Synopsis and Starting Chapter Chapter 2: Utterly Humiliated
Chapter 3: In A Rush
Chapter 4: Han Wuting
Chapter 5: Strong Backings
Chapter 6: Pushed To Her Lowest
Chapter 7: Saved His Life
Chapter 8: Vengeful Woman
Chapter 9: Once Upon A Time
Chapter 10: What Would I Do Without You
Chapter 11: Nothing To Be Afraid Of
Chapter 12: Perfect Plan
Chapter 13: Unexpected Encounter
Chapter 14: Old Money
Chapter 15: World Of Black And White
Chapter 16: Suddenly Vanished
Chapter 17: Foolish Woman
Chapter 18: Saving Grace
Chapter 19: Beat Her To The Ground
Chapter 20: Absolute Monarch
Chapter 21: Please Have Mercy
Chapter 22: What'S The Worst He Could Do?
Chapter 23: He'S Crazy
Chapter 24: Suspicious Parcel
Chapter 25: Priceless Expression
Chapter 26: Gift War
Chapter 27: Like A Coward
Chapter 28: Former Queen
Chapter 29: Someone You Can'T Afford To Offend
Chapter 30: It Was A Mistake
Chapter 31: It'S Ruined
Chapter 32: What Did You Do
Chapter 33: Nuisance In His Side
Chapter 34: Expecting Someone
Chapter 35: Send Painters Into Madness
Chapter 36: A Gift War To Win
Chapter 37: How Many Days Until The Wedding?
Chapter 38: Called The Wrong Number
Chapter 39: Special Treatment
Chapter 40: Greedy
Chapter 41: A Pawn
Chapter 42: I'M Deleting Your Number
Chapter 43: This Is Stupid
Chapter 44: A Hidden Weapon
Chapter 45: Eagerly Waiting
Chapter 46: Sent To The Main Mansion
Chapter 47: You Owe Me
Chapter 48: Like A Fool
Chapter 49: 25/8 Adonis
Chapter 50: Protective Instincts
Chapter 51: A Tsundere?
Chapter 52: Broken Heirloom
Chapter 53: You Don'T Know Who You'Re Messing With
Chapter 54: The Master Of Schemes
Chapter 55: Burn It To Ash
Chapter 56: Toss A Pig In The Air
Chapter 57: We'Re Family
Chapter 58: Seek Out The Consultant
Chapter 59: All Alone
Chapter 60: I'M Fine
Chapter 61: The Past And The Future
Chapter 62: Are You Human?
Chapter 63: No Other Man Can Ever Replace Me
Chapter 64: There Was A Man On Her Bed!
Chapter 65: Are You Threatening Me?
Chapter 66: Someone Would Get Hurt
Chapter 67: A Sense Of Familiarity
Chapter 68: Force Her To Remember
Chapter 69: Take A Picture, It'Ll Last Longer
Chapter 70: Coal From Diamond
Chapter 71: And If I Say No?
Chapter 72: Grieving For Her Loss
Chapter 73: Honorable Guest
Chapter 74: Don'T Jump To Conclusions
Chapter 75: Make A Mess
Chapter 76: Get Ready
Chapter 77: What If He Doesn'T Care About You Anymore
Chapter 78: The Storm Becomes A Calamity
Chapter 79: Get Out
Chapter 80: An Enemy Of His Woman
Chapter 81: A Friend
Chapter 82: Who Told Him?
Chapter 83: Gracious Offer
Chapter 84: I Would'Ve Taken You Home
Chapter 85: It Would Be Weird
Chapter 86: Dragon'S Treasured Pearl
Chapter 87: The Boss Favors You
Chapter 88: 8 Billion Instead Of 800 Million
Chapter 89: Do You Really Want To Find Out?
Chapter 90: There Is A Limit To My Patience
Chapter 91 I'Ll Let Your Imagination Figure It Ou
Chapter 92 He Didn'T Let Her Go
Chapter 93 Run For The Hills
Chapter 94 Why Did You Forget?
