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"Then you check if the agreement is still there?" Bai Yaxuan said, turning away with proud strides.

He left in haste, as if fleeing in panic or as though he had an urgent matter to attend to...

At this moment, his mood was not much better than Gu Xiaoxi’s.

Because he realized he had changed suddenly.

The moment Gu Xiaoxi mentioned divorce, he felt an uncontrollable surge of temper.

Her illness pained him deeply, more than if his own flesh had been gouged out!

Her trembling fear was also not lost on him.

He never wanted to frighten her, yet he couldn’t help but say those words to her.

Perhaps, the flame that had been accumulating in his heart suddenly ignited.

In this world, there was nothing he could not obtain.

However, she could not be an exception...

...

Watching Bai Yaxuan’s retreating figure, Gu Xiaoxi felt as if someone had hammered her chest ruthlessly.

After a moment, she snapped back to reality, sprang up from the sofa, and rushed back to her room.

She remembered there were three copies of the contract initially—one with her, one with Bai Yaxuan, and another with the lawyer.

However, the documents she had kept underneath a pile in the cabinet were gone.

Gu Xiaoxi hurriedly called her lawyer again.

When she asked what was going on, the lawyer stuttered, "Miss Gu, marrying Mr. Bai is every woman’s dream. Some people long for it but never have the fate, why must you be this way?"

"I just want to ask you, where are the agreement documents?" Gu Xiaoxi clenched her teeth and spoke, her voice dark with suppressed rage.

"Your Excellency took them away!"

Gu Xiaoxi was thunderstruck, all the documents had fallen into Bai Yaxuan’s hands, and the agreement was as good as non-existent.

Listening to the silence on the phone, the lawyer braced for a scolding, but unexpectedly, the call was silently disconnected moments later.

He awkwardly looked at the receiver, unsure of what to do, given his negligence.

But in front of Bai Yaxuan, he was the law, and there was nothing he could do.

Gu Xiaoxi slumped onto the bed, an ominous premonition lurking in her heart.

What on earth did Bai Yaxuan intend to do?

After a silent pause, Gu Xiaoxi rushed to Bai Yaxuan’s room door and pushed it open.

There was no sign of Bai Yaxuan in the room, which was spotlessly clean and dust-free.

She went in and searched the cabinets but found nothing.

Gu Xiaoxi gritted her teeth, anger prompting her to kick the sofa fiercely. Knowing it would be this way, yet she still couldn’t help searching!

Qiao Wan had been looking for Gu Xiaoxi for a while, and upon seeing her dazed in Bai Yaxuan’s room, she quickly helped her up from the carpet.

"Madam, what has happened to you? Lunch is ready! Are you looking for sir? He just left!" Qiao Wan cautiously and gently asked.

She didn’t know what could have caused Gu Xiaoxi’s suddenly troubled expression.

But having seen Bai Yaxuan storm out, she assumed something unpleasant had occurred between them.

Gu Xiaoxi left Bai Yaxuan’s room, glanced at the double bed in the master bedroom, then walked out of the bedroom with disdainful strides.

Downstairs, the servants had prepared a meal which she ate before changing clothes and leaving the house.

No matter how Qiao Wan asked her, she didn’t say a word.

Gu Xiaoxi went to the company. Starlight Entertainment and a real estate firm were both very well-known large enterprises.

With Mi Xi overseeing the company, she played an almost nonexistent role.

Sitting in the spacious office, she merely needed to sign the documents that Mi Xi approved, the projects that were certain to proceed.

In the afternoon, she also familiarized herself with the company’s business.

"Xiao Xi, it’s definitely difficult to get familiar with these things at the beginning, so don’t rush. I’ve enrolled you in A University’s finance program; classes start in a few days. Work will be much easier after you graduate," Mi Xi said naturally, sensing her poor mood and absent-mindedness.

Gu Xiaoxi took a deep breath and put down her pen. "Thank goodness you’re by my side; otherwise, I wouldn’t know what to do."

Her biological father wished for her quick death, there was no one to rely on, and this life seemed even worse than her last—alone and destitute was bad enough, but to have so many enemies besides.

"Mom said I have to take good care of Xiao Xi all my life. Don’t worry, I’ll always be by your side," Mi Xi said, smilingly while gently tousling her beautiful chestnut curls.

"Then I’ll sleep over at your place tonight!" Gu Xiaoxi batted her charming big eyes and, with an ingratiating face, tugged at Mi Xi’s arm.

No matter what terrifying purpose Bai Yaxuan had for not divorcing her, she was determined to keep her distance from him.

"Did you have a fight with Bai Yaxuan?" Mi Xi’s alertness caught the awkwardness in her words.

