Rebirth: General, Don't Mess Around!

Du Jiayi’s proposal somewhat tempted Madam Li. To target Ye Jian, she first had to sever Jian’s ties with the Xia family, which was the main issue, although the Minister of Foreign Affairs’ family wasn’t that big of a concern.

Moreover, from the sounds of it, that damn Xia Jinyuan seems to have already brought that little wench home to the Xia family!

This was the trickiest part. If it were true and the Xia family was indeed pleased with that little wench, then targeting Ye Jian would be the same as opposing the Xia family. Even Old Du didn’t have the guts to go against the Xia family. Once they found out she was targeting someone the Xia family approved of, it would only make her relationship with her husband even tenser.

For Chuhai’s sake, Old Du was already quite angry.

A careful plan was necessary!

After pondering for a while, Madam Li nodded and said, ”You’re right, I could indeed arrange to have tea with your Aunt Xiao one of these days.”

Seeing that Madam Li was really taking her words to heart, Du Jiayi was secretly thrilled inside, ”And who knows, we might even help mend the relationship between Aunt Xiao and her son. Then, we might not even need to deal with Ye Jian ourselves.”

As long as she could cut off the ties between that wench Ye Jian and the Xia family, her own actions afterwards would surely go much more smoothly. Oh, not right, it wasn’t her who would act, but Li Jun and Li Qin, the brother and sister, coming into play, while she, sitting in the stands, would reap the benefits without any effort.

Such thoughts were very pleasing.

”If she really is the murderer of your uncle, then we can’t let her live so comfortably!” Madam Li, who kept a cold face, was actually taking Li Ronghuan’s words to heart. She had always looked down on Ye Jian and even felt Jian lacked the ability, but the seed of doubt had been planted. She needed to find someone to investigate thoroughly and confirm this matter.

On one hand, she planned to sever the connection between Ye Jian and the Xia family, and on the other, she intended to secretly send people to investigate.

Meanwhile, Ye Jian, standing in the elevator with Xia Jinyuan, teased her own boyfriend, ”Why did you just let them walk away like that? Weren’t you supposed to introduce me to your relatives?”

”You really want me to meet other women?” Xia Jinyuan, with one hand in his pocket and the other naturally taking Jian’s hand, looked down at her with a hint of darkness in his deep eyes. ”Too bad I only have you in my heart. You want me to find other women, but I wouldn’t like that.”

His tone became a bit serious.

Ye Jian immediately realized she had stepped into a minefield and quickly stopped teasing, ”I was just saying it casually.” She embarrassingly turned her face away, and as the elevator was about to reach the first floor, Jian quickly changed the subject, ”We’re almost there.”

”Don’t say such things in the future.” Seeing her immediately admit to her mistake, Xia Jinyuan pinched his girlfriend’s cheek, ”It doesn’t feel good to hear. Say it again, and I’ll have to punish you properly.”

Ye Jian nodded, indicating she wouldn’t say such things again. The elevator arrived, and as she was about to enter, Xia Jinyuan’s hand appeared in front of her.

”I think it’s necessary for you to declare your rights over me to others,” Xia Jinyuan said as he opened his palm, ”and to inform them that I’m already taken. No one should even think about making a move on me! I am unswervingly loyal!”

Looking at Xia Jinyuan’s serious expression, Jian smiled, nodded, and placed her hand in his, ”Yes, our Captain Xia.”

”Let’s go, I’ll take you someplace,” Xia Jinyuan said, holding Jian’s hand tightly as they gracefully moved through the queuing crowd on both sides, and only then did Jian belatedly realize... it was a good thing there were only the two of them in the elevator, otherwise, they would surely have been laughed at.