Chapter 95 I Tried To Seduce You
Chapter 96 We Already Have A Good Relationship
Chapter 97 Troublemaker
Chapter 98 Spending Only A Million A Day
Chapter 99 How Cliché
Chapter 100 A Puddle Of Blood
Chapter 101 An Exchange
Chapter 102 You'Re Awake
Chapter 103 A Frenzied Monster
Chapter 104 Send The Entire Army After Him
Chapter 105 Never Forge
Chapter 106 Her Body Was Pushed To The Limi
Chapter 107 I Would Fight To The Death
Chapter 108 Your Woman
Chapter 109 Freaky In Bed
Chapter 110 When Am I Expecting?
Chapter 111 It'S The Truth
Chapter 112 For The Rest Of Your Life
Chapter 113 Does That Feel Better?
Chapter 114 What Have You Done To Me?
Chapter 115 In The Future
Chapter 116 All Night Long
Chapter 117 I Didn'T!
Chapter 118 Touch Me In Your Sleep
Chapter 119 Do You Like It?
Chapter 120 I'Ll Be Good
Chapter 121 A Face To Their Brand
Chapter 122 You'Re Not The Boss Of Me
Chapter 123 Rot In Hell
Chapter 124 Mangled Appearance
Chapter 125 Because They Hate Me
Chapter 126 The Irrational Lover
Chapter 127 A Hypocrite
Chapter 128 You'Ll Dirty Your Hands
Chapter 129 Take A Guess
Chapter 130 Wrong Woman
Chapter 131 Devil And Angel
Chapter 132 Happiest Around Each Other
Chapter 133 Unreasonable
Chapter 134 Thunder
Chapter 135 You Don'T Know Her
Chapter 136 Source Of Happiness
Chapter 137 It Hurts
Chapter 138 Pathetic
Chapter 139 Not Ready
Chapter 140 A Dead End
Chapter 141 Gifts
Chapter 142 I'Ll Take I
Chapter 143 Easily Provoked
Chapter 144 Keep Your Promise
Chapter 145 Plump Backside
Chapter 146 Precious Babies
Chapter 147 Pushed Over The Rooftop
Chapter 148 Our Intimate Moments
Chapter 149 She Should'Ve Said So Sooner
Chapter 150 Dream On
Chapter 151 Empress
Chapter 152 Ghosts And Monsters
Chapter 153 I Want To Ride I
Chapter 154 A House Divided
Chapter 155 Granse
Chapter 156 Carelessness
Chapter 157 Unnecessary Eyes Following Her
Chapter 158 Not A Simple Person
Chapter 159 Your Future
Chapter 160 Ready For War
Chapter 161 Sea Of Gold
Chapter 162 Blame Herself
Chapter 163 Did I Stutter
Chapter 164 Tyrannical King
Chapter 165 It'S Not A Gun
Chapter 166 Try To Be Better Next Time
Chapter 167 Slander My Name
Chapter 168 Too Paranoid
Chapter 169 It'S Rude
Chapter 170 Generic Complimen
Chapter 171 Suffer A Hundredfold
Chapter 172 Empty And Lonely
Chapter 173 Don'T Run
Chapter 174 Don'T Reject Them
Chapter 175 The Rumor
Chapter 176 Future Madam Yang
Chapter 177 You'Re Crazy
Chapter 178 Family Meant Nothing
Chapter 179 Slip Of The Tongue
Chapter 180 Scars Ran Deep
Chapter 181 It'S Good
Chapter 182 Warning
Chapter 183 A Little Birdy
Chapter 184 Not Faithful
Chapter 185 You Owe Me
Chapter 186 Other Side Of The City
Chapter 187 A Mistress
Chapter 188 Suit Jacke
Chapter 189 A Flask On The Table
Chapter 190 Don'T Wai
Chapter 191 In The Room Alone
Chapter 192 She Is On Her Way
Chapter 193 She Can Handle Herself
