After Rebirth, I Married the Great Demon King-Chapter 430 He Has Someone He Likes

She thought of Mrs. Li from the Li Family. A few months ago, they had an argument at a banquet. Mrs. Li mocked her, saying that no matter how well she dressed, she was merely a gold-plated shell with rotten insides.

At the time, she was furious and shot back with some biting remarks. If no one had intervened, the two of them might have gotten into a physical altercation.

Could it be her?

Or was it Mrs. Wang?

A while back, the two of them played cards together. Mrs. Wang lost quite a bit, and after a few mocking comments from her, Mrs. Wang got so angry that she stormed off.

Or was it Mrs. Song, one of the new elites in Beijing...

The more Xia Yuezhen thought about it, the more it seemed that anyone could have set her up.

By the time she was done thinking, her head was throbbing.

It seemed like the person sabotaging her didn’t really want her dead; they just wanted to extort some money from her.

Thinking back to the three hundred thousand she had sent out this time, Xia Yuezhen couldn’t help but feel a pang of pain in her chest.

She thought, if the person dared to blackmail her again, she would just call the police and let them handle it.

When that time came, she would have to make sure to hide everything from Elder Meng and Old Mrs. Meng.

Unfortunately, she waited for days, but that person never contacted her again.

It was as if they had vanished without a trace.

Could they have really extorted that one payment and then disappeared?

No! Xia Yuezhen refused to believe that it was merely for three hundred thousand.

But as time passed, the other person truly never showed up again.

Meanwhile, Cheng Lie’s eyes were also gradually recovering.

Elder Meng, having just reunited with his grandson after such a long time, and with his daughter having gone through such misfortune, treated Cheng Lie like a treasure.

He wanted to make up for the familial love Cheng Lie had been deprived of all these years.

Considering that someone had almost harmed Cheng Lie and the perpetrator wasn’t yet identified, they naturally didn’t feel at ease letting him live on his own. They wanted him to move in with them.

But Cheng Lie declined. "I’ve already gotten used to living there."

"Then how about this: I can assign two people to look after you?" Elder Meng suggested again.

Cheng Lie shook his head. "That won’t be necessary."

This child... he’s nothing like his mother in temperament.

Much more aloof, and seemingly colder as well. Elder Meng could sense that Cheng Lie didn’t feel close to them.

But then again, he thought, given Cheng Lie’s past, it would have been strange if he suddenly became close to them.

Thinking about this, both Elder Meng and Old Mrs. Meng felt a pang of heartache.

"Xiao Lie’s eyes are getting better now. I want to officially announce his identity to the public."

"That’s fine, but I’m worried the culprit might still be among us."

Cheng Lie was right.

And furthermore, there was a lingering feeling that the threat could be from someone close.

They all knew clearly who would have the most to lose with Cheng Lie’s return.

From not far away, Xia Yuezhen eavesdropped on Elder Meng and Old Mrs. Meng’s conversation, biting her lip. She felt like she couldn’t let things continue like this.

But she didn’t know who else she could turn to for help.

In the end, Xia Yuezhen decided to seek out Mu Chengzhu for assistance.

At that moment, Mu Chengzhu was at the office, working.

Thanks to his recent plans, the company was now developing rapidly. Mu Chengzhu believed that one day he would surpass Cheng Lie.

What did all of Cheng Lie’s current accomplishments amount to anyway?

When Xia Yuezhen’s anxious call came through, Mu Chengzhu said, "Don’t worry, they won’t trace it back to you."

"How can you be so sure?"

"Didn’t you make sure not to leave any evidence?"

"There *is* evidence!" Xia Yuezhen sounded distressed. "Last time, someone even blackmailed me."

Had someone found out? Mu Chengzhu thought Xia Yuezhen had been too careless. If you’re discovered doing such things, it’s hard to clean up the mess.

Moreover, Xia Yuezhen still didn’t know who had discovered her.

Was it Cheng Lie? Or someone else...

There were simply too many uncertainties.

"In that case, you’ll have to prepare for the worst."

Hearing Mu Chengzhu’s words, Xia Yuezhen felt a chill creep over her. "Isn’t there another way? I just want Cheng Lie gone from the Meng Family. Is that really too much to ask?"

The worst-case scenario would be Elder Meng and Old Mrs. Meng finding out that she was behind it and turning her over to the police.

"Cheng Lie isn’t an easy person to deal with," Mu Chengzhu replied.

He seemed cold and unthreatening on the surface, but Mu Chengzhu knew that if Cheng Lie wanted to destroy someone, he had hundreds of ways to do it.

Cheng Guomin and Zhao Haishuang were living examples of that.

Upon hearing this, Xia Yuezhen gritted her teeth. "Tell me, what is he most afraid of? I refuse to believe I can’t deal with him."

After thinking for a moment, Mu Chengzhu answered, "He cares about someone. A girl named Yun Shifei."

Yun Shifei.

Xia Yuezhen thought carefully. She had looked into Cheng Lie’s background before and knew he had a close relationship with a girl, someone who had been with him since high school.

Back then, she hadn’t discovered how much Cheng Lie liked her and had thought he was interested in Wen Lin instead.

Seeing how close the two of them seemed, she had always assumed Cheng Lie and Wen Lin were a couple.

But since Mu Chengzhu was saying this now, he wouldn’t lie to her.

After all, he had told her before that Cheng Lie was Meng Zhao’s son, and that had turned out to be true.

So now, Mu Chengzhu’s words must also be sincere.

After hanging up the phone, a bold idea started forming in Xia Yuezhen’s mind.

...

That night, Cheng Lie called Yun Shifei to let her know he would be home late.

After finishing her tasks for the day, Yun Shifei fixed herself a meal, cleaned up, and went to take a shower.

But halfway through her shower, the lights suddenly went out.

The power was out!

Yun Shifei was startled.

The bathroom was pitch black—so dark she couldn’t see a thing.

She had always been particularly afraid of being in total darkness, especially in such silence.

In a panic, she quickly dried herself, didn’t even bother putting on her pajamas, and wrapped a bath towel around herself before rushing out.

Wailing internally, the pitch-black environment where she couldn’t see anything was truly terrifying.

She had always been scared of the dark for as long as she could remember, especially when she was alone in the house. It felt unbearably creepy.

In the blacked-out apartment, she didn’t dare move recklessly and fumbled her way toward the bedroom.

Out of nowhere, her foot bumped into something, causing her to trip and fall to the ground.

Ouch—

Yun Shifei frowned, reaching to check her foot, which throbbed with a burning pain.

Sniffling, she gritted her teeth and managed to stand back up.

Meanwhile, Cheng Lie, on his way home, passed by a cake shop and caught sight of the beautifully designed cakes inside.

The cakes were getting more and more exquisite these days.

As he gazed at those flower-shaped cakes, he thought of Yun Shifei. She would probably like them, wouldn’t she?

But then he remembered how Yun Shifei had been complaining these past few days about needing to lose weight, feeling she had gained too much.

Thinking it over, Cheng Lie decided to call her to see if she wanted any cake.

His first call went unanswered, which made him frown. Yun Shifei had never taken this long to pick up before.

When he tried calling a second time, she finally picked up.

"Xiao Lie?" On the other end, her soft voice came through.