Chapter 47: Yang Xiaoyun’s Fear  

At that moment, Ou Zichen walked in, dressed in a black sports outfit, looking particularly energetic and handsome.  

Yang Xiaoyun was completely mesmerized the moment she saw him, her heart secretly rejoicing—this was her future husband! He was just too handsome!  

“Zichen, you’re back!”  

Hearing the voice, Ou Zichen looked inside. Yang Xiaoyun? Hadn’t he already made things clear to her last time? Why was she here again?  

Yang Xiaoyun stood up, just about to walk over to Ou Zichen, when suddenly a breathless voice sounded.  

“Daddy, you ran too fast! Yingbao couldn’t keep up!”  

Yang Xiaoyun thought she had misheard. Wasn’t Zhao Jiaying already dead? How could she still be hearing her voice?  

In the next second, Zhao Jiaying’s small figure walked in and stood beside Ou Zichen.  

Seeing her, Yang Xiaoyun was utterly shocked. She covered her mouth in panic, nearly screaming out loud.  

Wasn’t she already dead? How could this be? Had Brother Qiang deceived her?  

Zhao Jiaying also spotted Yang Xiaoyun in the room, her face full of hostility. This was the bad woman who wanted to take her mommy’s place!  

She immediately stretched out her arms toward Ou Zichen and said in a soft, childlike voice: “Daddy, hug me…”  

Ou Zichen, naturally understanding Zhao Jiaying’s thoughts, picked her up in one swift motion and doted on her, saying: “Yingbao is all sweaty from running. Daddy will take you upstairs for a bath!”  

“Okay!”  

That morning, Ou Zichen had taken Zhao Jiaying for a run because exercise was a great way to strengthen both body and mind.  

Yang Xiaoyun stood there in a daze. Ou Zichen hadn’t even greeted her, nor had he spared her a single glance. He simply carried Zhao Jiaying upstairs and left her standing there alone.  

Lin Zhenzhu, seeing the father and daughter leave Yang Xiaoyun behind, stepped forward to comfort her.  

“Xiaoyun, don’t take it to heart. Yingbao was kidnapped recently, so her emotions have been unstable. She doesn’t like seeing strangers. Her daddy needs to take her feelings into account, so he has to stay by her side.”  

Only then did Yang Xiaoyun understand—when Lin Zhenzhu had mentioned that something had happened at home recently, she had been referring to Zhao Jiaying’s kidnapping, not her being silenced.  

But that couldn’t be! She had seen the photos—Zhao Jiaying had been thrown into a pit and buried alive!  

Wait! She had only seen Zhao Jiaying in the pit, but she hadn’t been completely buried. That meant… had Ou Zichen arrived just in time to save her?  

The more Yang Xiaoyun thought about it, the more unsettled she became. She had no idea where things had gone wrong. She had to find Brother Qiang and get answers. Now that Zhao Jiaying was still alive and standing in the Ou family home, had her five million yuan been wasted for nothing?  

Lin Zhenzhu noticed her standing there, lost in thought, and called out to her.  

“Xiaoyun… Xiaoyun… are you alright?”

Hearing Lin Zhenzhu call her, Yang Xiaoyun finally snapped out of her thoughts.  

“Grandma, I suddenly remembered that I have something to do. I’ll head back now and visit you another day…”  

After saying this, she quickly walked out.  

Watching her leave, Lin Zhenzhu sighed with some emotion. What a wonderful girl!  

Stepping out of the Ou Family Estate, Yang Xiaoyun immediately took out her phone and quickly dialed Brother Qiang’s number.  

But on the other end, an automated female voice responded mechanically: “The number you dialed is powered off…”  

Powered off?  

Furious, Yang Xiaoyun raised her phone, about to smash it on the ground. But just as she was about to let go, she remembered that this was a brand-new phone she had bought not long ago—she couldn’t bear to break it.  

She redialed Brother Qiang’s number, but the response was the same: “The number you dialed is powered off…”  

That bastard had actually scammed her!  

Now, she had truly lost everything. Zhao Jiaying was still alive and well, while she had lost five million yuan for nothing.  

Five million! That was no small amount! If her father found out that the money hadn’t been spent on jewelry, he would surely skin her alive.  

More importantly, since Zhao Jiaying hadn’t been eliminated, she had no way to get close to Ou Zichen. If her family discovered that Ou Zichen didn’t want her anymore, would she still have a good life? Her half-sister, Yang Xiaolin, would definitely seize the opportunity to trample on her and humiliate her mercilessly!  

She was certain—her life would only become more miserable than before.  

She absolutely could not go back to living the way she used to, being stepped on and humiliated by others. She refused to let that happen!  

Zhao Jiaying must be eliminated.  

Determined, Yang Xiaoyun went to the Black Market Trading Center once again. She needed to find someone else to get rid of Zhao Jiaying. She refused to believe that Zhao Jiaying could keep escaping death every time.  

Entering the Black Market, she walked toward the same shop where she had previously hired Brother Qiang—a place that specialized in these kinds of “business deals.”  

Just as she reached the entrance, she overheard a conversation between two men inside.  

Man 1: “Can you believe how unlucky Brother Qiang is this time? He actually dared to kidnap Young Master Ou’s daughter. Now he’s screwed—both the underworld and the authorities are after him!”  

Man 2: “But I heard that the buyer paid him five million to kidnap Young Master Ou’s daughter! Five million! That’s a generous sum! Do you think the buyer must have some deep hatred against Young Master Ou to spend that much money?”  

Man 1: “I don’t know if the buyer had any grudge against Young Master Ou, but I do know that even though Brother Qiang made a fortune this time, having money doesn’t mean he’ll live to enjoy it!”  

Man 2: “That’s true. Second Young Master Ou has put up a ten-million-yuan bounty just to capture Brother Qiang. He clearly wants to find out who the buyer behind him is.”  

Man 1: “Exactly! If only we knew who the buyer was, we could go claim the reward from Second Young Master Ou!”  

Man 2: “Forget it. Do you really think an opportunity like that would land in your lap?”  

Hearing their conversation, Yang Xiaoyun instantly panicked.  

Thank goodness she hadn’t gone inside—otherwise, she would have been walking straight into the lion’s den!  

She quickly wrapped her silk scarf tighter around her face, afraid that anyone here would recognize her as the person who had hired the hit on Zhao Jiaying.

She quickly walked out of the Black Market trading center and drove away at full speed.  

Yang Xiaoyun returned home and immediately locked the bedroom door, still shaken.  

Ou Zichen was searching for the mastermind behind the buyer. If he found out that the person pulling the strings was her—that she was the one who wanted his daughter dead—then not only would she lose her chance to marry into the Ou family, but Ou Zichen would never let her go.  

When she did this, she had never considered the consequences. Only now did she start to feel afraid.  

She knew that Ou Zichen was not a merciful person. If he discovered the truth, her fate would be miserable beyond imagination.  

Panic-stricken, Yang Xiaoyun paced back and forth in the bedroom. What should she do? What should she do now?  

Before long, she forced herself to calm down. Since things had already come to this, there was no use in being terrified. It was better to think about what to do next.  

As long as Brother Qiang was not caught, Ou Zichen would never know that she was the mastermind. So before Ou Zichen could find Brother Qiang, she had to eliminate him first.  

She took out her phone, found the number, and dialed.  

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