine! No one can take her away!!!" Saying this, Nangong Qi turned around and gazed in a certain direction, "Shangguan Yunyue! Have you considered my feelings in doing this? You have hurt me deeply... I had thought all along that with patience, you would accept me eventually, but now I realize that I was wrong, terribly wrong! From now on, I'll stop at nothing to have you! In this lifetime, you can only belong to me alone!"

Having learned that Shangguan Yunyue might be in love with another man, Nangong Qi had gone crazy! Enraged! He nearly lost his sanity!

In this moment, Nangong Qi's love turned to hate, and his soul twisted! He decided that he would no longer grovel and try to please Shangguan Yunyue; he would resort to forceful means to have her! To make Shangguan Yunyue dependent on him for her survival!

...

Shangguan Yunyue had no idea that she had been betrayed by her own maid. At the moment, she sat soaking in a bath, her long black hair in disarray over her shoulders. Shangguan Yunyue sat with her eyes slightly closed, her brow furrowed, looking deep in thought, with an air of unusual allure.

Have I really fallen in love with Gao Fei?

Have I really?

Shangguan Yunyue asked herself over and over in her heart, though in truth, she already had the answer; she was just unwilling to believe it.

"Honestly speaking... Gao Fei is actually not bad, he is faithful and kind, and treats me well."

"Moreover, I've already given my untouched self to him, it's impossible to sever ties with him now."

"All this time, I've been deceiving myself..."

"But... to just accept Gao Fei like this... isn't it a bit too hasty..."

Shangguan Yunyue's brows knit and then relaxed intermittently, her feelings extremely conflicted.

"Let nature take its course," Shangguan Yunyue opened her eyes, slowly exhaling a breath of stale air, "What's yours cannot be avoided, and what's not yours cannot be obtained by force. If Gao Fei and I are truly fated to be together, we will naturally end up together." Although Shangguan Yunyue had accepted Gao Fei in her heart, she couldn't bring herself to approach him openly.

Let time prove everything!

Once her emotional entanglement had unraveled, Shangguan Yunyue felt much more relaxed. After finishing her bath, she returned to her room to rest.