Chapter 194 Prejudice
Chapter 195 Violen
Chapter 196 Folded Ears
Chapter 197 Something New
Chapter 198 Important Matters
Chapter 199 Hubby
Chapter 200 Stop Nagging
Chapter 201 Aggressive
Chapter 202 Burned
Chapter 203 Marriage Bureau
Chapter 204 Easy Prey
Chapter 205 Town Fool
Chapter 206 Relationships Are Fickle
Chapter 207 Who Bullied You
Chapter 208 Take His Woman
Chapter 209 Don’T Corrupt Her
Chapter 210 Somewhere Private
Chapter 211 Old
Chapter 212 People Pleaser
Chapter 213 All The Wealth In The World
Chapter 214 Her Screams
Chapter 215 Trust Me
Chapter 216 Seductress
Chapter 217 Other Men
Chapter 218 Let Me Go
Chapter 219 Just A Dream
Chapter 220 My Future Wife
Chapter 221 I Can Handle I
Chapter 222 Like Candy
Chapter 223 Cage
Chapter 224 Swollen And Bruised
Chapter 225 I Don'T Care
Chapter 226 Assassins
Chapter 227 Arm-Candy
Chapter 228 Another Man'S Leftovers
Chapter 229 Not The One Marrying Her
Chapter 230 Alcohol And Cigarettes
Chapter 231 Torn
Chapter 232 Under The Table
Chapter 233 Dirty Things
Chapter 234 Do I Make Myself Clear?
Chapter 235 Disciplined
Chapter 236 Distracting
Chapter 237 Adultery
Chapter 238 Nursery Rhyme
Chapter 239 Predict The Future
Chapter 240 Possession
Chapter 241 Undress Me
Chapter 242 Come And Get I
Chapter 243 You Don'T Own Me
Chapter 244 Invitation To War
Chapter 245 Gift From Hell
Chapter 246 Are You Crazy?
Chapter 247 Rely On Appearances
Chapter 248 One Day I Will Beat You
Chapter 249 How Was This Possible?
Chapter 250 Bark For You
Chapter 251 Grand Adventure
Chapter 252 Tainted With Sins
Chapter 253 Lady Boss
Chapter 254 Non-Existent Trus
Chapter 255 Tell Me The Truth
Chapter 256 The Men Around Her
Chapter 257 Seize Him
Chapter 258 Snatching The Pheonix
Chapter 259 Beast In The Sheets
Chapter 260 Let Go Of Me
Chapter 261 Call The Police
Chapter 262 Leaving Him
Chapter 263 Surprises
Chapter 264 River Of Blood
Chapter 265 Send You Overseas
Chapter 266 Perverted
Chapter 267 All Of My Fortune
Chapter 268 Succumbing To Him
Chapter 269 I'M Not An Intern
Chapter 270 The Most Pathetic Heiress
Chapter 271 Own Up Right Now
Chapter 272 Shattered And Discarded
Chapter 273 Knock Him Down
Chapter 274 Tails Tucked Between Legs
Chapter 275 They Better Be Edible
Chapter 276 I'Ll Take Responsiblity
Chapter 277 Hope To Die
Chapter 278 Not Enough
Chapter 279 Do It Now
Chapter 280 Missing Ring
Chapter 281 My Youth
Chapter 282 Come Alone
Chapter 283 Candidate
Chapter 284 Audacious And Sinful
Chapter 285 Eyes Of Your Children
Chapter 286 Scheming
Chapter 287 Cold Dinner
Chapter 288 Master And Servan
Chapter 289 Freshly Steamed Buns
Chapter 290 Courting Death
Chapter 291 My Money Is Your Money
Chapter 292 Grab Her Bags And Leave
Chapter 293 Setting The Bar Too High
Chapter 294 One Night Stands
Chapter 295 Lonely
Chapter 296 Hostages
Chapter 297 Oh Dear.
