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Chapter 541: Chapter 0541: Love, What Is It?
Immediately after that, Ye Xunhuan once again lifted his foot, preparing to leave.
Just as Ye Xunhuan lifted his foot, Qiu Ruoxi’s voice rang out again, "Ye Xunhuan, I told you to stop, stop!"
Hearing Qiu Ruoxi’s shrill shouting again, Ye Xunhuan’s steps halted once more, and he slowly turned his somewhat stiff body to look at Qiu Ruoxi, "What now?"
Qiu Ruoxi’s icy gaze was fixed on Ye Xunhuan, "Ye Xunhuan, let me tell you, your marriage to me is not only agreed upon by my parents and your mother, but we also have a contract!"
"Until I find a man I like, I won’t allow you to leave, did you hear me? You’re not allowed to leave!"
Upon hearing Qiu Ruoxi’s words, Ye Xunhuan was taken aback. She wanted him to stay, she wasn’t afraid?
"Don’t think that by asking you to stay, I’m thinking of accepting you or trying to accept you. Let me tell you, dream on. Even if it were a cat or dog, if it stayed in my house long enough, I’d be nicer to it. Let alone you; you’re a full-grown living person!"
"Even if you were to leave, it would be because I drove you out, and even if it were a divorce, I must be the one to say divorce. Remember your duties, your identity, you are currently Qiu Ruoxi’s backup, a backup!" Qiu Ruoxi yelled with reddened eyes, "You think you can just leave before your duties as a standby are completed? Do you think that’s possible?"
Ye Xunhuan stood there dumbfounded, staring blankly at Qiu Ruoxi who was red-eyed and shouting at him, unable to utter a single word for a long time.
"And another thing, do you think you’re the only one who can kill?" Qiu Ruoxi said gravely, "I’m telling you, I can, too!"
"And my methods are no worse than yours!" Qiu Ruoxi stared at Ye Xunhuan fiercely, like an enraged lion, "The business world is like a battlefield; one misstep can leave you shattered to pieces. Haven’t you ever heard that saying?"
"I, Qiu Ruoxi, am the CEO of Imperial Diagram Group, the helmswoman. The growth of Imperial Diagram Group until now has made it the leader of the entire e-commerce in Zhonghai Province, and even across Huaxia. Imperial Diagram Group has been able to squeeze into the top five, and I am still diversifying its business. Do you think, with the development of Imperial Diagram Group to this stage, how many enterprises will be toppled, how many people will be left with nothing overnight, how many families will be destroyed, how many people will be driven to a dead end, how many people will be killed?"
"You think you’re the only one who has climbed up over corpses and lain in blood? So have I!"
"Do you think that just because you’ve killed a few people, you’re so great?" Qiu Ruoxi said coldly, "I’m telling you, you’re nothing at all!"
"With every step Imperial Diagram Group takes in its development, I, Qiu Ruoxi, will destroy countless families, will force countless people to face unbearable blows and die. As long as I, Qiu Ruoxi, am alive, Imperial Diagram Group will not stop its development, I will keep climbing up step by step over others’ corpses...."
Looking at Qiu Ruoxi who seemed somewhat maniacal, Ye Xunhuan was utterly dumbstruck, completely at a loss for words.
What Qiu Ruoxi had said was the harsh truth, the business world is like a battlefield, with victory and defeat, life and death!
It’s an extremely cruel place, comparable to the underworld.
As she spoke, tears slowly slid down Qiu Ruoxi’s eyes, and due to the excessive agitation, she panted for air and fell silent.
But after only a moment of silence, Qiu Ruoxi spoke again, "We’re the same kind of people; you have no superiority over me. You can kill, and so can I. You killed in the past, I kill in the present, and I will keep killing, keep killing until death!"
"Ruoxi, our situations are different, why must you..."
"Is there a difference in killing?" Qiu Ruoxi coldly interrupted Ye Xunhuan’s words, "It’s all killing, all making it impossible for the other to survive!"
"To me, it’s all the same!"
"Ye Xunhuan, I warn you, if you dare not to fulfill your duty and responsibility as this backup before I find the man I love, let’s see what happens!"
"It’s getting late. Wash up and go to bed early!"
With those words, Qiu Ruoxi didn’t give Ye Xunhuan a chance to speak and directly went upstairs.
More precisely, she ran upstairs.
Watching Qiu Ruoxi’s retreating figure, Ye Xunhuan stood somewhat woodenly in place.
Qiu Ruoxi, although stressing that she was the backup option, emphasizing that she too could kill, that she was killing, but was Ye Xunhuan truly oblivious to the reality that this was merely another method Qiu Ruoxi employed to keep him.
This woman was immensely proud, even if deep down she didn’t want you to leave, she would never vocalize her true feelings, choosing instead to express them in other ways.
A classic case of being too stubborn to speak one’s heart!
After a brief moment of distraction, a foolish grin appeared on Ye Xunhuan’s face.
Yes, a foolish grin, he stood there, haha, laughing giddily nonstop.
She was trying to keep him, she couldn’t bear to let him go!
When Qiu Ruoxi returned to her bedroom, she shut the door behind her, leaned against it, and it was as if in that moment all the strength drained from her body, leaving her to collapse softly onto the floor, as tears uncontrollably began to slide down from her eyes, like pearls slipping off a broken string!
What she had said earlier to Ye Xunhuan, she didn’t want to say, but apart from those words, she had no idea what else she could say to make this man stay!
After a long time, Qiu Ruoxi gradually calmed down, reached out to wipe away the tears from her face, exhaled a stifled breath, and muttered to herself, "He won’t leave now, will he?"
At that moment, Qiu Ruoxi wanted to open the door, to step out of the bedroom to see, to check if Ye Xunhuan had left.
But she was scared.
Scared that once she stepped out, Ye Xunhuan would be gone, departed.
Had Ye Xunhuan left?
He hadn’t, he just stood there in the villa’s grand hall, laughing idiotically nonstop, like a fool.
If this scene were to be seen by the underworld, they would surely be shocked speechless.
This was the Marshal, after all!
The Marshal of the underworld, now laughing like a fool!
There stood Ye Xunhuan, laughing foolishly, but who could know, in another place, a woman was anxious and uneasy, her heart full of worry and disquiet for Ye Xunhuan! 𝚗ov𝚙𝚞𝚋.c𝚘m
This person was—Su Guyan!
Upon seeing the gruesome death of Mu Tiange, Su Guyan immediately picked up her phone and desperately tried to call Ye Xunhuan, but each time she dialed, the response was always a mechanical and ice-cold voice!
This made Su Guyan feel as if she had fallen into an ice pit, her anxiety growing thicker, and at that moment, her usually exquisite face lost all color, becoming pale as paper!
"It must be alright, it must be..." Su Guyan muttered while holding the phone and kept redialing Ye Xunhuan’s number over and over.
It seemed that she would not give up as long as the call did not go through.
Ali, standing nearby, saw Su Guyan’s almost crazed demeanor and was filled with sympathy. She wanted to persuade Su Guyan to stop, but every attempt only infuriated Su Guyan!
What exactly is love?
Can it truly corrode one’s soul more than money and power?
Ali didn’t understand!
