Empty Promises: The Ceo Cunning Bride - Chapter 186

“What is this?” Yin Yuan stared down at Xiong Jingfei, who was on her phone and laying down on the couch. “Is this how you plan to be productive today?”

“Yes~!” Xiong Jingfei answered, scrolling to find out any gossips about what happened that night at Wen Yingyue’s party.

Unfortunately, there wasn’t anything, and she was expecting that already. Wen Yingyue would never allow what happened that night leaked into the media. The Wen family had lots of connections and power to shut down anyone who spoke “badly” about them.

She put her phone on silent and tossed it to the side. Yin Yuan was right. She shouldn’t spend her day on her phone. Plus, calls have been coming in non-stop from Yang Zheyan and another person.

“What am I supposed to do then?” Xiong Jingfei whined, stretching out her arms and legs. “You should’ve kidnapped my sweet Pompom that day too! We could have gone on a walk or play in the park! Now, he’s stuck with the demon Zheyan!”

“Are you saying it’s my fault?” Yin Yuan looked up from his phone. He was in the middle of getting bombarded with texts from his manager. “Just taking you out from that house was hell! How can I carry you and that cloud at the same time!?”

“Okay, I get it!” Xiong Jingfei rolled back and forth on the couch. She hugged the pillow and imagined it to be her Pompom. “Ack! I’m bored! Bored!”

“Then why don’t you go find someone or something to entertain you?” Yin Yuan put on a black baseball cap and face mask. “Do not look at me! I can’t play with you today, nor can we do any mission together for a while. My scary manager is about to chew me up.”

Xiong Jingfei pouted. She can’t even complain because he did push his schedule back for her. A rising star like Yin Yuan had a lot packed on his hand. For him to use his time for her those last few days, it was asking for a lot already. He was by her side while she recovered her memories, and dipped his hand into ruining Wen Yingyue’s party.

“What about your mission?” Xiong Jingfei’s voice turned serious for a second.

“What?”

“Nothing. Should I kidnap Pompom? He is my dog.” Xiong Jingfei’s cheerful voice returned.

“Sure, if you’re into getting imprisoned by Yang Zheyan. I can’t save you right away, so you’ll have to give me a few days in advance.” Yin Yuan was getting ready to leave, but he pointed to my phone. “Why don’t you go do what I told you when you asked about the past? This can be a solo mission.”

“Perhaps, I should.” Xiong Jingfei glanced over at her phone. That person hasn’t stopped calling her since this morning. How long has it been since she got a call from him? She muttered, “He probably heard about my voice returning and is checking in to see if they’re true.”

Yin Yuan picked up my phone and ended the call. “Wouldn’t it be more fun to show it to him than answering it through a phone?”

Xiong Jingfei rolled her eyes at his wicked ideas, but she couldn’t disagree with Yin Yuan. She tapped the couch as a smirk appeared on her face.

“It looks like you found your entertainment for the day.” Yin Yuan tossed her phone onto her lap. “Don’t have too much fun without me~.”

“Okay~, I won’t.” Xiong Jingfei crossed her legs and looked out the window. She sighed, today appears to be a great day to ruin someone else’s day. “By the time you get back, I’ll have the result in.”

Yin Yuan returned the same smirk. “Okay, I will be waiting for it.”

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Xiong Jingfei drove to a house that has all of her childhood memories. The good and bad ones mixed. How long has it been since she last visited? Probably never from the time she packed her things and left.

Whenever they needed her for anything, they were the ones who came looking for her at her apartment or school. She chose not to come back to a place she left, but today, she returned without anyone asking her.

The inside of the house hasn’t changed much since the day she left, but it was quieter than usual. Is nobody home?

Xiong Jingfei saw her father’s car parked outside, so at least that means he was home. When she got deeper into the house, a soft clink of forks and knives’ sounds were scrapping on the plates.

Ah, they are home.

Xiong Jingfei picked up her pace and ran into a servant leaving the dining room. It was an older servant that worked for the Xiong family for a very long time. Well, the time she worked for them was when Li Roulan became in charge of managing the household.

Of course, that servant was shocked to see Xiong Jingfei strolling through the hallway.

“Miss-!”

Xiong Jingfei put a finger to her lip and nodded her head. She didn’t need a servant to ruin her surprise. She wanted to see their expression herself when she got there.

All there left was for her to enter through the open doorway that separated her from them. She leaned against the wooden door frame and knocked on it.

“Am I interrupting a happy family dinner?”

If anyone saw them, it was the perfect picture of a loving family having dinner. However, there was a slight tear in the image, and that tear was Xiong Jingfei.

All of them stopped what they were doing, whether they were in the midst of chewing, drinking, or cutting up their meat. It was as if time stopped for a brief second to let them awe at the person who walked in on them.

“Feifei!” Xiong Guozhi snapped out of the trance first. He was also the person who has been calling her since this morning. “Y-your voice!? Y-you can talk!”

Xiong Jingfei never saw her father stuttered in her life, past or present. She smiled with a hidden glint in her eyes as she answered, “Yes, father.”