Chapter 298 Better Safe Than Sorry
Chapter 299 Cry Himself To Sleep
Chapter 300 Good Friend
Chapter 301 His Wrongdoings
Chapter 302 Qiuqiu
Chapter 303 Wretched Souls
Chapter 304 My Man
Chapter 305 Come For Me
Chapter 306 Other Women
Chapter 307 That Is The Limit Of My Kindness
Chapter 308 Perfection
Chapter 309 Deserted Road
Chapter 310 Saved A Country
Chapter 311 Ride All Night Long
Chapter 312 Barge In
Chapter 313 Just Tell Her
Chapter 314 Tiantian
Chapter 315 A Mirror Reflection
Chapter 316 Broken Facade
Chapter 317 Despicable
Chapter 318 Another Nightmare
Chapter 319 Four Decades
Chapter 320 Sharp V
Chapter 321 Don'T Call Him Tha
Chapter 322 Babysitter
Chapter 323 War Of Two Households
Chapter 324 Split Into Three
Chapter 325 Open Windows
Chapter 326 How Dumb.
Chapter 327 In Control
Chapter 328 A Memory Or A Dream?
Chapter 329 Hanging Off The Radio Tower
Chapter 330 Die Happy Right Now
Chapter 331 Throne
Chapter 332 Taking Off Her Dress
Chapter 333 Something Unfair
Chapter 334 A Lot More
Chapter 335 Who Else Were You Expecting
Chapter 336 Manners
Chapter 337 Out Of Respec
Chapter 338 Special Treatmen
Chapter 339 First Place
Chapter 340 Xiao Fei
Chapter 341 Then What'S The Problem?
Chapter 342 Someone Has To Pay
Chapter 343 Another Mistake
Chapter 344 Burned
Chapter 345 This Was Only The Beginning
Chapter 346 How Much You Mean To Me
Chapter 347 - Gone.
Chapter 348 - Do It Properly
Chapter 349 - Have Some Dignity
Chapter 350 - What'S Wrong?
Chapter 351 - Hear Me Out
Chapter 352 - Attempting To Snoop
Chapter 353 - Grow Up
Chapter 354 - My Woman
Chapter 355 - Progress Over Perfection
Chapter 356 - Three Heads
Chapter 357 - Unexpected Guest
Chapter 358 - Insult Me
Chapter 359 - Red
Chapter 360 - Torment Me
Chapter 361 - Ugly Dispute
Chapter 362 - Memories
Chapter 363 - The World Was Ending Tonight
Chapter 364 - Old Tiger
Chapter 365 - Functioning Arm
Chapter 366 - Wellbeing
Chapter 367 - Eternal Flames
Chapter 368 - Foggy Fields
Chapter 369 - Pity
Chapter 370 - Apsolutely Not.
Chapter 371 - Reign
Chapter 372 - The Meaning Of Your Actions
Chapter 373 - Deal With It — [Arc Ends]
Chapter 374 - Morning Hugs And Kisses
Chapter 375 - Within Nine Months
Chapter 376 - Not Enough
Chapter 377 - The Rest Of Our Lives
Chapter 378 - At My Lowest
Chapter 379 - Reasonable Hour
Chapter 380 - It'S Already Tarnished
Chapter 381 - What If
Chapter 382 - Only Human
Chapter 383 - Freshly Bloomed Lilies
Chapter 384 - Scorned Wife
Chapter 385 - His Wallet And Reputation
Chapter 386 - Rare Phenomenon
Chapter 387 - Cute
Chapter 388 - Mere Acquaintances
Chapter 389 - Monkey Face
Chapter 390 - Only Two Inches
Chapter 391 - Big Appetite
Chapter 392 - Big Thigh
Chapter 393 - The Wind
Chapter 394 - Unworthy Heads
Chapter 395 - Pain
Chapter 396 - Pretty Nails
Chapter 397 - Please Me
Chapter 398 - Stern And Unforgiving
Chapter 399 - Dislike
Chapter 400 - This Is Unacceptable
Chapter 401 - Mosquito Bites
Chapter 402 - Signature
Chapter 403 - Dirty Laundry
Chapter 404 - Ticklish
Chapter 405 - Couldn'T Escape
Chapter 406 - What A Pity
Chapter 407 - Wrapped In Bandages
Chapter 408 - A Prodigy And A Genius
Chapter 409 - Insane
Chapter 410 - New Era
Chapter 411 - It Takes Two To Cheat
Chapter 412 - Scum
Chapter 413 - Taken Man
Chapter 414 - Desperate
Chapter 415 - Glowing
Chapter 416 - This Is A Mess
Chapter 417 - I'M Only Kidding
Chapter 418 - Disappearing Wife
Chapter 419 - It'S A Promise
Chapter 420 - Pamper Me
Chapter 421 - A Blank Cheque?