Running away from home, that’s the result of a fight, isn’t it!

"Not at all!" Gu Xiaoxi bit her lip, tossed the pen onto the table, crossed her legs, and rolled her eyes to the ceiling. "It’s just that I don’t want to see him. I hate it!"

"Come on, spit it out. I’ve seen through your little tricks long ago. What did he do to upset you?" Mi Xi pressed.

Gu Xiaoxi huffed coldly, hesitated for a moment, then angrily gritted her teeth and exclaimed, "He actually took away the divorce agreement I had signed for a year later. The one with the lawyer also disappeared, and he won’t let me divorce him."

There was a brief silence in the atmosphere.

Yet Mi Xi suddenly burst out laughing, "And here I thought it was some big deal!"

"Brother, isn’t this a big deal? He’s tricked me into marriage!" Gu Xiaoxi sprang up from her seat, like an enraged kitten.

But Mi Xi just patted her head as if soothing a cat, and said with a grin, "Actually, he’s not a bad guy. If he really likes you, consider it seriously."

"What! How can you turn your back on me!" Gu Xiaoxi swatted away his hand and checked the time; it was off work time.

Mi Xi packed up his things as well and followed her into the elevator.

"Xiao Xi, every time you were sick, he never left your side and took care of you, and he repeatedly made sure with the doctors what medications to use, always personally overseeing it. If he didn’t truly like someone, why would he be so attentive? You know how busy he is with his work."

Gu Xiaoxi clenched her teeth in frustration and glared at Mi Xi, "So what you’re saying is, he likes me!"

Mi Xi nodded with a beaming smile.

Gu Xiaoxi rolled her eyes. If it was because he liked her that he destroyed the contract, she would have nothing to say.

But was that the case?

If he liked her, shouldn’t he be getting along well with her instead of showing that terrifying expression in the morning?

Shouldn’t love be about respecting each other?

Gu Xiaoxi stubbornly followed Mi Xi back to his villa where he lived.

Mi Xi’s residence was in a highly secure elite neighborhood, where the guards at the entrance all wore bulletproof vests and carried heavy weaponry—military men.

This indicated that those living here were not only famous tycoons but also essential ministers in the cabinet.

The villa had two floors spanning over two hundred square meters, more than enough for him alone.

"If you insist on staying here, I’ll clean up the bedroom next door for you, and you can stay here tonight."

"Ola!" Gu Xiaoxi did a lap around the room and quite liked the layout.

She took out her computer and worked on some company financial records.

During this time, Mi Xi, having taken off his jacket, began to prepare dinner in the kitchen, where he sneakily made a phone call to Bai Yaxuan.

Afterward, he started cooking dinner patiently.

Mi Xi steamed some crabs, made spicy diced chicken, boiled shrimp, stir-fried potato slices, and sautéed spinach.

All these were Gu Xiaoxi’s favorite homestyle dishes.

Gu Xiaoxi wanted to help, but he refused.

When the dishes were served on the table, Gu Xiaoxi looked shocked at the feast, including a soup with bones, and exclaimed, "Brother, you made so much. We can’t finish this! Just the two of us..."

Gu Xiaoxi playfully stretched out two fingers to gesture.

"There’s someone else!" No sooner had Mi Xi spoken than the doorbell rang.

Mi Xi looked at Gu Xiaoxi, urging her, "Go open the door, I’ll grab some wine, and we can get ready for dinner."

Curious if Mi Xi had other friends, Gu Xiaoxi walked over the huge cotton slippers belonging to Mi Xi and opened the door.

She saw Bai Yaxuan standing at the doorstep in a neat and clean white suit, his tall figure instantly blocking all her sight.

Gu Xiaoxi instinctively looked up and glared at him, about to close the door, but at the crucial moment, a pair of hands resisted its closing.

Bai Yaxuan pushed the door forward and stepped in, grabbed Gu Xiaoxi’s hand, and entered with a swift motion.

Gu Xiaoxi instinctively tried to shake him off, wanting to put some distance between them, but instead, her hand was grasped, and she found herself pinned against the wall.

The man’s amber-colored eyes stared at her, his heavy breath spraying on top of her head, as he held her small hand in his palm, his tone gradually becoming gentler, "I’m here to take you home."

Gu Xiaoxi struggled a bit but couldn’t break free. Damn it! How could this man be so strong?

Whenever she was near him, she felt as if she were trapped in quicksand, unable to exert any strength at all.

Could it be that he, like Shaoqing, also had special abilities?

"I’m not going home! Stay away from me!" Gu Xiaoxi exclaimed. At that moment, Mi Xi came out of the kitchen, holding a bowl of rice.