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Chapter 557: Chapter 057: Qiu Ruoxi Wants to Deal with Luo Weilian
After walking out of the hotel, Ye Xunhuan looked at Qiu Ruoxi and said, "Wife, why didn’t you tell me you had a cousin..."
"Cousin?" A layer of cold frost instantly appeared on Qiu Ruoxi’s pretty face.
Feeling the subtle change on Qiu Ruoxi’s face, a cloud of confusion rose in Ye Xunhuan’s heart. "What, he isn’t your cousin?"
"Suppose so!" As Qiu Ruoxi spoke, she seemed to recall something and looked at Ye Xunhuan, "How come you suddenly came here?"
"Seeing that it was getting late, I was a bit worried, and Aunt Wang is also waiting for you at home, so I came out to find you!"
Seeing the serious expression on Ye Xunhuan’s face, a warm current slowly passed through Qiu Ruoxi’s heart, dissipating all the discontent she had towards Ye Xunhuan at that moment, but a bout of confusion arose.
"How did you know I was here?"
Ye Xunhuan chuckled and said, "Cats have their paths, rats have theirs, and I naturally have my ways!"
Seeing that Ye Xunhuan did not want to talk, Qiu Ruoxi did not continue to ask.
"Wife, your cousin is here, why didn’t you invite him to our home for a visit..."
"Ye Xunhuan, I warn you, don’t get too close to him because he and I are cousins, I’m telling you, stay away from him!" Cold frost that had just disappeared from Qiu Ruoxi’s face emerged once again.
"I think he seems quite nice..."
"A wolf in sheep’s clothing just like his mother, both ingrates!" Qiu Ruoxi said angrily. "He surely didn’t come back with any good intentions!"
Ye Xunhuan’s face was filled with astonishment after hearing Qiu Ruoxi’s words: "You know your cousin is a pretense?"
"What, you’ve noticed it too?"
Ye Xunhuan chuckled, "Although he hides it well, when he heard you say I was your husband, his face changed slightly, and his hands clenched a bit..."
Qiu Ruoxi looked at Ye Xunhuan in utter amazement. His observational skills were incredibly meticulous, able to catch such subtle changes.
"I actually wanted to ask you whether your cousin is trying to pursue you for a close kin marriage..."
"You are actually not wrong!"
"Holy shit!" Ye Xunhuan suddenly widened his eyes.
"But he is not really my cousin, his mother was my maternal grandparents’ adopted daughter, and he is not really trying to pursue me or marry me, but rather he’s after my grandpa’s estate!" Qiu Ruoxi said coldly.
"You have a grandpa?"
No sooner had Ye Xunhuan’s words fallen than Qiu Ruoxi’s eyes sharpened, cutting fiercely into Ye Xunhuan like a knife!
"Ye Xunhuan, what do you mean by that?"
Seeing Qiu Ruoxi’s murderous gaze, an idea flashed through Ye Xunhuan’s mind, and he quickly said, "Oh, I meant, when are we visiting my grandpa, you know? We’ve been married so long and I haven’t yet visited the old man, wouldn’t want him to be upset..."
Hearing Ye Xunhuan say this, Qiu Ruoxi’s gaze slowly softened.
"There will be opportunities!" Qiu Ruoxi took a deep breath. "Remember what I told you, don’t get too close to William, it’s no good!"
"But aren’t you also very close to him?"
"He is my cousin after all." Qiu Ruoxi’s face showed a helplessly bitter expression, she didn’t want to see William either, but she had no choice!
"Do you know why I didn’t tell you and didn’t bring you here?"
"Why?"
"He doesn’t know I’m married!" Qiu Ruoxi slowly exhaled a deep breath and said, "He wants to target my grandpa’s estate through me..."
"Why?"
"My grandpa only has my mom as a daughter, besides her, everything in my grandpa’s estate will be mine in the future!" Qiu Ruoxi explained, "Although my aunt’s whole family has emigrated, she is ambitiously trying to monopolize everything from my grandpa’s estate, but as long as my grandpa and my mom and I are alive, they get nothing!"
"If you want to get it, you have to go through me!"
"I didn’t bring you here because if William finds out, he’ll never let you go..."
So why did you just call me your husband? Couldn’t you have said I was an employee at your company?" Ye Xunhuan complained.
Well, now he wasn’t just a love rival; he had become a roadblock, blocking the other’s path to wealth.
But what exactly did Qiu Ruoxi’s grandfather do?
"An employee?" Qiu Ruoxi scoffed coldly. "Do you think William is a fool?"
"Won’t he investigate and ask around? Instead of waiting for him to find out, it’s better I say it myself!"
In that moment, Ye Xunhuan realized his wife was actually quite smart.
"So I shouldn’t have come to find you today?"
"Do you think you should have?" Qiu Ruoxi said coldly. "If you hadn’t come, you could have continued living comfortably. By coming here, you’ve only found discomfort for yourself!"
Ye Xunhuan’s mouth twitched slightly; at that moment, he realized he was really quite masochistic.
"But don’t worry too much, I’ll deal with him sooner or later!" A cold glint flashed in Qiu Ruoxi’s beautiful eyes.
Upon seeing this expression on Qiu Ruoxi, a look of surprise immediately crossed Ye Xunhuan’s face.
She had never wanted to deal with someone so badly. Could there be some history between Qiu Ruoxi, William, or maybe even William’s mother?
Or was it something else?
If not, why else would Qiu Ruoxi act like this? And what was with the earlier white-eyed wolf comment?
"Wife, why the haste in attacking him?"
"If I don’t deal with him, he’s going to deal with me. Do you want him to get me?"
"Alright, you handle him then!" Ye Xunhuan shook his head without hesitation, "Need me to do anything?"
"Stay away from William and don’t speak recklessly."
"Is that it?"
"That’s it!"
Ye Xunhuan had thought Qiu Ruoxi needed him to do something significant, like discreetly eliminating William. That would have been so much simpler!
"Wife, what grudge do you have against him that makes you want to deal with him like this?" Ye Xunhuan asked curiously.
"I hate when people use me as a stepping stone!" Qiu Ruoxi stated emphatically. "And I hate even more when people take me for a fool and play me as they please!"
Ye Xunhuan smacked his lips, looking at Qiu Ruoxi somewhat helplessly. This woman was really strong-willed, but he didn’t quite believe her bluff.
If it were that simple, that would be strange!
"So how do you plan to deal with him?"
"In the business world!" Excitement and eagerness began to sparkle in Qiu Ruoxi’s eyes, making her look very eager.
"Is William very rich?"
Qiu Ruoxi glanced at Ye Xunhuan with disdain. "Could he afford to hire someone like Qingfeng as a bodyguard if he weren’t rich?"
Ye Xunhuan’s face fell, damn, he was being looked down on!
"Alright, let’s go home!" Qiu Ruoxi exhaled a breath of frustration.
Little did William dream that just as he was planning to use Qiu Ruoxi as a stepping stone and eliminate Ye Xunhuan as a roadblock to gain everything from the Xiahou family, Qiu Ruoxi was already figuring out how to deal with him!
