Shadow and Light: The Bride Who Clicks Her Way to Love-Chapter 365 - 378: He Can’t Wait Anymore

She dared not be with such a dangerous person. Power, fame, it was all unimportant; her little Han was what truly mattered.

Even if Ouyang Yi liked her, how could a man who could use the woman he loved for power truly care for a child with no blood relation? Only now did Su Xingyu realize the perilous situation she’d placed herself and Han in these four years—it was like making a deal with a tiger!

Her heart raced, and she watched Ouyang Yi warily.

Ouyang Yi said, "Are you afraid of me?"

Without waiting for her answer, he took out his phone from his pocket and pressed a button.

A loud bang sounded.

Su Xingyu jumped in fright, instinctively looking towards the direction of the sound, only to see a crater where she had been standing moments ago, with a metal bullet rolling at her feet reflecting a sinister gleam.

"This chamber has comprehensive security facilities," Ouyang Yi said, "From the moment you stepped in, the security system sent an alert to my phone. I should be grateful it was set to manual attack; if it were automatic, you’d already be dead." He was speaking honestly—if he hadn’t seen her through the monitor, he would have attacked when the alarm went off.

But even so, Su Xingyu’s face turned pale with fear.

She looked at him and said, "I want to move out with Han."

Ouyang gently raised a handsome eyebrow, "Xingyu, if you hadn’t discovered this secret, I could have let you go. But since you have, it’s too late."

Su Xingyu said, "I don’t want to be involved in the Stanway Family’s power struggle, Ouyang. I can pretend that everything I saw today never happened. You don’t have to worry about me telling anyone, including Lu Shifeng. Please let me and Han go; I just want a quiet life."

"A quiet life?" Ouyang Yi said, "Xingyu, from the moment I first saw you, your life was destined not to be quiet. I love you and want to marry you. When you become the mistress of the Stanway Family, you’ll understand the depth of my love for you." He stepped in front of her, bending his tall frame forward, gazing deeply at her.

An intense sense of danger washed over Su Xingyu. Was this man crazy?

She forced herself to remain calm and parry with him, "If you truly like me, don’t make me hate you."

Ouyang Yi laughed softly, then suddenly pressed his lips against hers.

It was his first time kissing her in over four years, and the sudden, aggressive kiss took her completely off guard.

She reflexively tried to push him away, but couldn’t.

Not until he was satisfied did he release her, and she raised her hand to slap him hard across the face.

After hitting him, even she was shocked.

The man before her was not some harmless male model but a terrifying demon who controlled half the lifeblood of the Feiying Steinway Family, his power utterly astounding. How could such a man be casually slapped by a woman?

She looked at him nervously, not knowing what she would face next.

Ouyang Yi wiped his face, looked back at her indifferently, and smiled, "Xingyu, do you know there are only two people on this earth who have hit me? One was Mrs. Stanway, my father’s lawful wife, whom I had orchestrated to eliminate when I was ten. The other is my father—or should I say that old undying one? Someday he’ll die too."

His grim tone sent a shiver down her spine.

"But what should I do with you, Xingyu?" He looked at her, feigning difficulty, then suddenly smiled, "No, don’t be afraid. I won’t let you die, either. You’re to become my wife; how could I bear it? However... hitting me is hitting me, so you’ll have to pay a small price. How about Han? Let him stay by my side."

He decided this lightly.

Su Xingyu understood her worst fear had come true; he was using Han to threaten her.

"No matter if I hit you or not," she said with courage, "you had already decided to use Han against me, hadn’t you?"

Ouyang Yi laughed again, his smile gentle as a spring breeze, "It’s not good for a girl to be so smart. Yes, Xingyu, since you’ve invaded my chamber, how can you leave so easily? I can’t bear to kill you, nor to let my secrets spread, so I have no choice but to control Han. You love him so much, for his safety, you won’t reveal my secrets, will you?"

Su Xingyu didn’t have time to argue with him and rushed out of the chamber, sprinting towards Han’s bedroom.

She turned several corners, ran through long corridors, toppling countless decorations and furniture...

Then, she pushed open Han’s bedroom door.

Empty.

A small dent in the soft bed suggested someone had been sleeping there recently.

In a frenzy, she pulled open the wardrobe, looked under the bed, under the table, in the garden...

There was no sign of Han anywhere.

She ran out of the bedroom, opened the door to the next room, searching every room on the entire floor, but her Han seemed to have vanished into thin air, no matter how she called.

Ouyang Yi walked gracefully before her.

She glared at him, "Where is Han? What have you done to him?!"

"The child is fine, don’t worry," Ouyang Yi reassured her, "Xingyu, I only want you to keep my secrets, not to harm you or Han. After all, Han has called me dad for so long, there are feelings there. I’ve already had him moved to a safe place. As long as you behave and don’t speak out, he’ll always be safe."

Always...?

"How long do you intend to keep him confined?" A sense of foreboding rose in her heart.

Ouyang Yi said, "How is it confinement? It’s merely another form of protection. I’ll provide for him, clothe him, hire private tutors to teach him, give him the best of everything. Even, Xingyu, you can visit him often; as long as he stays within my protective range, everything is negotiable. As for time..."

Ouyang Yi pondered for a moment, "Not long. Once I become the master of the Stanway Family, what secrets you know will no longer be secrets, and Han will be free."

"You... despicable!" Su Xingyu was furious. If this man never became the master of the Stanway Family, would he keep Han imprisoned forever!

"Despicable? No, I am not despicable." Ouyang Yi shook his head, "Xingyu, I can give you and your son the best of everything. Blame it on fate for making you enter that chamber. However, a change of plans may not be a bad thing. The moment I saw you in the chamber, and the moment my hand hovered over the attack button but didn’t press it, I realized like never before that I love you. I want you. Xingyu, I can’t wait any longer. Marry me."