Chapter 422 - Mother And Ceo
Chapter 423 - Naive And Weak
Chapter 424 - The Vows
Chapter 425 - Side-Story Part One
Chapter 426 - Side-Story Part Two
Chapter 427 - Final Side Story Part One
Chapter 428 - Finale.
Categories Genre: All, Completed, Drama, Romance Status: Completed ______
Total Chapters in book: 428
Estimated words: 651740 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 3259(@200wpm)___ 2607(@250wpm)___ 2172(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 651740 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 3259(@200wpm)___ 2607(@250wpm)___ 2172(@300wpm)
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One glance towards their direction was enough to silence these women who then hurriedly bowed their heads, their eyes boring holes into the floor with their teeth chattering and fingers digging into the skin of their partners.
Zhao Moyao already knew who they were, but decided to keep quiet. He'll deal with them when they were unaware of the tsunami that would crash over them and wreck everything in its way.
When the two reached the top of the winding staircase, they showed the black envelope with a single wax seal of Elder Yang Mujian. The man at the front bowed deeply, "Welcome honorable guests, please allow this servant to guide you to Old Master Yang."
He guided them inside, another man taking his place while he escorted them. Soft chatter could be heard from within and when the door was pushed open with the announcement of their names, the talks died down. Once again, everyone paused what they were doing to look at them.
Women dressed in body-hugging oriental dresses could be seen, some even in traditional hanfus or qipaos. There was traditional music playing in the room, a soothing melody of the Guqin and flute.
Zhao Moyao gave his granddaughter a firm pat on her hand, reassuring her. Zhao Lifei cleared her mind of the thoughts that were weighing her down and ignored the whispers floating in the air. She took a step forward with her grandfather, then another until the two were strolling towards Elder Yang who was sitting on a chair that looked like a magnificent throne.
Upon seeing his old friend, Zhao Moyao's usual gloomy and dreary face lightened up a bit, "Happy birthday, you old fool."
Zhao Lifei tried her best to not be astonished by her grandfather's way of addressing this man. Her eyes trailed to Elder Yang Mujian whose serious and displeased expression was beginning to worry her.
Why was it that when she looked at him, her stomach churned uneasily while fear began to crawl up her spine? Her fingers unconsciously dug into her grandfather's suit, her heart racing. She felt slightly dizzy in front of him, her brain beginning to tingle. She was growing profoundly confused by this sudden angst.
"You're still alive? That's a surprise given your ancient age," Yang Mujian said with a low chuckle, highly entertained by the way they talk to each other. Decades of friendship was enough to form this close and relaxing bond between the two.
Zhao Moyao smiled the slightest bit, "Well, old fool, I expected an invitation to your funeral and not another birthday."
Yang Mujian snorted, "I'll go down after you do."
"As if you can ever outlive me."
"Don't be so sure of yourself."
They bickered like a pair of ancient turtles, their joking words made the people around them very nervous and concerned about the outcome of their talk.
Yang Mujian's eyes turned to the young woman standing beside Zhao Moyao, he instantly recognized who she was. He did not think the stubby child would grow up to such an extent. It was just like yesterday when he discovered her, the only little girl who did not shy away from his grandson. It amused him to see where she was standing today, back in the same position she was during her youth.
Zhao Moyao saw it was time to introduce Zhao Lifei. "Old fart, this is the only one of my granddaughters I see potential in. I'm sure…" He paused, "...you know of her by now."
No one else picked up his change of tone, the way he changed his vocabulary to something else.
But Zhao Lifei did.
