Chapter 445-446

Chapter 445: I Know What It Tastes Like Now 　 Li Zilan pulled over a chair, sat down, and crossed her legs. She had the air of a domineering queen. With her short hair, dark green eyeshadow, red lips, black leather trousers, and black boots, she looked especially edgy today. “It’s strange to mention that.” Yun Xi stretched out her hand to take the folder and flipped through the information inside it. The amount of information that had been gathered on them wasn’t a lot. “He’s a businessman, so how can he handle this kind of thing himself? If this business information wasn’t going to be used by him, it was definitely going to be used by someone else.” 　 　 Yun Xi narrowed her eyes and they flickered with interest. “If he gave these things to Li Sinuo...then maybe they were supposed to be used against me.” She was now in her most important year, the senior year of high school. If she got involved in any kind of irreversible accidents, she might not be able to take the college entrance examination. Li Zilan also wore a solemn expression. “There’s no way to investigate these sorts of things at the moment. After all, he’s handled things personally. We don’t want to startle the snake recklessly. You have to be very careful.” Yun Xi nodded, then turned to look at Mu Feichi, who was sitting with a serious expression on his face. “Young Marshal Mu, can you get me something?” Mu Feichi’s face sank, and he suddenly turned to look at her. “What do you want to do?” “Get a taste of what it’s like.” Mu Feichi snorted, and his icy dark eyes radiated coldness. “Don’t even think about it!” When he thought about how she’d tried a drug out on herself last time, he’d been scared out of his wits. This time, she was asking to dare to try poison. “How will I know the taste of it if I don’t try it? If she really tries to poison me, I won’t know. I’m not going to drink it. I just want to familiarize myself with the taste in order to stay on my guard.” “Don’t even think about it. I won’t give it to you, but I can ask Su Hang to send you something with the same taste.” “That exists? Are you sure it tastes the same?” In her last life, she hadn’t tasted what it was that had poisoned her, nor had she ever been exposed to such things. She only knew the approximate ingredients, so she wasn’t confident that she could identify it. If Li Sinuo dared to try and poison her, if she couldn’t tell what the poison was, she wouldn’t even know if she were really getting poisoned. 　 　 “How would I know? Do you think I’m someone who has taken that sort of stuff?” “...” Yun Xi bit her lip and didn’t dare say anything further. Because she’d wanted to try poison, she’d infuriated him as a result. Li Zilan had a hunch that his rage was about to be vented on her. Not wanting to be a punching bag, Li Zilan quickly got up and left the cafeteria without looking back. ... Su Hang delivered the things quickly, and, as soon as he saw Mu Feichi’s grim expression, he guessed what it was for. He repeatedly confirmed that although these medicines were also made of chemical agents, as long as they weren’t consumed, there would be no side effects. Staring straight at Yun Xi, Mu Feichi wouldn’t even look at him, for fear that she would drink it accidentally. Su Hang didn’t dare drive away. He was a doctor after all, so if this girl accidentally drank some, he would still have to find a way to rescue her. If he wasn’t there and something happened to Yun Xi, Mu Feichi would get furious and Su Hang shivered as he imagined what the consequences for him could be. In reality, Yun Xi didn’t have any idea about the doses, so she could only estimate and try a little bit so that she could at least remember the taste. With tensed-up nerves, Su Hang watched as she took one sip at a time, and then spit it out mouthful by mouthful. Yun Xi raised her eyes and glanced at the man who had been staring at her from across the room. She didn’t dare to be careless at all. In her clear state of mind, she remembered things faster and more accurately. “All right, I know what it tastes like now, thank you.” After the trials, she threw the medicine into the trash can and put a knot in the trash bag. Su Hang glanced at Mu Feichi, quickly away carried the trash bag, and left. ***** Chapter 446: He Didn’t Just Want Her Body, He Wanted Her Heart. ... Yun Xi glanced at the sulky man across from her, walked forward, rubbed his face with her hands, and then deliberately leaned in and sniffed him. “Young Marshal Mu, can I smell that you’re still fuming? Don’t be so nervous. You can’t prevent bad things from happening to me, so I need to have the ability to protect myself.” Mu Feichi turned his head and his dark eyes looked sullen. “Do you think I can’t protect you?” The best way to prevent her from getting hurt was to eliminate the source of the danger. 　 　 