Chapter 22

Although the child is naive, you can’t really fool him like this, can you?

So, just as Feng Jingxu’s hand was about to touch her, Sheng Xia suddenly coughed lightly, gently opened her eyes as if resurrected, and said, “Oh my, what happened to me?”

Seeing her pretending to be confused, Feng Jingxu knew he had been fooled. “…”

Pretending not to see the twisted face of Shi Cheng, who was gritting his teeth, Sheng Xia grabbed his stiff arm, sat up slightly, and weakly and confusedly scanned the people in the room. “What happened just now? Was I scared by someone and almost died?”

Everyone: “…” This is getting serious.

Sheng Xia’s black and white eyes were as clear and transparent as ice-cold lake water, seemingly shrouded in a light mist. However, anyone who met her gaze could feel an inexplicable chill and subconsciously lowered their heads, afraid to meet her eyes again.

She was clearly a sickly person, so how could she exude such a sense of oppression?

Even Shi Cheng, who had just breathed a sigh of relief when she woke up, now looked at her with uncertainty. “Who are you really—”

The assistant anxiously grabbed Shi Cheng’s arm, gritted his teeth, and whispered nervously, “Mr. Shi, the wine glass!”

“Oh, right!” Shi Cheng suddenly reacted and quickly walked over to grab the wine glass from the steward’s hand. However, before he could reach them, he saw Sheng Xia clutching her chest, trembling, and exclaiming, “What are you going to do? Help, I’m about to faint again—”

Shi Cheng hadn’t recovered from the farce just now and was startled. He stood still, afraid to move. Watching the sickly girl in front of him tremble and almost faint again, his heart almost jumped out of his throat.

Afraid of stimulating the sickly girl to the point of really dying, his face turned pale. He raised his hands to try to prove his innocence. “I-I didn’t do anything! Please don’t do anything rash!!”

“Mr. Shi!”

The focus is on this, isn’t it? If the wine is found to be problematic, wouldn’t there still be trouble?

The assistant was infuriated by this unreliable young master, completely unable to understand why Shi Yulun would entrust such an important matter to him.

When they first approached him, they said such nice things, about how the plan was precise and perfect, absolutely no problem. But the development of this matter was like a runaway horse, unstoppable!

His heart was pounding in panic, his face contorted, sweat beading on his forehead. He couldn’t help but regret why he was so foolishly bribed. If things were exposed, the Shi family might easily get away, but he would definitely be the one abandoned, with no good outcome.

“So it seems that there is indeed a problem with the wine?” Sheng Xia blinked, completely different from her weak appearance just now, and lazily leaned back in her chair. “Tell me, what did you intend by trying to make Shaoyu drunk?”

Shi Cheng: ?!

“What, what are you talking about?” Shi Cheng’s heart tightened, and he denied involuntarily, “Let me tell you, just because you’re sick doesn’t mean I won’t dare to do anything to you! It was Feng Shaoyu who didn’t give face to our Shi family and didn’t even drink the toast I offered. That’s why I got angry. What does it have to do with the wine!”

“Wait a minute, you’re not sick at all, are you?”

Shi Cheng reacted belatedly. Sheng Xia’s current appearance was completely unlike that of a patient experiencing a relapse of heart disease. His face suddenly turned purple, ashamed and angry, and he tried to grab the wine glass, “You son of a—”

But before the steward could dodge, Sheng Xia suddenly raised her hand, accurately grabbing his wrist and pulling it forward. Unable to control his fall, Shi Cheng fell to his knees in front of her, his forehead hitting the armrest of the wheelchair hard, instantly swelling up.

Feng Jingxu’s foot, which had just lifted, stumbled and almost fell onto Shi Cheng.

Feng Shaoyu’s raised hand froze in mid-air, looking like he was questioning the meaning of life.

The uncle and nephew looked at each other, unable to help but fall into contemplation about life: “…” Is this really happening?

And in front of everyone’s eyes, the seemingly frail and pitiful Sheng Xia only blinked her beautiful, innocent black eyes, her long eyelashes trembling slightly, holding herself in a manner that was both surprised and pitiful. “There’s no need for this, Mr. Shi. Even if you realize your mistake, there’s no need for such a grand gesture. It’s really embarrassing.”

Despite saying to him to get up quickly, her hand remained firmly gripping his wrist, and no matter how much Shi Cheng struggled, he couldn’t get up.

She still wore a delicate and beautiful smile, with a slight redness at the corners of her eyes, smiling and looking at him.

This stark and terrifying contrast made everyone unable to help but swallow their saliva.

Young Master Feng’s taste… is truly unique. This is not a sickly person at all, but rather a humanoid weapon here to protect him!

Shi Cheng couldn’t figure out what was going on. He felt his brain buzzing, and he was in pain all over. The hand that was grabbed had lost sensation, and he suspected that his hand was broken. He twisted his face in shock and anger, “What the hell did you do to me? Let go of me!”

—Ah, he definitely had to show this sickly person a lesson, regardless of whether she had a heart disease or not!