When his eyes connected with hers, Zhao Lifei felt thunder striking her body, feeling a sense of dismay and dread. He was so cold. Staring at him was like peering into an abyss. So inhuman. There was not a single hint of light tucked within them.
Cunning. Murderous. Just by making eye contact with him, she felt her blood turn cold and the hairs standing up on her arms. He terrified her. His very being intimidated her in ways she did not know was possible.
She had taken so many lives, seen the brutality of the battlefield, but never in her twenty-three years of living did she ever feel this sense of fear. It was swallowing her alive, gnawing at her heart and it chipped away at her confidence.
She unhooked her hand from her grandfather and slightly bowed her head to show respect, "Happy birthday, Master Yang, may the five blessings [1] prosper well, longevity and health everlasting."
Her greeting made Zhao Moyao very proud, practically making him brim with pride. 'I have raised this one quite well…'
Yang Mujian was silent for a split second, something stirring within those eyes of his, so bleak, one could practically see the Gates of Hell from within. His lips curved into a smile that never reached his eyes and his fingers calculatively counted the beads of his bracelet with each passing second.
"I have heard of your fondness of writing with ink and brush." She began, her fingers clenching the slender box in her hand.
Yang Mujian waved his hand, a man stepped forward to take the gift and passed it along to the Elder.
Zhao Lifei knew he was giving her grandfather respect by not having the man deconstruct the gift on the spot to check and see if it was a ticking bomb.
Yang Mujian opened the box, his eyes landing upon an ink slab with the carving of mountains stretching beyond with a bamboo forest below and puffy clouds in the sky; overall, a harmonious image.
The ink slab had a grayish-blue tone to it and when placed in certain lighting it would have hues of purple or green, demonstrating it was made of high-quality material for it to bear so many different colors. He could tell by the weight and specific design of the ink slab that it would have a deep, heavy sound to it and not the obnoxious one of lower grade products.
He placed it onto the table to his left side, "I can see why you prize her."
Zhao Moyao chuckled, recognizing the underlying message that no one but him understood. "Who would not?"
"Who knows? There are few who believe the opposite. All that is gold... will it remain that way forever?" Yang Mujian chuckled lowly, the sound shaking her bones.
Zhao Moyao laughed along, "The same can go for that grandson of yours."
"He's quite the stubborn mule, isn't he?" Yang Mujian commented, which earned a lot of silent agreements but no one had the guts to agree out loud.
"Stubborn was not the word I thought of when I see the rascal."
Yang Mujian wholeheartedly laughed at this, a powerful boom bouncing off the walls, breaking the tension in the air.
"Indeed, old man," Yang Mujian fondly shook his head, "Indeed."
"And I believe that mule has his eyes set on your granddaughter." He took in her appearance. Her beauty hadn't diminished even with her name in the dirt. He knew she would grow up to become the grandest flower in this room but did not think the fate of his grandson would intertwine with hers again.
"I do hope you will pardon him, the fool was never good at showing emotions." Yang Mujian spoke in a manner that portrayed him as a doting grandfather, but both men knew better.
"At the least, you're able to admit that he's a fool." Zhao Moyao wished Yang Heng was here to hear the insult as it would make his night for sure.
"All of my grandchildren are fools, only a selected few are not the town's fools."
Zhao Lifei understood this was not a simple conversation. There were underlying messages that she could not decipher. They knew something that she didn't, that much was expected, but she felt as if she was included in the secret message.
"A fool is still a fool." Zhao Moyao sniped, "It goes for my grandchildren as well."
The two shared a good laugh at this, enjoying the idea of ridiculing their useless kin who did nothing but leeching off of the power and wealth they had painstakingly pushed to higher success; a price that they paid with their sweat and blood.
"I suppose it is time to entertain the others," Yang Mujian's voice was filled with deceitful humor, the same mocking one that Zhao Moyao had.
Total Chapters in book: 428
Estimated words: 651740 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 3259(@200wpm)___ 2607(@250wpm)___ 2172(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 651740 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 3259(@200wpm)___ 2607(@250wpm)___ 2172(@300wpm)
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