He didn’t mind disrupting his plans as long as it benefited her, and he was willing to resort to any means. For him, gains and losses in the world didn’t matter, but he simply couldn’t live with the risk of losing her. Yun Xi shook her head seriously. “No.” Of course, she knew what he was worried about, and naturally she also knew what his mood was at the moment. “That man is a big fish. You need to use him to catch Crocodile. Some matters are urgent. You can’t change all your plans because of me. Even if it weren’t about Li Sinuo, I could still encounter this sort of situation in the future. If I don’t have the ability to protect myself, I could run into the same kind of trouble. You have to believe that I can protect myself.” Hoping that she would grow up, but also hoping to shelter her under his own wings, Mu Feichi looked at her helplessly. These sort of contradictory and conflicting feelings were finally conquered by the clear eyes that were standing looking at him. Since he loved her, he would do anything in his power to satisfy her. Only by being able to stand shoulder to shoulder with him would they be able to go far together. “Young Marshal Mu, it’s better to teach people how to fish rather than give them the fish directly.” Yun Xi smiled and looked at the man standing in front of her. Her eyes were dazzling, and her stubborn yet alluring face appeared fearless and determined. She embodied solitary courage. This was the woman he, Mu Feichi, admired. She was as brave and stubborn as an invincible queen. 　 　 “Okay, whatever you say.” Mu Feichi sighed, then from the living room, he glanced at the snow that was falling outside. There was slight anticipation in his dark eyes as he asked softly, “It will be Christmas Eve and Christmas in a few days. How do you want to celebrate?” “Why celebrate a foreign holiday?” Yun Xi glanced at him, then turned around and sat down beside Great White. Sensing someone nearby, Great White raised his head as he awoke from sleep. He saw that it was Yun Xi who had sat down beside him. Great White moved his paw and laid it down directly on Yun Xi’s thigh. Great White changed its position and then continued sleeping. Mu Feichi glanced at Great White, who was taking advantage of her, and his face immediately darkened. He raised his feet under Great White’s two paws and moved Great White from her legs to the floor. Great White raised his head and glanced at his owner. He then looked where Mu Feichi had moved his paws, and he seemed heartbroken. ... Christmas was approaching, so red-and-green holiday lights were everywhere on the streets of Jingdu and various versions of Christmas songs echoed in people’s ears. Just in case, Yun Xi had reminded Zhao Yumo to be vigilant about anything she ate in school, especially from her thermos that she kept under her desk. 　 　 In the cold weather, almost every student had a thermos from which they drank water. The more difficult it was to guard against, the more they had to beware. After Zhao Yumo was tipped off, in order to keep up her act, she continued to pour water every day into her cup, but she didn’t dare actually drink it. The same went for Yun Xi. In order to deceive anyone who might be watching her, her life appeared to go on as usual. After coming out of school, she and Zhao Yumo got into Mu Feichi’s car, which he had arranged for them, and asked the driver to take them both to Su Hang’s laboratory in order to test the water in their thermoses. They did these tests every day, and, as expected, poison was detected only in Yun Xi’s drinking glass. On the other hand, in Zhao Yumo’s cup, a virus had been detected in the place where the cup touched Zhao Yumo’s lips. “Girls, who did you two offend? Not only is there is poison, but viruses as well.” Her face was gloomy, Yun Xi looked at the viroplasm magnified many times under a microscope. “This virus was probably cultivated in a laboratory. It’s an infectious virus that can make people seem like they simply have a cold or a fever, but it can invade and kill all the cells of the immune system. It is likely to cause fever, bleeding, infection, and vomiting. Worst case scenario: dehydration, heart failure, or death.”