Flash Marriage: The Billionaire Addicted to Her-Chapter 587

Actually, she knew this time was different. But Gui Xingli’s nervousness seemed excessive to her. Even if the Xiao Family wanted to settle accounts, it wouldn’t be as Gui Xingli imagined; at least, there wouldn’t be any danger.

Gui Xingli said, "Old Master Xiao now despises you to the extreme. What do you think he will do to you now?"

"What can he do? Just warn me a bit. Could he really beat me up?" Ye Yuning was momentarily puzzled. Perhaps it was due to her pregnancy, but she just knew the Xiao Family wouldn’t let this go. But she couldn’t quite fathom how far they would go at this moment.

Gui Xingli announced, "The driver with Qi Mulan is dead!"

"What do you mean?" Ye Yuning asked. To be honest, she really didn’t want to hear Qi Mulan’s name. But since Gui Xingli had brought it up, the matter was undoubtedly serious.

Gui Xingli continued, "He died in a car accident. Qi Mulan was also in the car at that time."

"Then Qi Mulan wasn’t injured?" At the birthday banquet, Qi Mulan had been full of life; clearly, she hadn’t been injured. So this meant...

"Qi Mulan wasn’t injured," Gui Xingli explained. "But the Xiao Family tampered with the evidence of her car accident these past two days. It was definitely on Old Master Xiao’s orders."

Ye Yuning’s breath hitched. Hearing ’the evidence of the car accident,’ Ye Yuning instantly grasped the implication.

"Hah! These Xiao Family people," she scoffed softly. She now had a chilling idea of what the Xiao Family intended to do. Just as she thought! Old Master Xiao despised her so intensely now; there was no way he would let this go. She had considered that because of Xiao Shuo, he wouldn’t easily spare her. But she hadn’t expected that even without Xiao Shuo as a reason, he still wouldn’t let her off easily. On one hand, he was telling her to leave Upper City within three days, yet on the other, he was making it impossible for her to leave.

Gui Xingli’s tone was icy, hinting at the palpable danger. "You have nothing left in Upper City now, and you’re about to leave. It perfectly fits the evidence they’ve submitted."

Ye Yuning took a deep breath, a cold glint in her eyes. "Then it seems I was too lenient with Xiao Shuo today. I should have beaten him to death!"

"Then you would have truly fallen into his trap!" Gui Xingli retorted.

Ye Yuning fell silent. A trap, huh? "So, this whole situation... does it mean I can’t just leave Upper City now?"

To think her relationship with Xiao Linye had actually reached this point. Before, when everything seemed fine and she was ignorant of the truth, she had thought things would stay good forever. She had cherished their relationship deeply.

When the truth was fully exposed, she had been terrified and uneasy. She had especially cherished the time they had left, but now it seemed she was the only one who had been invested. From beginning to end, she was the only one who had invested genuine feelings...

Ye Yuning took another deep breath, her chest tight with a suffocating pressure. This time, would Old Master Xiao really succeed in trapping her? And Xiao Linye? What would his attitude be? Would he, like those others, think she was with Xiao Linye only to get back at Xiao Shuo? Therefore, would he also believe she deserved all of this as retribution?

"You can. Of course, you can leave," Gui Xingli affirmed.

Ye Yuning looked at her, an indescribable sadness welling in her eyes. She wasn’t usually one to succumb to sentimentality, but now, her heart felt as if it were weighed down by a heavy stone, causing a dull, oppressive ache.

Gui Xingli took a manila envelope from her bag and handed it to Ye Yuning.

"What’s this?" Ye Yuning asked.

"The evidence they submitted? I intercepted it and swapped it out," Gui Xingli said.

Hearing this, Ye Yuning’s heart grew heavy. The manila envelope in her hands suddenly felt incredibly weighty. "What did you change it to?"

She hadn’t expected Gui Xingli to have already handled everything. Actually, Gui Xingli had been on guard ever since Old Master Xiao discovered the truth about Xiao Linye and Ye Yuning’s relationship and identities. Unexpectedly, Old Master Xiao was just as shameless as he had been in his youth! Backstabbing was a tactic he frequently employed.

"The evidence now points directly at Xiao Shuo!" Gui Xingli declared.

"Then this means?"

"Didn’t he want someone to pay the price? Well, for this, Xiao Shuo must be the one to pay." Although Xiao Shuo hadn’t actually done anything, upon careful consideration, he wasn’t entirely innocent either.

"Don’t worry, I’ve already arranged everything," Gui Xingli assured Ye Yuning.

Ye Yuning was taken aback. Arranged everything? So, Gui Xingli meant that this time, Xiao Shuo would be forced to take the fall? Was she essentially using Old Master Xiao’s own methods to strike back at the Xiao Family?

"Old Master Xiao won’t let Xiao Shuo face legal consequences. Even though he’s a good-for-nothing, he’s still his grandson," Ye Yuning said. So, this kind of counterattack seemed meaningless to her.

Gui Xingli countered, "Then let’s see if he chooses to protect the Xiao Family’s reputation, which he has guarded for so many years, or his good-for-nothing grandson." Doesn’t he believe that Ye Yuning and Xiao Linye’s union has damaged the Xiao Family’s reputation? Fine. Let’s see if that reputation truly matters so much when faced with his own flesh and blood.

Ye Yuning was rendered speechless. Facing this side of Gui Xingli, she was completely lost for words.

Honestly, everyone was now saying that her being with Xiao Linye had caused the Xiao Family to lose face. And her heart genuinely ached because of it.