“I was just trying to help you since Mr. Shi seemed unsteady on his feet, didn’t I?” Sheng Xia suddenly widened her eyes in disbelief, her eyes slightly red with a sense of grievance. “Who knew I would accidentally save a mad dog—”

“What did you say?!”

“Do you know that your cold words deeply hurt me? No, you don’t know, you cruel executioner!”

She sighed deeply, full of emotions.

She propped up her chin and sighed softly, “Alas, it seems that because the Shi family no longer relies on the Feng family, they can be so arrogant, right?”

As she spoke, she glanced at Feng Shaoyu somewhat indifferently, and handed him a look that seemed to say, “Why are you so useless, you’ve embarrassed the Feng family.”

Feng Shaoyu was originally feeling a bit melancholic, but when he saw his sister-in-law’s lively expression, he couldn’t help but rub his ears and smile.

However, when his gaze fell on Shi Cheng, who was still kneeling on the ground, and he thought about how he had almost been manipulated and his sister-in-law had to help clean up the mess, he felt a little ashamed.

“I didn’t expect that something like this would happen just from a normal discussion of cooperation,” Feng Shaoyu said awkwardly, touching his nose and trying to appease her. “Sister-in-law, how should we handle this?”

“You’re asking me?” Sheng Xia suddenly widened her eyes in surprise, looking innocent and weak. “But I’m just someone who almost lost my life and barely woke up. I’m so fragile and innocent, how could I understand these things?”

Everyone couldn’t help but recall how the seemingly fragile and innocent person had almost lost their life, and how they had pressed Shi Cheng to the ground after the confrontation from a distance.

The atmosphere suddenly became strange.

If it wasn’t for the fact that the scene just now was too terrifying, leaving them deeply shocked and afraid to act rashly, why would they be so obediently staying in place now?

And the system, which had just had its settings collapse and was now gradually calming down, couldn’t help but breathe a long sigh of relief.

“You promised not to cause trouble and to complete the task properly, didn’t you? The host is just a big liar!”

The usually polite and restrained system couldn’t help but shed a tear. However, just as it was about to complain, everything suddenly went black, and it realized it had short-circuited due to water ingress.

【……】

Help, gurgling.

Feng Shaoyu also choked a bit, knowing that his sister-in-law didn’t want to intervene. He could only smile helplessly. Then, when he looked at the people in the private room, his gaze became cold again.

“Since someone refuses to admit it, let’s just call the police.” He smiled as if he were gentle, but there was no smile in his peach blossom eyes. “Uncle Zhao, call the police now, and have the bodyguards come in to protect the evidence.”

The steward also nodded coldly and put away his phone, which was recording.

“Wait!” Everyone’s expression changed immediately, and even Shi Cheng finally became flustered and hurriedly tried to stop him. “You can’t call the police!”

If the police were really called, he would be done for! Moreover, this was clearly Shi Yulin’s idea, so why should he bear the consequences?!

Shi Cheng gritted his teeth and was about to get up to stop Feng Shaoyu. However, just as he stood up, he somehow bumped into Sheng Xia’s wheelchair, which was being pushed back. He suddenly felt a pain in his knee and knelt down on the ground with a “bang” once again.

And this time, he happened to be facing Feng Shaoyu.

Everyone couldn’t help but gasp, especially those who were involved in the matter. They slowly turned their heads to look at the seemingly innocent and surprised woman covering her mouth, and their hearts trembled.

Is this woman too ruthless?

Isn’t Shi Yulin’s knee going to be shattered?

Seeing Shi Cheng in pain and losing consciousness, his face contorted in agony, Feng Shaoyu couldn’t help but feel a warmth in his icy heart. He knew his sister-in-law was helping him vent, and his expression softened.

This time, without Sheng Xia having to say much, he calmly said, “There’s no need for you to explain, I can probably guess. You deliberately tried to get me drunk, even resorting to drugging me. It must have been because of the contract we were about to sign, right?”

Seeing the change in everyone’s expressions, Feng Shaoyu knew he had guessed correctly. He couldn’t help but smile lightly, “No wonder the cooperation between the two families has been almost finalized but has been dragging on until now. If it were Shi Yulin who refused to sign the contract, I would have been suspicious. But if it’s someone like you, who is irresponsible and brainless, I don’t find it strange at all.”

“You guys are quite bold, and you did almost succeed in scheming against me, but unfortunately—”

As the burly bodyguards restrained the few people, the young man with slightly curled hair suddenly raised the corners of his mouth, and a gleam of light seemed to appear in his peach blossom eyes. “I have my sister-in-law protecting me, I’m really sorry~”

His voice was cold, but if you listened carefully, there seemed to be a hint of gloating in his tone, indicating that he no longer cared about being betrayed and schemed against just now.

He had almost made a mistake, and if it were his second brother, he would definitely have been thrown overseas to fend for himself. But his sister-in-law was different. Not only did she come to his rescue, but she also deliberately vented for him!

Thinking like this, Feng San’s heart was filled with joy and pride.

——He has someone backing him up!!

Coming out of the Baijing Club, Sheng Xia couldn’t help but yawn weakly.

According to her usual schedule, she would have been asleep by now, but she had lost her beauty sleep temporarily because of protecting her meal ticket.