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Chapter 114: Chapter 114: Hope, Despair, Wandering
Ye Xunhuan had never imagined that one day someone would blatantly treat him as a backup option and say it out loud.
If this got out, that the formidable marshal who intimidated the underworld had been made a backup, who knows how many people would die laughing.
A marshal is a figure who kills without blinking, with hands stained in blood, like a butcher—who would dare treat him like a backup?
Is this a death wish or an attempt to cause someone else’s death?
In all the land under heaven, probably only Qiu Ruoxi would dare treat Ye Xunhuan as a backup.
For a moment, Ye Xunhuan’s face was filled with wry smiles and helplessness.
"What, you’re not willing?" Qiu Ruoxi huffed.
Looking at Qiu Ruoxi’s prideful expression, Ye Xunhuan’s mouth twitched slightly, "What do you think?"
"Making you my backup is giving you face; so many men don’t even have the chance..."
"Then give someone else this ’opportunity’!" Ye Xunhuan interrupted Qiu Ruoxi directly, saying with disdain.
"You..." Qiu Ruoxi was about to get angry, then seemingly thought of something, and took a deep breath, "Whether or not you want to, you have to be, you have no choice!"
"As if you have a choice!"
"What do you mean?"
"Backup!" Ye Xunhuan said with a playful tone.
Qiu Ruoxi was taken aback for a moment, then she immediately understood the implication in Ye Xunhuan’s words, "Bastard, you’re calling me a backup?"
"What do you think?" Ye Xunhuan yawned, "The moment you considered me a backup, you’ve always been my backup!"
"See that, Tang Yurou? Bro is about to elevate her and then kick you to the curb!"
"Ye Xunhuan, go to hell!"
As she spoke, Qiu Ruoxi grabbed a folder from the office desk and hurled it fiercely at Ye Xunhuan.
The bastard, he had always treated me as a backup, and now he even says he will elevate Tang Yurou to the main position; whether he believes it or not, I can have Tang Yurou out on her ass in a split second.
"Smack!"
Ye Xunhuan casually caught the folder Qiu Ruoxi had thrown, "How come only you can consider me as a backup, and I can’t consider you as a backup?"
"You... you believe I can fire Tang Yurou in an instant?"
"That would be great!" Ye Xunhuan said excitedly, "That way I can leave too."
Seeing the excitement on Ye Xunhuan’s face, Qiu Ruoxi ground her teeth in hatred, "You... you..."
Even though Qiu Ruoxi was a commanding presence in the business world and possessed refined self-control, when faced with Ye Xunhuan, all that refinement seemed to have gone to the dogs, as she couldn’t help but want to explode!
"Do you believe I can tear you two apart?"
"Don’t believe you!" Ye Xunhuan said contemptuously, flicking his lips, "You can’t command me, even if you are the president of the company, you have no right to order me around!"
"Ye Xunhuan..."
"What now?"
"Do you realize, I really want to kill you." 𝑛𝘰𝘷𝑝𝘶𝑏.𝑐𝘰𝘮
"Then you’d be committing the murder of your own husband, which in ancient times would have gotten you dunked in a pig cage."
Qiu Ruoxi’s face switched between shades of anger and calm, her pearly white teeth clattered with rage.
"Fine, fine, I’ll accommodate you two!"
"You’re agreeing to a divorce!" Ye Xunhuan said with surprise, "Thank heavens, thank earth, you’ve finally come to your senses."
"I’m accommodating you two to become scumbags reviled by all," Qiu Ruoxi said through clenched teeth, "Letting everyone know that you, Ye Xunhuan, kept a mistress behind your wife’s back, letting everyone know Tang Yurou seduced a married man..."
Ye Xunhuan couldn’t help but inhale sharply.
Damn, this woman is ruthless.
It doesn’t really matter to me; let people say what they want, but Tang Yurou can’t handle that.
What a woman lives for is just a face, huh.
"Qiu Ruoxi, you’re hogging the toilet without taking a dump!"
"I’m just going to stand over your toilet and not take a dump. What can you do about it?" Qiu Ruoxi said, her face full of smugness as she looked at Ye Xunhuan.
Having finally won a battle against Ye Xunhuan, Qiu Ruoxi couldn’t express how splendid she felt inside.
But Ye Xunhuan was covered in dark lines, damn it, he’d just gone from being a damn donkey to a toilet.
"You’re ruthless!"
"If a woman isn’t ruthless, her position isn’t stable."
For a moment, Ye Xunhuan was at a loss for words.
Qiu Ruoxi wasn’t the kind of woman who would push an advantage unreasonably. Seeing that Ye Xunhuan had fallen silent, she changed the subject, "Does your face still hurt?"
"Nonsense, slap yourself and see if it hurts?" Ye Xunhuan retorted irritably.
Qiu Ruoxi didn’t take offense at Ye Xunhuan’s remarks, after all, Ye Xunhuan had gotten hit entirely because he was protecting her.
The next moment, Qiu Ruoxi pulled open a drawer of the office desk and took out a black plastic bag, tossing it directly to Ye Xunhuan.
After catching it, Ye Xunhuan asked with some confusion, "What’s this?"
"See for yourself!"
Saying this, Qiu Ruoxi paid Ye Xunhuan no more mind and walked straight out of the office.
"Where are you going?"
"To eat!"
As her voice fell, Qiu Ruoxi left the office, leaving Ye Xunhuan behind.
Ye Xunhuan didn’t immediately follow after her. Instead, he opened the plastic bag to take a look, and a smile immediately appeared on his face.
Not bad, this wife of mine, buying me Red Flower Oil for me to apply!
However, the moment he thought about Qiu Ruoxi calling him a backup, Ye Xunhuan felt a twinge of annoyance.
Damn it, if it’s a backup, then let it be a backup, better than being second-hand goods, right?
Besides, being a backup doesn’t mean there’s no chance to become the real deal.
Moreover, this backup still has the chance to pick up chicks; with that in mind, Ye Xunhuan suddenly felt much more comfortable.
Suddenly, Ye Xunhuan’s phone rang out of nowhere!
Ye Xunhuan fished out his phone from his pocket, instinctively glanced at the caller ID, and answered the call, "Xiao Jiu, what’s up?"
Xiao Jiu rarely phoned Ye Xunhuan—in fact, more accurately, he never did—unless there was an issue.
"Huan Brother, Mu Tiange is preparing to take you on!" Xiao Jiu said, getting straight to the point.
Hearing Xiao Jiu’s words, the corners of Ye Xunhuan’s mouth curled up with a playful expression, "He’s coming after me?"
"Yes, and he’s not holding back. I had intended to tell you yesterday, but I was afraid of disturbing you, and he came to me again today..."
"Did you take the job?"
"Didn’t you say to agree to whatever terms he offered?"
"Okay, got it!"
"Brother Huan, do you want me to teach him a lesson?" Xiao Jiu asked tentatively.
"No need!" Ye Xunhuan took out a cigarette from his person, lit up, took a gentle drag, and leisurely said, "Xiao Jiu, killing someone is easy, but to make a person waver between hope and despair is an art form."
"This time, Brother Huan, I’ll show you what it’s like to plummet from hope into despair, then from despair see hope, and finally, destruction!"
As soon as the word "destruction" fell, a sharp killing intent immediately radiated from Ye Xunhuan’s being!
He wanted to make Mu Tiange struggle between hope and despair.
